Forty-two members of the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty received promotions for 2021. Among them, 12 faculty members promoted to associate professor also received tenure. The new promotions and tenure awards reflect the faculty members’ distinguished work in teaching, research and service.
Promoted to Professor
- Jason Blackburn, Department of Geography
- Richard S. Conley, Department of Political Science
- Chris Gibson, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
- Emily Hind, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
- Kshitij Khare, Department of Statistics
- Conor O’Dwyer, Department of Political Science
- Terje Østebø, Department of Religion
- José Miguel Ponciano, Department of Biology
- Libin Rong, Department of Mathematics
- Cynthia Simmons, Department of Geography
- W. David Wei, Department of Chemistry
- Alyssa N. Zucker, Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research
Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
- Imre Bartos, Department of Physics
- Eleni Bozia, Department of Classics
- Alexander J. Grenning, Department of Chemistry
- Jillian Hernandez, Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research
- Roger Maioli, Department of English
- Desika Narayanan, Department of Astronomy
- Diego Pascual y Cabo, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
- Lauren Pearlman, Department of History
- Sara Pollock, Department of Mathematics
- Duncan Purves, Department of Philosophy
- Marek Schwendt, Department of Psychology
- Jorge Valdes Kroff, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
Promoted to Master Lecturer
- Emily Rine Butler, Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication
- Michael Capece, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
- Alessia Colarossi, Department of Language, Literatures, and Cultures
- Shu-Jen Huang, Department of Mathematics
- Sherrie Nunn, Department of Language, Literatures, and Cultures
- Melanie K. Veige, Department of Chemistry
Promoted to Senior Lecturer
- Demetris Athienitis, Department of Statistics
- Erika Brooke, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
- Brian Cahill, Department of Psychology
- Andréa Caloiaro, University Writing Program
- Konstantina Christodoulopoulou, Department of Mathematics
- Jason Harrington, Department of Mathematics
- Tiffany Jenson, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
- Patrick Klager, English Language Institute
- Crystal Marull, Department of Spanish and Portuguese Studies
- Christine Voigt, English Language Institute
- Shawn Weatherford, Department of Physics
- Jade Williams, Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication