The NIU Board of Trustees last week approved promotions and tenure for more than 30 faculty members and also gave the nod to four new faculty hires.
Promotions and granting of tenure are serious decisions that involve rigorous evaluation of faculty scholarship, teaching and service.
The principal purpose of tenure is to safeguard academic freedom, which is necessary for all who teach and conduct research in higher education, according to the American Association of University Professors. Tenure also serves society and the common good by protecting the quality and integrity of teaching and research and thus the quality and integrity of institutions of higher education.
Faculty tenure, promotions and/or hires are as follows.
Promotion from Clinical Assistant Professor to Clinical Associate Professor
Blythe Kitner, Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
Promotion from Associate Professor to Professor
Andy Bruno, History
Clayton Camic, Kinesiology and Physical Education
Timothy Hagen, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Pi-Sui Hsu, Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
Laura Johnson, Educational Technology, Research and Assessment
Holly Jones, Biological Sciences
Julia Ogg, Psychology
Wesley Swingley, Biological Sciences
Carol Walther, Sociology
Tenure and Promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
Heather Bergan-Roller, Biological Sciences
Marcia Cooke, Nursing
Christine D’Alexander, Music
Alex Garivaltis, Economics
Lydia Gerzel-Short, Special and Early Education
Aarjen Glas, Political Science
Candice Hux, Accountancy
Jennifer Koop, Biological Sciences
Kathryn Mazurek, Interdisciplinary Health Professions
Henna Muzaffar, Health Studies
Irina Nesterova, Chemistry and Biochemistry
David Nieto, Curriculum and Instruction
Tiffany Puckett, Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations
Elizabeth Shelleby, Psychology
Perrin Stamatis, Art and Design
Yihui Tang, Marketing
Matthew Timko, Law Library
Mahdi Vaezi, Engineering Technology
Sahar Vahabzadeh, Mechanical Engineering
Ying Wang, Operations Management and Information Systems
Ziteng Wang, Industrial and Systems Engineering
Jiao Wu, Operations Management and Information Systems
Promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
Andrew Mamo, Law
Hired at the Rank of Professor with Tenure
Andrew Ledoan, Mathematical Sciences
Hope Wilson, Special and Early Education
Hired at the Rank of Associate Professor with Tenure
Roxanna Conner, Theatre and Dance
Rosanne Thomas, Allied Health and Communicative Disorders
