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Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Cases

Published: March 10, 2011

UB faculty members and librarians who recently received tenure or have been promoted were recognized during a reception held on March 1 in the Center for Tomorrow.

The reception was hosted by President John B. Simpson and Provost Satish K. Tripathi.

The faculty members and librarians who were honored:

  • Alex Adjei, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, granted tenure as full professor.
  • Diana Aga, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor.
  • Elie Akl, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Bernard Badzioch, Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Michael Basinski, University Libraries, promoted to full librarian.
  • Laina Bay-Cheng, School of Social Work, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • James Beebe, Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • H. Austin Booth, University Libraries, promoted to full librarian.
  • Jason Briner, Geology, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Richard Browne, Biotechnical and Clinical Laboratory Sciences, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • David Castillo, Romance Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor
  • Asher Chanan-Khan, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Kim Connolly, Law School, appointed as full professor with tenure.
  • Paul Cullen, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Myron Czuczman, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
  • Micheal Dent, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Matthew Disney, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Gregory Fabiano, Counseling, School and Educational Psychology, Graduate School of Education, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Marwan Fakih, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Jian Feng, Physiology and Biophysics, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
  • Mark Frank, Communication, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor.
  • Amy Graves-Monroe, Romance Languages and Literatures, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Dean Hendrix, Health Sciences Library, University Libraries, promoted to associate librarian with tenure.
  • David Hershenov, Philosophy, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor.
  • Aaron Hughes, History, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor.
  • Jonathan Katz, Visual Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, appointed as associate professor with tenure.
  • Bahattin Koc, Industrial and Systems Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Michael Kuettel, Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, appointed as full professor with tenure.
  • Jaekyung Lee, Counseling, School and Educational Psychology, Graduate School of Education, promoted to full professor.
  • Elad Levy, Neurosurgery, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
  • Xiufeng Liu, Learning and Instruction, Graduate School of Education, promoted to full professor.
  • Michael Long, Music, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor.
  • Chang-Xing Ma, Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Health Professions, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • David Scott Mackay, Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor.
  • Donald Mager, Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Gilberto Mosqueda, Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Jamie Ostrov, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Gabriela Popescu, Biochemistry, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Davina Porock, Nursing, appointed as full professor with tenure.
  • Thomas Ralabate, Theatre and Dance, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to full professor.
  • Murali Ramanathan, Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
  • Diane Rein, Health Sciences Library, University Libraries, granted tenure as associate librarian.
  • Stephanie Rothenberg, Visual Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Teri Rueb, Media Study, College of Arts and Sciences, granted tenure as full professor.
  • Youcef Rustum, Medicine, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, appointed as full professor with tenure.
  • Julie Sarama, Learning and Instruction, Graduate School of Education, promoted to full professor.
  • Dagobert Soergel, Library and Information Studies, Graduate School of Education, granted tenure as full professor.
  • Michal Stachowiak, Pathology and Anatomical Sciences, School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, promoted to full professor.
  • Winnifred Sullivan, Law School, promoted to full professor with tenure.
  • Debabrata Talukdar, Marketing, School of Management, promoted to full professor.
  • Emmanouhl Tzanakakis, Chemical and Biological Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Joseph Valente, English, College of Arts and Sciences, appointed as full professor with tenure.
  • Robert Wagmiller, Sociology, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • David Watson, Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Chunchi Wu, Finance and Managerial Economics, School of Management, appointed as full professor with tenure.
  • Matthew Xu-Friedman, Biological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Aiming Yu, Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.
  • Sheng Zhong, Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, promoted to associate professor with tenure.