2016 Promoted and Tenured Faculty
The completion of the promotion and tenure processes form major milestones in the professional lives of NC State faculty members. Promotion indicates that faculty members have met a rigorous standard of excellence in their realms of responsibility, while tenure signifies a faculty member’s significant accomplishments in their discipline and promotes the academic freedom of the faculty.
“NC State faculty play a vital role in promoting the university’s comprehensive excellence through their research, teaching and engagement,” said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Warwick Arden. “We are committed to ensuring that all faculty members have clear career pathways in all of our professorial tracks.”
University faculty members made great career strides this year. The following faculty members are to be commended for reaching significant milestones.
Newly Promoted Faculty
- Ross Bassett, professor, history
- Adam Birkenheuer, professor, clinical sciences
- Howard Bondell, professor, statistics
- Marianne Bradford, professor, accounting
- Do Young Eun, professor, electrical and computer engineering
- Jody Gookin, professor, clinical sciences
- William Hoffman, professor, plant and microbial biology
- George Thomas Holden III, teaching professor, health and exercise studies
- Jonathan Horowitz, professor, molecular biomedical sciences
- Julie Ivy, professor, industrial and systems engineering
- Sarah Kirby, professor, youth, family and community sciences
- Traci Lamar, professor, textile and apparel, technology and management
- Leila May, professor, English
- Melissa Merrill, professor, animal science
- Marguerite Moore, professor, textile and apparel, technology and management
- Gracious Ngaile, professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
- Branda Nowell, professor, public and international affairs
- Edgar Oviedo-Rondón, professor, poultry science
- Fay Cobb Payton, professor, information technology
- Nils Peterson, professor, forestry and environmental resources
- Nancy Powell, professor, textile and apparel, technology and management
- Robert Richardson, professor, crop science
- Alyssa Rockenbach, professor, educational leadership, policy, and human development
- Heike Sederoff, professor, plant and microbial biology
- Josip Simunovic, research professor, food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences
- Jung-Ying Tzeng, professor, statistics
- Anita Vila-Parrish, teaching associate professor, industrial and systems engineering
- Lingjuan Wang-Li, professor, biological and agricultural engineering
- Yaroslava Yingling, professor, materials science and engineering
- Kelly Zering, professor, agricultural and resource economics
- Huiyang Zhou, professor, electrical and computer engineering
Newly Tenured Faculty
- Dror Baron, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering
- Rodolphe Barrangou, associate professor, food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences
- Robert Beckstead, associate professor, poultry sciences
- Luke Borst, associate professor, population health and pathobiology
- Alper Bozkurt, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering
- Philip Bradford, associate professor, textile engineering, chemistry and science
- Linyou Cao, associate professor, materials science and engineering
- Ke Cheng, associate professor, molecular biomedical sciences
- Dennis Davis, associate professor, teacher education and learning sciences
- Jason Delborne, associate professor, forestry and environmental resources
- Jesse Ellis, associate professor, business management
- William Enck, associate professor, computer science
- Carla Fröhlich, associate professor, physics
- Carolina Gill, associate professor, graphic design and industrial design
- Zhen Gu, associate professor, biomedical engineering
- Steven Hall, associate professor, biological and agricultural engineering
- Jianxin Hu, associate professor, architecture
- Hsiao-Ying Shadow Huang, associate professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
- Elena Jakubikova, associate professor, chemistry
- Arnav Jhala, associate professor, computer science
- Derek Kamper, associate professor, biomedical engineering
- Djamel Kaoumi, associate professor, nuclear engineering
- Colin Kay, associate professor, food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences
- Eda Kemahlioglu-Ziya, associate professor, business management
- James Kerns, associate professor, entomology and plant pathology
- James Kneller, associate professor, physics
- Eric Laber, associate professor, statistics
- James LeBeau, associate professor, materials science and engineering
- Fanxing Li, associate professor, chemical and biomolecular engineering
- Bradley Lindsey, associate professor, accounting
- Stefano Longo, associate professor, sociology and anthropology
- Ning Lu, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering
- Arnab Maity, associate professor, statistics
- Ryan Martin, associate professor, statistics
- Melissa McHale, associate professor, forestry and environmental resources
- Mark Nance, associate professor, public and international affairs
- Sasha Newell, associate professor, sociology and anthropology
- Soonhye Park, associate professor, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) Education
- Matthew Polizzotto, associate professor, crop and soil sciences
- David Ricketts, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering
- David Roberts, associate professor, computer science
- Andrew Schmidt, associate professor, accounting
- Nadia Singh, associate professor, biological sciences
- Rui Song, associate professor, statistics
- Blair Sullivan, associate professor, computer science
- Nora Traum, associate professor, economics
- Mithat Ünsal, associate professor, physics
- Giuseppe Valacchi, associate professor, animal science
- Wendy Warner, associate professor, agricultural and human sciences
- Intae Yoon, associate professor, social work
- David Zaharoff, associate professor, biomedical engineering
