The Elon University Board of Trustees met on Feb. 25 and granted tenure and approved promotions for several faculty members.
The Elon University Board of Trustees met on Friday, February 25, and took the following actions regarding promotion and tenure:
- Granted tenure and associate professor to: Jessica Carew, Justin Clar, Shaina Dabbs, Jennifer Dabrowski, Vanessa Drew-Branch, Tonmoy Islam, Elena Kennedy, Ariela Marcus-Sells, Sandy Marshall, Kristen Mazur, Cora Palfy, Robert Perdue, Joel Shelton, Brandon Sheridan, Kimberly Shively, Kathleen Stansberry, and Allison Wente.
- Promoted Tiffany Atkins, Julia Bleakney, Katherine Holtzinger Conner, Bilal Ghandour, Brian Kremer, and Patricia Perkins to associate professor.
- Promoted Haya Ajjan, Lee Bush, Jeffrey Carpenter, Shannon Duvall, Mina Garcia Soormally, Evan Gatti, Buffie Longmire-Avital, Kevin Otos, Samuele Pardini, Laura Taylor, Clarissa Trachman, Alan Woodlief, and Qian Xu to professor.
- Promoted Kelly Furnas, Fred Johnson, Mary McManamy, and Sandra Reid to senior lecturer.
- Promoted Vicki Blocker and Allison Bryan to associate librarian.
The Board learned that:
- Continuance in a continuing-track appointment was approved for Michele Lashley and Crystal Ramsey.
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Jessica Carew
Associate Professor of Political Science and Policy Studies
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Justin Clar
Associate Professor of Chemistry
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Shaina Dabbs
Associate Professor of Sport Management
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Jen Dabrowski
Associate Professor of Chemistry
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Vanessa Drew-Branch
Associate Professor of Human Service Studies & Interim Associate Director of the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning
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Tonmoy Islam
Associate Professor of Economics
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Elena Kennedy
Doherty Emerging Professor of Entrepreneurship* and Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
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Ariela Marcus-Sells
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
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Sandy Marshall
Associate Professor of Geography
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Kristen Mazur
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
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Cora Palfy
Associate Professor of Music
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Robert Perdue
Associate Professor of Sociology
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Joel Shelton
Associate Professor of Political Science and Policy Studies
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Brandon Sheridan
Associate Professor of Economics
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Kim Shively
Associate Professor of Performing Arts
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Kathleen Stansberry
Associate Professor of Strategic Communications
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Allison Wente
Associate Professor of Music
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Tiffany Atkins
Associate Professor of Law at the Elon Universty School of Law
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Julia Bleakney
Director, Writing Center and Associate Professor of English
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Kathy Conner
Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Residency Program at the Elon University School of Law
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Bilal Ghandour
Associate Professor of Psychology
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Brian Kremer
Associate Professor of Music Theatre
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Patricia Perkins
Associate Dean of Institutional Design and Associate Professor of Law
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Haya Ajjan
Associate Dean of the Martha and Spencer Love School of Business and Professor of Management Information Systems
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Lee Bush
Professor of Strategic Communications
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Jeff Carpenter
Professor of Education
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Shannon Duvall
Professor of Computer Science
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Evan Gatti
Professor of Art History
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Buffie Longmire-Avital
Professor of Psychology, Faculty Administrative Fellow and Director of the Black Lumen Project
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Kevin Otos
Professor of Theatre
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Samuele Pardini
Professor of Italian in the Department of World Languages and Cultures
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Laura Taylor
Professor of Statistics
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Rissa Trachman
Professor of Anthropology
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Alan Woodlief
Vice Dean and Professor of Law
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Qian Xu
Professor of Strategic Communications
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Kelly Furnas
Senior Lecturer in Journalism
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Fred Johnson
Senior Lecturer in Music
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Mary McManamy
Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
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Sandra Reid
Senior Lecturer in Human Service Studies
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Vicki Blocker
Electronic Resources Librarian and Associate Librarian
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Allison Keill
Director of the Curriculum Resources Center and Associate Librarian
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Michele Lashley
Assistant Professor of Strategic Communications
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Crystal Ramsey
Associate Professor of Physical Therapy Education