Dear Colleagues:

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

Endowed Professorships
● Chris Tirres, Religious Studies, Michael Buckley, S.J. Professor

Promotion to the Rank of Professor
● Prashanth Asuri, Bioengineering
● Thomas Cattoi, Jesuit School of Theology
● Hsin-I Cheng, Communication
● Anthony Hazard, Ethnic Studies
● John Ifcher, Economics
● Naomi Levy, Political Science
● Bill Lu, Bioengineering
● Andrea Pappas, Art and Art History
● Sarah Tamsen McGinley, Math and Computer Science

 Awarded Tenure
● Apara Nanda, English

 Awarded Tenure and Promotion to the Rank of Associate Professor
● Ryan Anderson, Art and Art History
● Brian Bayless, Biology
● Ian Carter-O'Connell, Chemistry and Biochemistry
● Matthew Cedergren, Accounting
● Xiang Li, Computer Science and Engineering
● Ying Liu, Computer Science and Engineering
● Roberto Mata, Religious Studies
● Nico Opper, Communication
● Kurt Schab, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Promotion to the Rank of Senior Lecturer
● Shireen Alazzawi, Economics
● Charles Byers, Marketing
● Lissa Crofton-Sleigh, Classics
● Laura Doyle, Civil Engineering
● Allia Griffin, Ethnic Studies
● Kristin Kulas, Physics
● Margarita Levantovskaya, English
● Juan Montermoso, Marketing
● Maura Tarnoff, English

 Promotion to the Rank of Associate Librarian
● Kalvin Van Gaasbeck, University Library

I thank each of these faculty members and librarians 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. 

Julie Sullivan
President