1. Fall Faculty Meeting 2015

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

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

4. New Faculty
Joseph Battistelli Instructor
Colleen Higgins Instructor

5. New Faculty
Susan Polich Instructor
Maria Yaber Instructor

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

7. New Faculty
Linda Chang Assistant Professor
Robert Giles Assistant Professor

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

9. New Faculty
Katharine Tibbetts Assistant Professor
Egidijus Zilinskas Assistant Professor

10. New Faculty
Michael Hall Assistant Professor
Shermaine Jones Assistant Professor

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

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

13. New Faculty
Catherine Connon Instructor
Sarah Seashols-Williams Assistant Professor

14. New Faculty
Myrl Beam Assistant Professor
Bethany Coston Assistant Professor

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

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

17. New Faculty
Jeff Diritto Instructor
Ryan Garten Assistant Professor

18. New Faculty
Sally Mountcastle Assistant Professor
Michael Pyles Assistant Professor

19. New Faculty
Lorena Salom Instructor
Matthew Scott Instructor

20. New Faculty
Susan Kirk Instructor
James Lee Instructor

21. New Faculty
Qiao Liang Instructor
Rebecca Steiner Instructor
Yangkeng Luo Instructor

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

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

24. New Faculty
Murugeswaran Duraisamy Instructor
Yelena Prok Assistant Professor

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

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

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

28. New Faculty
Natalie Dautovich Assistant Professor
Timothy Donahue Assistant Professor

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

30. New Faculty
Jay Adams Assistant Professor
Sean Collins-Smith Instructor

31. New Faculty
Bizhan Khodabandeh Instructor
Karen McIntyre Assistant Professor

32. New Faculty
Joshua Smith Instructor
Hailey Spencer Instructor

33. New Faculty
Tressie Cottom Assistant Professor
Meredith Katz Instructor

34. New Faculty Christine Mowery Instructor Gay Cutchin Instructor
Tara Stamm Instructor

35. New Faculty
Marie Chau Assistant Professor
Qiong Zhang Assistant Professor

36. Promotion and Tenure
Qin Wang Tenured and promoted to Associate Professor

37. New Faculty
Vera Abbate Instructor
Natalia Boykova Instructor

38. New Faculty
Gloria Chien Instructor
Sydney Conrad Instructor

39. New Faculty
Cinzia Corubolo Instructor
Pablo de Cuba Soria Instructor

40. New Faculty
Lionel Mathieu Instructor
Laura Middlebrooks Instructor

41. New Faculty
Maribel Moheno Instructor
Alvaro Molina Instructor

42. New Faculty
Mareike Müller Instructor
Matthew Pawlowicz Instructor

43. New Faculty
Mayda Topoushian Instructor
Jon Waybright Instructor

44. Promotion and Tenure
Eugenia Munoz Promoted to Professor

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

46. 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

47. Accomplishments in
Completed national searches for: (22) new term + (8) new tenure-track faculty 448 total full-time faculty in Fall (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

48. Coming up in
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

49. Questions?