UCF’s 2018-19 promotion and tenure process concluded last week with 107 faculty promoted, 29 of whom will be recommended for tenure at the May 16 Board of Trustees meeting. Approved tenures and promotions will be effective Aug. 8.
Twenty-five of the faculty members are new professors, based on superior achievement on the national and international levels, personal contributions at the university, and their reputation as a leading scholar and researcher.
“A strong faculty is the heart of our academic enterprise, and a robust promotion and tenure process is vital for the continued advancement of faculty excellence and professional growth at UCF,” said Elizabeth A. Dooley, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs. “Congratulations to these faculty members for their accomplishment, which is a significant milestone in their careers.”
Tenure-earning faculty typically apply for tenure and promotion to the associate professor rank in their sixth year of service. Faculty must demonstrate their excellent research, teaching and service. Their work is voted on by reviewers at multiple levels, before making it to the provost for approval.
Associate Professor
Raheleh Ahangari, Biomedical Sciences
Rodrigo Amezcua Correa, Optics and Photonics
Thaddeus Anderson, Music
Shazia Beg, Internal Medicine
Scott Branting, Anthropology
Latarsha Chisholm, Health Management and Informatics
Robert Dvorak, Psychology
Varadraj Gurupur, Health Management and Informatics
Erin Hanson, National Center for Forensic Science (research)
Timothy Hawthorne, Sociology
Dana Joseph, Management
Juhee Kang, Hospitality Services
Murat Kizildag, Hospitality Services
Woo Hyoung Lee, Civil, Environmental and Construction Engineering
Yingru Li, Sociology
Matthew Matusiak, Criminal Justice
Cynthia Mejia, Foodservice and Lodging Management
William Moreto, Criminal Justice
Elsie Olan, School of Teacher Education
Daniel Paulson, Psychology
Susan Quelly, Nursing Systems
Michele Regalla, School of Teacher Education
Matthew Stock, School of Kinesiology and Physical Therapy
Dalena Taylor, Counselor Education and School Psychology
Laurene Tetard, Physics
Daniel Topping, Medical Education
Fernando Uribe Romo, Chemistry
Professor
Kent Butler, Counselor Education and School Psychology
Maria Cannarozzi, Internal Medicine
Wingyan Chung, School of Modeling, Simulation and Training
Kenneth Fedorka, Biology
Yan Fernandez, Physics
Denise Gammonley, School of Social Work
Nora Garcia, Music
Andre Gesquiere, Chemistry
Ali Gordon, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
William Hagedorn, Counselor Education and School Psychology
Richard Hartshorne, Learning Science and Education Research
Eric Hoffman, Biology
Michelle Kelley, School of Teacher Education
Khim Kelly, Accounting
Stephen Kuebler, Chemistry
Ann Miller, Nicholson School of Communication and Media
Matthew Nobles, Criminal Justice
Fernando Rivera, Sociology
Lee Ross, Criminal Justice
Mohtashem Samsam, Biomedical Sciences
Hubert Scott, Theatre
Zixia Song, Mathematics
Gergana Vitanova-Haralampiev, Modern Languages and Literatures
Kimberly Voss, Nicholson School of Communication and Media
Ross Wolf, Criminal Justice
Associate Instructor
Sarah Angell, Computer Science
Tarek Buhagiar, Economics
Vanessa Calkins, Writing and Rhetoric
Michelle Dusseau, Nicholson School of Communication and Media
Carlos Gual, School of Kinesiology and Physical Therapy
Nancy Harrington, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Courtney Jorgensen, English Language Institute
Debra Knox, School of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Donald Porchia, Mathematics
Gideon Shbeeb, Nicholson School of Communication and Media
Lance Speere, Nicholson School of Communication and Media
Kathleen Suchora, Statistics
Katherine Wilson, Foodservice and Lodging Management
Associate Lecturer
Cynthia Bayer, Biology
Christian Beck, English
Dean Cleavenger, Management
Marc Consalo, Legal Studies
Jason Fridrich, Foodservice and Lodging Management
Kourtney Nieves, Health Management and Informatics
Hyung Park, Sociology
Marisol Parra-Tatge, Psychology
Jessica Waesche, Psychology
Lana Williams, Anthropology
Senior Instructor
Nancy Brasel, School of Teacher Education
Lauren De George, Management
Lori Dunlop-Pyle, Mathematics
Dina Fabery, Modern Languages and Literatures
Patricia Farless, History
Paul Gregg, Finance
Arup Guha, Computer Science
Shari Hodgson, Nicholson School of Communication and Media
Alice Korosy, Modern Languages and Literatures
Frank Logiudice, Biology
Anne Prucha, Modern Languages and Literatures
Maria Redmon, Modern Languages and Literatures
Peter Telep, English
Deborah Weaver, Writing and Rhetoric
Senior Lecturer
Patricia Angley, English
James Clark, History
Thomas Fisher, School of Kinesiology and Physical Therapy
Vance Geiger, Anthropology
Kathleen Hohenleitner, English
Karen Mottarella, Psychology
Rani Vajravelu, Biology
Associate University Librarian
Tina Buck, UCF Libraries
Michael Furlong, UCF Libraries
Sarah Norris, UCF Libraries
Andrew Todd, UCF Libraries
Min Tong, UCF Libraries
University Librarian
Ying Zhang, UCF Libraries
Associate Instructional Designer
Corrinne Stull, Center for Distributed Learning
Senior Instructional Designer
Kathleen Bastedo, Center for Distributed Learning
Sue Bauer, Center for Distributed Learning
Aimee deNoyelles, Center for Distributed Learning
Denise Lowe, Center for Distributed Learning
