Fall Faculty Meeting 2015

full-time faculty and announcement of promotion and tenure Introduction of new full-time faculty and announcement of promotion and tenure

Danielle Dick Professor New Faculty Danielle Dick Professor Joint appointment with Psychology Brandi Thompson Summers Assistant Professor

New Faculty Joseph Battistelli Instructor Colleen Higgins Instructor

New Faculty Susan Polich Instructor Maria Yaber Instructor

New Faculty Christopher Gough, Research Assistant Professor Sarah Rothschild, Research Assistant Professor Julie Zinnert, Research Assistant Professor Teshell Greene, Instructor

New Faculty Linda Chang Assistant Professor Robert Giles Assistant Professor

New Faculty Amanda Harris Assistant Professor Chamathca Kuda-Malwathumullage Assistant Professor

New Faculty Katharine Tibbetts Assistant Professor Egidijus Zilinskas Assistant Professor

New Faculty Michael Hall Assistant Professor Shermaine Jones Assistant Professor

Promotion and Tenure John Brinegar Promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor Gregory Donovan Promoted to Professor

Promotion and Tenure David Golumbia Tenured and promoted to Associate Professor Rivka Swenson Tenured and promoted to Associate Professor

New Faculty Catherine Connon Instructor Sarah Seashols-Williams Assistant Professor

New Faculty Myrl Beam Assistant Professor Bethany Coston Assistant Professor

New Faculty Douglas Flowe Assistant Professor James Watkinson Instructor Nicole Turner Assistant Professor

Promotion and Tenure Karen Rader Promoted to Professor Timothy Thurber Promoted to Professor

New Faculty Jeff Diritto Instructor Ryan Garten Assistant Professor

New Faculty Sally Mountcastle Assistant Professor Michael Pyles Assistant Professor

New Faculty Lorena Salom Instructor Matthew Scott Instructor

New Faculty Susan Kirk Instructor James Lee Instructor

New Faculty Qiao Liang Instructor Rebecca Steiner Instructor Yangkeng Luo Instructor

New Faculty Monroe Eskew, Visiting Assistant Professor Vikram Kamat, Visiting Assistant Professor Ali Samil Kavruk, Visiting Assistant Professor Eric Brooks, Instructor Shasta Truett, Instructor

Promotion and Tenure Daniel Cranston Tenured and Promoted to Associate Professor Richard Hammack Promoted to Professor

New Faculty Murugeswaran Duraisamy Instructor Yelena Prok Assistant Professor

Promotion and Tenure Massimo Bertino Promoted to Professor Dexian Ye Tenured and promoted to Associate Professor

New Faculty Christopher Burdett Instructor Ravi Perry Associate Professor John Froitzheim Instructor Matthew Connell, Instructor

Promotion and Tenure Jason Arnold Tenured and promoted to Associate Professor John Aughenbaugh Promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor

New Faculty Natalie Dautovich Assistant Professor Timothy Donahue Assistant Professor

Promotion and Tenure Geri Lotze Promoted to the rank of Associate Professor

New Faculty Jay Adams Assistant Professor Sean Collins-Smith Instructor

New Faculty Bizhan Khodabandeh Instructor Karen McIntyre Assistant Professor

New Faculty Joshua Smith Instructor Hailey Spencer Instructor

New Faculty Tressie Cottom Assistant Professor Meredith Katz Instructor

New Faculty Christine Mowery Instructor Gay Cutchin Instructor Tara Stamm Instructor

New Faculty Marie Chau Assistant Professor Qiong Zhang Assistant Professor

Promotion and Tenure Qin Wang Tenured and promoted to Associate Professor

New Faculty Vera Abbate Instructor Natalia Boykova Instructor

New Faculty Gloria Chien Instructor Sydney Conrad Instructor

New Faculty Cinzia Corubolo Instructor Pablo de Cuba Soria Instructor

New Faculty Lionel Mathieu Instructor Laura Middlebrooks Instructor

New Faculty Maribel Moheno Instructor Alvaro Molina Instructor

New Faculty Mareike Müller Instructor Matthew Pawlowicz Instructor

New Faculty Mayda Topoushian Instructor Jon Waybright Instructor

Promotion and Tenure Eugenia Munoz Promoted to Professor

Update for Humanities and Sciences Strategic plan for H&S (Jan 2015) Pathways for Transformation Accomplishments in 2014-2015 Coming up in 2015-2016

Pathways for Transformation Key Ideas Provide pathways for students to become productive global citizens and to have a meaningful and successful life and career “Climb two ladders” -- establish a strong foundation across all programs while also building on existing strengths in some programs Build a dynamic and inclusive learning and working environment Recognize time as a valuable resource

Accomplishments in 2014-2015 Completed national searches for: (22) new term + (8) new tenure-track faculty 448 total full-time faculty in Fall 2015 (39% Tenured, 15% tenure-eligible, 38% Term, 8% A&P) Acquired new space in Founders Hall and Franklin St. Gym 26% growth in research funding ($22M in FY15) 130% growth in fund-raising ($2.7M in FY15) Numerous faculty and student awards

Coming up in 2015-2016 Planning for new buildings at Franklin St. Gym site New budget model and/or reallocation to eventually help with resourcing in H&S (Note: 0.5% E&G cut in FY16 due to state cut) Gearing up for VCU capital campaign to launch Fall 2016 Meetings with faculty and staff to learn about and improve the workplace environment

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