Faculty Excellence Celebration 2025

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Distinguished Professor 

Jearl Walker, Professor in Physics   

Distinguished Faculty  Awards

Distinguished Faculty Award – Teaching 

Deborah Espy, Professor in Physical Therapy 

Sarah Rutherford, Associate Professor in Art and Design  

Myrita Wilhite, Chair & Clinical Associate Professor in Communication Sciences and Disorders   

Distinguished Faculty Award – Research 

Bibo Li, Biological, Professor in Geological and Environmental Sciences 

Thijs Heus, Associate Professor in Physics  

Distinguished Faculty Award – Service 

Joanna DeMarco, Chair & Clinical Associate Professor in Health Sciences and Human Performance  

Aycan Grossmann, Senior College Lecturer in Finance and Economics  

Vania De Paoli, Senior College Lecturer in Chemistry  

Promotion and Tenure 

Promotion to Associate College Lecturer 

Manuella Crawley, Health Sciences & Human Performance 

Meagan Harless, Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences 

Tameika Harris, School of Nursing 

John Jirik, School of Communication 

Amanda Lloyd, English 

Quintasha McCrimon, School of Nursing 

Sarah Nocero, School of Nursing 

Matthew Nordlund, Psychology 

Toni Paoletta, Marketing 

Olivia Pethtel, Psychology 

Julie Townsend, English 

Promotion to Associate Professor of Practice  

Maryam Younessi Sinaki, Mechanical Engineering 

Promotion to Senior College Lecturer  

Dawn Aliberti, Criminology and Sociology 

Ramune Braziunaite, School of Communication 

Mark Cole, History   

Patrick Frato, Psychology 

Promotion to Associate Librarian 

Hannah Pearson, Main Library 

Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure 

David Hicks, Art and Design   

Emmanuel Kidando, Civil and Environmental Engineering   

Christa Laser, College of Law 

Rachel Lovell, Criminology and Sociology   

Barbara Milliken, Occupational Therapy   

Paul Mills, Marketing 

Todd Nelson, Political Science  

Merlin Nithya Gnanapragasam, Biological, Geological and Environmental Sciences 

Josiah Owusu-Danquah, Civil and Environmental Engineering   

Hilary Plum, English 

Jun Ru, Operations and Supply Chain Management  

Hongkai Yu, Electrical and Computer Engineering 

Tenure 

Violet Cox, Communication Sciences and Disorders 

Joanna DeMarco, Health Sciences and Human Performance 

Abigail Moncrieff, College of Law 

Myrita Wilhite, Communication Sciences and Disorders 

Promotion to Professor 

Tushar Borkar, Mechanical Engineering 

George Chatzimavroudis, College of Engineering, Dean’s Office 

Brooke Conti, English  

Holly Holsinger, Theatre and Dance 

Cynthia Hovland, School of Social Work   

Sathish Kumar, Computer Science 

Chelsea Monty-Bromer, Chemical and Biomedical Engineering 

Kelly Wrenhaven, History 

Promotion to Clinical Professor  

Karen McIntyre, Physical Therapy