Promotion/Tenure for 18 UMaine Professors

Contact: Joe Carr at (207) 581-3571

ORONO — The University of Maine System Board of Trustees, meeting March 9-10, granted tenure and/or promoted 18 University of Maine faculty members.

PROMOTED TO PROFESSOR

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Robert A. Brinkley, English

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

Fei Chai, Oceanography
Peter O. Koons, Geological Sciences and Climate Change Institute
Tsutomu Ohno, Soil Chemistry
Jonathan D. Rubin, Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center and Resource Economics and Policy
Mark L. Wells, Marine Sciences
Adrienne A. White, Human Nutrition and Foods

GRANTED TENURE AT THE RANK OF PROFESSOR

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

David D. Hart, Biological Sciences

PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR WITH TENURE

College of Education and Human Development

Julie B. Cheville, Literacy Education
Shihfen Tu, Education and Applied Quantitative Methods

College of Engineering

M. Clayton Wheeler, Chemical Engineering

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Carla Billitteri, English
Joline Blais, New Media Program
Jack W. Burt, Music
David E. Hiebeler, Mathematics
John Ippolito, New Media Program
John R. Thompson, Physics

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

Benildo G. de los Reyes, Biological Sciences