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Twenty-three faculty members receive tenure

June 4, 2009

KALAMAZOO-- The Western Michigan University Board of Trustees approved the tenure of 23 faculty members at its June 4 meeting. The tenured appointments for all 23 are effective with the beginning of the 2009-10 academic year.

New tenured faculty

  • Dr. Ala I. Al-Fuqaha, computer science
  • Dr. Jeffrey M. Angles, foreign languages
  • Dr. JoAnn L. Atkin, marketing
  • Dr. Andrea L. Beach, educational leadership, research and technology
  • Daniel Jay Berkow, theatre
  • E. Bryce Dickey, family and consumer sciences
  • Allison Downey, teaching, learning and educational studies
  • Dr. Chad Edwards, communication
  • Dr. Steve Feffer, English
  • Dr. Gregory A. Flamme, speech pathology and audiology
  • Dr. Pavel G. Ikonomov, industrial and manufacturing engineering
  • Dr. Edwin A. Martini, history
  • Dr. Lisa C. Minnick, English
  • Dr. Ilana Nash, English
  • Dr. Sherine O. Obare, chemistry
  • Carolyn R. Pavlik, dance
  • Dr. Cynthia J. Pietras, psychology
  • Troy Place, industrial and manufacturing engineering
  • Dr. Kapseong Ro, mechanical and aeronautical engineering
  • Dr. Renee Schwartz, biological sciences
  • Dr. Helen M. Sharp, speech pathology and audiology
  • Dr. Bade Shrestha, mechanical and aeronautical engineering
  • Dr. Zijiang James Yang, computer science

Media contact: Deanne Molinari, (269) 387-8400, deanne.molinari@wmich.edu

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