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Faculty Excellence Chris McCauley October 02, 2024


RS56460 2024 06 06 Heritage Hall from the Campus Green Perspective 003 1764 scrThe College of Arts and Sciences is proud to announce that 20 faculty members across ten departments have been awarded promotions (including one faculty member who also was awarded tenure).

 The College would like to congratulate the following faculty members on their stellar research, teaching, and service:

Department of Art and Art History

  • Douglas Barrett, MFA – Promotion to Professor
  • Cathleen Cummings, PhD – Promotion to Professor
  • Jessica Dallow, PhD – Promotion to Professor

Department of Communication Studies

  • Jacquelyn Shaia, JD, PhD – Promotion to Associate Professor

J. Frank Barefield, Jr. Department of Criminal Justice

  • Hayden Griffin, PhD – Promotion to Professor
  • Lindsay Leban, PhD – Promotion to Associate Professor and Award of Tenure
  • Hyeyoung Lim, PhD – Promotion to Professor

Department of English

  • Lauren Slaughter, MFA – Promotion to Professor

Department of Philosophy

  • Marshall Abrams, PhD – Promotion to Professor
  • Brynn Welch, PhD – Promotion to Professor

Department of Physics

  • Lauren Rast, PhD – Promotion to Associate Professor

Department of Psychology

  • Sarah O’Kelley, PhD – Promotion to Professor
  • Robert Sorge, PhD – Promotion to Professor
  • Christianne Strang, PhD – Promotion to Associate Professor

Department of Social Work

  • Mary Jacque Carroll, MSW – Promotion to Associate Professor
  • Laurel Hitchcock, PhD – Promotion to Professor

Department of Sociology

  • Chris Biga, PhD – Promotion to Professor
  • Mieke Beth Thomeer, PhD – Promotion to Professor
  • David Warner, PhD – Promotion to Professor

Department of World Languages and Literatures

  • John Maddox, IV, PhD – Promotion to Professor


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