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