The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) announced today that 25 faculty members have been recognized for their outstanding performance and overall excellence by being awarded tenure and/or promotion for the 2020-2021 academic year, including seven faculty members awarded tenure and promotion to Associate Professor, eight promotions in academic rank to Professor, one award of tenure, three promotions to Clinical Associate Professor, two promotions to Clinical Assistant Professor, and four promotions to Senior Lecturer.
"These decisions resulted from extensive reviews by faculty colleagues at the department, college, and university levels and, in appropriate cases, references by distinguished colleagues from other academic institutions," says Christine W. Curtis, UAH Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs. "My decisions took into account those reviews and the recommendations of the chairs and deans. President Dawson concurred with the decisions."
The faculty members recognized include:
Award of Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
Tingting Wu, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Bryan Mesmer, Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
Azita Amiri, Nursing
Vinny Argentina, Art, Art History, and Design
Chris Taylor, Art, Art History, and Design
Jeremy Fischer, Philosophy
Yeolan Lee, Marketing/Management and Information Systems
Promotion to Professor
Sampson Gholston, Industrial and Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
Shangbing Ai, Mathematical Sciences
Lingze Duan, Physics and Astronomy
David Harwell, Theater
Pavica Sheldon, Communication Arts
Electra Gilchrist-Petty, Communication Arts
Jodi Price, Psychology
Eric Fong, Marketing/Management and Information Systems
Tenured
Yongchuan (Kevin) Bao, Marketing/Management and Information Systems
Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor
Brinda Mahalingam, Economics, Finance, and Accounting
Mark Reynolds, Nursing
Ashraf Al-Hamdan, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Promotion to Clinical Assistant Professor
Kimberly Budisalich, Nursing
Tracie Morgan, Nursing
Promotion to Senior Lecturer
Ryan Wade, Atmospheric and Earth Science
Stephanie Ryan Cate-Gibson, Intensive Language and Culture (ILC)
Roxie Veasey, Art, Art History, and Design
Anna Weber, English
"The newly promoted and tenured faculty have achieved high levels of excellence in the areas of research, teaching and service," says Dr. Curtis. "They are a tribute to you, the faculty who recruited them, mentored them, and encouraged them along the way. Please join me in congratulating them on the achievement of this milestone and wishing them continued success at The University of Alabama in Huntsville."