Following is a list of fixed-term faculty promotions at Penn State, effective July 1, 2016.
The following individuals have been promoted to professor:
Istvan Albert, biochemistry and molecular biology, Eberly College of Science
Maria J. Baker, medicine, College of Medicine
Joseph B. Clark, pediatrics and surgery, College of Medicine
Christopher J. DeFlitch, emergency medicine, College of Medicine
Eileen F. Hennrikus, medicine, College of Medicine
Antolin Llorente, psychiatry, College of Medicine
Scott A. Lynch, orthopaedics and rehabilitation, College of Medicine
James McInerney, neurosurgery, College of Medicine
Jay Raman, surgery, College of Medicine
Peter Seidenberg, orthopaedics and rehabilitation and family and community medicine, College of Medicine
Yakov Vorobeychik, anesthesiology and neurology, College of Medicine
The following individual has been promoted to librarian:
Dace I. Freivalds, Department for Libraries' Information Technology, University Park
The following individuals have been promoted to senior scientist:
Jun Miao, entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences
ShunLi Shang, materials science and engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Yi Wang, materials science and engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Timothy White, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
The following individuals have been promoted to senior lecturer/senior instructor:
Robert Belsterling, accounting, economics, and finance, Penn State Altoona
Stacey Corle, mathematics education, Penn State Altoona
Robert Eric Doerfler, nursing, College of Nursing, Harrisburg campus
Michele L. Duffey, kinesiology, College of Health and Human Development
David Dzikowski, communication arts and sciences, College of the Liberal Arts
Mark Fisher, philosophy, College of the Liberal Arts
JoAnn Foley-DeFiore, biobehavioral health, College of Health and Human Development
William Gardner, business administration, Penn State Fayette
Amber Walker Jackson, communication arts and sciences, College of the Liberal Arts
Michelle Kaschak, English, Penn State Lehigh Valley
Farah Kauffman, public health sciences, College of Medicine
Shawnee M. Shelly, nutritional sciences, College of Health and Human Development
Margaret Kertis, nursing, College of Nursing, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Dean Lewis, mechanical engineering, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Jennelle Malcos, biology, Eberly College of Science
Nikki L. Mattson, applied linguistics, College of the Liberal Arts
Ines Meyer-Hoess, communication arts and sciences, College of the Liberal Arts
Adam W. Nye, political science, College of the Liberal Arts
Douglas Page, history, Penn State Altoona
Kristen Pearson, education, Penn State Altoona
Sally Sue Richmond, information science, Great Valley School of Graduate Professional Studies
James Shankweiler, business, Penn State Berks
Jeffrey Stone, information sciences and technology, Penn State Schuylkill
Mingjie Sun, surgery, College of Medicine
Gina Tarud, physical therapy, Penn State Hazleton
John Waters, biology, Eberly College of Science
Jason Williams, plastics engineering technology, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
The following individuals have been promoted to clinical professor:
Arthur Hattel, veterinary and biomedical sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences
Subhashinie Kariyawasam, veterinary and biomedical sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences
The following individuals have been promoted to associate professor:
Amit M. Agarwal, radiology, College of Medicine
Umur Aydogan, orthopaedics and rehabilitation, College of Medicine
Sankar Bandyopadhyay, neurology, College of Medicine
Carolina Candotti, medicine, College of Medicine
Kun-Ming Chen, biochemistry and molecular biology, College of Medicine
Tonya Crook, medicine, College of Medicine
Aman Dhawan, orthopaedics and rehabilitation, College of Medicine
Ping Du, medicine and public health sciences, College of Medicine
Melissa R. George, pathology, College of Medicine
David M. Giampetro, anesthesiology and neurology, College of Medicine
Robert J. Greiner, pediatrics, College of Medicine
Bing Han, pathology, College of Medicine
Everett C. Hills, physical medicine and rehabilitation and orthopaedics and rehabilitation, College of Medicine
Mechelle Lewis, neurology and pharmacology, College of Medicine
Max Lowden, neurology, College of Medicine
Jozef Malysz, pathology, College of Medicine
Marsha B. Novick, pediatrics and family and community medicine, College of Medicine
Sean Oser, family and community medicine, College of Medicine
Tamara K. Oser, family and community medicine, College of Medicine
Eric Pauli, surgery, College of Medicine
Jaimey Pauli, obstetrics and gynecology, College of Medicine
Jansie Prozesky, anesthesiology, College of Medicine
Shyamsunder Sabat, radiology, College of Medicine
Michael D. Sather, neurosurgery, College of Medicine
Elizabeth A. Smolcic, curriculum and instruction, College of Education
Annemarie Ward, curriculum and instruction, College of Education
Emmanuelle Williams, medicine, College of Medicine
Tiffany Whitcomb, comparative medicine, College of Medicine
Zhaohai Yang, pathology, College of Medicine
The following individuals have been promoted to associate librarian:
Mary Lou Patrick, reference librarian, Penn State Altoona
Shannon G. Richie, reference and instruction librarian, Penn State Hazleton
The following individual has been promoted to senior research associate:
Bethany C. Bray, The Methodology Center, College of Health and Human Development
The following individuals have been promoted to assistant professor:
Stacey Duryea, anesthesiology, College of Medicine
Ashwani Garg, medicine, College of Medicine
Justin Pachuski, anesthesiology, College of Medicine
The following individual has been promoted to senior research assistant:
Jennifer Williams, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
For a full list of tenured and tenure-line faculty promotions at Penn State, click here.
