Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to share with you good news about some of our esteemed faculty colleagues. After a rigorous and lengthy review process, the following faculty have been appointed as newly endowed professors or achieved rank and tenure promotions for their contributions to teaching, service, and scholarly research.  

Endowed Professorships:

• Naomi Andrews, History, Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J. Professor
• Shoba Krishnan, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Thomas J. Bannan Professor
• Dale Larson, Counseling Psychology, Thomas and Kathleen McCarthy Professor
• Desmond Lo, Marketing, William T. Cleary Professor
• Julie Rubio, Jesuit School of Theology, Shea-Heusman Professor

Promotion to the Rank of Professor:

• Michael Kevane, Economics
• Hohyun Lee, Mechanical Engineering
• Siqi Li, Accounting
• Kim Mohne Hill, Theatre and Dance
• Laura Robinson, Sociology
• Catherine Sandoval, Law
• Dongsoo Shin, Economics

Awarded Tenure and Promotion to the Rank of Associate Professor:

• Michelle McCully Chartrand, Biology
• Behnam Dezfouli, Computer Science and Engineering
• Scot Hanna-Weir, Music
• Birgit Koopmann-Holm, Psychology
• Nicolette Meshkat, Mathematics and Computer Science
• Danielle Morgan, English
• Michele Samorani, Information Systems and Analytics
• Paul Schutz, Religious Studies
• Chan Thai, Communication
• Jo-Ellen Pozner Zeitlin, Management and Entrepreneurship

Promotion to the Rank of Senior Lecturer:

• Erin Bradfield, Philosophy
• Melissa Donegan, English
• Andrew Ishak, Communication
• Brian Thorstenson, Theater and Dance
• Robin Tremblay-McGaw, English

Promotion to the Rank of Clinical Professor of Law: 

• Michael Flyn, Law
• Thiadora Pina, Law
• Francisco Rivera Juristi, Law

I thank each of these faculty members for their hard work, passion and dedication to their students, their disciplines and the University. Let me also express my gratitude to the numerous members of the rank and tenure committees at all levels of the University. The committees require great attention and care throughout the process, and I am grateful to each of the members for fulfilling their commitment so generously for the good of the University. 

Please join me in congratulating our colleagues and thanking them for a job well done.

Sincerely,

Lisa A. Kloppenberg
Acting President