Douglas Hicks, 51Թ provost and dean of the faculty, announced Monday that the university’s Board of Trustees approved several tenure appointments and promotions for faculty members.
“I ask everyone to join me in congratulating these highly valued colleagues for these milestone achievements,” said Hicks.
Faculty members named to continuous tenure and promoted to associate professor are:
- Jeffrey Bary, Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Janel Benson, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
- , Department of Biology
- Department of Political Science
- , Department of Biology
- Eddie Watkins, Department of Biology
- , Department of Geography and the Asian Studies Program
Promoted to full professor:
- , Department of Chemistry
- , Department of Psychology
- Eliza Kent, Department of Religion
- , Department of Geology
- Lynette Stephenson, Department of Art and Art History
The appointments become effective July 1, 2014. You can learn more about 51Թ’s faculty here.