Regents approve faculty promotions

May 18, 2000
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ANN ARBOR—University of Michigan Regents, at their May 18 meeting, approved the recommendations for promotion and/or tenure of faculty members on the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses, effective next academic year.

Those at the Ann Arbor campus are:

From professor without tenure to professor with tenure.

R. Paul Drake; Jerzy Kanicki.

From associate professor with tenure to professor with tenure.

Dorit D. Adler; Roger L. Albin; Norman E. Alessi (associate professor of psychiatry, with tenure, Medical School, to professor of psychiatry, with tenure. Also holds an appointment as associate professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, without tenure); Dante Amidei; Eugene W. Anderson; James M. Borders; Carol J. Boyd (associate professor, with tenure, School of Nursing, and associate professor of women’s studies, without tenure, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, to professor of nursing, with tenure and professor of women’s studies, without tenure); Celeste Ann Brusati (associate professor of history of art, with tenure, and associate professor of women’s studies without tenure, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, to professor of history of art, with tenure, and professor of women’s studies, without tenure);

Sally Ann Camper (associate professor of human genetics, with tenure, Medical School, to professor of human genetics, with tenure. Also holds an appointment as associate professor of internal medicine, without tenure);

Bert Cardullo; Edmund H. Durfee (associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, with tenure, College of Engineering, and associate professor of information, School of Information, to professor of electrical engineering and computer science, with tenure, and professor of information, without tenure, School of Information); Debasish Dutta; Julian Faraway; Eva L. Feldman; Renny T. Franceschi (associate professor of dentistry, with tenure, School of Dentistry, and associate professor of biological chemistry, without tenure, Medical School, to professor of dentistry, with tenure, and associate professor of biological chemistry, without tenure); Katherine Freese;

James Freudenberg; Daniel J. Goldman; James A. Goulet; Kun-Liang Guan; Juha Heinonen; Mark A. Helvie; William H. Herman (associate professor of internal medicine, with tenure, Medical School, and associate professor of epidemiology, without tenure, School of Public Health, to professor of internal medicine, with tenure, and professor of epidemiology, without tenure); Warren G. Holmes; June Howard (associate professor of English, American culture and women’s studies, with tenure, to professor of English, with tenure, professor of American culture, with tenure, and professor of women’s studies, with tenure, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts);

Paul K. Huth; Raffi J. Indjejikian; Cary E. Johnson; Larry R. Junck; Sridhar Kota; Aradhna J. Krishna; Igor Kriz; Francine Lafontaine (associate professor of business economics, with tenure, School of Business Administration, and associate professor of economics, without tenure, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, to professor of business economics, with tenure, School of Business Administration); Joseph S.C. Lam; Thomas R. Lloyd; Benjamin L. Margolis (associate professor of internal medicine, with tenure, and associate professor of biological chemsitry,without tenure, Medical School, to professor of internal medicine, with tenure, and professor of biological chemistry, without tenure); Robert E. Megginson;

Carol T. Mowbray (associate professor of social work, with tenure, School of Social Work, to professor of social work, with tenure. Also holds an appointment as associate professor of psychology, without tenure, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts); M. P. Narayanan; Anton Nel; Bradford Orr; Lynda J. Oswald; Kenneth G. Powell; Douglas J. Quint; Venkatram Ramaswamy; Edward W. Sarath; William W. Schultz; Bright Sheng; Kenneth R. Silk; Dean G. Smith; James R. Sneyd; Theodore J. Standiford;

Anand Swaroop (associate professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, with tenure, Medical School, to professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, with tenure. Also holds an appointment as associate professor of human genetics, without tenure); Katherine Terrell (associate professor of business economics, corporate strategy and international business, with tenure, School of Business Administration, to professor of business economics, corporate strategy and international business, with tenure. Also holds an appointment as associate professor of public policy, without tenure, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy);

Levi T. Thompson; Michael Thouless (associate professor of mechanical engineering, with tenure, and associate professor of materials science and engineering, without tenure, College of Engineering, to professor of mechanical engineering, with tenure, and professor of materials science and engineering, without tenure); Anthony M. Waas; Donald R. Zak.

From associate professor without tenure to professor without tenure.

Larry D. Gruppen; Carolyn M. Sampselle (associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, without tenure, Medical School, and associate professor of women’s studies, without tenure, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, to professor of obstetrics and gynecology, without tenure, and professor of women’s studies, without tenure. Also holds an appointment as professor of nursing, with tenure, School of Nursing); MaryFran R. Sowers (associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, without tenure, Medical School, to professor of obstetrics and gynecology, without tenure. Also holds an appointment as professor of epidemiology, with tenure, School of Public Health, and professor of internal medicine, without tenure, Medical School).

From associate professor without tenure to associate professor with tenure.

Jeffrey A. Fessler (associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, without tenure, and associate professor of biomedical engineering, without tenure, College of Engineering, and associate professor of internal medicine, without tenure, Medical School, tenure to be held with his title of associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science); Margaret l. Hedstrom; Kevin E. Korsyn; Paul Resnick.

From assistant professor to professor with tenure.

Sherman Clark.

From assistant professor to associate professor with tenure.

Ron A. Astor (assistant professor of social work, School of Social Work, to associate professor of social work, with tenure. Also holds an appointment as assistant professor of education, School of Education); John D.E. Barks; Matthew Biro (assistant professor of philosophy, Department of History of Art and assistant professor of philosophy, Residential College, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, to associate professor of history of art, with tenure and associate professor of history of art, with tenure); R. Alexander Blackwood; Mark E. Brandon; Paul J. Christensen; Bernadine E. Cimprich; Steven Clark;

Kathleen A. Cooney (assistant professor of internal medicine and assistant professor of surgery, Medical School, to associate professor of internal medicine, with tenure, and associate professor of surgery, without tenure); Alison Cornish; Gregory W. Dalack; Robert Denver; Gregory R. Dressler; Frieda Ekotto; Barbara L. Fredrickson (assistant professor of psychology and assistant professor of women’s studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, to associate professor of psychology, with tenure, and associate professor of women’s studies, with tenure); Karl Grosh;

Andrew J. Haig (assistant professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation and assistant professor of surgery, Medical School, to associate professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation, with tenure, and associate professor of surgery, without tenure); Richard A. Hirth; Timothy P. Hofer;

Nancy Rose Hunt (assistant professor of history, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology, Medical School, to associate professor of history, with tenure, and associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology, without tenure); Carol S. Jacobsen (assistant professor of art, School of Art and Design, and assistant professor of women’s studies, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, to associate professor of art, with tenure, and associate professor of women’s studies, without tenure); Tom K.W. Kerppola; Arthur D. Kuo (assistant professor of mechanical engineering and applied mechanics, and assistant professor of biomedical engineering, College of Engineering, to associate professor of mechanical engineering, with tenure, and associate professor of biomedical engineering, without tenure);

Wolfgang Lorenzon; Shobha V. Malviya; E. Neil G. Marsh; Joseph M. Messana; David Mindell (assistant professor of biology and assistant curator, Museum of Zoology, to associate professor of biology, with tenure, and associate curator, Museum of Zoology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts); Lori J. Mosca (assistant professor of internal medicine, Medical School to associate professor of internal medicine, with tenure. Also holds an appointment as assistant professor of epidemiology, School of Public Health); Elizabeth M. Petty (assistant professor of internal medicine, and assistant professor of human genetics, Medical School, to associate professor of internal medicine, with tenure, and associate professor of human genetics, without tenure);

Martin A. Philbert; Penny F. Pierce; Joanne M. Pohl; Brian Porter; Alnawaz Rehemtulla; Ann Marie Sastry (assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and assistant professor of biomedical engineering, College of Engineering, to associate professor of mechanical engineering, with tenure, and associate professor of biomedical engineering, without tenure); Margaret Scisney-Matlock; Jianjun Shi; Mary Hope Simoni; Pamela Smock; William E. Smoyer;

Scott Spector (assistant professor of Germanic languages and literatures and assistant professor of history, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, to associate professor of Germanic languages and literatures, with tenure, and associate professor of history, with tenure); Lars P. Stixrude; Paul A. Taheri; George W. Taylor; Andrea Todisco; Delia M. Vazquez (assistant professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, and assistant professor of psychiatry, Medical School, to associate professor of pediatrics and communicable diseases, with tenure, and associate professor of psychiatry, without tenure); John M. Wallace; Stewart C. Wang; Elizabeth R. Wingrove (assistant professor of political science, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, to associate professor of political science, with tenure, and associate professor of women’s studies, with tenure, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts); J. Stuart Wolf Jr.

From assistant professor to associate professor without tenure.

Michael E. Chernew (assistant professor of internal medicine, Medical School, to associate professor of internal medicine, without tenure. Also holds appointments as associate professor of health management and policy, with tenure, School of Public Health, and associate professor of economics, without tenure, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts); Alfred Franzblau (assistant professor of internal medicine, Medical School, to associate professor of internal medicine, without tenure. Also holds an appointment as associate professor of occupational medicine, with tenure, School of Public Health.

Those at the U-M-Dearborn are:

From associate professor with tenure to professor with tenure.

Kathleen Wider.

From assistant professor to associate professor with tenure.

Fernando Feliu; Barbara D. Klein; Hei-Wai Lee; Joe Harris Lunn; Eric B. Ratts.

Those at the U-M-Flint are:

From associate professor with tenure to professor with tenure.

Madhukar G. Angur.

From associate professor without tenure to associate professor with tenure.

Janet S. Barnfather.

From Assistant professor to associate professor with tenure.

Lauren D. Friesen; Susan Gano-Phillips; Martin M. Kaufman; Jamile T. Lawand; Joseph G. Rahme; Theodosia S. Robertson.