ASU Board of Trustees announces academic appointments, recommendations

May 7, 2010 -- At today's meeting of the Arkansas State University Board of Trustees, the following academic appointments were announced. The board also approved recommendations for tenure and/or promotion (please see below), as well as approving academic reassignments of duty (also included below).

Arkansas State University Academic Appointments:

Claudia Benavides-Espinoza
Assistant Professor of Physical Education
Effective: August 16, 2010

Lennie Coleman
Instructor in Spanish
Effective: August 16, 2010

Dwayne Powell
Instructor in Accounting
Effective: August 16, 2010

Barbara Warner
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Effective: August 16, 2010

Amanda Wheeler
Instructor in Physical Education
Effective: August 16, 2010

Recommendations for Tenure
Effective for the academic year 2010·2011:

College of Agriculture and Technology
Dennis Keith Morris, Agriculture

College of Business
David Kern, Economics and Finance
Melodie J. Philhours, Management and Marketing

College of Communications
Marceline Hayes, Communication Studies

College of Education
David LaVetter, Health, Physical Education, and Sport Sciences

College of Fine Arts
Timothy Oliver, Music

College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Robert Schroer, English and Philosophy

College of Nursing and Health Professions
Donna Caldwell, Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
George A. Jacinto, Social Work
Elizabeth Nix, Nursing
Patricia Guy Walls, Social Work

College of Sciences and Mathematics
Xiuzhen Huang, Computer Science
Argelia Lorence, Chemistry and Physics

Promotion Recommendations for Associate Professor
Effective for the academic year 2010-2011:

College of Agriculture and Technology
Dennis Keith Morris, Associate Professor, Agriculture

College of Business
John Mello, Associate Professor, Management and Marketing
Patricia Robertson, Associate Professor, Economics and Finance

College of Communications
Marceline Hayes, Associate Professor, Communication Studies

College of Education
Dixie Keyes, Associate Professor, Teacher Education
David LaVetter, Associate Professor, Health, Physical Education and Sport Sciences

College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Robert Schroer, Associate Professor, English and Philosophy

College of Nursing and Health Professions
Donna Caldwell, Associate Professor, Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
Patricia Guy Walls, Associate Professor, Social Work

College of Sciences and Mathematics
Xiuzhen Huang,  Associate Professor, Computer Science

Promotion Recommendations for Full Professor
Effective for the academic year 2010-2011:

College of Business
Sandra Bevill, Full Professor, Management and Marketing

College of Communications
John Zibluk, Full Professor, Journalism

College of Education
Kristin Biondolillo, Full Professor, Psychology and Counseling
Paul Finnicum, Full Professor, Health, Physical Education, and Sport Sciences

College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Sarah Wilkerson Freeman, Full Professor, History

College of Sciences and Mathematics
Jie Miao, Full Professor, Mathematics and Statistics
Scott Reeve, Full Professor, Chemistry and Physics

Academic Reassignments of Duty:
Osabuohien Amienyi
from Chair, Dept. of Radio-Television,
to Interim Dean, College of Communications
Effective: July 1, 2010

Michael Bowman
from Compressed Video Network Coordinator
to Interim Dean, Center for Regional Programs
Effective: February 13, 2010

Deborah Chappel-Traylor
from Associate Professor of English
to Interim Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Effective: May 16, 2010

Gil Fowler
from Associate Dean, the Honors College
to Chair, Department of Journalism
Effective: August 1. 2010

Edward Hammerand
from Associate Professor of Computer Science
to Interim Chair, Department of Computer Science
Effective: March 17, 2010

Kendal Hatch
from Interim Chair, Department of Music
to Chair, Department of Music
Effective: July 1, 2010

Mary Jackson-Pitts
from Professor of Radio-Television
to Interim Chair, Department of Radio-Television
Effective: July 1, 2010

Jeffrey Jenness
from Chair, Department of Computer Science
to Associate Professor of Computer Science
Effective: March 17, 2010

Ruth Owens
from Interim Associate Dean, College of Humanities and Social Sciences
to Full-time teaching, Department of World Languages and Cultures
Effective May 16, 2010
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