CSU Board of Trustees Grants Tenure and Promotion
CLEVELAND (March 17, 2022) – Cleveland State University celebrated the scholarly achievements of 35 faculty members earlier today when the Academic Affairs and Student Success Committee of the Board of Trustees awarded promotion and tenure.
“So many of these faculty members have distinguished themselves in their service to the university and their service to our students – and at the same time are remarkably research-active,” said Laura Bloomberg, Ph.D., CSU provost and senior vice president of academic affairs.
Faculty promoted to full professor:
Wei Wang, Ph.D., Finance
Karla Hamlen Mansour, Ph.D., Curriculum and Foundations
Patrick Wachira, Ph.D., Teacher Education
Lili Dong, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Chandrasekhar Kothapali, Ph.D., Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Marian Bleeke, Ph.D., Art & Design
John Perrine, DMA, Music
Miyuki Tedor, Ph.D.
Monica Gordon Pershey, Ed.D., Health Sciences
Michael Horvath, Ph.D., Psychology
Kiril Streletzky, Ph.D., Physics
Brian Davis, Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Faculty promoted to clinical full professor with tenure:
- Robin Chilton, OTD, Health Sciences
Faculty promoted to associate professor with tenure:
Yinjie Shen, Ph.D., Finance
Dakota King-White, Ph.D., Counseling, Administration, Supervision & Adult Learning
Laura Northrop, Ph.D., Teacher Education
Geyou Ao, Ph.D., Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
Anne Berry, MFA, Art & Design
Kimberly Fuller, Ph.D., Social Work
Maksim Isakin, Ph.D., Economics
Meghan Novisky, Ph.D., Criminology, Anthropology & Sociology
Carol Olszewski, Ph.D., Music
Cigdem Slankard, MFA, Film & Media Arts
Jessica Bickel, Ph.D., Physics
Kelle DeBoth, Ph.D., Health Sciences
Elizabeth Goncy, Ph.D., Psychology
Sandra Hurtado Rua, Ph.D., Mathematics & Statistics
Kevin Mueller, Ph.D., Biology, Geology & Environmental Sciences
Shereen Naser, Ph.D., Psychology
Yana Sandlers, Ph.D., Chemistry
William Matcham, Ph.D., Nursing
Meghan Rubado, Ph.D., Urban Studies
Promotion to librarian of the Michael Schwartz Library
Anne Marie Smeraldi, M.Ed.
Marsha Miles, MLIS
Promotion to senior assistant librarian of the Michael Schwartz Library
Hannah Pearson