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