2021 Faculty Promotions

Below is the list of tenure-track and non-tenure-track faculty members who received promotion and tenure during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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College of Arts and Sciences

Nicolas M. Addington
Associate Professor, Math

Jagdeep Bala
Senior Instructor II, Psychology

Margaret Boulay
Senior Instructor II, Environmental Studies Program

Jamie Bufalino
Senior Instructor I, Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Anna Carroll
Senior Instructor I, English

Melynda Casement
Associate Professor, Psychology

Marjorie G. Celona
Associate Professor, Creative Writing Program

Phil Colbert
Senior Instructor I, Computer and Information Science

Amy Costales
Senior Instructor II, Romance Languages

Robert Elliott
Senior Instructor II/Senior Research Assistant II, Linguistics/NW Indian Language Institute

Aaron W. Galloway
Associate Professor, Biology

Grace Golden
Senior Lecturer II, Human Physiology

Erin M. Hanna
Associate Professor, Cinema Studies

Ben Hansen
Professor, Economics

Hayden Harker
Senior Instructor II, Math

Weiyong He 
Professor, Math

Burke Hendrix 
Professor, Political Science

Laura Holland
Senior Instructor II, American English Institute

Kaori Idemaru
Professor, East Asian Languages & Literatures

Qusheng Jin 
Professor, Earth Sciences

Vsevolod M. Kapatsinski 
Professor, Linguistics

Tyler Kendall 
Professor, Linguistics

Jina Kim
Associate Professor, East Asian Languages & Literatures

Nayoung Kwon
Associate Professor, East Asian Languages & Literatures

Ana-Maurine M. Lara 
Associate Professor, Social Sciences

Jessica Lynch
Senior Instructor I, American English Institute

Theresa May
Professor, Theatre Arts

Barbara Muraca
Associate Professor, Philosophy

Brendan O'Kelly
Senior Instructor I, English

Geraldine Poizat-Newcomb
Senior Instructor II, Romance Languages

Tobias Policha
Senior Instructor I, Biology

Lara Ravitch
Senior Instructor II, American English Institute

Camisha A. Russell
Associate Professor, Philosophy

Janine Sepulveda
Senior Instructor II, American English Institute

Beth Sheppard
Senior Instructor II, American English Institute

Bjorn Smars
Senior Instructor I, English

Brian Smith 
Professor, Physics

Claudia Ventura
Senior Instructor II, Romance Languages

Yugen Wang 
Professor, East Asian Languages & Literatures

David Wilkins
Senior Instructor I, Computer and Information Science

Misti Williamsen 
Senior Instructor I, American English Institute

Eric Wills
Senior Instructor II, Computer and Information Science

Keli Yerian
Senior Lecturer II, Linguistics

Charles H. Lundquist College of Business

Linda Krull
Professor, Accounting

Lauren E. Lanahan 
Associate Professor, Business

Andrew Nelson 
Professor, Management

Joshua Skov 
Senior Instructor, Management

Jeffrey Stolle 
Senior Instructor II, Management

Peter A. Younkin 
Associate Professor, Management

College of Design

Nina A. Amstutz
Associate Professor, History of Art & Architecture

John H. Arndt 
Professor, Product Design

James M. Buckley
Associate Professor, Historic Preservation

Tannaz Farsi 
Professor, Art

Sylvan Lionni
Associate Professor, Art

Charlene Liu 
Professor, Art

Erin Moore 
Professor, Architecture

Adrian Parr 
Professor, Public Planning, Policy & Management

Kristen E. Seaman
Associate Professor, History of Art & Architecture

Erdem Selek
Associate Professor, Product Design

Susan L. Sokolowski 
Professor, Product Design

Michael Zaretsky
Associate Professor, Architecture

College of Education

Jeanine Brush 
Clinical Associate Professor, Special Education & Clinical Sciences

Francis J. (Hank) Fien 
Professor, Center on Teaching & Learning

Beth Harn 
Professor, Special Education & Clinical Services

Nichole R. Kelly
Associate Professor, Counseling Psychology

Billie Jo Rodriguez 
Senior Lecturer I, Special Education & Clinical Sciences

Samantha E. Shune 
Associate Professor, Communication Disorders & Sciences

Ilana M. Umansky 
Associate Professor, Educational Methodology, Policy & Leadership

Cengiz Zopluoglu
Associate Professor, Educational Methodology, Policy & Leadership

Global Studies Institute

Eleanor Vandegrift
Senior Instructor II

Clark Honors College

Carol S. Paty 
Professor, Earth Sciences

Casey Shoop
Senior Instructor I, Literature

School of Journalism and Communication

Jesse Abdenour 
Associate Professor

Steven Asbury
Senior Instructor

Charlie Butler
Senior Instructor

Kathryn Kuttis 
Senior Instructor I

Todd Milbourn
Senior Instructor

Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact

Paul Dalton
Associate Professor

School of Law

Gregory Dotson
Associate Professor

Michael Fakhri 
Professor

Mohsen Manesh 
Professor

Jennifer Reynolds 
Professor

University of Oregon Libraries

Megan Austin
Associate Librarian, Law Library

Kristin Buxton
Associate Librarian, Science Library

Tina Ching
Senior Librarian, Law Library

Bronwen Maxson
Associate Librarian, Research & Instructional Services

Jeff Staiger
Senior Librarian, Research & Instructional Services

Erin Stoddart
Senior Librarian, Library Administration

Kate Thornhill
Associate Librarian, Digital Scholarship Services

School of Music and Dance

Jon Bellona
Senior Instructor I, Academic Music

Melissa C. Brunkan
Associate Professor, Music

Sarah Ebert
Senior Instructor I, Dance

Wonkak Kim
Associate Professor, Music

Brian McWhorter 
Professor, Music

Drew F. Nobile
Associate Professor, Music