Each year, the Texas Christian University Board of Trustees votes on tenure, promotions and emeritus status to outstanding faculty members. During this year’s spring meeting, and per the process outlined in the Handbook for Faculty and Staff, the Board approved tenure and promotion for 50 faculty members and 17 emeritus candidates.
“It is my privilege to recognize and work alongside this esteemed group and I am grateful for their commitment to TCU, our mission and our students,” Teresa Abi-Nader Dahlberg, provost and vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, said. “I congratulate these faculty members and express my deepest gratitude for their dedication to making TCU an inspiring, high-performing, values-centered leader in higher education.”
Please join in congratulating the following faculty granted tenure and promotions for Spring 2021.
Tenure
- Taryn Ozuna Allen – Education
- Michael Kruger – Dean, College of Science and Engineering
- Thomas Allison – Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Promoted to Professor
- Johnny Nhan – Criminal Justice
- Ariane Balizet – English
- Joddy Murray – English
- Mona Narain – English
- Catherine Coleman – Strategic Communication
- Sarah Quebec Fuentes – Education
- Sally L. Fortenberry – Fashion Merchandising
- Shweta Reddy – Fashion Merchandising
- San-ky Kim – Voice and Opera
- Michael Skinner – Theatre
- Benjamin Janesko – Chemistry
- Danica Kalling Knight – Psychology
- Liran Ma – Computer Science
- Peter Frinchaboy – Physics and Astronomy
- Kathy Baker – Nursing
- Shana Clor-Proell – Accounting
- John Harlan Haynes III – Family Medicine
- Imran Siddiqui – Medical Education
Promoted to Associate Professor and Tenure
- Weiwei Liu – Economics
- Ashley Coles – Geography
- Xiaolu Zhou – Geography
- Nicholas Albanese – Italian
- Wesley Cray – Philosophy
- Patricia Duncan – Religion
- Gabriel Huddleston – Education
- Jessica Fripp – Art
- Alyssa Humphries Stewart – Design
- Neil Anderson-Himmelspach – Music
- José Carrión – Mathematics
- Jada (Stevenson) Willis – Nutritional Sciences
- Anton Naumov – Physics and Astronomy
- Danielle Walker – Nursing
- Yashoda Bhagwat – Marketing
- Sarang Sunder – Marketing
Promoted to Associate Professor
- Veronica Tatum – Medical Education
Promoted to Professor of Professional Practice
- Cynthia Savage – Education
- Gayla Jett Shannon – Design
- Kathryn Ellis – Nursing
Promoted to Associate Professor of Professional Practice
- Casey Call – Psychology
- Amy L. Anderson – Nursing
- Patricia Jordan – Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
Promoted to Assistant Professor of Professional Practice:
- Lori Borchers – Nursing
- Leslie Zimpelman – Nursing
Promoted to Senior Instructor:
- Debra Iba – Communication Studies
Promoted to Instructor II:
- Rosemarie Fike – Economics
- Chris Harper – Speech and Debate
- Meredith Curtis – Biology
Upon retirement, emeritus status may be bestowed on tenured faculty members who served TCU with distinction for a number of years. These individuals are granted various rights and privileges for their honored role and ongoing potential for contributions to the intellectual and cultural life of the university.
Awarded Emeritus Status
- Marlyn Dart – Nutritional Sciences
- Peng Fan – Mathematics
- Jeff Ferrell – Sociology
- Timothy Gollaher – Nurse Anesthesia
- Rhonda Keen – Nursing
- Peter Locke – Finance (posthumous)
- Mary McKinney – Spanish and Hispanic Studies
- Robert Neilson – Chemistry (posthumous)
- Richard Priem – Management
- Robert Rhodes – Management (posthumous)
- Kay Sanders – Nurse Anesthesia
- Andrew Schoolmaster – Geography
- Mark Thistlethwaite – Art
- Charles Walker – Nursing
- Christopher White – Marketing
- Walt Williamson – Engineering
- Frederico Xavier – Mathematics