The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Governors granted post-professorial merit to 13 faculty members and promoted eight faculty members to the rank of professor and 11 to the rank of associate professor with tenure. In addition, 13 faculty members received non-tenure track merit.
The action came during a closed session meeting of the Board and was based on reviews by appropriate review bodies. All merit, promotion and tenure designations are effective with the 2022-2023 academic year.
Those approved for post-professorial merit in their designated department are as follows:
- Suhair Amer, Department of Computer Science
- Santaneel Ghosh, Department of Engineering and Technology
- Karie Hollerbach, Department of Mass Media
- Timothy Judd, Department of Biology
- Ziping Liu, Department of Computer Science
- Missy Phegley, Department of English
- David Powell, Department of Leadership, Middle and Secondary Education
- Joel Rhodes, Department of History and Anthropology
- Tim Schmidt, Department of Music
- Shahrokh Shafaie, Department of Child and Family Studies
- Seidu Sofo, Department of Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Recreation
- Sven Svenson, Department of Agriculture
- Haohao Wang, Department of Mathematics
Faculty members promoted to the rank of professor in their designated department are:
- Gabrielle Baffoni, Department of Music
- Jennifer Bengston, Department of History and Anthropology
- Rachel Morgan Theall, Department of Chemistry and Physics
- Adolfo Ramos, Department of Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Recreation
- Francis Tayie, Department of Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Recreation
- Emmanuel Thompson, Department of Mathematics
- David Yaskewich, Department of Accounting, Economics, and Finance
- Alisha Youngblood Ortiz, Department of Marketing
Faculty members promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure in their designated department are:
- Emilie Beltzer, Department of Psychology and Counseling
- Dana Branson, Department of Criminal Justice, Social Work, and Sociology
- Jenny Cropp, Department of English
- Sarah Dietrich, Department of English
- Sophia Han, Department of Music
- Joseph Jefferson, Department of Music
- Jenna Moore, Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance
- Michael Presho, Department of Mathematics
- Monica Radu, Department of Criminal Justice, Social Work, and Sociology
- Sarah Shaner, Department of Chemistry and Physics
- Kristen Sobba, Department of Criminal Justice, Social Work, and Sociology
Faculty members approved for non-tenure track merit in their designated department are as follows:
- Zhongua Cao, Department of Accounting, Economics, and Finance
- Jonathan Hayes, Department of English
- Brandy Hepler, Department of Elementary, Early, and Special Education
- Billie Holshouser, Department of Child and Family Studies
- Natalya Kutsevalova, Department of Mathematics
- William McNeary, Department of Mathematics
- Shannon McNew, Department of Biology
- Pamela Mills, Department of Chemistry and Physics
- Yvonne Randolph, Department of Management
- Morgan Schmid, Department of Art and Design
- Jessica Sentell, Department of Political Science, Philosophy, and Religion
- Scott Thorne, Department of Marketing
- Ryan Townsend, Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance