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Fifteen UMaine faculty members receive tenure and/or promotion

March 23, 2016 Advanced Materials for Infrastructure and Energy, Aging Research, Climate Change, Computing and Information Science, Data Science and Engineering, Finance Education, Forestry and the Environment, Graduate School of Biomedical Science and Engineering, Marine Sciences, Northeastern Americas: Humanities Research and Education, Signature and Emerging Areas, Sustainability Solutions and Technologies

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