Each year, the TCU Board of Trustees votes on granting tenure, promotions and emeritus
status to outstanding faculty members. During the 2025 spring meeting, and per the
process outlined in the Handbook for Faculty and Staff, the Board approved tenure
and promotion for 67 faculty members and 19 emeritus candidates.
“Tenure is a multifaceted process that may take decades for professors to achieve,”
Floyd L. Wormley Jr., provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs, said. “Requirements
include teaching, procuring grants, performing and publishing research, presenting
at conferences, advising undergraduate students and serving on committees. I applaud
these deserving faculty for their dedication to TCU, their students and their fields
of expertise.”
Promoted to Associate Professor and Tenure
- Shugofa Dastgeer - Journalism
- Luis Romero - Comparative Race & Ethnic Studies
- Marcela Fuentes - English
- Lisa Nikolidakis - English
- Dan Jian - Art
- Corey Mackey - Music
- Lisette Saleh - Nursing
- Gehendra Kharel - Environmental & Sustainability Sciences
- Brendan Lavy - Environmental & Sustainability Sciences
- Esayas Gebremichael - Geological Sciences
Tenure
- Brad Cannell - Applied Health Sciences
- Tanetha Fisher - Educational Leadership and Higher Education
- Laura Olson - Political Science
- Lisa Lambert - Management and Leadership
Promoted to Professor
- Kendra Bowen- Criminology & Criminal Justice
- Brie Diamond - Criminology & Criminal Justice
- Brad Lucas - English
- Kelly McCormick - Philosophy
- Carrie Currier- Political Science
- Emily Farris - Political Science
- Thomas Allison - Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Sriram Thirumalai - Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
- Wendy Macias - Strategic Communication
- Taryn Allen - Educational Leadership and Higher Education
- Marcella Stark - Counseling, Societal Change and Inquiry
- Endia Lindo - Teaching and Learning Sciences
- Shauna Thompson - Music
- Jessica Zeller - Classical & Contemporary Dance
- Penny Maas - Theatre
- Emily Lund - Communication Sciences & Disorders
- Nada Elias-Lambert - Social Work
- Aesha John - Social Work
- Eric Gonzales - Medical Education
- Robert Gottlieb - Internal Medicine
- Dahlia Hassani - Emergency Medicine
- Stuart Pickell - Internal Medicine
- Marlo Jeffries - Biology
- Victoria Bennett - Environmental & Sustainability Sciences
- Uma Tauber - Psychology
Promoted to Associate Professor
- Melanie Lagomichos - Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Collin O’Hara - Medical Education
- Kimberly Washington - Surgery
- Shivang Mehta - Internal Medicine
Promoted to Professor of Professional Practice
- Tristan Decker - Theatre
- Robyn Ward - Nurse Anesthesia
- Becky Bittle - Engineering
- James Huffman - Engineering
- Cherish Qualls - Engineering
- Samantha Davis - Nutritional Sciences
Promoted to Associate Professor of Professional Practice
- Kelly Trager - Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Grant Farnsworth - Finance
- Zain Ali - Information Systems and Supply Chain Management
- Brandon Chicotsky - Marketing
- Cecilia Lo-Chien Kao - Music
- Sarah (Libby) Rosonet - Nursing
Promoted to Senior Instructor
- Mark Wills - Accounting
- Stephen Levering - Strategic Communication
- George Gunter - Music
- Mark Demarest - Biology
- Sophia Garcia - Biology
- Stephanie Wallace - Biology
- Julie Fry - Chemistry & Biochemistry
- David Weise - Psychology
Promoted to Instructor 2
- Antonio Banos - Entrepreneurship and Innovation
- Zachary Frohlich - Communication Studies
- Charity Robinson - Film, Television & Digital Media
- Jennifer Grennan - Accounting
Awarded Emeritus
- Charlie Sawyer - Economics
- Ann George - English
- Linda Hughes - English
- Jodi Campbell - History
- Steve Mann - Finance
- Joseph Butler - Music
- Joseph Eckert - Music
- John Owings- Music
- San-ky Kim - Music
- Michael Skinner - Theatre
- Lynn Flahive - Communication Studies & Disorders
- Teresa Gonzalez - Communication Studies & Disorders
- Meena Shah - Kinesiology
- Lavonne Adams - Nursing
- Sharon Canclini - Nursing
- D. Lynn Jackson - Social Work
- Tracy Hanna - Chemistry & Biochemistry
- Efton Park - Mathematics
- C. Magnus (Mags) Rittby - Physics and Astronomy