Academic Affairs

Faculty Awarded Tenure and Promotion for Fall 2025

The Office of the President is pleased to announce the following faculty were awarded tenure and/or promotion effective for the 2025 fall semester.


FACULTY AWARDED TENURE, FALL 2025

Heather LaBarre, Social Work

FACULTY AWARDED PROMOTION, FALL 2025

Instructor to Assistant Professor

Donna DeMarco, Computer Science and Information Technology
Shelby Hoppis, Sports Medicine

Assistant Professor to Associate Professor

Heather LaBarre, Social Work
Mary Weller, Social Work

Associate Professor to Professor

Diana Elliott, Counselor Education and Student Affairs
Kaoutar El Mounadi, Biological Sciences
Joseph Harasta, Communication Studies
Ko-Hsin Hsu, Criminal Justice
Feisal Murshed, Business Administration
Khori Newlander, Anthropology and Sociology
Gregory Shelley, Psychology
Myung Soon Song, Mathematics
Holly Tienken, Art and Design

(Press Release August 27, 2025)

Academics

Sabbatical Leave 2026-2027

The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce the following faculty members have been granted Sabbatical Leaves:

2026 Fall Semester

Dannell MacIlwraith, Art and Design
Holly Tienken, Art and Design
Todd Underwood, Biological Sciences

2027 Spring Semester

Michael Covello, Art and Design
Albert Fu, Anthropology and Sociology
Gregory Hanson, Modern Language Studies
Jason Lanter, Psychology
Vicki Meloney, Art and Design
Elizabeth Schneider, Art and Design
Yong-Sang Shim, Computer Science and Information Technology

2026-2027 Academic Year

Helen S. Hamlet, Counselor Education and Student Affairs
Christine J. Rhoads, Business Administration
Scott Tracy, Counselor Education and Student Affairs

Dr. Lorin Basden Arnold, Academic Affairs