The Southeast Missouri State University Board of Governors granted post-professorial merit to 11 faculty members and promoted 11 faculty members to the rank of professor and 15 to the rank of associate professor with tenure. In addition, 12 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 2023-2024 academic year.
Those approved for post-professorial merit in their designated department are as follows:
- Marcus Bond – Department of Chemistry and Physics
- Ken Heischmidt – Department of Marketing
- Tahsin Khalid – Department of Elementary, Early, and Special Education
- Toni Alexander – Department of History and Anthropology
- Tamara Buck – Department of Mass Media
- Brad Deken – Department of Engineering and Technology
- Susan Kendrick – Department of English
- Melissa Odegard – Department of Psychology and Counseling
- Pam Parry – Department of Mass Media
- Gangaraju Vanteddu – Department of Marketing
- Yumin Zhang – Department of Engineering and Technology
Faculty members promoted to the rank of professor in their designated department are:
- Frederick Adjei – Department of Accounting, Economics, and Finance
- James Brubaker – Department of English
- HJ Cho – Department of Marketing
- Nicholas Kenney – Department of Music
- Christine Ladwig – Department of Marketing
- Lesli Pace – Department of Communication Studies and Modern Languages
- Christina Ragain – Department of Chemistry and Physics
- D'Arcy Reynolds – Department of Psychology and Counseling
- Hannah Sanders – Department of Art and Design
- Bart Williams – Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance
- Chen Wu – Department of Accounting, Economics, and Finance
Faculty members promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure in their designated department are:
- Eric Billington – Department of Psychology and Counseling
- Sarah Cavanah – Department of Mass Media
- David Cunningham – Department of Chemistry and Physics
- Corrie Dudley – Department of Nursing
- Stephanie Hallam – Kent Library
- Christopher Haug – Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance
- Sarah Lillo Kang – Department of Leadership, Middle, and Secondary Education
- Monica Kearney – Department of Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Recreation
- Jonathan Kessler – Department of Chemistry and Physics
- Sarah Kuborn – Department of Child and Family Studies
- Joshua Newth – Department of Art and Design
- Ivy Shen – Department of Political Science, Philosophy, and Religion
- Joseph Snyder – Department of History and Anthropology
- Steven Stovall – Department of Management
- George Yancey – Department of Psychology and Counseling
Faculty members approved for non-tenure track merit in their designated department are as follows:
- Beth Adkins – Department of History and Anthropology
- Cassie Borst – Department of Elementary, Early, and Special Education
- Robbie Davis – Department of Engineering and Technology
- John Dudley – Department of Engineering and Technology
- Philip Edgecombe – Dobbins Conservatory of Theatre and Dance
- Jennifer Gadberry – Department of Psychology and Counseling
- Emily Obergoenner – Department of Communication Disorders
- Carole Pfeiffer – Department of Computer Science
- Pennie Pflueger – Department of English
- Joel Ramdial – Department of Kinesiology, Nutrition, and Recreation
- Jennifer Rickard – Department of History and Anthropology
- Paul Thompson – Department of Music