UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The following is a list of academic promotions for tenured and tenure-line faculty members at Penn State, effective July 1, 2023.

The list of non-tenure-line faculty promotions is available here. 

The following individuals have been promoted to professor: 

• Issam Abu-Mahfouz, professor of mechanical engineering, School of Science, Engineering, and Technology, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
• Charlie Anderson, professor of biology, Department of Biology, Eberly College of Science
• Lu Bai, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology and of physics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Eberly College of Science
• Saurabh Bansal, professor of supply chain management, Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems, Smeal College of Business
• Le Bao, professor of statistics, Department of Statistics, Eberly College of Science
• Daniel Beaver, professor of history, Department of History, College of the Liberal Arts
• Allison Beese, professor of materials science and engineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Douglas Bird, professor of anthropology, Department of Anthropology, College of the Liberal Arts
• Trevor Birkenholtz, professor of geography, Department of Geography, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Pamela Blackmon, professor of political science, Division of Arts and Humanities, Penn State Altoona
• Steven Bloomer, professor of biology, Division of Science and Engineering, Penn State Abington
• David Boehr, professor of chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Eberly College of Science
• Jennifer Boittin, professor of French and Francophone studies, and history, Department of French and Francophone Studies, College of the Liberal Arts
• Maciej Boni, professor of biology, Department of Biology, Eberly College of Science
• Melissa Bopp, professor of kinesiology, Department of Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Development
• Laura Carrel, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State College of Medicine
• Jeffrey Case, professor of mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Eberly College of Science
• Wei-Fan Chen, professor of information sciences and technology, Penn State Wilkes-Barre
• Rongming Chu, professor of electrical engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
• Daniel Crowley, professor of human development, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Health and Human Development
• Julie Ealy, professor of chemistry, Penn State Lehigh Valley
• Christopher Engeland, professor of biobehavioral health and nursing, Department of Biobehavioral Health and Nursing, College of Health and Human Development
• John Ewing, professor of agricultural and extension education, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Elana Farace, professor of public health sciences and neurosurgery, Department of Public Health Sciences, Neurosurgery, Penn State College of Medicine
• Julio Fernandez-Mendoza, professor of psychiatry and behavioral health, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine
• Lori Francis, professor of biobehavioral health, Department of Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development
• Samuel Frederick, professor of German, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literature, College of the Liberal Arts
• Susan Fredricks, professor of communication arts and sciences, Penn State Brandywine
• Edward Fuller, professor of education, Department of Education Policy Studies, College of Education
• Julie Gallagher, professor of history, Penn State Brandywine
• Vikash Gayah, professor of civil engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
• Daniel George, professor of humanities and public health sciences, Department of Humanities and Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine
• Meghan McCabe Gillen, professor of psychology, Division of Social Sciences, Penn State Abington
• Santhosh Girirajan, professor of genomics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Eberly College of Science
• Jennifer Graham-Engeland, professor of biobehavioral health, Department of Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development
• Matthew Gustafson, professor of finance, Department of Finance, Smeal College of Business
• Marissa Harrison, professor of psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
• Hartmut Heep, professor of German, comparative literature and Jewish studies, Penn State Schuylkill
• Gregory Huff, professor of electrical engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
• Yun Jing, professor of acoustics, Department of Acoustics, College of Engineering
• Elizabeth Kadetsky, professor of English, Department of English, College of the Liberal Arts
• Inkyu Kang, professor of journalism and communication, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Ravinder Koul, professor of education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education
• Timothy Lawlor, professor of physics, Penn State Brandywine
• Benjamin Lear, professor of chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Eberly College of Science
• Seoki Lee, professor of hospitality management, School of Hospitality Management, College of Health and Human Development
• Donald Liddick, professor of administration of justice, Penn State Fayette
• Zugang Liu, professor of business, Penn State Hazleton
• Shimin Liu, professor of energy and mineral engineering, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Medha Makhlouf, professor of law, Penn State Dickinson Law
• Daniel Mansson, professor of communication arts and sciences, Penn State Hazleton
• Michelle Mart, professor of history, Department of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Penn State Berks
• Jacqueline McLaughlin, professor of biology, Penn State Lehigh Valley
• Paul Medvedev, professor of electrical engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
• Elia Merzari, professor of nuclear engineering, Ken and Mary Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering, College of Engineering
• David Miller, professor of wildlife population ecology, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Karen Miller, professor of Spanish and linguistics, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, College of the Liberal Arts
• Shaheed Nicky Mohammed, professor of communications, Division of Arts and Humanities, Penn State Altoona
• George Moldovan, professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State College of Medicine
• Karl Muller, professor of accounting, Department of Accounting, Smeal College of Business
• Gustavo Nader, professor of kinesiology, Department of Kinesiology, College of Health and Human Development
• Phillip Nash, professor of history, Penn State Shenango
• Chetan Nikhare, professor of mechanical engineering, School of Engineering, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• John Ochoa, professor of Spanish and comparative literature, Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, College of the Liberal Arts
• Jacqueline O’Connor, professor of mechanical engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Fernando Parro, professor of economics, Department of Economics, College of the Liberal Arts
• George Perry, professor of anthropology and biology, Department of Anthropology, College of the Liberal Arts
• Alexey Prokudin, professor of physics, Department of Science, Penn State Berks
• Bing Ran, professor of public administration, School of Public Affairs, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
• Mikael Rechtsman, professor of physics, Department of Physics, Eberly College of Science
• Alicyn Rhoades, professor of engineering, School of Engineering, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Syed Rizvi, professor of information sciences and technology, Division of Business, Engineering, and Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State Altoona
• Joslyn Sciacca Kirby, professor of dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Penn State College of Medicine
• Joshua Shaw, professor of philosophy, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Chad Shenk, professor of human development and family studies and pediatrics, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Health and Human Development
• Ilya Shvartsman, professor of mathematics, School of Science, Engineering and Technology, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
• José Soto, professor of psychology, Department of Psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
• Eva Steiner, professor of risk management, Department of Risk Management, Smeal College of Business
• Susan Strauss, professor of applied linguistics and Asian studies, Department of Applied Linguistics
• Heather Stuckey-Peyrot, professor of medicine, public health sciences, and humanities, Department of Medicine, Public Health Sciences, and Humanities, Penn State College of Medicine
• Robin Thomas, professor of art history, Department of Art History, College of Arts and Architecture
• Julio Urbina, professor of electrical engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
• Zhiren Wang, professor of mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Eberly College of Science
• Jennifer Williams, professor of nutritional sciences, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Health and Human Development
• Stephen Wilson, professor of psychology, Department of Psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
• Dawn Witherspoon, professor of psychology, Department of Psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
• Megan Wright, professor of law, medicine, and sociology, Penn State Law
• Lingzhou Xue, professor of statistics, Department of statistics, Eberly College of Science
• Shengyu Yang, professor of cellular and molecular physiology, Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Penn State College of Medicine
• Jiro Yoshida, professor of risk management, Department of risk management, Smeal College of Business
• Alexey Zhadanov, professor of finance, Department of Finance, Smeal College of Business
• Feng Zhang, professor of management, Division of Social Sciences, Penn State Abington

The following individuals have been promoted to librarian:

• Russell Hall, Commonwealth Campus Libraries; Penn State Erie, the Behrend College, University Libraries and Scholarly Communications
• Jennie Knies, Commonwealth Campus Libraries; Penn State Scranton, University Libraries and Scholarly Communications

The following individuals have been promoted to associate professor:

• Abdallah Abdallah Abousheaisha, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, School of Engineering, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Yubraj Acharya, associate professor of health policy and administration, Department of Health Policy and Administration, College of Health and Human Development
• Arpita Agnihotri, associate professor of management, School of Business Administration, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
• Bladimir Alvarado, associate professor of mechanical engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Anilchandra Attaluri, associate professor of mechanical engineering, School of Science, Engineering, and Technology, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
• Luis Aviles Rincon, associate professor of architecture, Department of Architecture, College of Arts and Architecture
• Catherine Berdanier, associate professor of mechanical engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Nita Bharti, associate professor of biology, Department of Biology, Eberly College of Science
• Daniel Brent, associate professor of agribusiness management, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Freyca Calderon-Berumen, associate professor of elementary and early childhood education and women’s and gender studies, Division of Education, Human Development, and Social Sciences, Penn State Altoona
• William Calo Perez, associate professor of public health sciences, health policy and administration, and family and community medicine, Department of Public Health Sciences, Health Policy and Administration, and Family and Community Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine
• Ebonie Cunningham Stringer, associate professor of criminal justice, Department of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Penn State Berks
• Kevin Curry Jr., associate professor of agricultural education, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Kai Du, associate professor of accounting, Department of Accounting, Smeal College of Business
• Jonathan Duncan, associate professor of forest hydrology, Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Boaz Dvir, associate professor, Department of Journalism, Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
• Seyedehaida Ebrahimi, associate professor of electrical engineering, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
• John Eicher, associate professor of history, Division of Arts and Humanities, Penn State Altoona
• Reyad Elbarbary, associate professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation and biochemistry and molecular biology, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State College of Medicine
• Andrew Fenelon, associate professor of public policy, sociology, and demography, School of Public Policy, College of the Liberal Arts
• Charlene Gross, associate professor of theatre, School of Theatre, College of Arts and Architecture
• Nima Haghpanah, associate professor of economics, Department of Economics, College of the Liberal Arts
• Sio leng Hui, associate professor of labor and employment relations, Department of Labor and Employment Relations, College of the Liberal Arts
• Phillip Jolly, associate professor of hospitality management, School of Hospitality Management, College of Health and Human Development
• Fadia Kamal, associate professor of orthopaedics and rehabilitation and pharmacology, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation and Pharmacology, Penn State College of Medicine
• Fabienne Kanor, associate professor of French and Francophone studies, Department of French and Francophone Studies, College of the Liberal Arts
• Shahid Khan, associate professor of accounting, Department of Engineering, Business and Computing, Penn State Berks
• Joongseo Kim, associate professor of management, Black School of Business, Penn State Erie, the Behrend College
• Sri-Rajasekhar Kothapalli, associate professor of biomedical engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Jasna Kovac, associate professor of food science, Department of Food Science, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Sang Mook Lee, associate professor of finance, Penn State Great Valley
• Jacob Lee, associate professor of history, Department of History, College of the Liberal Arts
• John Lesieutre, associate professor of mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Eberly College of Science
• Siyu Liu, associate professor of criminal justice, School of Public Affairs, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
• Siyuan Liu, associate professor of supply chain management, Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems, Smeal College of Business
• Liying Luo, associate professor of sociology, Department of Sociology and Criminology, College of the Liberal Arts
• Erika Machtinger, associate professor of entomology, Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Violet Mager, associate professor of physics and astronomy, Penn State Wilkes-Barre
• Hil Malatino, associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, College of the Liberal Arts
• Daniel Mallinson, associate professor of public policy and administration, School of Public Affairs, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
• Grady Mathews, associate professor of civil engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
• Jes Matsick, associate professor of psychology and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, Department of Psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
• Amin Mehrabian, associate professor of petroleum and natural gas engineering, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Valerie Mendez-Gallardo, associate professor of psychology, Penn State Brandywine
• Jessica Menold, associate professor of engineering design, School of Engineering Design, Technology, and Professional Program
• Marc Miller, associate professor of landscape architecture, Department of Landscape Architecture, College of Arts and Architecture
• Colleen Mills, associate professor of criminal justice, Division of Social Sciences, Penn State Abington
• Pauline Milwood, associate professor of hospitality management, Department of Engineering, Business and Computing, Penn State Berks
• Sonia Molloy, associate professor of human development and family studies, Penn State York
• Kelly Munly, associate professor of human development and family studies, Division of Education, Human Development, and Social Sciences, Penn State Altoona
• Kyle Murdock, associate professor of biobehavioral health, Department of Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development
• Hyuntae Na, associate professor of computer science, Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
• Muzi Na, associate professor of nutritional sciences, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Health and Human Development
• Jed Neilson, associate professor of accounting, Department of Accounting, Smeal College of Business
• Giang Nguyen, associate professor of finance, Department of Finance, Smeal College of Business
• Ahmed Nuriye, associate professor of chemistry, Division of Science and Engineering, Penn State Abington
• DK Osseo-Asare, associate professor of architecture and engineering design, Department of Architecture, College of Arts and Architecture
• Carlomagno Panlilio, associate professor of education, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, College of Education
• Christian Pester, associate professor of chemical engineering, Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Justin Pritchard, associate professor of biomedical engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Cibin Raj, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Tanya Renner, associate professor of entomology, Department of Entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Seyed Reza Sanei, associate professor of mechanical engineering, School of Engineering, Penn State Erie, the Behrend College
• Mohammad Rezaee, associate professor of mining engineering, Department of Energy and Mineral Engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Gabriela Richard, associate professor of education, Department of Learning and Performance Systems, College of Education
• R. Tyler Richardson, associate professor of kinesiology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
• Joshua Rosenberger, associate professor of biobehavioral health and anthropology, Department of Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development
• Asher Rosinger, associate professor of biobehavioral health and anthropology, Department of Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development
• Michael Russell, associate professor of biobehavioral health, Department of Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development
• Tracy Rutler, associate professor of French and Francophone studies and women’s studies, Department of French and Francophone Studies, College of Liberal Arts
• Surabhi Sahay, associate professor of corporate communication, Division of Arts and Humanities, Penn State Abington
• Amanda Scott, associate professor of history, Department of History, College of the Liberal Arts
• Barrett Scroggs, associate professor of health and human development, Penn State Mont Alto
• Baljinder Sekhon, associate professor of music, School of Music, College of Arts and Architecture
• Heather Shoenberger, associate professor, Department of Advertising and Public Relations, Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications
• Julianna Simon, associate professor of acoustics, Department of Acoustics, College of Engineering
• Linhai Song, associate professor, College of Information Sciences and Technology
• Lei Song, associate professor of marketing, Division of Business, Penn State Abington
• Ellen Stockstill, associate professor of English, School of Humanities, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
• Spencer Szczesny, associate professor of biomedical engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Narjes Tahmasbi, associate professor of information sciences and technology, Penn State Hazleton
• Chang Tan, associate professor of art history and Asian studies, Department of Art History and Asian Studies, College of Arts and Architecture
• Megan Van Etten, associate professor of biology, Penn State Scranton
• Alisha Walters, associate professor of 19th-century British literature, Division of Arts and Humanities, Penn State Abington
• LaWanda Ward, associate professor of education, Department of Education Policy Studies, College of Education
• Stephanie Winklejohn Black, associate professor of psychology, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
• Boni Wozolek, associate professor of education, Division of Social Sciences, Penn State Abington
• Yiqi Zhang, associate professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, College of Engineering

The following individuals have been promoted to associate librarian:

• Lori Cisney, Cataloging and Metadata Services, University Libraries and Scholarly Communications
• Kristin Green, Commonwealth Campus Libraries, Penn State Scranton, University Libraries and Scholarly Communications
• Jennifer Jarson, Commonwealth Campus Libraries, Penn State Lehigh Valley, University Libraries and Scholarly Communications
• Kathleen Phillips, Subject Libraries, University Libraries and Scholarly Communications
• Christina Riehman-Murphy, Commonwealth Campus Libraries, Penn State Penn State Abington, University Libraries and Scholarly Communications
• John Russell, Research Informatics and Publishing, University Libraries and Scholarly Communications
• Nathan Tallman, Digitization and Preservation, University Libraries and Scholarly Communications
• Ruth Tillman, Cataloging and Metadata Services, University Libraries and Scholarly Communications

The following individuals have been promoted to associate extension educator: 

• Lyndsey Androstic, 4-H Youth Development
• Amy Hofman, 4-H Youth Development
• Amanda Lavender, 4-H Youth Development
• Natalie Marioni, Agronomy and Natural Resources

The following individuals have been promoted to extension educator:

• Cassidy Baker, 4-H Youth Development
• Justin Brackenrich, Agronomy and Natural Resources
• Linda Falcone, 4-H Youth Development
• Maria Gorgo-Gourovitch, Horticulture
• Sandi Graham, 4-H Youth Development
• Anna Hodgson, Agronomy and Natural Resources
• Heidi Reed, Agronomy and Natural Resources
• Danielle Rhea, Agronomy and Natural Resources
• Christy Schmidt, Energy, Business and Community Vitality
• Don Seifrit, Horticulture
• Capri Stiles-Mikesell, 4-H Youth Development