Twenty-nine faculty members receive tenure and/or promotion

Twenty-eight faculty members from the University of Maine and one from the University of Maine at Machias have received tenure and/or promotion. The faculty members were nominated by President Joan Ferrini-Mundy based on a peer and administrative review of their successful teaching, research and public service, and approved by the University of Maine System Board of Trustees.

“These 29 faculty members exemplify the outstanding teaching, research and public engagement that are critical to the missions of UMaine and UMM,” Ferrini-Mundy says. “Their leadership and vision contribute to quality university experiences of our students, and advance Maine and their respective fields. We congratulate them on their achievements and applaud the overall extraordinary engagement of all our faculty in putting our students’ needs first as they work to complete this semester.”

University of Maine at Machias 

Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure 

Division of Arts and Letters

  • H. Lori Schnieders, Counseling Psychology and Community Studies

University of Maine

Promoted to Professor

College of Engineering

  • Andre Khalil, Biomedical Engineering
  • Gerard Peter van Walsum, Chemical Engineering

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

  • Susan Pinette, Modern Languages

 College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

  • Clarissa Henry, Biological Sciences
  • Lee Karp-Boss, Marine Sciences
  • Brian Olsen, Biology and Ecology
  • Denise Skonberg, Food Science and Human Nutrition

 Maine Business School

  • Niclas Erhardt, Human Resources

 

Promoted to Extension Professor 

Cooperative Extension

  • Leslie Forstadt, Cooperative Extension
  • Renae Moran, Cooperative Extension and School of Food and Agriculture
  • Kathryn Yerxa, Cooperative Extension and School of Food and Agriculture

  

Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure

College of Education and Human Development

  • Catharine Biddle, Educational Leadership
  • Asli Sezen-Barrie, Curriculum, Assessment, and Instruction

 College of Engineering

  • Keith Berube, Mechanical Engineering Technology
  • Andrew Goupee, Mechanical Engineering

 College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

  • Bridie McGreavy, Environmental Communication
  • Rebecca Schwartz-Mette, Psychology
  • Kristin Vekasi, Political Science and International Affairs         

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

  • Keith Evans, Marine Resource Economics
  • Daniel Hayes, Geospatial Analysis and Remote Sensing
  • Melissa Maginnis, Microbiology
  • Alessio Mortelliti, Wildlife Habitat Ecology
  • Bryan Peterson, Environmental Horticulture
  • Jeremy Rich, Marine Microbiology
  • Kelley Strout, Nursing

Maine Business School

  • Jean Henri Akono Ada, Accounting
  • Dmitri Markovitch, Marketing

 

Granted Tenure at Current Rank of Associate Professor 

College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture

  • Rhian Waller, Marine Sciences

Contact: Margaret Nagle, 207.581.3745