2022 Promoted and Tenured Faculty
Promotion and tenure mark major milestones in the academic lives of 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. This year, we recognize 115 faculty for these achievements.
“Our faculty are an integral part of NC State’s excellence, and in the lives of countless members of the Wolfpack community,” said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Warwick Arden. “Their teaching, research and service allow us to provide a top-notch experiential education to students, and expand the frontiers of discovery to ensure our strategic growth and reputation within higher education.”
Promoted and tenured faculty in all disciplines play an integral role in advancing NC State’s mission and vision, and in achieving the university’s strategic goals to better serve fellow faculty, staff, students and the greater community.
“Promotion and tenure are momentous achievements for our hardworking faculty and they deserve to be celebrated,” said Senior Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs Katharine Stewart. “I look forward to continuing to work with them as they continue to achieve their personal and professional goals and advance their respective disciplines.”
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
- Juan Acosta, associate research professor, forestry and environmental resources
- Katherine Annett-Hitchcock, professor, textile and apparel, technology and management
- Lorena Bociu, professor, mathematics
- Kimberly Bush, teaching professor, parks, recreation and tourism management
- Lisa Chapman, professor, textile and apparel, technology and management
- Umut Dur, professor, economics
- Miles Engell, teaching professor, biological sciences
- David Fitzpatrick, associate teaching professor, social work
- Christopher Galik, professor, public and international affairs
- Tracy Gieger, clinical professor, clinical sciences
- Mikhail Gilman, associate research professor, mathematics
- Suzie Goodell, professor, food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences
- Dana Gulling, professor, architecture
- Jillian Haeseler, associate teaching professor, foreign languages and literatures
- Steven Hall, professor, biological and agricultural engineering
- Gabriel Harris, professor, food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences
- Irvine Heyward, teaching professor, physics
- Megan Jacob, professor, population health and pathobiology
- Elena Jakubikova, professor, chemistry
- Colin Kay, professor, food, bioprocessing and nutrition sciences
- Blair Lynne Kelley, professor, history
- Jason King, associate teaching professor, computer science
- Lada Kochtcheeva, professor, public and international affairs
- Michael Kudenov, professor, electrical and computer engineering
- Cristina Lanzas, professor, population health and pathobiology
- Jerome Lavelle, professor, textile engineering, chemistry and science
- Ramon Leon Gonzalez, professor, crop and soil sciences
- Wenchang Lu, research professor, physics
- Paul Maggard, professor, chemistry
- Meghan Manfra, professor, teacher education and learning sciences
- Christopher Mariani, professor, clinical sciences
- Gary Mathews, teaching professor, foreign languages and literatures
- Herle McGowan, teaching professor, statistics
- Julia McKeown, associate teaching professor, teacher education and learning sciences
- James Minogue, professor, teacher education and learning sciences
- Nancy Moore, associate teaching professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
- Joan Nicholas-Walker, associate teaching professor, health and exercise studies
- Haddy Njie, associate teaching professor, psychology
- Michael Nolan, professor, clinical sciences
- Lara Pacifici, teaching professor, forestry and environmental resources
- Joshua Pierce, professor, chemistry
- Daniel Poole, professor, animal science
- Mohammad Pour-Ghaz, professor, civil, construction and environmental engineering
- Lina Quesada, professor, entomology and plant pathology
- William Rand, professor, business management
- Martha Burford Reiskind, associate research professor, biological sciences
- Beth Ritter, professor of the practice, management, innovation and entrepreneurship
- Katherine Saul, professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
- Rohan Shirwaiker, professor, industrial and systems engineering
- Regina Schoenfeld, professor, molecular biomedical sciences
- Ross Sozzani, professor, plant and microbial biology
- Anne Spafford, professor, horticultural science
- Devorah Stowe, associate clinical professor, population health and pathobiology
- Kevin Sutton, associate teaching professor, science, technology, engineering and mathematics education
- Jocelyn Taliaferro, professor, social work
- Karen Tefft, associate clinical professor, clinical sciences
- Melvin Thomas, professor, sociology and anthropology
- Shweta Trivedi, teaching professor, animal science
- Benjamin Underwood, professor, civil, construction and environmental engineering
- Hong Wang, professor, physics
- Chengying Cheryl Xu, professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
- Ginger Yu, teaching professor, electrical and computer engineering
Newly Tenured Faculty
- Alen Alexanderian, associate professor, mathematics
- Hamid Ashrafi, associate professor, horticultural science
- Erin Baker, associate professor, chemistry
- Nicolas Buchler, associate professor, molecular biomedical sciences
- Charles Cahoon, associate professor, crop and soil sciences
- Benjamin Callahan, associate professor, population health and pathobiology
- Wei-Chen Chang, associate professor, chemistry
- Yang “Alice” Cheng, associate professor, communication
- Timothy Drake, associate professor, educational leadership, policy and human development
- Michelle Falter, associate professor, teacher education and learning sciences
- Ericka Ford, associate professor, textile engineering, chemistry and science
- Frederico Freitas, associate professor, history
- Luciano Gatiboni, associate professor, crop and soil sciences
- Nathan Goldman, associate professor, accounting
- Landon Grace, associate professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
- Kenneth Granlund, associate professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
- Joshua Gray, associate professor, forestry and environmental resources
- Jill Grifenhagen, associate professor, teacher education and learning sciences
- Margaret Gruen, associate professor, clinical sciences
- Ali Hajbabaie, associate professor, civil, construction and environmental engineering
- Kevin Han, associate professor, civil, construction and environmental engineering
- Jason Hou, associate professor,nuclear engineering
- Ethan Hyland, associate professor, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences
- Alexandros Kapravelos, associate professor, computer science
- Verena Kasper-Marienberg, associate professor, history
- Albert Keung, associate professor, chemical and biomolecular engineering
- Moses Khisa, associate professor, public and international affairs
- Whitney Knollenberg, associate professor, parks, recreation and tourism management
- Erin Krupa, associate professor, science, technology, engineering and mathematics education
- Zakiya Leggett, associate professor, forestry and environmental resources
- Christina Lewellen, associate professor, accounting
- Jessica Liao, associate professor, public and international affairs
- Jun Liu, associate professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
- Alex Lynch, associate professor, clinical sciences
- Collin Lynch, associate professor, computer science
- Kavita Mathur, associate professor, textile and apparel, technology and management
- Noboru Matsuda, associate professor, computer science
- Santosh Mishra, associate professor, molecular biomedical sciences
- Casey Nestor, associate professor, animal science
- Tien Khai Nguyen, associate professor, mathematics
- Kate Norwalk, associate professor, psychology
- Monique Pairis-Garcia, associate professor, population health and pathobiology
- Matthew Peterson, associate professor, graphic design and industrial design
- Angela Post, associate professor, crop and soil sciences
- Robert Reardon, associate professor, public and international affairs
- Valery Scharf, associate professor, clinical sciences
- Mary Katherine Sheats, associate professor, clinical sciences
- Eunkyoung Shim, associate professor, textile engineering, chemistry and science
- Jonathan Stallrich, associate professor, statistics
- Dali Sun, associate professor, physics
- Kelly Umstead, associate professor, graphic design and industrial design
- Tianfu Wu, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering
- Xu Xu, associate professor, industrial and systems engineering
