OSU/A&M Regents approve personnel actions

Several Oklahoma State University personnel actions were approved during the OSU/A&M Board of Regents meeting Friday in Miami.

APPOINTMENTS: Patrick Finley, assistant professor, Art; Christopher Fennell, assistant professor, Chemistry; Katherine Hallemeier, assistant professor, English; Rose McLarney, assistant professor, English; Timothy Murphy, professor and Houston-Truax Wentz professor, English; Seth Perlow, assistant professor, English; Graig Uhlin, assistant professor, English; Emily Graham, assistant professor, History; Jiri Lebl, assistant professor, Mathematics; Melissa Mills, clinical instructor, Mathematics; Danielle O’Donnol, clinical instructor, Mathematics; Jay Schweig, assistant professor, Mathematics; Erika Lutter, assistant professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Noha Youssef, assistant professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics; Joseph Haley, assistant professor, Physics; Heather McLaughlin, assistant professor, Sociology; Polly Campbell, assistant professor, Zoology;

Sarah Durant, assistant professor, Zoology; Lance Fisher, clinical assistant professor, Accounting; Leah Muriel, assistant professor, Accounting; Lela Pumphrey, clinical assistant professor, Accounting; Wenyi Shen, assistant professor, Economics/Legal Studies; John Winters, assistant professor, Economics/Legal Studies; Andrew Luse, assistant professor, Management Science and Info Systems; Ji Jhang, assistant professor, Marketing; James Mason, clinical assistant professor, Marketing; Jason Defreitas, assistant professor, Applied Health and Educational Psychology; Tonya Hammer, assistant professor, Applied Health and Educational Psychology; Chandra Story, assistant professor, Applied Health and Educational Psychology; Jane Vogler, assistant professor, Applied Health and Educational Psychology; Jam Khojasteh, assistant professor, Educational Studies;

Jennifer Job, assistant professor, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership; Julie Hartell, assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Mark Krzmarzick, assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering; Jingtong Hu, assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Arvind Santhanakrishnan, assistant professor, Mechanical and Aero-Space Engineering; Tilanka Chandrasekera, assistant professor, Design, Housing, Merchandising; Mayra Almodovar Lopez, clinical instructor, Human Development and Family Science; Gretchen Cole Lade, clinical instructor, Human Development and Family Sciences; Jennifer Jones, assistant professor, Human Development and Family Sciences; Dingbo Lin, assistant professor, Nutritional Sciences.

From the Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Elisabeth Giedt, Director, Continuing Ed, Outreach and Extension, Dean of Veterinary Medicine.

From OSU in Oklahoma City, Kenneth Kuczynski, director, institutional assessment, Academic Affairs; Luanne Kuelzer, instructor, Arts and Sciences; Charles Louviere Jr., instructor, Computer Information Systems/Tech Com; Danny Swain, instructor, Electronics/Environmental Tech; Jennifer Duerksen, instructor, Health Sciences; Carrie Monson, instructor, Health Sciences; Shawna McWaters-Khalousi, instructor and head, Horticulture; Randall Key, instructor and head, Mathematics; David Joplin, director, marketing and communication, Public Relations; Sarah Brockbank, instructor, Science.

CHANGES: Charles Cox, title change from professor, assistant director to professor, assistant director and 4-H professorship, 4H Youth Development Programs; Shannon Ferrell, title change from associate professor to associate professor and ITLE teaching fellow, Agricultural Economics; Patricia Canaan, title change from associate professor to associate professor and ITLE teaching fellow, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Allen Scott, title change from associate professor to associate professor and ITLE teaching fellow, Music; Bruce Ackerson, title change from professor to professor and ITLE teaching fellow, Physics; Kristin Baum, title change from associate professor to associate professor and ITLE teaching fellow, Zoology; Bruce Barringer, title change from professor and head to professor, head and N. Malone Mitchell chair, entrepreneurship;

James Pappas, title change from associate professor and interim head to associate professor, interim head and ITLE teaching fellow, Management; Marlys Mason, title change from associate professor to associate professor and ITLE teaching fellow, Marketing; Bridget Miller, title change from associate professor and Donelson Jacques chair to associate professor, Donelson Jacques chair and ITLE teaching fellow, Applied Health and Educational Psychology; Suzii Parsons, title change from associate professor and Jacques Munroe chair to associate professor, Jacques Munroe and ITLE teaching fellow, Teaching and Curriculum Leadership; Steven O’Hara, title change from associate professor to associate professor and ITLE teaching fellow, Architecture; Charles Kirtley, title change from director, fire service training to assistant dean, Dean of Engineering;

Damon Chandler, title change from associate professor to associate professor and ITLE teaching fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Keith Teague, title change from professor and head to professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Raman Singh, title change from professor, interim associate dean and Colcord professorship to professor, associate dean and Colcord professor, Mechanical and Aero-Space Engineering; Glade Topham, title change from associate professor to associate professor and ITLE teaching fellow, Human Development and Family Science; Stephen Clarke, title change from associate professor to associate professor and ITLE teaching fellow, Nutritional Sciences; Robin Allison, title change from associate professor to associate professor and ITLE teaching fellow, Pathobiology; Melanie Breshears, title change from associate professor to associate professor and ITLE teaching fellow, Pathobiology; and David Oberhelman from professor to professor and W.P. Wood Professorship, Edmon Low Library. 

From the Institute of Technology in Okmulgee, Jason Champion, program chair, Watchmaking.

From the Center for Health Sciences, James Hess, title change from associate professor, coordinator and vice president to associate professor, Family Medicine; Amber Hood, director and research compliance, Research Office.

RETIREMENT: Dale Maronek, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, September 10, 2013; Mark Rockley, Chemistry, August 31, 2013; Gary Beeby, Communication Sciences and Disorders, January 2, 2014; Benny Evans, Mathematics, January 31, 2014; James Bose, Division of Engineering Technology, November 4, 2013; James Brown, Division of Engineering Technology, May, 31, 2013.