UMaine Faculty Promotion and Tenure Announced

April 2, 2007 Archives

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571

ORONO — At its Friday March 23 meeting, the University of Maine System Board of Trustees approved promotion and tenure for 33 University of Maine faculty members.

UMaine President Robert Kennedy praised the faculty members for their achievements and recognized their important roles in the UMaine community.

“Promotion and tenure are significant milestones in a professor’s career, achieved by demonstrating extraordinary accomplishments in teaching, scholarship, and service,” Kennedy says.

“I am sure that each member of the campus community joins me in congratulating these faculty members on their commitment to the University of Maine, their service to the State of Maine, and their dedication to higher education.”

PROMOTED TO PROFESSOR

College of Engineering

  • Vincent Caccese, Mechanical Engineering
  • Raymond J. Hintz, Surveying Engineering Technology

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

  • Howard H. Cody, Political Science and Canadian Studies
  • William A. Halteman, Mathematics
  • Elizabeth McKillen, History

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

  • Yong Chen, Fisheries Population Dynamics
  • Neal R. Pettigrew, Oceanography
  • Frederick A. Servello, Wildlife
  • Mario F. Teisl, Resource Economics and Policy
  • Huijie Xue, Marine Science

PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WITH TENURE

College of Business, Public Policy and Health

  • Nory B. Jones, Management Information Systems
  • Ann E. Sossong, Nursing

College of Education and Human Development

  • Dianne L. Hoff, Educational Leadership

College of Engineering

  • Paul J. Millard, Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology and Chemical Engineering
  • David J. Neivandt, Chemical Engineering
  • Silvia E. Nittel, Information Science and Engineering
  • Judith E. Pearse, Electrical Engineering Technology

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

  • Constant K. Albertson, Art
  • Stephen M. Miller, History
  • Jennifer J. Moxley, English
  • Richard J. Powell, Political Science
  • Tod L. Shockey, Mathematics
  • Michael C. Wittmann, Physics

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

  • Andrei V. Alyokhin, Biological Sciences
  • Kathleen P. Bell, Resource Economics and Policy
  • Brenda L. Hall, Earth Sciences and Climate Change Institute
  • Michael T. Kinnison, Biological Sciences

PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

  • Cynthia S. Loftin, Wildlife Ecology

PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE RESEARCH PROFESSOR

College of Education and Human Development

  • Mary L. Madden, Center for Research and Evaluation

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

  • Laurie B. Connell, School of Marine Sciences

PROMOTED TO EXTENSION PROFESSOR AND PROFESSOR

  • James C. McConnon, Cooperative Extension and Resource Economics and Policy

PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE EXTENSION PROFESSOR WITH CONTINUING CONTRACT

  • Peter J. Sexton

PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE EXTENSION PROFESSOR AND ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WITH CONTINUING CONTRACT

  • Mark G. Hutton, Cooperative Extension and Plant, Soil and Environmental Sciences