Fifty members of the University of Florida College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty received promotions for 2023. Among them, fourteen faculty promoted to associate professor were also awarded tenure. The new promotions and tenure awards reflect the faculty members’ distinguished work in teaching, research and service.
Promoted to Professor
- Brian Child, Department of Geography
- Robert Kawashima, Department of Religion
- James Liao, Department of Biology
- Jeremy Lichstein, Department of Biology
- Stuart McDaniel, Department of Biology
- Bryon Moraski, Department of Political Science
- Andrea Pham, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Heather Ray, Department of Physics
Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
- Celestine Akpan, Department of English
- Dana Bartosova, Department of Math
- Camille Bordas, Department of English
- Daniel Contreras, Department of Anthropology
- Luca Di Cerbo, Department of Mathematics
- Gareth Fraser, Department of Biology
- Paul Fulda, Department of Physics
- Adam Ginsburg, Department of Astronomy
- Laura Gonzales, Department of English
- Calistus Ngonghala, Department of Mathematics
- Adrienne Strong, Department of Anthropology
- Olivier Walther, Department of Geography
- Yuxuan Wang, Department of Physics
- Yong Zeng, Department of Chemistry
Promoted to Master Lecturer
- Gianfranco Balestriere, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Ellen Davis, Department of Biology
- Maria Korolev, Department of Chemistry
- Jason Portmess, Department of Chemistry
- Alison Reynolds, University Writing Program
- Esther Romeyn, Center for European Studies
- Emrah Sahin, Center for European Studies
- Renata Serra, Center for African Studies
- Han Xu, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Promoted to Senior Lecturer
- Salah Ahmed Ali Algabli, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Ron Chandler, Department of Psychology
- Jamie Garner, Department of Linguistics
- Fatma Gunay, Department of Economics
- Timothy Karis, International Studies
- Suzanne Robbins, Department of Political Science
- Corey McZeal, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
- Michelle Phillips, Department of Economics
- Diane Richardson, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Joseph Rivera, Department of Sociology and Criminology & Law
- Ryosuke Sano, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Stephanie Stine, Department of Statistics
- Jessica Stonecipher, University Writing Program
- Risa Wada, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
- Feihong Wang, Department of Psychology
- Alexander York, Department of Mathematics
Promoted to Associate Scientist
- Thanh Nguyen, Department of Chemistry
Promoted to Associate In
- Shannon Kelly, Academic Advising Center
- Dylan King, Academic Advising Center
- Laura Lancaster, Academic Advising Center
- Fallen Lee, Academic Advising Center
Promoted to Senior Associate In
- Robert Kwong, Academic Advising Center
Awarded Tenure
- Sergey Klimenko, Department of Physics
- Benjamin Soares, Department of Religion
Received Distinguished Professor Distinction
- Jack Davis, Department of History
- Andreas Keil, Department of Psychology
- David Leavitt, Department of English