UAH promotion, tenure awards for 2024-2025 year given to 25 outstanding faculty members JUN 07, 2024 | Ann Marie Martin Michael Mercier | UAH The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) recognized 25 faculty members for their outstanding performance and overall excellence by awarding them tenure and/or promotion starting with the 2024-2025 academic year. UAH is a part of The University of Alabama System. These faculty members include seven who were promoted to professor, nine who were awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor, two promotions to clinical associate professor, one promotion to clinical assistant professor, one promotion to librarian IV, and five promotions to senior lecturer. Congratulations to these UAH faculty members: PROMOTION TO PROFESSOR Azita Amiri – Nursing Kathleen Baldwin – Art and Art History Andrei Gandila – History Yeow Chye Ng – Nursing Louise O’Keefe – Nursing Christina Steidl – Sociology Gabe Xu – Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering AWARD OF TENURE AND PROMOTION TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Jennifer Bail – Nursing Haihong Che – Space Science Frances Hamilton – Education Kimberly Hile – Education Natalie Malak – Economics Abdullahi Salman – Civil and Environmental Engineering Tatyana Sysoeva – Biological Sciences Kristin Weger – Psychology Guangsheng Zhang – Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PROMOTION TO CLINICAL ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR Themistoklis Chronis – Physics Tracy Lakin – Nursing PROMOTION TO CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR LaToya Patterson – Nursing PROMOTION TO LIBRARIAN IV David Moore – Salmon Library PROMOTION TO SENIOR LECTURER David Fikes – Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering John Mohr – History Colleen Noletto – English Kelly Smith – History Pamela Twigg – Chemistry Learn More College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences College of Business College of Education College of Engineering College of Nursing College of Science Department of Art, Art History and Design Department of Biological Sciences Department of Chemistry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of Economics Department of English Department of History Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department of Physics and Astronomy Department of Psychology Department of Sociology Department of Space Science Salmon Library Contact Kristina Hendrix 256-824-6341 kristina.hendrix@uah.edu Popular Stories UAH welcomes 21 new faculty members as 2025-26 academic year begins UA System Capitol Scholars internship program is taking applications for Summer 2026 UAH researcher gains $95K USDA grant to help control Japanese beetle that causes $450M in U.S. damage annually Dr. Kristy Lee joins UAH as Chief Administrative Officer UAH to host Family & Friends Weekend 2025 with four days of campus and community events