Regents approve OSU faculty promotions

The Oklahoma State University/A&M Board of Regents approved promotions in academic rank for faculty members on the campuses in Stillwater, Tulsa and Oklahoma City, effective July 1. 

On the Stillwater campus, receiving promotions from professor to the honorary title of Regents Professor were Francis Epplin, agricultural economics; Edward J. Jones, English; Larry Mullins, psychology; Scott T. McMurry, zoology; Bert H. Jacobson, applied heath and educational psychology; and Gary G. Yen, electrical and computer engineering.

Receiving promotions from associate professor to professor were F. Bailey Norwood, agricultural economics; Penny P. Weeks, agricultural education, communication and leadership; Guolong Zhang, animal science; Gerald F. Schoenknecht, botany; Alyson L. Greiner, geography; Jeff A. Hadwiger, microbiology and molecular genetics; Dale Allen Scott, music; Lawrence R. Pasternack, philosophy; Melinda H. McCann, statistics; Joel Harper, finance; Jaebeom Kim, economics/legal studies; Kevin E. Voss, marketing; John S. Romans, applied health and educational psychology; John D. Foubert, educational studies; Young B. Chang, division of engineering technology; Robin W. Allison,  pathobiology; Todd C. Holbrook, veterinary clinical sciences; and Michele B. Seikel, library. 

Faculty receiving promotions from assistant professor to associate professor, action granting tenure, were David W. Shideler, agricultural economics; Jeff Sallee, agricultural education, communication and leadership; Hasan K. Atiyeh, biosystems/agricultural engineering; Michael Buser, biosystems/agricultural engineering; Robert Scott Frazier, biosystems/agricultural engineering; Jason R. Vogel, biosystems/agricultural engineering; Carla D. Garzon, entomology and plant pathology; Francisco M. Ochoa Corona, entomology and plant pathology; George P. Opit, entomology and plant pathology; Bruce L. Dunn, horticulture and landscape architecture; Justin Q. Moss, horticulture and landscape architecture; Chris B. Zou, natural resource ecology and management; Brian D. Arnall, plant and soil sciences; V. Gopal Kakani, plant and soil sciences; Million Tadege, plant and soil sciences; Jason G. Warren, plant and soil sciences; and Justen M. Renyer, art; Janette A. Steets, botany; Jesse Johnson, mathematics. 

Marianna A. Patrauchan, microbiology and molecular genetics; Meredith J. Blecha-Wells, music; Alexander Khanov, physics; Donghau Zhou, physics; Peter J. Rudloff, political science; Robert Matt Alderson, psychology; DeMond M. Grant, psychology; Stephanie N. Mullins-Sweatt, psychology; Matthew Bolek, zoology; Barney Luttbeg, zoology; Harounan Kazianga, economics/legal studies; Justin W. Webb, entrepreneurship; Rebecca L. Greenbaum, management; S. Cynthia Wang, management; Julie M. Koch, applied heath and educational psychology; Chad L. Depperschmidt, educational studies; Tami L. Moore, educational studies; Nathan L. Richardson, architecture; Joshua D. Ramsey, chemical engineering; Sandip P. Harimkar, mechanical and aero-space engineering; Adriana G. Petrova, design, housing, merchandising; Antonius G. Oomens, pathobiology; Hui-Fen Chang, library; Juliana M. Nykolaiszyn, library; and Anna N. Sump-Crethar, library.

From the OSU-Oklahoma City campus, John Strange, promotion from instructor to assistant professor, accounting studies; Jacqueline Artmayer, from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), computer information systems /technology communications; Joetta Gatliff, from instructor to assistant professor, early care education; Petra Hutchinson, from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), early care education; Sharon Johnson, from instructor to assistant professor, health sciences; Bob Linville, from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), heath sciences; Nicole Pascher, from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), health sciences; Haldor M. Howard, from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), horticulture; Jerald Rice, from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), humanities; Gary Davis, from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), interpreter training; Dorothy Weaver, from instructor to assistant professor, social studies; William Pettit, from associate professor to professor, academic affairs; and Johnny Stephens, from associate professor to professor, department of medicine.

From the Center for Health Sciences – Tulsa, Dennis Blankenship, promotion from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor, family medicine; James Hess, from associate professor to professor, family medicine; Regina Lewis, from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), family medicine; Susan Steele, from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor, family medicine; Christopher Thurman, from associate professor to professor and head, family medicine; Ron Thrasher, from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), forensic sciences; Joseph Johnson, from clinical assistant professor to clinical associate professor, OB/GYN; J. T. Curtis, from assistant professor to associate professor (action grants tenure), pharmacology and physiology;  and Leigh Goodson, from associate professor to professor, vice president and associate dean, research office.

For more board actions:
OSU/A&M REGENTS APPROVE PERSONNEL ACTIONS
OSU BOARD OF REGENTS APPROVES 2015 BUDGET; INCLUDES NEW BLOCK TUITION PLAN, GROWTH IN FACULTY POSITIONS
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY GAINS BOARD APPROVAL TO SPONSOR OKLAHOMA CITY’S ASTEC SCHOOL