37 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. Walter Scott Sherman, Professor of Management
Faculty receiving promotion and tenure:
- Dr. Chunlai Ye, Associate Professor of Accounting
College of Education and Human Development
Faculty receiving promotion:
- Dr. Michelle Hollenbaugh, Professor of Counseling & Educational Psychology
Faculty receiving promotion and tenure:
- Dr. Kelli Bippert, Associate Professor of Literacy Education
- Dr. Daniel Newmire, Associate Professor of Kinesiology
- Dr. Doyeon Won, Professor of Kinesiology
College of Liberal Arts
Faculty receiving promotion:
- Dr. Donald Berkich, Professor of Philosophy
- Ms. Jilissa Cotten, Professor of Dance
- Dr. Stephen Doolan, Professor of English
- Dr. Jennifer Epley Sanders, Professor of Political Science
- Dr. David Gurney, Professor of Communication & Media
- Dr. Frances Johnson, Senior Professional Professor of English
- Dr. Rai Morales, Professor of Music
- Dr. Carrie Pierce, Professor of Music
- Dr. Brian Shelton, Professor of Music
Faculty receiving promotion and tenure:
- Dr. Christopher Andrews, Associate Professor of English
- Dr. Lorin Friley, Associate Professor of Communication & Media
- Ms. Jennifer Garza-Cuen, Associate Professor of Art
- Ms. Andrea Hempstead, Associate Professor of Art
- Ms. Nancy Miller, Associate Professor of Art
- Dr. Dino Mulic, Associate Professor of Music
- Dr. Sarah Salter, Associate Professor of English
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Faculty receiving promotion and tenure:
- Dr. Kyoung Lee, Associate Professor of Nursing
College of Science and Engineering
Faculty receiving promotion:
- Dr. Baohua Chen, Associate Professional Professor of Mathematics
- Dr. Jose Guardiola, Professor of Statistics
- Dr. Chuntao Liu, Professor of Atmospheric Sciences
- Dr. Judy Metcalf, Associate Professional Professor of Biology
- Dr. Riccardo Mozzachiodi, Professor of Neuroscience
- Dr. Dorina Murgulet, Professor of Hydrogeology
- Dr. Narendra Narayana, Associate Professional Professor of Chemistry
- Dr. Felix Omoruyi, Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science
- Dr. Jennifer Pollack, Professor of Marine Biology
- Dr. Mary Jean Sparks, Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science
Faculty receiving promotion and tenure:
- Dr. Jangwoon Park, Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering
- Dr. Wei Xu, Associate Professor of Marine Biomedical Sciences
- Dr. Lin Zhang, Associate Professor of Marine Chemistry
Mary and Jeff Bell Library
Faculty receiving promotion:
- Ms. Jennifer Anderson, Senior Faculty Librarian
