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Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Cases, 2006-07

Published: November 29, 2007

UB faculty members and librarians who received tenure or have been promoted from September 2006 to mid-October 2007 will be recognized during a reception to be tonight in the UB President's Residence on Lebrun Road.

The reception will be hosted by President and Mrs. John B. Simpson and Provost and Mrs. Satish K. Tripathi.

The faculty members and librarians who will be honored are:

  • June Abbas, Library and Information Studies, Graduate School of Education, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Richelle Allen-King, Geology, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor

  • Josephine Anstey, Media Study, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Jochen Autscbach, Chemistry, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Stella Batalama, Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, promoted to full professor

  • Ruth Bereson, Visual Studies, CAS, granted tenure as associate professor

  • Piero Bianco, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Gino Biondini, Mathematics, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Robert Blessing, Structural Biology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, granted tenure as full professor

  • Fenice Boyd, Learning and Instruction, GSE, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Michael Cain, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, appointed as full professor with tenure

  • Michael Caty, Surgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor

  • John Cerne, Physics, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Vipin Chaudhary, Computer Science and Engineering, SEAS, granted tenure as associate professor

  • Vivian Cody, Structural Biology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, granted tenure as full professor

  • Terry Connell, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor

  • John Crassidis, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SEAS, promoted to full professor

  • Paul DesJardin, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SEAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • George DeTitta, Structural Biology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, granted tenure as full professor

  • William Duax, Structural Biology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, granted tenure as full professor

  • Nejat Egilmez, Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, granted tenure as associate professor

  • Diane Elze, Social Work, granted tenure as associate professor

  • James Fallavollita, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor

  • Robert Fenstermaker, Neurosurgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor

  • John Gibbs, Surgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor

  • S.G. Grant, Learning and Instruction, GSE, promoted to full professor

  • Violet Haraszthy, Restorative Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • David Hershenov, Philosophy, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Kenneth Hoffmann, Neurosurgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor

  • Xuedong Hu, Physics, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Susan Hua, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SEAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Alan Hutson, Biostatistics, Public Health and Health Professions, promoted to full professor

  • Jeri Jaeger, Linguistics, promoted to full professor

  • Mary Ann Jezewski, Nursing, promoted to full professor

  • Mohamed Khan, Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, granted tenure as associate professor

  • Kenneth Kim, Finance and Managerial Economics, School of Management, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • William Kross, Accounting and Law, SOM, appointed as full professor with tenure

  • Venkat Krovi, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, SEAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Elad Levy, Neurosurgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, granted tenure as associate professor

  • Zhiqiang Liu, Economics, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Ming Qian Ma, English, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Mary McVee, Learning and Instruction, GSE, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Carlos Munoz-Viveros, Restorative Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, granted tenure as full professor

  • John Nelson, Music, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Hung Ngo, Computer Science and Engineering, SEAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Dimitrios Pados, Electrical Engineering, SEAS, promoted to full professor

  • Risa Palm, Geography, CAS, appointed as full professor with tenure

  • Harvey Palmer, Political Science, CAS, appointed as associate professor with tenure

  • Peter Pfordresher, Psychology, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Teresa Quattrin, Pediatrics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor

  • Alan Rabideau, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, CAS, promoted to full professor

  • Krishnan Raghavendran, Surgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Randall Rasmusson, Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor

  • Christian Renschler, Geography, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Nancy Schiller, Arts and Sciences Libraries, promoted to full librarian

  • Brahm Segal, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Sanjay Sethi, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor

  • Satrajit Sinha, Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • William Solomon, English, CAS, appointed as associate professor with tenure

  • Vibeke Sorensen, Media Study, CAS, appointed as full professor with tenure

  • Brian Spencer, Mathematics, CAS, promoted to full professor

  • Kristin Stapleton, History, CAS, appointed as associate professor with tenure

  • Hadas Steiner, Architecture, School of Architecture and Planning, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Harvey Stenger, Chemical and Biological Engineering, SEAS, appointed as full professor with tenure

  • Andrew Stott, English, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Gottfried Strasser, Electrical Engineering/Physics, SEAS/CAS, appointed as full professor with tenure

  • Robert Straubinger, Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, promoted to full professor

  • Debra Street, Sociology, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Mark Sutton, Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Esther Takeuchi, Electrical/Chemical and Biological Engineering, SEAS, appointed as full professor with tenure

  • Lili Tian, Biostatistics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, granted tenure as associate professor

  • Albert Titus, Electrical Engineering. SEAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Cynthia Tysick, Arts and Sciences Libraries, promoted to associate librarian with tenure

  • Doreen Wackeroth, Physics, CAS, promoted to associate professor with tenure

  • Jean Wactawski-Wende, Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Health Professions, promoted to full professor

  • Hilary Weaver, Social Work, promoted to full professor

  • Kari Winter, American Studies, CAS, promoted to full professor

  • Xingru Zhang, Mathematics, CAS, promoted to full professor

  • Robert Zivadinov, Neurology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, granted tenure as associate professor