The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has approved promotions and tenure recommendations for 43 UW-Stout faculty, effective for the 2018-19 academic year.
The professors and their departments are:
Promoted to professor
- Jennifer Astwood, design
- Eric Brey, hospitality and tourism
- James Bryan, art and art history
- Sally Dresdow, operations and management
- Aaron Durst, communication studies, foreign languages and performing arts
- Seth Dutter, mathematics, statistics and computer science
- Peter Galante, communication technologies
- Jennifer Grant, biology
- Kathryn Hamilton, psychology
- Carol Johnson, School of Education
- John Klem, rehabilitation and counseling
- Cheng Liu, engineering and technology
- Georgios Loizides, social science
- Elena Marshall, English and philosophy
- Kimberly Martinez, teaching, learning and leadership
- Kevin Mason, teaching, learning and leadership
- Ruth Nyland, school counseling, school psychology and special education
- Marlann Patterson, chemistry and physics
- Julie Peterson, design
- Daisy Pignetti, English and philosophy
- Deleana Strohl, rehabilitation and counseling
- Markie Twist, human development and family studies
- Donquing (Holly) Yuan, communication technologies
Promoted to associate professor
- Kenan Baltaci, engineering and technology
- Erik Evensen, design
- Emily Hines, teaching, learning and leadership
- Andy Peng, engineering technology
- Fred Prassas, hospitality and tourism
Tenure
- Daniel Atyim, art and art history
- Julie Bates-Maves, rehabilitation and counseling
- Devin Berg, engineering technology
- Seth Berrier, mathematics, statistics and computer science
- Katherine Roberts Edenborg, English and philosophy
- Masako Onodera, art and art history
- Stephen Salm, business
- Howard Samb, hospitality and tourism
- Deanna Schultz, teaching, learning and leadership
- Wei Shi, engineering and technology
- Andrew Williams, art and art history
- Wei Zheng, engineering and technology
Promoted to associate professor with tenure
- Arnab Biswas, social science
- John Spartz, English and philosophy
- Amy Zimmerman, school counseling, school psychology and special education
In fall 2017, UW-Stout had 259 faculty members.
The 2018-19 academic year begins with Opening Day activities, including campuswide Engagement Sessions, for faculty and staff Monday, Aug. 27. Classes begin Wednesday, Sept. 5.
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Photos
Top: Fred Prassas, from the hospitality and tourism department, teaches a class in real estate and property management.
Bottom: Wei Zheng, who teaches in the engineering and technology department, works with students in the plastics engineering lab.
