JOHNSON CITY (April 30, 2020) – Sixty-two East Tennessee State University faculty members were promoted and 28 granted tenure by the ETSU Board of Trustees, the university’s governing body, during its recent quarterly meeting.
The following 30 faculty members attained the rank of full professor: Deborah L. Dotson, Allied Health Sciences; Wesley Buerkle, Communication and Performance; J. Michael Stoots, Community and Behavioral Health; Anthony D. Pittarese, Computing; Lori T. Meier and Ryan A. Nivens, Curriculum and Instruction; Jon L. Smith, Economics and Finance; Dean D. Isham, Engineering, Engineering Technology and Surveying; Mark K. Brummel, Gregory Clarity, John S. Culp and Jodi P. Jones, Family Medicine; Hadii Mamudu, Health Services, Management and Policy; Daryl A. Carter and Brian J. Maxson, History; Mohamed A. Elgazzar and Parasbhai D. Patel, Internal Medicine; Rachel Walden, Learning Resources; Jesse K. Graves and Daniel Westover, Literature and Language; Michele L. Joyner, Mathematics and Statistics; Stephen W. Marshall, Media and Communication; Matthew W. Potterton, Music; Olga L. Sarkodie, Obstetrics and Gynecology; Demetrio R. Macariola and Marcela I. Popescu, Pediatrics; Leslie A. MacAvoy, Philosophy and Humanities; William N. Duncan, Sociology and Anthropology; Andrew R. Dotterweich, Sport, Exercise, Recreation and Kinesiology; and Nancy Judaun Alison, Surgery.
Elevated to associate professor were the following 30 faculty members: Nathaniel J. Olson, Appalachian Studies; Vanessa Mayoraz, Art and Design; Patrick Bradshaw, Biomedical Sciences; Mildred Maisonet, Biostatistics and Epidemiology; Dane W. Scott and Abbas G. Shilabin, Chemistry; Mary M. Baker, Community and Behavioral Health; Brian T. Bennett, Computing; William R. Garris, Counseling and Human Services; Jamie H. Price and Laura E. Robertson, Curriculum and Instruction; Xie Xin, Economics and Finance; Jinseok Hong, Engineering, Engineering Technology and Surveying; Ying Li, Environmental Health; Donna Fraysier, Retha Gentry and Katherine Hall, Graduate Nursing; Michele Chandley, Health Sciences; M. Kate Beatty, Health Services, Management and Policy; Joshua S. Reid, Literature and Language; Umit Saglam, Management and Marketing; Esther Park, Music; Mark X. Ransom, Obstetrics and Gynecology; George A. Ford, Pediatrics; Beatrice H. Owen, Physical Therapy; Michelle E. Johnson, Rehabilitative Sciences; Dorothy Greene, Social Work; Jeremy A. Gentles, Sport, Exercise, Recreation and Kinesiology; Kimberly Sell, Undergraduate Nursing; and Wendy Doucette, University Libraries.
Lindsay Lester and Samuel Smith, both of University School, were elevated to the rank of instructor.
The following 27 faculty members were granted tenure in addition to their promotions: Baker, Beatty, Bennett, Bradshaw, Chandley, Doucette, Fraysier, Garris, Gentles, Gentry, Greene, Hall, Johnson, Lester, Li, Maisonet, Mayoraz, Olson, Park, Price, Reid, Saglam, Scott, Sell, Shilabin, Smith, and Xin.
Also achieving tenure was Myra Carew, Graduate Nursing.