Trustees grant faculty promotions, tenure

At recent Board of Trustees meetings, the following faculty members were appointed with tenure, promoted with tenure or granted tenure effective July 1, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

Appointment with tenure

Robert Richard Kuehn, J.D., as professor of law

William J. Maxwell, Ph.D., as associate professor of English in Arts & Sciences

John Wiggs Patty, Ph.D., as associate professor of political science in Arts & Sciences

Elizabeth Maggie Penn, Ph.D., as associate professor of political science in Arts & Sciences

Hillary A. Sale, J.D., as professor of law

Sarah Westphal-Wihl, Ph.D., as associate professor of Germanic languages and literatures in Arts & Sciences

Gary S. Wihl, Ph.D., as professor of English in Arts & Sciences

Promotion with tenure

Barak Alon Cohen, Ph.D., to associate professor of genetics, effective Jan. 1, 2009, with tenure effective May 1, 2009

Vijay Sharma, Ph.D., to associate professor of radiology, effective Jan. 1, 2009, with tenure effective May 1, 2009

Yuan-Chuan Tai, Ph.D., to associate professor of radiology, effective July 1, 2008, with tenure effective May 1, 2009

Granting of tenure

Jill B. Firszt, Ph.D., associate professor of otolaryngology, effective May 1, 2009