2019 Promoted and Tenured Faculty
Promotion and tenure remain hallmarks of academic achievement and excellence for NC State faculty. Promoted faculty have met rigorous standards in their realms of responsibility, and tenured faculty have made a significant impact in their discipline.
“Our faculty are the core of our leadership in learning and knowledge discovery in higher education,” said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Warwick Arden. “We seek to show our appreciation for their contributions to our university through continual efforts to support their progress toward their teaching, research and innovation goals.”
Promoted and tenured faculty in all disciplines help move the university forward in its quest to create societal, economic and intellectual prosperity on campus and around the world.
“We know that our faculty are leaders on campus as well as nationally and internationally,” said Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs Katharine Stewart. “Their commitment to creating new knowledge in their fields of study and to sharing that knowledge with students in their classrooms and through mentorship is reflected in their achievement of promotion in rank and award of tenure.”
Congratulations to all newly-promoted and tenured faculty for their accomplishments and significant contributions to the success of academics at NC State.
Newly Promoted Faculty
- Jose Trinidad Ascencio-Ibanez, teaching associate professor, molecular and structural biochemistry
- David Ambaras, professor, history
- Kate Bailey, clinical associate professor, molecular biomedical sciences
- Bojko Bakalov, professor, mathematics
- Carla Barbieri, professor, parks, recreation and tourism management
- Tzvetelina Battestilli, teaching associate professor, computer science
- John Begeny, professor, psychology
- Barbara Bennett, professor, English
- Emily Berglund, professor, civil, construction and environmental engineering
- Kofi Boone, professor, landscape architecture
- Alper Bozkurt, professor, electrical and computer engineering
- James Brown, teaching associate professor, foreign languages and literatures
- Michael Burchell, professor, biological and agricultural engineering
- Lianne Cartee, teaching professor, biomedical engineering
- Benjamin Chapman, professor, agricultural and human sciences
- Sarah Desmarais, professor, psychology
- Robin Dodsworth, professor, English
- Daniel Dougherty, professor, physics
- Catherine Driscoll, professor, philosophy and religious studies
- Alina Duca, teaching professor, mathematics
- Molly Fenn, teaching professor, mathematics
- Miriam Ferzli, teaching professor, biological sciences
- James Flowers, clinical professor, population health and pathobiology
- Andrew Fox, professor, landscape architecture
- Maria Gallardo-Williams, teaching professor, chemistry
- Isabel Gimeno, professor, population health and pathobiology
- Xiaohui Gu, professor, computer sciences
- Kenan Gundogdu, professor, physics
- Jane Hoppin, professor, biological sciences
- Cathrine Hoyo, professor, biological sciences
- Stephanie Jeffries, teaching associate professor, forestry and environmental resources
- Roland Kays, research professor, forestry and environmental resources
- Irina Kogan, professor, mathematics
- Eric Laber, professor, statistics
- Nathan Leaf, teaching professor, music
- Alice Lee, teaching associate professor, biological sciences
- Catherine LePrevost, teaching associate professor, applied ecology
- Kari Lewis, teaching associate professor, health and exercise studies
- Paul Liu, professor, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences
- Ning Lu, professor, electrical and computer engineering
- Gregory Lucier, research associate professor, civil, construction and environmental engineering
- Srdjan Lukic, professor, electrical and computer engineering
- Christian Maltecca, professor, animal science
- Carolyn Mattingly, professor, biological sciences
- Anne McLaughlin, professor, psychology
- James Michnowicz, professor, foreign languages and literatures
- Jeffrey Mielke, professor, English
- John Morillo, professor, English
- Sarah Musulin, clinical associate professor, clinical sciences
- Elizabeth Nelson, teaching associate professor, communication
- Peter Ojiambo, professor, entomology and plant pathology
- Hatice Ozturk, teaching professor, biomedical engineering
- Tao Pang, professor, mathematics
- Soonhye Park, professor, science, technology, engineering and mathematics education
- Markus Petters, professor, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences
- Balaji Rao, professor, chemical and biomolecular engineering
- Brian Reich, professor, statistics
- Gary Roberson, professor, biological and agricultural engineering
- Erin Seekamp, professor, parks, recreation and tourism management
- Brenda Stevens, clinical professor, clinical sciences
- Laura Tateosian, teaching associate professor, parks, recreation and tourism management
- Eileen Taylor, professor, accounting
- Scott Townsend, professor, graphic design and industrial design
- James Tuck, professor, electrical and computer engineering
- Mithat Ünsal, professor, physics
- Daryoosh Vashaee, professor, electrical and computer engineering
- Roger von Haefen, professor, agricultural and resource economics
- Yingjiao Xu, professor, textile and apparel, technology and management
- Jeffrey Yoder, professor, molecular biomedical sciences
- Lindsay Zanno, research associate professor, biological sciences
Newly Tenured Faculty
- Jacob Adams, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering
- Marcelo Ardón Sayão, associate professor, forestry and environmental resources
- David Aylor, associate professor, biological sciences
- Lisa Bass, associate professor, educational leadership, policy and human development
- Bryan Bell, associate professor, architecture
- Grant Bollmer, associate professor, communication
- Matthew Bryant, associate professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
- Paul Byrne, associate professor, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences
- Miguel Castillo, associate professor, crop and soil sciences
- Min Chi, associate professor, computer science
- Bethany Cutts, associate professor, parks, recreation and tourism management
- Michaela DeSoucey, associate professor, sociology and anthropology
- Jeffrey Diebold, associate professor, public and international affairs
- Joel Casey Dietrich, associate professor, civil, construction and environmental engineering
- Umut Dur, associate professor, economics
- Jing Feng, associate professor, psychology
- April Fogleman, associate professor, food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences
- Derek Foster, associate professor, population health and pathobiology
- Christopher Galik, associate professor, public and international affairs
- Ismail Guvenc, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering
- Jodi Hall, associate professor, social work
- Jeremiah Johnson, associate professor, clinical sciences
- April Kedrowicz, associate professor, clinical sciences
- Deborah Littlejohn, associate professor, graphic design and industrial design
- Sara Lyle, associate professor, clinical sciences
- John Millhauser, associate professor, sociology and anthropology
- Brina Montoya, associate professor, civil, construction and environmental engineering
- Jennifer Nolan, associate professor, English
- Osman Ozaltin, associate professor, industrial and systems engineering
- Lokendra Pal, associate professor, forest biomaterials
- Stefanie Robinson, associate professor, business management
- Rebecca Ronquest, associate professor, foreign languages and literatures
- Lori Rothenberg, associate professor, textile and apparel, technology and management
- Kenneth Royal, associate professor, clinical sciences
- Lauren Schnabel, associate professor, clinical sciences
- Margaret Simon, associate professor, English
- Anna Stepanova, associate professor, plant and microbial biology
- Clint Stevenson, associate professor, food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences
- Benjamin Shane Underwood, associate professor, civil, construction and environmental engineering
- Nelson Vinueza Benitez, associate professor, textile, engineering, chemistry and science
- Douglas Walls, associate professor, English
- Andre West, associate professor, textile and apparel, technology and management
- Laura Widman, associate professor, psychology
- Guozhou Xu, associate professor, molecular and structural biochemistry
