2024 - 2025 Promotion & Tenure Announcement
August 22, 2025
Dear Colleagues,
We are proud to recognize 63 faculty members who earned promotion and/or tenure. These distinguished faculty completed a rigorous review process spanning the departmental, college, and university levels. We look forward to celebrating their accomplishments at the annual Promotion & Tenure Recognition Ceremony this fall.
Congratulations!
Matt Lee
Interim President
Troy Blanchard
Interim Executive Vice President & Provost
Promotion to Professor
- Jesse Allison, Professor, School of Music, College of Music & Dramatic Arts
- Scott Andresen, Professor, School of Art, College of Art & Design
- Matthew Calamia, Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Paolo Chirumbolo, Professor, Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Rodrigo Diaz, Professor, Department of Entomology, College of Agriculture
- Jeanne Donaldson, Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Vinson Doyle, Professor, Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology, College of Agriculture
- Jacob Esselstyn, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science
- Brant Faircloth, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science
- Kristopher Fletcher, Professor, Department of World Languages, Literatures & Cultures, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Yongick Jeong, Professor, Manship School of Mass Communication
- Morgan Kelly, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science
- Revati Kumar, Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Science
- Jeffrey Leichman, Professor, Department of French Studies, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Jun-Hong Liang, Professor, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment
- Julie Lively, Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources, College of Agriculture
- Rosemary Peters-Hill, Professor, Department of French Studies, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Victor Rivera-Monroy, Professor, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment
- Loren Schwerd, Professor, School of Art, College of Art & Design
- Ye Xu, Professor, Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Mehdi Zeidouni, Professor, Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering
- Qiankun Zhou, Professor, Department of Economics, E.J. Ourso College of Business
Granted Tenure
- Michael Holt, Associate Librarian, LSU Libraries
- Robin LeMaire, Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, E.J. Ourso College of Business
- Michael Mamp, Associate Professor, Department of Textiles, Apparel Design & Merchandising, College of Agriculture
- Adriano Vatta, Associate Professor, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
- Corina Barbalata, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering
- John Bardes, Associate Professor, Department of History, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Adam Bohnert, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science
- Kellie Brisini, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Eric Burns, Associate Professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, College of Science
- Lauren Cardenás, Associate Professor, School of Art, College of Art & Design
- Mariano Carossino, Associate Professor, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Matthew Chambers, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, College of Science
- Christopher Cox, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Rebeca de Jesús Crespo, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment
- Thomas Douthat, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment
- Shawn Gilroy, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Cassandra Glaspie, Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment
- Hany Hassan, Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Kevin Hoffseth, Associate Professor, Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, College of Engineering
- Alyssa Johnson, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science
- Sabarethinam Kameshwar, Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Yong-ha Kim, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment
- Jimmy Lawrence, Associate Professor, Cain Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
- Hai Lin, Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering
- Heather Lucas, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, College of Humanities & Social Sciences
- Olivia Lucas, Associate Professor, School of Music, College of Music & Dramatic Arts
- Xiangyu Meng, Associate Professor, Division of Electrical & Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
- Paul Miller, Associate Professor, Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, College of the Coast & Environment
- Olufemi Olorode, Associate Professor, Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering
- Yizhou Qian, Associate Professor, School of Kinesiology, College of Human Sciences & Education
- Jyotsna Sharma, Associate Professor, Craft & Hawkins Department of Petroleum Engineering, College of Engineering
- Ryan Smith, Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine
- Andrei Tarfulea, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Science
- Sara Thomas-Sharma, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Pathology & Crop Physiology, College of Agriculture
- Brett Wolfe, Associate Professor, School of Renewable Natural Resources, College of Agriculture
- Sibei Xia, Associate Professor, Department of Textiles, Apparel Design & Merchandising, College of Agriculture
- Allison Young, Associate Professor, School of Art, College of Art & Design
Promotion to Associate Librarian with Tenure
- Randa Lopez Morgan, Associate Librarian, LSU Libraries
- Winnie Schwaid-Lindner, Associate Librarian, LSU Libraries
- Aimee Self Pittman, Associate Librarian, Paul M. Hebert Law Center
Promotion to Assistant Professor of Research
- Gwen Murray, Assistant Professor of Research, Social Research & Evaluation Center, College of Human Sciences & Education