Promotion and Tenure Approved for 35 UMaine Professors
Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571
ORONO — Thirty-five UMaine faculty members, representing each of UMaine’s academic colleges and Cooperative Extension, have been promoted and/or granted tenure. The University of Maine System Board of Trustees approved these actions at its Sunday/Monday meeting at the University of Maine at Presque Isle.
“Promotion and tenure are significant milestones in a professor’s career, achieved by demonstrating extraordinary accomplishments in teaching, scholarship and service,” UMaine President Robert Kennedy wrote in a letter announcing the board’s action.
Kennedy went on to congratulate the professors “on their dedication to the University of Maine, their service to the State of Maine, and their dedication to higher education.”
The following is the list of the faculty members whose promotion and/or tenure were formalized by the board:
PROMOTED TO PROFESSOR
College of Business, Public Policy, and Health
Sandra S. Butler, Social Work
College of Engineering
Darrell W. Donahue, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Eric N. Landis, Civil Engineering
Michael L. Peterson, Mechanical Engineering
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Curvin G. Farnham, Music
Laurie E. Hicks, Art
Stephen J. Hornsby, Anthropology and Canadian Studies
Shannon E. Martin, Communication and Journalism
Douglas W. Nangle, Psychology
Owen F. Smith, Art
Kristin D. Sobolik, Anthropology and Climate Change Institute
College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture
Eleanor Groden, Entomology
Scott E. Johnson, Structural Geology and Tectonics
Kirk A. Maasch, Earth Sciences and Climate Change Institute
PROMOTED TO PROFESSOR WITH TENURE
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Scott Collins, Chemistry and Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology
PROMOTED TO RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Gordon S. Hamilton, Climate Change Institute
PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WITH TENURE
College of Business, Public Policy, and Health
Natalie M. Steiger, Management
College of Education and Human Development
Elizabeth J. Allan, Higher Education Leadership
Abigail C. Garthwait, Instructional Technology
College of Engineering
William DeSisto, Chemical Engineering
Jean D. MacRae, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Mauricio Pereira da Cunha, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Anthony Stefanidis, Information Sciences and Engineering
Senthil S. Vel, Mechanical Engineering
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Gisela R. Hoecherl-Alden, German
Jessica P. Miller, Philosophy
Susan A. Pinette, Modern Languages
College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture
Robert C. Causey, Animal and Veterinary Sciences
Karl J. Kreutz, Earth Sciences and Climate Change Institute
Renae E. Moran, Pomology
Jeremy S. Wilson, Forest Resources
GRANTED TENURE AT THE RANK OF ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
College of Education and Human Development
Richard H. Ackerman, Educational Leadership
PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE EXTENSION PROFESSOR WITH CONTINUING CONTRACT
Mark L. Hutchinson
Jennifer F. Lobley
Lisa A. Phelps