Our Colleagues
Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Cases, 2007-08
UB faculty members and librarians who received tenure or were promoted or appointed with tenure from mid-October 2007 through December 2008 were recognized during a reception held March 23 in the UB President's Residence on Lebrun Road.
The reception was hosted by President John B. Simpson and Provost Satish K. Tripathi.
The faculty members and librarians who were honored were:
• Rachel Ablow, English, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Robert Adelman, Sociology, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Victor Albert, Biological Sciences, CAS, appointed as a full professor with tenure.
• Stylianos Andreadis, Chemical and Biological Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Nancy Babb, Law, promoted to associate librarian with tenure.
• Joseph Balthasar, Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Sarah Bay-Cheng, Theatre and Dance/Media Study, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Sylvie Bélanger, Visual Studies, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Sean Bennett, Geography, CAS, promoted to full professor.
• Ling Bian, Geography, CAS, promoted to full professor.
• Javier Blanco, Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Richard Blondell, Family Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Jürgen Bohnemeyer, Linguistics, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• William Boden, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, granted tenure as a full professor.
• David Braun, Philosophy, CAS, appointed as a full professor with tenure.
• Carol Brewer, Nursing, promoted to full professor.
• Capuzzo Heitor, Media Study, CAS, appointed as a full professor with tenure.
• Werner Ceusters, Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, granted tenure as a full professor.
• Sherry Chemler, Chemistry, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Chang Wen Chen, Computer Science and Engineering, SEAS, granted tenure as a full professor.
• Richard Cohen, Philosophy, CAS, appointed as a full professor with tenure.
• Catherine Cook-Cottone, Counseling, School and Educational Psychology, Graduate School of Education, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Beata Csatho, Geology, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Gregory Dimitriadis, Educational Leadership and Policy, GSE, promoted to full professor.
• Steven Diver, Chemistry, CAS, promoted to full professor.
• Shira Gabriel-Klaiman, Psychology, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Joseph Gerken, Law, promoted to associate librarian with tenure.
• Steven Gill, Oral Biology, School of Dental Medicine, granted tenure as an associate professor.
• Gary Giovino, Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, granted tenure as a full professor.
• Jonathan Golove, Music, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Graham Hammill, English, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• David Hemmer, Mathematics, CAS, granted tenure as an associate professor.
• Stephen Henderson, Theatre and Dance, CAS, promoted to full professor.
• Daniel Hess, Urban and Regional Planning, School of Architecture and Planning, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Jeffrey Higginbotham, Communicative Disorders and Sciences, CAS, promoted to full professor.
• Junhao Hong, Communication , CAS, promoted to full professor.
• Dietrich Jehle, Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Thenkurussi Kesavadas, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SEAS, promoted to full professor.
• Omar Khan, Architecture, School of Architecture and Planning, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Mattheos Koffas, Chemical and Biological Engineering, SEAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Jean Kopperund, Music, CAS, granted tenure as an associate professor.
• Lynne Koscielniak, Theatre and Dance, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Steven Kurtz, Visual Studies, CAS, promoted to full professor.
• Harold Langfur, History, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Carla Mazzio, English, CAS, appointed as an associate professor with tenure.
• Eduardo Mercado III, Psychology, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Ophelia Morey, Health Sciences Library, promoted to associate librarian with tenure.
• Athena Mutua, Law, promoted to full professor.
• Nader D. Nader, Anesthesiology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Sriram Neelamegham, Chemical and Biological Engineering, SEAS, promoted to full professor.
• Yoshiko Nozaki, Educational Leadership and Policy, GSE, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Kunle Odunsi, Gynecology-Obstetrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Theodore Pena, Classics, CAS, promoted to full professor.
• Deborah Reed-Danahay, Anthropology, granted tenure as a full professor.
• Reinhard Reitzenstein, Visual Studies, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Kate Rittenhouse-Olson, Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Rita Ryan, Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Adel Sadek, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, SEAS, appoint as an associate professor with tenure.
• Robert Trebor Scholz, Media Study, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Raj Sharman, Management Science and Systems, School of Management, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Adam Sikora, Mathematics, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Ramón Soto-Crespo, Romance Languages and Literatures, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Mark Swihart, Chemical and Biological Engineering, SEAS, promoted to full professor.
• Jean-Jacques Thomas, Romance Languages and Literatures, CAS, appointed as a full professor with tenure.
• Tina Thurston, Anthropology, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Stephen Tiffany, Psychology, CAS, promoted to full professor.
• Christina Tsai, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, SEAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Shambhu Upadhyaya, Computer Science and Engineering, SEAS, promoted to full professor.
• Gregory Valentine, Geology, CAS, appointed as a full professor with tenure.
• Beatrice Wood, Psychiatry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Zhen Yan, Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Jiyuan Yu, Philosophy, CAS, promoted to full professor.
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