UW Trustees Approve Personnel Items

March 14, 2005 University of Wyoming trustees today (Saturday) approved the following personnel items:

ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Jane Nelson as Ellbogen Center for Teaching and Learning director. She received a B.A. (1969) in American Studies from UW, and an M.A. (1972) and Ph.D. (1976) in English from the University of Utah.

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Deborah K. Fleming as Division of Medical Education and Public Health clinical professor. She received a B.A. (1973) in anthropology from Kalamazoo College, an M.A. (1978) in educational gerontology from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. (2000) in adult learning and technology from UW.
UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Bryan Tronstad, Science Reference assistant librarian. He received a B.S. (2000) in animal science at Montana State University-Bozeman and an M.S. (2003) in library and information studies from the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa.

PROMOTIONS TO PROFESSOR:
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Department of Renewable Resources -- Katta J. Reddy.
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Department of Art -- Colleen J. Denney.
Department of Communication and Journalism -- George A. Gladney, Kenneth L. Smith.
Department of Modern and Classical Languages -- Philip G. Holt.
Department of Music -- James T. Przygocki.
Department of Zoology and Physiology -- Joseph S. Meyer.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education -- Margaret H. Cooney.
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Division of Communication Disorders -- Mary Hardin-Jones.
School of Pharmacy -- Jun Ren.

PROMOTIONS TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR:
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Family Practice Residency Program Cheyenne James F. Broomfield and Ronald L. Malm, both clinical associate professors.
COLLEGE OF LAW
Reed D. Benson, Jacquelyn Bridgeman, Alan R. Romero.

ACADEMIC PROFESSIONALS PROMOTIONS:
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

Tom Heald, Scott Hininger and Karen L. Panter, all as senior extension educators in the Cooperative Extension Service (CES); and Stephen Ray Schafer as CES associate extension educator.
TENURE APPOINTMENTS WITH PROMOTIONS TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
Department of Molecular Biology -- Mark Gomelsky.
Department of Renewable Resources -- Peter D. Stahl.
Department of Veterinary Sciences -- Todd E. Cornish.
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Department of Communication and Journalism -- Cynthia J. Price.
Department of History -- Marianne R. Kamp.
Department of Mathematics -- Man-Chung Yeung.
Department of Music -- Katrina J. Zook.
Department of Physics and Astronomy -- Daniel A. Dale; Michael J. Pierce.
Department of Psychology -- Carolyn M. Pepper.
Department of Statistics -- Shaun S. Wulff.
Department of Zoology and Physiology -- Donal C. Skinner.
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS
Department of Economics and Finance -- David M. Aadland.
Department of Management and Marketing -- Stacey K. Baker; Linda K. Ferrell; Sean R. Valentine.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Department of Elementary and Early Childhood Education -- Steven M. Bialostok; Steven Locke.
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Department of Atmospheric Science -- Bart Geerts.
Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering -- David J. Mukai; Cenk Yavuzturk.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering -- Steven F. Barrett; Jon M. Pikal.
Department of Mechanical Engineering -- William D. Armstrong.
COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Division of Communication Disorders -- David L. Jones.
Division of Kinesilogy and Health -- Jayne M. Jenkins.
Division of Social Work -- James Emory Smith.
School of Pharmacy -- Eric Kurt Dolence.
TENURE APPOINTMENTS WITH NO CHANGE IN RANK
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Department of Computer Science -- Diana Spears and William Spears, both associate professors.
Department of Mechanical Engineering -- Mark Garnich, associate professor.
COLLEGE OF LAW
Diane E. Curselle, associate professor.
Trustees also approved several tenure-track reappointments, extended-term appointments with promotion and extended-term-track reappointments.

Posted on Saturday, May 14, 2005