Chancellor honors promoted faculty members

Author: University Communications
October 29, 2019

UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox honored over 50 faculty members for their promotions at a ceremony Oct. 7 at the  Chancellor’s Residence.

Here are the honorees:

Emma L. Aronson         Microbiology and Plant Pathology        Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Kelley C. Barsanti         Chemical/Environtal Engineering        Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

George D. Becker         Physics and Astronomy            Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Miguel Carreras         Political Science                Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Loren Collingwood         Political Science                Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Christopher J. Clark         Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology    Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Elizabeth L. Davis         Psychology                    Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

William L. Dunlop         Psychology                    Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Willian Grover        Bioengineering                Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Robert L. Hernandez        English                    Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Matthew W. King         Religious Studies                Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Rita Kohli             Graduate School of Education        Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Meera G. Nair         Biomedical Sciences                Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Fabio Pasqualetti        Mechanical Engineering            Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Taisha C. Paggett         Dance                        Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Shaolei Ren            Electrical & Computer Engineering           Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Erin Wilson Rankin         Entomology                    Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Jade S. Sasser             Gender and Sexuality Studies            Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Hideaki Tsutsui         Mechanical Engineering            Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Nanpeng (Eric) Yu         Electrical & Computer Engineering           Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Hai-Bo Yu             Physics and Astronomy            Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Weiwei Zhang         Psychology                    Promotion to Associate Professor (Tenure)

Bree J. Lang             Economics                    Promotion to Associate Professor of Teaching

Matthew D. Lang         Economics                    Promotion to Associate Professor of Teaching

Khaleel A. Abdulrazak     Psychology                    Promotion to Full Professor

David A. Biggs         History                    Promotion to Full Professor

Philip Brisk             Computer Science and Engineering        Promotion to Full Professor

Rogerio Budasz         Music                        Promotion to Full Professor

Zizhong (Jeffrey) Chen     Computer Science and Engineering        Promotion to Full Professor

Matthew Daugherty        Entomology                    Promotion to Full Professor

Wee Liang Gan         Mathematics                    Promotion to Full Professor

Venugopala (Reddy) R. Gonehal Botany and Plant Sciences            Promotion to Full Professor

Sherine Hafez             Gender and Sexuality Studies            Promotion to Full Professor

Brandon Lattu         Art                        Promotion to Full Professor

Declan F. McCole         Biomedical Sciences                Promotion to Full Professor

Yunhee Min             Art                        Promotion to Full Professor

Louie F. Rodriguez         Graduate School of Education        Promotion to Full Professor

Andrea Smith             Ethnic Studies                    Promotion to Full Professor

Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff     Biomedical Sciences                Promotion to Full Professor

Michalis Faloutsos         Computer Science & Engineering        Advancement to Professor, Step VI

Daniel (Dan) Jeske         Statistics                    Advancement to Professor, Step VI

Aaron Seitz             Psychology                    Advancement to Professor, Step VI

Melissa M. Wilcox         Religious Studies                Advancement to Professor, Step VI

Albert Wang             Electrical & Computer Eng            Advancement to Professor, Step VI

Deborah A. Wong         Music                        Advancement to Professor, Step VI

James E. Adaskaveg        Microbiology & Plant Pathology        Advancement to Professor, Step VII

Byron Adams             Music                        Advancement to Above Scale, Distinguished Professor

Maudemarie Clark         Philosophy                    Advancement to Above Scale, Distinguished Professor

Thomas E. Cogswell         History                    Advancement to Above Scale, Distinguished Professor

Sean R. Cutler         Botany & Plant Sciences            Advancement to Above Scale, Distinguished Professor

Marilyn Louise Fogel         Earth & Planetary Sciences             Advancement to Above Scale, Distinguished Professor

Tao Jiang             Computer Science & Engineering        Advancement to Above Scale, Distinguished Professor

John S. Levin            Graduate School of Education        Advancement to Above Scale, Distinguished Professor

Sonja Lyubomirsky        Psychology                    Advancement to Above Scale, Distinguished Professor

Yinsheng Wang         Chemistry                    Advancement to Above Scale, Distinguished Professor

Chancellor Kim A Wilcox speaks at the Faculty Advancement and Promotion Reception at the Chancellor's Residence on October 7, 2019. (UCR/Stan Lim)