Penn State's fixed-term faculty promotions have been announced, effective July 1.
The following is a list of Penn State fixed-term faculty promotions, effective July 1.
Penn State's academic rank faculty promotions have also been announced.
The following individuals have been promoted to professor:
Priti Dalal, anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, College of Medicine
William Elmendorf, ecosystem science and management, College of Agricultural Sciences
Gerald Harkins, obstetrics and gynecology, College of Medicine
Sangam Kanekar, radiology and neurology, College of Medicine
Mark Kozak, medicine and radiology, College of Medicine
Jeffrey Lubin, emergency medicine and public health sciences, College of Medicine
Heath Mackley, radiology, medicine and pediatrics, College of Medicine
Eileen Moser, medicine, College of Medicine
Robert Olympia, emergency medicine and pediatrics, College of Medicine
Rollyn Ornstein, pediatrics, College of Medicine
Michael Reed, surgery, College of Medicine
Raymond Reichwein, neurology, College of Medicine
David Richard, family and community medicine, College of Medicine
Stephen Ross, neurology, College of Medicine
Erika Saunders, psychiatry, College of Medicine
Matthew Silvis, family and community medicine and orthopaedics and rehabilitation, College of Medicine
Jennifer Toth, medicine and surgery, College of Medicine
Eric Walker, radiology, College of Medicine
The following individual has been promoted to librarian:
Jane Ingold, University Libraries, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
The following individuals have been promoted to senior lecturer/senior instructor:
Abhinav Aima, communications, Penn State New Kensington
Luciana Aronne, chemistry, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Harold Aurand, American studies, Penn State Schuylkill
Amine Benkiran, mathematics, Eberly College of Science
Nathaniel Bohna, engineering, Penn State Fayette
Elizabeth Brantley, forestry, Penn State Mont Alto
Bernie Cerasaro, business, Penn State Greater Allegheny
Molly Countermine, human development and family studies, College of Health and Human Development
Brian Crosby, psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
Elizabeth Cutezo, nursing, College of Nursing
Milton Evans, nursing, College of Nursing, Penn State Worthington Scranton
Catherine Fiorillo, theater and speech, Penn State Schuylkill
John Fulton, sociology, College of the Liberal Arts
Carol Gaertner, mathematics, Eberly College of Science
Susana García Prudencio, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, College of the Liberal Arts
Borja Gutiérrez, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, College of the Liberal Arts
Steven Hair, mathematics, Eberly College of Science
Linda Hajec, accounting, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Nestor Handzy, mathematics, Eberly College of Science
Richard Hedderick, finance, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Sorin Huh, Asian studies, College of the Liberal Arts
Fred Hurvitz, marketing, Smeal College of Business (effective Jan. 1, 2017)
Michael Krajsa, business, Penn State Lehigh Valley
Adam Lupo, English, College of the Liberal Arts
Megan Marshall, agricultural and biological engineering, College of Agricultural Sciences
Leslie Mateer, English, College of the Liberal Arts
Elaine McDonnell, nutritional sciences, College of Health and Human Development
Gina Monks, mathematics, Penn State Hazleton
Michael Naber, geosciences, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Carol Putman, management, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
Stefanie Rocco, Dutton e-Education Institute, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Gail Snyder, public health sciences, College of Medicine
Stuart Stelly, English and theater, Penn State York
Carolyn Todd, marketing, Smeal College of Business (effective Jan. 1, 2017)
Jonathan Tuthill, agricultural economics, sociology, and education, College of Agricultural Sciences
Pepsi Umberger, kinesiology, Penn State New Kensington
Johanna Wagner, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, College of the Liberal Arts
David Wimer, psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
Nicole Young, mathematics, Penn State Hazleton
Michelle Zeiders, Dutton e-Education Institute, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
The following individual has been promoted to lecturer I:
Barbara DeHart, biology, Eberly College of Science
The following individuals have been promoted to associate professor:
Vinita Acharya, neurology, College of Medicine
Jonathan Anson, anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, College of Medicine
Faisal Aziz, surgery, College of Medicine
Gregory Billy, orthopaedics and rehabilitation and physical medicine and rehabilitation, College of Medicine
Catherine April Bingham, pediatrics, College of Medicine
Michael Darowish, orthopaedics and rehabilitation, College of Medicine
Todd Felix, family and community medicine, College of Medicine
Julio Fernandez-Mendoza, psychiatry, College of Medicine
Susan Glod, medicine, College of Medicine
Jed Gonzalo, medicine and public health sciences, College of Medicine
Judie Ann Howrylak, medicine, public health sciences, and biochemistry and molecular biology, College of Medicine
Dongsheng Jiang, family and community medicine, College of Medicine
Matthew Kaag, surgery, College of Medicine
Hyun-Min Mike Kim, orthopaedics and rehabilitation, College of Medicine
Sang Lee, neurosurgery, College of Medicine
Anita Malhotra, anesthesiology and perioperative medicine and medicine, College of Medicine
Evangelos Messaris, surgery, College of Medicine
Jennifer Miller, pediatrics, College of Medicine
Alexander Payatakes, orthopaedics and rehabilitation, College of Medicine
Ariana Pichardo-Lowden, medicine, College of Medicine
Nazia Raja-Khan, medicine and obstetrics and gynecology, College of Medicine
Niraja Rajan, anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, College of Medicine
Marc Schaefer, pediatrics, College of Medicine
Scott Simon, neurosurgery, College of Medicine
Chunhua Song, pediatrics, College of Medicine
Andry Van de Louw, medicine, College of Medicine
Gregory Weller, anesthesiology and perioperative medicine, College of Medicine
J. Christopher Zacko, neurosurgery, College of Medicine
Jay Zimmermann, family and community medicine, College of Medicine
The following individual has been promoted to associate instructional professor:
John Cameron, management and organization, Penn State Great Valley
The following individuals have been promoted to clinical associate professor:
Christoph Hinkelmann, finance, Smeal College of Business
Lisa O’Hara, management and organization, Smeal College of Business
The following individuals have been promoted to senior research associate:
David Babb, meteorology and atmospheric science, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Justine Blanford, Dutton e-Education Institute, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
Hedong Li, biology, Eberly College of Science
Natasha Miles, meteorology and atmospheric science, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
The following individual has been promoted to assistant professor:
Andrea Benton, obstetrics and gynecology, College of Medicine
Andrew Geronimo, neurosurgery, College of Medicine
Ashley Snyder, medicine, College of Medicine
The following individual has been promoted to clinical assistant professor:
Christopher Solo, supply chain and analytics, Smeal College of Business
The following individual has been promoted to assistant teaching professor:
Steve Dillen, electrical engineering, Penn State Altoona
