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Recently hired faculty
Here is a list of recently hired faculty, along with faculty who will join the university this coming academic year: Alarid, Elaine T., assistant professor, Physiology, Medical School; Alexander, Caroline, assistant professor, Oncology, Medical School; Alibali, Martha W., associate professor, Psychology, Letters and Science; Alumbaugh, David, assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering; Anderson, David, associate professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering; Arora, Neeraj, assistant professor, Marketing, Business; Asen, Robert, assistant professor, Communication Arts, Letters and Science; Baker, Ted, assistant professor, Management and Human Resources, Business; Barnes, David, assistant professor, Animal Science, Agricultural and Life Sciences; Becker, Bryan N., assistant professor, Medicine-Nephrology, Medical School; Beebe, David, associate professor, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering; Beissinger, Margaret, assistant professor, Slavic Languages, Letters and Science; Belshaw, Peter, assistant professor, Biochemistry, Agricultural and Life Sciences, and Chemistry, Letters and Science; Bennetzen, Jeffrey, professor, Genetics and Plant Pathology, Agricultural and Life Sciences; Bent, Andrew, assistant professor, Plant Pathology, Agricultural and Life Sciences; Bernstein, Jeffrey R., assistant professor, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Agricultural and Life Sciences, and La Follette Institute, Letters and Science; Blackhawk, Ned, assistant professor, History, Letters and Science; Brunold, Thomas C., assistant professor, Chemistry, Letters and Science; Carayon, Pascale, associate professor, Industrial Engineering, Engineering; Cavagnero, Silvia, assistant professor, Chemistry, Letters and Science; Chen, Chung-Ping, assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering; Claus, James, associate professor, Animal Science, Agricultural and Life Sciences; Cohen, Allan, associate professor, Educational Sciences, Education; Craven, Mark W., assistant professor, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Medical School; Dale, Thomas E.A., assistant professor, Art History, Letters and Science; DeStasio, Gelsomina, visiting professor, Physics, Letters and Science; Doebley, John, professor, Genetics, Agricultural and Life Sciences; Dyer, Charles, professor, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Medical School; Egea, Juan F., assistant professor, Spanish and Portuguese, Letters and Science; Emirbayer, Mustafa, assistant professor, Sociology, Letters and Science; Eriksson, Mark, A., assistant professor, Physics, Letters and Science; Ermakoff, Ivan, assistant professor, Sociology, Letters and Science; Feldman, Mikhail, assistant professor, Mathematics, Letters and Science; Fioretos, Karl-Orfeo, assistant professor, Political Science, Letters and Science; Fogg-Davis, Hawley, assistant professor, Political Science, Letters and Science; Foster, Jeffrey L., visiting associate professor, Radiology, Medical School; Frantzen, Diana, assistant professor, Spanish and Portuguese, Letters and Science; Gaumnitz, Eric A., assistant professor, Medicine-Gastroenterology, Medical School; George, Kenneth M., professor, Anthropology, Letters and Science; Georgiades, Aristotle, assistant professor, Art, Education; Golla, Nagesh, Babu, visiting associate professor, Neurological Surgery, Medical School; Green, Jordan R., assistant professor, Communicative Disorders, Letters and Science; Hartman, Laura, associate professor, Management Institute, Business; Haughton, Victor M., visiting professor, Radiology, Medical School; He, Lei, assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering; Heidrich, Susan, associate professor, Nursing, Nursing; Hetrick, Joel, assistant professor, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering; Hoyt, William, assistant professor, Counseling Psychology, Education; Hurtt, Kathy, assistant professor, Accounting and Information Systems, Business; Huttenlocher, Anna, assistant professor, Pediatrics, Medical School; Jiang, Hong, assistant professor, Geography, Letters and Science; Johnson, Jeffrey, assistant professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, Pharmacy; Joshi, Priya, assistant professor, English, Letters and Science; Karle, Albrecht, assistant professor, Physics, Letters and Science; Keely, Patricia J., assistant professor, Pharmacology, Medical School; Kemnitz, Joseph, professor, Physiology, Medical School; Kessel, Julie, assistant professor, Pediatrics, Medical School; Knuth, Eric, assistant professor, Curriculum and Instruction, Education; Kohlbeck, Mark, assistant professor, Accounting and Information Systems, Business; Kumar, Shanti, assistant professor, Communication Arts, Letters and Science; Larson, Elizabeth, assistant professor, Kinesiology, Education; Lazarian, Alexander, assistant professor, Astronomy, Letters and Science; Leary, James P., assistant professor, Scandinavian Studies, Letters and Science; Liginlal, Divakaran, assistant professor, Operations and Information Management, Business; Lindgren, Kelly, assistant professor, Nursing, Nursing; Lipasti, Mikko, assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering; Lucey, John, assistant professor, Food Science, Agricultural and Life Sciences; Lund, Dennis P., visiting associate professor, General Surgery, Medical School; Marriott, Gerard, visiting associate professor, Physiology, Medical School; Mavrikakis, Manos, assistant professor, Chemical Engineering, Engineering; Mayhew, Brian W., assistant professor, Accounting and Information Systems, Business; McClintock, Anne, professor, English, Letters and Science; McDermott, Ann, assistant professor, Biochemistry, Agricultural and Life Sciences; Mead, Julie, assistant professor, Educational Administration, Education; Mecozzi, Sandro, assistant professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Division, Pharmacy; Merli, M. Giovanna, assistant professor, Sociology, Letters and Science; Mertz, Elizabeth E., associate professor, Law, Law School; Meyerand, Mary Elizabeth, assistant professor, Medical Physics, Medical School; Mitchell, Thomas, assistant professor, Law, Law School; Mladenoff, Nancy, assistant professor, Art, Education; Montgomery, Rebecca, assistant professor, Biochemistry, Agricultural and Life Sciences; Morgan, David O., professor, History, Letters and Science; Mori, Junko, assistant professor, East Asian Languages and Literature, Letters and Science; Neudeck, Brien, assistant professor, Pharmacy Practice Division, Pharmacy; Nixon, Rob, professor, English, Letters and Science; Peercy, Paul, Dean, Engineering; Plhak, Leslie, assistant professor, Food Science, Agricultural and Life Sciences; Plug, Jan, professor, Comparative Literature, Letters and Science; Poehlmann, Julie, assistant professor, Child and Family Studies, Human Ecology; Ramanujam, Nimmi, assistant professor, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering; Reynolds, Andrew W.M., assistant professor, Slavic Languages, Letters and Science; Rivera Alsina, Manuel E., visiting professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School; Roberts, Andrew D., assistant professor, Psychiatry, Medical School; Rudolph, John, assistant professor, Curriculum and Instruction, Education; Saffman, Mark, assistant professor, Physics, Letters and Science; Saviello, George M., visiting associate professor, Anesthesiology, Medical School; Schauer, James, assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering; Schwartz, David C., professor, Chemistry, Letters and Science, and Genetics, Agricultural and Life Sciences; Schwartz, David, assistant professor, Law, Law School; Schweber, Howard H., assistant professor, Political Science, Letters and Science; Schweber, Simone, assistant professor, Curriculum and Instruction, Education; Seward, James K., associate professor, Finance, Business; Silbernagel, Janet, assistant professor, Landscape Architecture, Agricultural and Life Sciences; Sims, Jason, assistant professor, Pharmacy Practice Division, Pharmacy; Smith, Elizabeth, assistant professor, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering; Stahl, Shannon S., assistant professor, Chemistry, Letters and Science; Stajkovik, Alexander D., assistant professor, Management and Human Resources, Business; Streiffer, Robert, assistant professor, History of Medicine, Medical School, and Philosophy, Letters and Science; Tanumihardjo, Sherry A., assistant professor, Nutritional Sciences, Agricultural and Life Sciences; Thomas, James P., assistant professor, Clinical Oncology, Medical School; Thomson, James A., assistant professor, Anatomy, Medical School; Vaenkataramanan, Giri, assistant professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering; van der Weide, Daniel, associate professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Engineering; Wade, James B., associate professor, Management and Human Resources, Business; Weichert, Jamey P., assistant professor, Radiology, Medical School; Whalen, Paul J., assistant professor, Psychiatry, Medical School; Winter, Thomas C., III, visiting professor, Radiology, Medical School; Wu, Chin-Hsien, assistant professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Engineering; Young, John A.T., professor, Oncology, Medical School.
Recently hired CHS faculty
Ames-Castro, Mary B., assistant professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical School; Andes, David R., assistant professor, Medicine-General, Medical School; Becker, Yolanda T., assistant professor, Surgery-Transplant, Medical School; Broderick, Lynn S., associate professor, Radiology, Medical School; Broderick, Thomas P., assistant professor, Anesthesiology, Medical School; Choithani, Ashok, assistant professor, Medicine-Geriatric Medicine, Medical School; Cohen, Daniel M., professor, Surgery-Cardiac Surgery, Medical School; DeSantes, Kenneth B., associate professor, Pediatrics, Medical School; Dresang, Lee T., assistant professor, Family Medicine, Medical School; Gavin, Eileen S., assistant professor, Family Medicine, Medical School; Ip, Michael, assistant professor, Ophthalmology, Medical School; Izard, Tito, assistant professor, Family Medicine, Medical School; Kiff, Jane E., assistant professor, Pediatrics, Medical School; Kryger, John, assistant professor, Surgery-Urology, Medical School; Otters, Anthony A., assistant professor, Medicine-General Internal Medicine, Medical School; Polianska, Marina, assistant professor, Anesthesiology, Medical School; Prewitt, Richard M., associate professor, Medicine-Cardiology, Medical School; Prokuski, Laura J., assistant professor, Surgery-Orthopedic Surgery, Medical School; Tanke, Timothy E., assistant professor, Medicine-Cardiology, Medical School; Tannehill, Scott P., assistant professor, Human Oncology, Medical School; Thome, Pauline, assistant professor, Psychiatry, Medical School; Weddle, Melissa, assistant professor, Pediatrics, Medical School; Wilk, Alev I., assistant professor, Medicine-General Internal Medicine, Medical School; Yun, Elizabeth Sohee, assistant professor, Anesthesiology, Medical School; Zakowski, Laura, assistant professor, Medicine-General Internal Medicine, Medical School.
Faculty arriving second semester, 1999-2000
Arpaci-Dusseau, Andrea, assistant professor, Computer Science, Letters and Science; Arpaci-Dusseau, Remzi, assistant professor, Computer Science, Letters and Science; Bodik, Rastislav, assistant professor, Computer Science, Letters and Science; Cai, Yin-Yi, professor, Computer Science, Letters and Science; Carpick, Robert, assistant professor, Engineering Physics, Engineering; Csikszentmihalyi, Mark A., assistant professor, East Asian Languages and Literature, Letters and Science; Halloran, Mary C., assistant professor, Zoology, Letters and Science; Jackwerth, Jens C., assistant professor, Finance, Business; Kelley, Theresa M., professor, English, Letters and Science; Ono, Ken, associate professor, Mathematics, Letters and Science; Peck, Jamie, professor, Geography, Letters and Science; Ruckes, Martin, assistant professor, Finance, Business; Sinha, Aseema, assistant professor, Political Science, Letters and Science; Speissegger, Patrick, assistant professor, Mathematics, Letters and Science; Wanner, Anja, assistant professor, English, Letters and Science; Zhou, Yongming, assistant professor, Anthropology, Letters and Science.
Newly tenured
Agricultural and Life Sciences: Doebley, John, Genetics, professor; Schwartz, David, Genetics (also Chemistry), professor Business: Hartman, Laura Pincus, Business (General), associate professor; Ruckes, Martin, Business (Finance), assistant professor; Seward, James, Business (General), associate professor; Wade, James, Business (General), associate professor
Education: Cohen, Allan, Education Psychology, associate professor
Engineering: Abbott, Nicholas, Chemical Engineering, professor; Anderson, David T., Electrical and Computer Engineering, professor; Jahns, Thomas, Electrical and Computer Engineering, professor
Law School: Mertz, Elizabeth E., Law School, associate professor
Letters and Science: Kitamura, Yuichi, Economics, associate professor; Schwartz, David C., Chemistry (also Genetics), professor Medical School: Cochran, Richard P., Surgery, professor; Kemnitz, Joseph, Physiology, professor; Kunzelman, Karyn S., Surgery, associate professor; Young, John, Oncology, professor
Nursing: Heidrich, Susan, Academic Affairs, associate professor.
Promotions from assistant to associate professor
Agricultural and Life Sciences: Kaeppler, Shawn M., Agronomy; Lutz, Robert Scott, Natural Resources – Wildlife Ecology; Nibert, Max L., Biochemistry
Business: Weng, Z. Kevin, Business (Operations and Information Management); Young, Virginia R., Business (Actuarial Science and Risk Management)
Education: Kalish, Charles W., Educational Psychology; Sutton, James R., Kinesiology
Engineering: Bonazza, Riccardo, Engineering Physics; Graham, Michael D., Chemical Engineering; Pfotenhauer, John M., Engineering Physics; Waleffe, Fabian, Engineering Physics (also Mathematics)
Human Ecology: Marks, Nadine F.; Riportella-Muller, Roberta
Environmental Studies: Foley, Jonathan A., Academic Programs (also Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences)
Law School: Monette, Richard A.; Nourse, Victoria F.
Letters and Science: Berridge, Craig W., Psychology; Boswell, Laird, History; Cancian, Maria, Lafollette Institute of Public Affairs (also Social Work); Foley, Jonathan A., Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences (also IES/Academic Programs); Lundin, Anne H., Library and Information Studies; Marcouiller, David W., Urban and Regional Planning; McClure, Laura K., Classics; Milewski, Paul A., Mathematics; Potter, Pamela M., Music; Propp, James, Mathematics; Ram, Arun, Mathematics; Schatzberg, Eric, History of Science; Shapiro, Lawrence A., Philosophy; Spalding, Edgar P., Botany; Taylor, Beverly, Music; Tripp, Aili, Political Science; Waleffe, Fabian, Mathematics (also Engineering Physics); Wandel, Lee Palmer, History; Westbury, John R., Communicative Disorders; Yethiraj, Arun, Chemistry; Zhang, Hongming, East Asian Languages and Literature
Medical School: Albertini, Mark R., Medicine; Bangs, James D., Medical Microbiology; Bird, Ian M., Obstetrics and Gynecology; Bresnick, Emery H., Pharmacology; Burlingham, William J., Surgery; Golos, Thaddeus, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Harari, Paul M., Human Oncology; Lytton, William W., Neurology; Petrini, John H. J., Genetics; Robertson, Gail A., Physiology; Smith, Philip H., Anatomy; Valdivia, Hector H., Physiology
Pharmacy: Chewning, Betty A., Pharmacy
Veterinary Medicine: Kruse-Elliott, Kris T., Surgical Science
Division of Continuing Studies: Geller, Irene, Liberal Studies and The Arts
Promotions from associate to full professor
Agricultural and Life Sciences: Filutowicz, Marcin S., Bacteriology; Kiessling, Laura L., Biochemistry (also Chemistry); Kung, King-Jau S., Soil Science; Nitzke, Susan, Nutritional Sciences; Ralph, John, Forest Ecology and Management; Shaver, Randy D., Dairy Science; Steele, James L., Food Science; Wendorff, William L., Food Science
Business: DeBondt, Werner, Business (General); Hausch, Donald, Business (General); Heide, Jan B., Business (Marketing)
Education: Cartee, Gregory D., Kinesiology; Graue, Mary Elizabeth, Curriculum and Instruction; Hayes, Elisabeth R., Curriculum and Instruction; Koykkar, Joseph N., Kinesiology; Kraemer, Gary W., Kinesiology; Rieben, John R., Art; Schneider, Mary L., Kinesiology;
Engineering: Agrawal, Rajeev, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Cameron, Douglas C., Chemical Engineering; Dobson, Ian, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Fronczak, Frank J., Mechanical Engineering; Gadh, Rajit, Mechanical Engineering; Giacomin, Alan Jeffrey, Mechanical Engineering; Osswald, Timothy, Mechanical Engineering; Russell, Jeffrey S., Civil and Environmental Engineering; Rutland, Christopher, Mechanical Engineering; Sainfort, Francois, Industrial Engineering
Human Ecology: Aquilino, William S.; Gibson, Chere C.; Johnson, Deborah J.
Law School: Larson, Jane E.; Schacter, Jane S.
Letters and Science: Banfield, Jillian, Geology and Geophysics; Bleecker, Anthony B., Botany; Brantly, Susan C., Scandinavian Studies; Buccini, Stefania, French and Italian; Buhnemann, Gudrun, Languages and Cultures of Asia; Canon, David T., Political Science; Carlsmith, Duncan, Physics; Condon, Anne E., Computer Science; Cowell, Dustin C., African Languages and Literature; D’Acci, Julie, Communication Arts; Dolinin, Alexander A., Slavic Languages; Essig, Linda, Theatre and Drama; Ford, Cecilia E., English; Garland, Theodore Jr., Zoology; Gottlieb, Paula L., Philosophy; Greenberg, Jan, Social Work; Hill, Roberta J., English; Hilmes, Michele, Communication Arts; Hopkins, Dianne M., Library and Information Studies; Jacobs, Lea, Communication Arts; Kenoyer, Jonathan M., Anthropology; Kiessling, Laura L., Chemistry (also Biochemistry); Narayan, Kirin, Anthropology (also Languages and Cultures of Asia); Ruan, Yongbin, Mathematics; Sidelle, Alan, Philosophy; Simo, Juan Antonio, Geology and Geophysics; Tripoli, Gregory J., Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences; Turner, Monica G., Zoology; Tylus, Jane C., Comparative Literature; Weismer, Susan E., Communicative Disorders; Young, Richard F., English
Medical School: Albanese, Mark A., Preventive Medicine; Beasley, John W., Family Medicine; Birnbaum, Marvin L., Medicine (also Physiology); Bradfield, Chris A., Oncology; Brandt, Curtis R., Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences; Gjerde, Craig L., Family Medicine; Lambert, Paul F., Oncology; Mullahy, John, Preventive Medicine
Nursing: McCarthy-Beckett, Donna, Academic Affairs
Veterinary Medicine: Murphy, Christopher J., Surgical Sciences
Continuing Studies: Farmer, Susan M., Liberal Studies and The Arts
Indefinite appointments
James C. Anderson, Philosophy; Bryan D. Bowen, ARS; Ann B. Burgess, Biology Core Curriculum; Melinda W. Certain, Mathematics; Robert R. Coltman, Plant Pathology; Lisa J. Forrest, Surgical Sciences; William A. Heiss, Social Work; Rosemary A. Henik, Medical Science; Connie K. Kraus, Pharmacy; Lawrence J. Lockwood, Office of Registrar; Bilha Mirkin, Hebrew and Semitic Studies; Michael J. Mlynarek, Ashland ARS; Robert T. O’Brien, Surgical Sciences; Joanne R. Paul-Murphy, Surgical Sciences; Douglas R. Powell, Chemistry; Haya H. Yuchtman, Hebrew and Semitic Studies.