Sara Bushong (left), University Libraries, celebrates her promotion and tenure with Executive Vice President Dr. Linda Dobb (center) and Libraries Dean Dr. Lorraine Haricombe at a reception April 1.

Faculty achievement rewarded with tenure and promotion

The board of trustees at its April 1 meeting approved promotion and tenure for a number of University faculty. In addition, two new faculty members were hired with tenure.

The board approved Dr. J. Oliver Boyd-Barrett as a full professor and the new director of the School of Communication Studies. An internationally known scholar in the area of mass communications, Boyd-Barrett has most recently taught in the department of Communication at California State Polytechnic University-Pomona.

Also approved was Dr. Madeline Duntley, who will join the sociology department as an associate professor with a joint appointment to American culture studies. Duntley is currently chair of the Religious Studies Department at the College of Wooster.

The BGSU faculty with new ranks are as follows:

Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
From the College of Arts and Sciences:
Juan Bouzat, biological sciences; Vladimir Popik, chemistry; Larissa Szporluk and Lawrence Coates, both English; Jeffrey Snyder and Margaret Yacobucci, both geology; Leigh Ann Wheeler, history; Jeffrey Peake and Neal Jesse, both political science; John Devin McAuley and Robert Carels, both psychology; Michael Arrigo, Blaine Todd Childers and Mille Guldbeck, all School of Art; I-Fen Lin, sociology; Thomas Mascaro, telecommunications, and Cynthia Baron, Michael Ellison and Lesa Lockford, all theatre and film.

From the College of Business Administration:
Paul Schauer, accounting and management information systems; Richard McGrath, applied statistics and operations research, and Jane Wheeler and Linda Ueltschy, both management.

From the College of Education and Human Development:
Julia Matuga and Sherri Horner, both educational foundations and inquiry; Lubomir Popov and Priscilla Coleman, both School of Family and Consumer Sciences, and Lena Ballone Duran, School of Teaching and Learning.

From the College of Health and Human Services:
Lynne Hewitt, communication disorders.

From the College of Musical Arts:
Cynthia Benson, music education, and Penny Thompson Kruse and Laura Melton, both music performance studies.

From the College of Technology:
Andreas Luescher, visual communications and technology education.

From the Office of the Executive Vice President:
Sara Bushong and Robin Sinn, both University Libraries.

Tenure Only
From the College of Arts and Sciences:
Daniel Jacobson and Steven Wall, both philosophy.

From the College of Education and Human Development:
Geoffrey Meek, School of Human Movement, Sport and Leisure Studies.

From the College of Education and Human Development:
Mary Rizza, School of Intervention Services.

Promotion to Professor
From the College of Arts and Sciences:
Lakshmidevi Pulakat, biological sciences; Wendell Mayo, English; Annette Mahoney and Kevin Pang, both psychology, and Peter Shields, telecommunications.

From the College of Business Administration:
Janet Hartley, management, and Arthur Yeh, applied statistics and operations research.

From the College of Education and Human Development:
Daniel Brahier, School of Teaching and Learning.

From BGSU Firelands
D. David Sapp, humanities.

From the Office of the Executive Vice President:
Bonna Boettcher, University Libraries.