The College of Science congratulates 17 faculty on receiving promotions and/or tenure this year.
Countless hours of consideration and analysis goes into every promotion decision. The College relies heavily on the expertise and perspectives of departmental staff, department heads, department committees, peer teaching committees, College of Science Promotion and Tenure Committee, external reviewers and students to get our deserving faculty through this process.
Thank you to everyone that helped to make this possible for our well-deserving faculty.
Congratulations to the science faculty in the college who have just completed this process with success!
Chemistry Department
Marilyn Mackiewicz will be promoted to Associate Professor of Chemistry and granted indefinite tenure, effective September 16, 2023.
Integrative Biology Department
Carmen Harjoe will be promoted to Senior Instructor I of Integrative Biology, effective July 1, 2023.
Lindsay Biga will be promoted to Senior Instructor II of Integrative Biology, effective July 1, 2023.
Mathematics Department
Amanda Blaisdell will be promoted to Senior Instructor I of Mathematics, effective September 16, 2023.
Clayton Petsche will be promoted to Professor of Mathematics, effective September 16, 2023.
Chris Orum will be promoted to Senior Instructor I of Mathematics, effective September 16, 2023.
David Wing will be promoted to Senior Instructor II of Mathematics, effective September 16, 2023.
Elise Lockwood will be promoted to Professor of Mathematics, effective September 16, 2023.
Johnner Barrett will be promoted to Senior Instructor I of Mathematics, effective September 16, 2023.
Liz Jones will be promoted to Senior Instructor II of Educational Opportunities Program and Mathematics, effective September 16, 2023.
Mary Beisiegel will be promoted to Professor of Mathematics, effective September 16, 2023.
Michael Gilliam will be promoted to Senior Instructor I of Mathematics, effective September 16, 2023.
Sara Clark will be promoted to Senior Instructor II of Mathematics, effective September 16, 2023.
Microbiology Department
Shawn Massoni will be promoted to Senior Instructor I of Microbiology, effective July 1, 2023.
Physics Department
Evan Thatcher will be promoted to Senior Instructor I of Physics, effective September 16, 2023.
Paul Emigh will be promoted to Senior Instructor I of Physics, effective September 16, 2023.
Statistics Department
Katherine McLaughlin will be promoted to Associate Professor of Statistics and granted indefinite tenure, effective September 16, 2023.
Thank you!
Thanks to all of the committee members who served on the College of Science Promotions and Tenure Committee this year.
- Andy Karplus, Chair and Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics
- Chong Fang, Professor of Chemistry
- Ethan Minot, Professor of Physics
- Holly Swisher, Professor of Mathematics
- Kate Field, Professor of Microbiology
- KC Walsh, Senior Instructor II, Physics
- Lesley Blair, Senior Instructor II, Integrative Biology
- Lisa Madsen, Professor of Statistics
- Michael Freitag, Professor of Biochemistry & Biophysics
- Oksana Ostroverkhova, Professor of Physics
- Sally Hacker, Professor of Integrative Biology
