19 S&T faculty members receive tenure, promotions
Posted by Velvet Hasner
A student takes notes during an S&T class. Michael Pierce/Missouri S&T
Nineteen faculty members at Missouri S&T received promotions and/or tenure, effective Sept. 1. Those faculty members are:
- Dr. Andrew Behrendt, promoted to associate teaching professor of history and political science
- Dr. Casey Canfield, promoted to associate professor of engineering management and systems engineering, and granted tenure
- Dr. Carleigh Davis, promoted to associate professor of English and technical communication and granted tenure
- Dr. K.C. Dolan, promoted to professor of English and technical communication
- Dr. Shane Epting, promoted to associate professor of arts, languages and philosophy and granted tenure
- Dr. Mahelet Fikru, promoted to professor of economics
- Dr. Garry Grubbs, promoted to professor of chemistry
- Dr. Alanna Krolikowski, promoted to associate professor of history and political science and granted tenure
- Dr. David Lipke, promoted to associate professor of materials science and granted tenure
- Dr. Tie Luo, associate professor of computer science, granted tenure
- Dr. James Musser, promoted to teaching professor of physics
- Dr. Jonghyun Park, promoted to professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
- Dr. Monday Okoronkwo, promoted to associate professor of chemical and biochemical engineering and granted tenure
- Dr. Taghi Sherizadeh, promoted to associate professor of mining engineering and granted tenure
- Dr. Pericles Stavropoulos, promoted to professor of chemistry
- Dr. Robin Verble, promoted to professor of biological sciences
- Dr. Guang Xu, associate professor of mining engineering, granted tenure
- Dr. Grace Yan, promoted to professor of civil engineering
- Dr. Yishu Zhou, promoted to associate professor of economics and granted tenure
Four tenured S&T faculty honored
Additionally, four faculty members were honored with the Post Tenure Review Excellence Award. This award is granted to faculty who excel in scholarship and teaching through the five-year review period after achieving tenure. The recipients are:
- Dr. Marco Cavaglia, professor of physics
- Dr. Cecil Chua, associate professor of business and information technology
- Dr. William Fahrenholtz, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of ceramic engineering
- Dr. Dimitri Feys, associate professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering
Correction – I believe Dr. Monday Okoronkwo was promoted to associate professor, not promoted to assistant professor. Please correct and reissue the list.