Texas State announces faculty promotions, tenure for 2019

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Jayme Blaschke | August 19, 2019

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Texas State University has promoted 66 faculty members and approved tenure for 37. The measures will take effect on Sept. 1.

Promoted from associate professor to professor (with academic department in parentheses) were Sonya L. Armstrong (curriculum and instruction), Bahram Asiabanpour (engineering), Jonathan P. Babcock (music), Ana Carrillo Baer (theatre and dance), Yasmine C. Beale-Rosano-Rivaya (modern languages), Joellen E. Coryell (counseling, leadership, adult education and school psychology), Agustín Cuadrado (modern languages), Johanna R. Fauerso (art and design), Thomas C. Fitzpatrick (art and design), Valarie B. Fleming (communication disorders), Peter S. Golato (modern languages), Deborah A. Harris (sociology), Jeff M. Housman (health and human performance), Jesus Jimenez (engineering), Oleg Komogortsev (computer science), Soon-Jae Lee (engineering technology), John A. Lopez, Jr. (music), Debarun Majumdar (sociology), Martin G. McCain (music), Rebecca Montgomery (history), Crystal Oberle (psychology), Charise N. Pimentel (curriculum and instruction), Jason A. Reed (art and design), Claudia Roeschmann (art and design), Ronald C. Ulen (music) and Hyun Jung Yun (political science).

Promoted from assistant professor to associate professor were Jennifer N. Ahrens (health and human performance), Edna C. Alfaro (family and consumer sciences), Alejandro Barcenas Pardo (philosophy), Kaysie S. Brown (theatre and dance), Nathan H. Cannon (accounting), Jennifer A. Czocher (mathematics), Rebecca G. Deason (psychology), Michael B. Devlin (journalism and mass communication), Joanna H. Ellis (clinical laboratory science), Robert W. Fischer (philosophy), Cheryl L. Fulton (counseling, leadership, adult education and school psychology), Geneva M. Gano (English), Jennifer L. Hale (physical therapy), Vanessa D. Higgins Joyce (journalism and mass communication), Yueqin Hu (psychology), Katherine M. Kapurch (English), William T. Kaufhold (journalism and mass communication), Namwon Kim (engineering), Eric W. Leake (English), Holly M. Lewis (philosophy), Kathleen R. McClancy (English), Jacquelyn McDonald (health and human performance), Brandon R. McWilliams (theatre and dance), Kimberly M. Meitzen (geography), Kathryn B. Moore (art and design), Colleen C. Myles (geography), Steven W. Rayburn II (marketing), Christopher P. Rhodes (chemistry and biochemistry), Amanda C. Soto (music), Lucia S. Summers Rodriguez (criminal justice), Kimberly G. Talley (engineering technology),  Cathy Thomas (curriculum and instruction), Jeffrey A. Todd (finance and economics), Anthony S. Torres (engineering technology), James P. Van Overschelde (curriculum and instruction), Lucian L. Visinescu (computer information systems and quantitative methods), Hiroko K. Warshauer (mathematics), Russell C. Weaver (geography), Guowei Yang (computer science) and Yong Yang (mathematics).

Granted tenure were Edna C. Alfaro (family and consumer sciences), Alejandro Barcenas Pardo (philosophy), Kaysie S. Brown (theatre and dance), Nathan H. Cannon (accounting), Jennifer A. Czocher (mathematics), Rebecca G. Deason (psychology), Michael B. Devlin (journalism and mass communication), Robert W. Fischer (philosophy), Cheryl L. Fulton (counseling, leadership, adult education and school psychology), Geneva M. Gano (English), Vanessa D. Higgins Joyce (journalism and mass communication), Yueqin Hu (psychology), Katherine M. Kapurch (English), William T. Kaufhold (journalism and mass communication), Namwon Kim (engineering), Eric W. Leake (English), Holly M. Lewis (philosophy), Kathleen R. McClancy (English), Brandon R. McWilliams (theatre and dance), Kimberly M. Meitzen (geography), Kathryn B. Moore (art and design), Colleen C. Myles (geography), Steven W. Rayburn II (marketing), Christopher P. Rhodes (chemistry and biochemistry), Amanda C. Soto (music), Lucia S. Summers Rodriguez (criminal justice), Kimberly G. Talley (engineering technology), Nicole Taylor (anthropology), Cathy Thomas (curriculum and instruction), Jeffrey A. Todd (finance and economics), Anthony S. Torres (engineering technology), James P. Van Overschelde (curriculum and instruction), Lucian L. Visinescu (computer information systems and quantitative methods), Hiroko K. Warshauer (mathematics), Russell C. Weaver (geography), Guowei Yang (computer science) and Yong Yang (mathematics). 

For more information, contact University Communications:

Jayme Blaschke, 512-245-2555

Sandy Pantlik, 512-245-2922