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Regents approve faculty promotions and tenure
6/12/09
DENTON – The Texas Woman’s University Board of
Regents recently approved promotions and tenure recommendations
at its quarterly meeting June 5.
Associate Professor
Dr. Linda Caldwell (dance) was promoted to professor and received
tenure. Associate Professors Dr. Nancy Anderson (reading),
Dr. Michelle Cho (nursing – Dallas), Dr. Ellina Grigorieva
(mathematics and computer science), Dr. Karen Petty (family
sciences), Dr. Sharla Snider (family sciences) and Dr. Nora
White (reading) were promoted to professor. Associate Professors
Dr. Brenda Binder (nursing – Houston), Dr. Michael Raisinghani
(international business) and Professor Dr. Ron Fritsch (teacher
education) were awarded tenure.
Dr. Michael Stankey,
TWU’s new associate provost, and Dr. Genevieve West,
who will begin her duties as the chair of the TWU department
of English, Speech and Foreign Languages in July, also received
tenure.
Assistant Professors
Dr. Mary Anderson (chemistry/physics), Dr. Carol Arnold (nursing
- Dallas), Dr. Linda Brock (family sciences), Dr.DiAnna
Hynds (biology), Dr. Suh-Jen Lin (physical therapy –
Dallas), Dr. Rhonda McClellan (teacher education), Dr. Pushkala
Raman (marketing) and Dr. Claudia Sanchez (teacher education)
were promoted to associate professor and received tenure.
Assistant Clinical
Professor Donna Walls (nursing – Dallas) was promoted
to associate clinical professor.
Several retiring
faculty were awarded Emeritus status by the Regents. Dr. Robin
Britt (nursing – Houston), Betty Henderson (nursing
– Houston), Dr. Caryl Mobley (associate dean of nursing
– Dallas), Sherrie Taylor (School of Management) and
Dr. Frances Thompson (math and computer science) were all
named Professor Emerita. Dr. Robert Martin, the former TWU
Lillian Bradshaw Endowed Chair in Library Science, was named
a Professor Emeritus.
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