25 MSUM Faculty Promoted; 10 Tenured
Twenty-five MSUM faculty members have been awarded promotions, 12 to the rank of professor and 13 to the rank of associate professor. Ten were also granted tenure.
Promoted to professor status: Margaret Sankey, History; Cecilia Mafla Bustamante, Languages and Cultures; Tom Strait, Music; Deborah Kukowski, Paralegal; Yahya Frederickson, Corrick Center for General Education; Barbara Headrick, Political Science; Paul Kramer, Political Science; Steve Lindaas, Physics and Astronomy; Michelle Malott, Biosciences; Bruce Roberts, Anthropology and Earth Science; Ananda Shastri, Physics and Astronomy; Lisa Stewart, Psychology.
Promoted to associate professor: Tom Brandau, Film Studies; Jenny Dufault, Music; Annette Morrow, History; Sherry Short, Art and Design; Tim Decker, Corrick Center for General Education; Carol Okigbo, Corrick Center for General Education; Kevin Zepper, Corrick Center for General Education; Erin Gillett, School of Teaching and Learning; Nancy Paul, Speech/Language/Hearing Sciences; Tracy Wright, Nursing; Travis Dolence, Livingston Lord Library; Juan Cabanela, Physics and Astronomy; Erik Gooding, Anthropology and Earth Science.
Receiving tenure: Tom Brandau, Film Studies; Annette Morrow, History; Sherry Short, Art and Design; Tim Decker, Corrick Center for General Education; Erin Gillett, School of Teaching and Learning; Tracy Wright, Nursing; Travis Dolence, Livingston Lord Library; Juan Cabanela, Physics and Astronomy; Erik Gooding, Anthropology and Earth Science; Richard Lahti, Chemistry and Physics.