UTSA announces tenure decisions, promotions

(July 5, 2005)--The UTSA Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President has announced faculty promotions and tenure decisions effective Sept. 1.

Promotions within Tenure Ranks (Associate Professor with Tenure to Professor)

Liao Chen, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Ellen Clark, Division of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
Ali Kanso El-Ghori, Department of Communication
Fathali Firoozi, Department of Economics
Patricia Harris, Department of Criminal Justice
Tina Lowrey, Department of Marketing
Betty Merchant, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies
L J Shrum, Department of Marketing
David P. Thompson, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Promotion to Tenure, Mandatory Review (Assistant Professor without Tenure to Associate Professor with Tenure)

Amy Jasperson, Department of Political Science and Geography
Catherine Kasper, Department of English, Classics and Philosophy
Raquel Marquez, Department of Sociology
Josephine Mendez-Negrete, Division of Bicultural-Bilingual Studies
Mahesh Senagala, School of Architecture

Promotion to Tenure, Early Review (Assistant Professor without Tenure to Associate Professor with Tenure)

Bernard Arulanandam, Department of Biology
Xunwu Chen, Department of English, Classics and Philosophy
Hyunsoo Han, Department of Chemistry
Richard Hatfield, Department of Accounting
Melvin Laracey, Department of Political Science and Geography
Gregg Michel, Department of History
Chunjiang Qian, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Austin Reitenga, Department of Accounting

Professor Emeriti

Alan Craven, Department of English, Classics and Philosophy
Christopher Borman, Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, Adult and Higher Education