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Published: March 10, 2011

UB faculty members and librarians who recently received tenure or have been promoted were recognized during a reception held on March 1 in the Center for Tomorrow.

The reception was hosted by President John B. Simpson and Provost Satish K. Tripathi.

The faculty members and librarians who were honored:

• Alex Adjei, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, granted tenure as full professor.
• Diana Aga, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Elie Akl, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Bernard Badzioch, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Michael Basinski, University Libraries, promoted to full librarian.
• Laina Bay-Cheng, School of Social Work, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• James Beebe, Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• H. Austin Booth, University Libraries, promoted to full librarian.
• Jason Briner, Geology, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Richard Browne, Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• David Castillo, Romance Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor
• Asher Chanan-Khan, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Kim Connolly, Law School, appointed as full professor with tenure.
• Paul Cullen, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Myron Czuczman, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Micheal Dent, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Matthew Disney, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Gregory Fabiano, Counseling, School and Educational Psychology, Graduate School of Education, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Marwan Fakih, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Jian Feng, Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Mark Frank, Communication, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Amy Graves-Monroe, Romance Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Dean Hendrix, Health Sciences Library, University Libraries, promoted to associate librarian with tenure.
• David Hershenov, Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Aaron Hughes, History, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Jonathan Katz, Visual Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, appointed as associate professor with tenure.
• Bahattin Koc, Industrial and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Michael Kuettel, Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, appointed as full professor with tenure.
• Jaekyung Lee, Counseling, School and Educational Psychology, Graduate School of Education, promoted to full professor.
• Elad Levy, Neurosurgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Xiufeng Liu, Learning and Instruction, Graduate School of Education, promoted to full professor.
• Michael Long, Music, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Chang-Xing Ma, Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Professions, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• David Scott Mackay, Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Donald Mager, Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Gilberto Mosqueda, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Jamie Ostrov, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Gabriela Popescu, Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Davina Porock, Nursing, appointed as full professor with tenure.
• Thomas Ralabate, Theatre and Dance, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Murali Ramanathan, Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Diane Rein, Health Sciences Library, University Libraries, granted tenure as associate librarian.
• Stephanie Rothenberg, Visual Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Teri Rueb, Media Study, College of Arts and Sciences, granted tenure as full professor.
• Youcef Rustum, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, appointed as full professor with tenure.
• Julie Sarama, Learning and Instruction, Graduate School of Education, promoted to full professor.
• Dagobert Soergel, Library and Information Studies, Graduate School of Education, granted tenure as full professor.
• Michal Stachowiak, Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
• Winnifred Sullivan, Law School, promoted to full professor with tenure.
• Debabrata Talukdar, Marketing, School of Management, promoted to full professor.
• Emmanouhl Tzanakakis, Chemical and Biological Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Joseph Valente, English, College of Arts and Sciences, appointed as full professor with tenure.
• Robert Wagmiller, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• David Watson, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Chunchi Wu, Finance and Managerial Economics, School of Management, appointed as full professor with tenure.
• Matthew Xu-Friedman, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Aiming Yu, Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
• Sheng Zhong, Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.