The Elon University Board of Trustees met on Feb. 20 and granted tenure and approved promotions for several faculty members.
The Elon University Board of Trustees met on Thursday, Feb. 20, and took the following actions regarding promotion and tenure:
Granted tenure to:
- Bethany Brinkman
- Granted tenure and associate professor to: Jenny Jiang, Juan Leal Ugalde, Xin Liu, Jessica Merricks, Thibaut Morillon, Pratheep Paranthaman, Erin Pearson and Yidi Wu.
- Promoted Chrystal Clodomir and Erin Fitzgerald to associate professor.
- Promoted Steven Bednar, John Flynn, Alexis Franzese, Cara Lucia, Sean McMahon, Cherrel Miller Dyce, Scott Morrison and Nicole Triche to full professor.
- Promoted Lynn Beck and Brandon Booker to senior lecturer.
- Promoted Jesse Akman to associate librarian.
The Board learned that:
- Continuance in a continuing track appointment was approved for Kim Stokes.
- Continuance in a lecture track appointment was approved for Jill Auditori, Thomas Kerr, Lina Kuhn, Lakeisha Vance and John Wimmer, Jr.
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Bethany Brinkman
Associate Professor of Engineering
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Juan Leal Ugalde
Assistant Professor of Spanish in the Department of World Languages and Cultures
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Xin Liu
Assistant Professor of Marketing
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Jessica Merricks
Assistant Professor of Biology
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Thibaut Morillon
Assistant Professor of Finance
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Pratheep K Paranthaman
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
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Erin Pearson
Assistant Professor of English
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Yidi Wu
O'Briant Developing Professor and Assistant Professor of History
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Chrystal Clodomir
Assistant Professor of Law at the Elon University School of Law
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Erin Fitzgerald
Assistant Professor of Law
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Steven Bednar
Associate Professor of Economics
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John Flynn
Associate Professor of Law; Director of Elon Law Small Business and Entrepreneurship Clinic & the Elon Law Center for Entrepreneurship
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Alexis Franzese
Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology
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Cara Lucia
Associate Professor of Sport Management
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Sean McMahon
Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship
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Cherrel Miller Dyce
Associate Professor and Executive Director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for the Dr. Jo Watts Williams School of Education
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Scott Morrison
Associate Professor of Education
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Nicole Triche
Associate Professor of Cinema and Television Arts
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Lynn Beck
Lecturer in Music
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Brandon Booker
Lecturer in Cinema and Television Arts
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Jesse Akman
Health and Life Sciences Librarian and Assistant Librarian
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Kim Stokes
Associate Professor of Physician Assistant Studies and Department Chair/Program Director for the Dept of Physician Assistant Studies
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Jillian Auditori
Lecturer in Political Science and Public Policy
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Thomas Kerr
Lecturer in Political Science and Public Policy
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Lina Kuhn
Lecturer in English
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Lakeisha Vance
Lecturer in Management
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John Wimmer
Lecturer in Management Information Systems
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Jenny Jiang
Assistant Professor of Communication Design