Fifteen Umaine faculty members receive tenure and/or promotion
Tenure and/or promotion for 15 University of Maine faculty members has been approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. The faculty were nominated by UMaine President Susan J. Hunter based on a peer and administrative review of their successful work in teaching, research and public service.
“The caliber of these faculty members reflects the breadth and depth of the world-class academic, research and engagement excellence at the state’s flagship university,” says Hunter. “Their nationally and internationally recognized contributions make a difference in our service in Maine and beyond, and in the educational experience we offer our undergraduate and graduate students.”
University of Maine Faculty Promoted and/or Tenured, 2015-16
Promoted to Professor
College of Education and Human Development
- Richard Kent, Literacy Education
College of Engineering
- Zhihe Jin, Mechanical Engineering
- Paul Villeneuve, Electrical Engineering Technology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- John Thompson, Physics
College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture
- Joseph Zydlewski, Fisheries Science
Maine Business School
- Stephanie Welcomer, Management
Promoted to Research Professor
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Marcella Sorg, Anthropology, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, Climate Change Institute
Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
College of Engineering
- John Allen, Electrical Engineering Technology
- William Manion, Construction Management Technology
College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture
- Amanda Olsen, Earth Science
- Michelle Smith, Biological Sciences, Maine Center for Research in STEM Education
- Timothy Waring, Social-Ecological Systems Modeling, Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions
Granted Tenure at Current Rank of Professor
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- Anne Knowles, History
Granted Tenure at Current Rank of Associate Professor
College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture
- Gayle Zydlewski, Marine Sciences
Promoted to Associate Extension Professor with Continuing Contract
- Jason Bolton, Cooperative Extension
Contact: Margaret Nagle, 207.581.3745
From UMaine News.