Faculty Promotion and Tenure Award Ceremony 2019

The University hosted its inaugural celebration to honor LSU faculty who have been awarded promotion and/or tenure effective next academic year. The professional milestones the honorees reached signal outstanding accomplishments in teaching, research, and service for which LSU is known. Below is a list of faculty who have been awarded promotion and/or tenure. 

College of Agriculture

Dr. Chuanlan Liu, promotion to full professor in the Department of Textiles, Apparel Design and Merchandising
Dr. John Joseph Blackburn, promotion to associate professor with tenure in the Department of Agricultural and Extension Education and Evaluation
Dr. Bei Bei Guo, promotion to associate professor with tenure in the Department of Experimental Statistics.

College of Art & Design

Jeremiah Ariaz, promotion to full professor, School of Art
Marsha Cuddeback, promotion to full professor, School of Interior Design
Robert Holtonfrom, promotion to associate professor with tenure, School of Architecture

College of the Coast & Environment

Linda Hooper-Bui, promotion to full professor, Department of Environmental Sciences

E.J. Ourso College of Business

Joseph Legoria, promotion to full professor in the Department of Accounting
Bulent Unel, promotion to full professor in the Department of Economics
Jianan Wu, promotion to full professor in the Department of Marketing
Jared Llorensfor, promotion to full professor in the Public Administration Institute
Jeremy Beus, promotion to associate professor with tenure in the Department of Management
Roy Heidelberg, promotion to associate professor with tenure in the Public Administration Institute

College of Engineering

Charles Pecquet, promotion to professional-in-residence, Department of Construction Management
Georgios Veronis, promotion to full professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Ye Xu, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Chemical Engineering
Aly Mousaad Aly, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Feng Chenfrom, promotion to associate professor with tenure, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Kidong Park, promotion to associate professor with tenure, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Paulo Waltrichfrom, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Petroleum Engineering 

College of Human Sciences & Education

Keena Arbuthnot, promotion to full professor, School of Education
Scott Wilks, promotion to full professor, School of Social Work
Paul Mooney, promotion to full professor, School of Education
Kim Skinner, promotion to associate professor with tenure, School of Education
Kerri Tobin, promotion to associate professor with tenure, School of Education
Brian Irving, promotion to associate professor with tenure, School of Kinesiology
Sunyoung Park, promotion to associate professor with tenure, School of Leadership and Human Resource Development
Mi Youn Yang, promotion to associate professor with tenure, School of Social Work.

College of Humanities & Social Sciences

Melda Kunduk, promotion to full professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Susan Weinstein, promotion to full professor, Department of English
Mark Wagner, promotion to full professor, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
Geoffrey Coalson, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Zachary Godshall, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of English
Irina Shport, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of English
Zevi Gutfreund, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of History
Daniel Tirone, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Political Science
Jeanne Donaldson, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Psychology 
Michael Barton, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Sociology
Heather Rankin, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Sociology
Ginesse Listi, promotion to assistant professor-research, Department of Geography and Anthropology

Libraries Margaret Miller, promotion to Associate Librarian with tenure, LSU Libraries

College of Music & Dramatic Arts

Loraine Sims, promotion to full professor, School of Music
Sandra Moon, promotion to associate professor with tenure, School of Music
Alan Sikes, promotion to associate professor with tenure, School of Theatre
Shannon Walsh, promotion to associate professor with tenure, School of Theatre

College of Science

Philip Bart, promotion to full professor,  Department of Geology and Geophysics
Maheshi Dassanayke, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Biological Sciences
Jacob Esselstyn, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Biological Sciences
Daniel Kuroda, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Chemistry
Kenneth Lopata, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Chemistry
Karen Luttrell, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Geology and Geophysics
Suniti Kumara Walimuni Devage, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Geology and Geophysics
Jianwei Wang, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Geology and Geophysics
Ivan Agullo, promotion to associate professor with tenure, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Gerald Schneider, granted tenure, Department of Chemistry

School of Veterinary Medicine

Kirk Ryan, promotion to professor of clinical veterinary medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Anna Chapman, promotion to associate professor of clinical veterinary medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Stephanie Johnson, promotion to associate professor of clinical veterinary medicine, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences