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Board Grants Tenure

June 10, 2016

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MACOMB/MOLINE, IL -- Twenty-one Western Illinois University faculty members were granted tenure by the WIU Board of Trustees at the Board's June 10 meeting.

Tenure requests were submitted by President Jack Thomas based on an extensive evaluation process at the department, college and University levels regarding the faculty member's teaching, research and service activities.

Faculty members granted tenure, effective August 2016, are:

College of Arts and Sciences
Gregory Baldi, political science; Julie K. Baylor, nursing; Daniel H. Brown, foreign languages and literatures; Gordon C. Chang, sociology and anthropology; Jonathan P. Day, political science; Julie C. Herbstrith, psychology; Jana Marikova, mathematics; Holly A. Stovall, women's studies

College of Business and Technology
Justin A. Ehrlich, computer sciences; Jessica L. Lin, economics and decision sciences; Kanu Priya, management and marketing

College of Education and Human Services
Maureen P. Bezold, health sciences and social work; Mark E. Cole, kinesiology; Algerian Hart, kinesiology; Susan L. Massey, curriculum and instruction; Jennifer M. Plos, kinesiology; Sebastian Szyjka, curriculum and instruction; Mei Wen, health sciences and social work

College of Fine Arts and Communication
Christopher J. Carpenter, communication; Sherry Lindquist, art; Matthew J. Thomas, music

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Faculty Promotions

On May 6, WIU President Jack Thomas approved promotions of the following tenured faculty members from the rank of associate professor to professor, effective Fall 2016:

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of English: Merrill Cole, Daniel S. Malachuk, Erika T. Wurth
Department of Mathematics: Victoria Baramidze, Rumen D. Dimitrov
Department of Physics: Kishor T. Kapale
Department of Psychology: Curtis Dunkle, Colin R. Harbke

College of Business and Technology
Department of Economics & Decision Sciences: Thomas R. Sadler

College of Education and Human Services
Department of Curriculum & Instruction: Melissa Stinnett
Department of Educational Studies: James G. La Prad

College of Fine Arts and Communication
School of Music: Terry L. Chasteen, Brian S. Locke, Michael S. Stryker

University Libraries
C. Sean Cordes

Promotions of the following faculty members from the rank of assistant professor to associate professor, effective Fall 2016:

College of Arts and Sciences

Department of Foreign Languages & Literatures: Daniel H. Brown
Department of Mathematics: Jana Marikova
School of Nursing: Julie K. Baylor
Department of Political Science: Gregory Baldi, Jonathan P. Day
Department of Psychology: Julie C. Herbstrith
Department of Sociology & Anthropology: Gordon C. Chang
Department of Women's Studies: Holly A. Stovall

College of Business and Technology
School of Computer Sciences: Justin A. Ehrlich
Department of Economics & Decision Sciences: Jessica L. Lin
Department of Management & Marketing: Kanu Priya

College of Education and Human Services
Department of Curriculum & Instruction: Susan L. Massey, Sebastian Szyjka
Department of Health Sciences & Social Work: Maureen P. Bezold, Mei Wen
Department of Kinesiology: Mark E. Cole, Algerian Hart, Jennifer M. Plos
College of Fine Arts and Communication
Department of Art: Sherry Lindquist
Department of Communication: Christopher J. Carpenter
School of Music: Matthew J. Thomas

Promotions of the following faculty members from the rank of instructor to assistant professor, effective Fall 2016:

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of English: Daniel M. Barclay
Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies: Abraham D. Graber

College of Education and Human Services
School of Law Enforcement & Justice Administration: Richard J. Janoski




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