36 Islander Faculty Receive Promotion and/or Tenure
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Receiving tenure is both a privilege and an honor, as it is one of the most important decisions in the development of an outstanding faculty. This achievement signifies that the campus community believes the individual will continue to make significant, long-term contributions in the areas of teaching, service, research, scholarship, and creative activity.
Promotion to the rank of associate professor is a recognition of the maturity and experience of a faculty member’s professional success as they increase their leadership within the academic profession. Promotion to the rank of professor is the highest achievement a faculty member can earn. Professors are the leaders of our campus community. They set the bar for excellence and actively work to help others meet that bar.
Please join in congratulating the following faculty members from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi for receiving promotion and/or tenure, as approved by the Texas A&M System Board of Regents.
College of Business
Faculty receiving promotion:
- Dr. Mohan Rao, Professor of Decision Sciences
Faculty receiving promotion and tenure:
- Dr. Katherine T. Smith, Associate Professor of Marketing
College of Education and Human Development
Faculty receiving promotion:
- Dr. Cilla Faye Bruun, Professor of Curriculum, Instruction, & Learning Sciences
- Dr. Maria del Carmen Tejeda-Delgado, Professor of Curriculum, Instruction, & Learning Sciences
- Dr. Corinne Montalvo Valadez, Professor of Literacy
Faculty receiving promotion and tenure:
- Dr. Toyin D. Ajisafe, Associate Professor of Kinesiology
- Dr. Liana Davis, Associate Professor of Kinesiology
College of Liberal Arts
Faculty receiving promotion:
- Dr. Kevin Concannon, Professor of English
- Dr. Eric G. Luttrell, Professional Associate Professor of English
- Dr. Wendy L. Walker, Professional Associate Professor of English
Faculty receiving promotion and tenure:
- Dr. Kelly L. Bezio, Associate Professor of English
- Dr. Robin M. Carstensen, Associate Professor of English
- Dr. Beth M. Rauhaus, Associate Professor of Public Administration
- Dr. Claudia P. Rueda, Associate Professor of History
College of Science and Engineering
Faculty receiving promotion:
- Dr. Aubrey Rhoden, Professional Associate Professor of Mathematics
- Dr. Michael S. Wetz, Professor of Marine Biology
Faculty receiving promotion and tenure:
- Dr. Hussain A. N. Abdulla, Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Dr. Jeremy L. Conkle, Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Dr. Celil Ekici, Associate Professor of Mathematics
- Dr. Brandi Kiel Reese, Associate Professor of Life Sciences
- Dr. Jeffrey W. Turner, Associate Professor of Marine Biology
- Dr. Kim Withers, Associate Professor of Life Sciences
School of Arts, Media, and Communication
Faculty receiving promotion:
- Dr. José Flores, Professor of Music
- Ms. Rosa M. Lazaro, Professor of Theatre
- Dr. Michelle M. Maresh-Fuehrer, Professor of Communication
- Dr. Dan T. Sipes, Professor of Music
Faculty receiving promotion and tenure:
- Ms. Leticia Rosario Bajuyo, Associate Professor of Art
- Dr. Susan de Ghizé, Associate Professor of Music Theory
- Dr. Michael Sollitto, Associate Professor of Communication
School of Engineering and Computing Sciences
Faculty receiving promotion:
- Dr. Scott A. King, Professor of Computing Sciences
Faculty receiving promotion and tenure:
- Dr. Luis Rodolfo Garcia Carrillo, Associate Professor of Engineering
- Dr. Iltai Isaac Kim, Associate Professor of Engineering
- Dr. Jian Sheng, Professor of Engineering
- Dr. Hua Zhang, Associate Professor of Engineering
University College
Faculty receiving promotion:
- Dr. Chelsie L. Hawkinson, Professional Associate Professor of Undergraduate Studies
- Dr. Rita A. Sperry, Professional Senior Professor of Undergraduate Studies
A special collection of books selected from the 2020 honorees is featured at the Mary and Jeff Bell Library. To access the special collection, click here.
