Faculty members clap at the Tenure and Promotion Awards celebration

Wichita State University celebrates the following faculty members who were recognized at the Tenure and Promotion Awards ceremony April 21:

  • W. Frank Barton School of Business:
    • Tenure awardees:
      • Abigail Devereaux, associate professor, economics
      • Ross Gruetzemacher, associate professor, FREDS
      • Andrea Lynn Matthews, associate professor, marketing
      • Smita Srivastava, associate professor, management
      • Xiaoyang Zhu, associate professor, economics
      • Alexander Ziegler, associate professor, marketing
    • Non-tenure track awardees:
      • Michael Flores, senior educator, accounting
      • Kate Kung‑McIntyre, senior educator, management
  • College of Education:
    • Tenure awardees:
      • Jason Li, professor, CLES
      • Lindsay Luinstra, associate professor, HPS
    • Non-tenure track awardees:
      • Jill Wood, associate educator, TALS
  • College of Engineering:
    • Tenure awardees:
      • Yanwu Ding, professor, electrical and computer engineering
      • Atri Dutta, professor, aerospace engineering
      • Deepak Gupta, professor, industrial, systems and manufacturing engineering
      • Hyuck Kwon, professor, electrical and computer engineering
      • Bayram Yildirim, professor, industrial, systems and manufacturing engineering
    • Non-tenure track awardees:
      • Gary Brooking, teaching professor, applied engineering
  • College of Fine Arts:
    • Tenure awardees:
      • Timothy Jones, associate professor, music
      • Claudia Pederson, professor, art and design
      • Gerald “Jerry” Scholl, professor, music
      • Timothy Shade, professor, music
      • Leonid Shukaev, professor, music
    • Non-tenure track awardees:
      • Melissa Penkava Koza, associate teaching professor, performing arts
      • Robert Thomas, associate teaching professor, digital arts
      • Sabrina Vasquez, senior educator, performing arts
  • College of Health Professions:
    • Tenure awardees:
      • Erin O’Bryan, associate professor, communication sciences and disorders
    • Non-tenure track awardees:
      • Laurie Alloway, teaching professor, medical laboratory sciences
      • Christopher Dudley, associate clinical professor, physician assistant
      • Candance Grant, associate educator, nursing
      • Melissa Vagts, clinical professor, communication sciences and disorders
      • Evan Ohlman, associate clinical professor, physician assistant
      • Donna Robinson, teaching professor, nursing
      • Elizabeth Tew, associate teaching professor, physical therapy
  • Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences:
    • Tenure awardees:
      • Jim Bann, professor, chemistry
      • Chase Billingham, professor, sociology
      • William Groutas, professor, chemistry
      • Jodie Hertzog, professor, sociology
      • Twyla Hill, professor, sociology
      • Rannfrid Lasine-Thelle, professor, history
      • Quan Lei, associate professor, psychology
      • Mathew Muether, professor, physics
      • Mohamed Nasser, associate professor, mathematics
      • Brigitte Roussel, professor, modern and classical languages and literatures
      • Xiaoheng Wang, associate professor, public affairs
    • Non-tenure track awardees:
      • Rachel Heckman, senior educator, mathematics
      • Kerry Jones, teaching professor, English
Faculty members clap at the Tenure and Promotion Awards celebration

Wichita State University celebrates the following faculty members who were recognized at the Tenure and Promotion Awards ceremony April 21:

  • W. Frank Barton School of Business:
    • Tenure awardees:
      • Abigail Devereaux, associate professor, economics
      • Ross Gruetzemacher, associate professor, FREDS
      • Andrea Lynn Matthews, associate professor, marketing
      • Smita Srivastava, associate professor, management
      • Xiaoyang Zhu, associate professor, economics
      • Alexander Ziegler, associate professor, marketing
    • Non-tenure track awardees:
      • Michael Flores, senior educator, accounting
      • Kate Kung‑McIntyre, senior educator, management
  • College of Education:
    • Tenure awardees:
      • Jason Li, professor, CLES
      • Lindsay Luinstra, associate professor, HPS
    • Non-tenure track awardees:
      • Jill Wood, associate educator, TALS
  • College of Engineering:
    • Tenure awardees:
      • Yanwu Ding, professor, electrical and computer engineering
      • Atri Dutta, professor, aerospace engineering
      • Deepak Gupta, professor, industrial, systems and manufacturing engineering
      • Hyuck Kwon, professor, electrical and computer engineering
      • Bayram Yildirim, professor, industrial, systems and manufacturing engineering
    • Non-tenure track awardees:
      • Gary Brooking, teaching professor, applied engineering
  • College of Fine Arts:
    • Tenure awardees:
      • Timothy Jones, associate professor, music
      • Claudia Pederson, professor, art and design
      • Gerald “Jerry” Scholl, professor, music
      • Timothy Shade, professor, music
      • Leonid Shukaev, professor, music
    • Non-tenure track awardees:
      • Melissa Penkava Koza, associate teaching professor, performing arts
      • Robert Thomas, associate teaching professor, digital arts
      • Sabrina Vasquez, senior educator, performing arts
  • College of Health Professions:
    • Tenure awardees:
      • Erin O’Bryan, associate professor, communication sciences and disorders
    • Non-tenure track awardees:
      • Laurie Alloway, teaching professor, medical laboratory sciences
      • Christopher Dudley, associate clinical professor, physician assistant
      • Candance Grant, associate educator, nursing
      • Melissa Vagts, clinical professor, communication sciences and disorders
      • Evan Ohlman, associate clinical professor, physician assistant
      • Donna Robinson, teaching professor, nursing
      • Elizabeth Tew, associate teaching professor, physical therapy
  • Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences:
    • Tenure awardees:
      • Jim Bann, professor, chemistry
      • Chase Billingham, professor, sociology
      • William Groutas, professor, chemistry
      • Jodie Hertzog, professor, sociology
      • Twyla Hill, professor, sociology
      • Rannfrid Lasine-Thelle, professor, history
      • Quan Lei, associate professor, psychology
      • Mathew Muether, professor, physics
      • Mohamed Nasser, associate professor, mathematics
      • Brigitte Roussel, professor, modern and classical languages and literatures
      • Xiaoheng Wang, associate professor, public affairs
    • Non-tenure track awardees:
      • Rachel Heckman, senior educator, mathematics
      • Kerry Jones, teaching professor, English
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Caelin Bragg, Newsletter editor – Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing, has earned tenure.