Wichita State celebrates faculty at Tenure and Promotion Awards

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

Tenure awardees:

College of Education:

  • Jason Li, professor, CLES
  • Lindsay Luinstra, associate professor, HPS

Barton School of Business:

  • 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

College of Engineering:

  • 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

College of Fine Arts:

  • Timothy Jones, associate professor, music
  • Claudia Pederson, professor, art and design
  • Gerald “Jerry” Scholl, professor, music
  • Timothy Shade, professor, music
  • Leonid Shukaev, professor, music

College of Health Professions:

  • Erin O’Bryan, associate professor, communication sciences and disorders

Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences:

  • 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, health and wellness services

Non-tenure track awardees:

College of Education:

  • Jill Wood, associate educator, TALS

Barton School of Business:

  • Michael Flores, senior educator, accounting
  • Kate Kung‑McIntyre, senior educator, management

College of Engineering:

  • Gary Brooking, teaching professor, applied engineering

College of Fine Arts:

  • 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:

  • 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:

  • Rachel Heckman, senior educator, mathematics
  • Kerry Jones, teaching professor, English