Faculty

Faculty promoted or granted tenure effective September 2025

Promotion to Commonwealth Professor

College of Engineering

• Liudong Xing, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Promotion to Professor

College of Arts & Sciences

• Nikolay Anguelov, Public Policy
• Brian Ayotte, Psychology
• Heidi Berggren, Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies
• Shakhnoza Kayumova, Education

College of Engineering

• Lance Fiondella, Electrical and Computer Engineering

College of Visual & Performing Arts

• Ziddi Msangi, Art & Design

Charlton College of Business

• Ling Lin, Accounting & Finance

Tenure & promotion to Associate Professor

College of Arts & Sciences

• Aneesa Baboolal, Crime and Justice Studies
• Wei-Shun Chang, Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Genevieve Kozak, Biology
• Raina Lamade, Psychology
• Vanessa Lovelace, Crime and Justice Studies
• Toniqua Mikell, Crime and Justice Studies
• Anna Schierberl Scherr, Psychology

Charlton College of Business

• Anoosha Izadi, Management and Marketing

College of Engineering

• Sarah Caudill, Physics
• Yuchou Chang, Computer & Information Science
• Gokhan Kul, Computer & Information Science
• Hangjian Ling, Mechanical Engineering
• Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh, Mechanical Engineering
• Caiwei Shen, Mechanical Engineering

School of Law

• Faisal Chaudry

Promotion to Associate Teaching Professor

College of Arts & Sciences

• Crystal Lubinsky, History
• Ilana Offenberger, History

College of Engineering

• Laura Hanzly, Bioengineering

College of Visual & Performing Arts

• Aleta Deyo, Art & Design
• Lara Henderson, Art & Design
• Otto Metzger, Art & Design

Promotion to Professional Technician I

• Jennifer Clark, College of Nursing & Health Sciences

Promotion to Librarian

• Emma Wood, Information Services

Faculty promoted or granted tenure effective September 2024

Promotion to Commonwealth professor

School for Marine Science & Technology

• Avijit Gangopadhyay, Estuarine and Ocean Sciences

College of Engineering

• Amit Tandon, Mechanical Engineering

Promotion to Professor

College of Arts & Sciences

• Carlos Benavides, Global languages
• Bo Dong, Mathematics
• Shari Evans, English & Communication
• Keota Fields, Philosophy
• Karen Gulbrandson, English & Communication
• Stanley Harrison, English & Communication
• Alfa Heryudono, Mathematics
• David Manke, Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Mark Santow, History

College of Engineering

• Tracie Ferreira, Bioengineering
• Mazdak Tootkaboni, Civil and Environmental Engineering

College of Visual & Performing Arts

• Michelle Bowers, Art & Design
• Sarah Malakoff, Art & Design
• Suzanne Schireson, Art & Design
• Jing Wang, Music

Tenure & promotion to Associate Professor

College of Arts & Sciences

• Zheng Chen, Mathematics
• Robert Gegear, Biology
• Caroline Gelmi, English & Communication
• Biyan Tang, Economics

Charlton College of Business

• Jonathan Kush, Management & Marketing

Promotion to Associate Teaching Professor

College of Arts and Sciences

• Heloisa Alves, Psychology
• Sara Dalton Bildik, Mathematics
• Julie Bowman, English & Communication
• Christopher Clinton, Education
• Eli Evans, English & Communication
• Jenny Howe, English & Communication
• Mary Kayyal, Psychology

Charlton College of Business

• Jacqueline Einstein, Marketing & Management
• Rui Huang, Decision and Information Sciences
• Uday Kant Jha, Decision and Information Sciences
• Nancy Osborne, Accounting & Finance

College of Engineering

• Adnan El-Nasan, Computer & Information Science
• Afsoon Goghari, Mechanical Engineering
• David Kagan, Physics
• Jonathan Mellor, Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Ashokkumar Patel, Computer & Information Science
• Renuka Rajapakse, Physics
• Clinton Rogers, Computer & Information Science
• Hamed Samandari, Mechanical Engineering

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

• Kimberly Ouellette, Medical Laboratory Science

Promotion to Full Teaching Professor

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

• Elizabeth Hart, Medical Laboratory Science

Promotion to Professional Technician I

• Douglas Marshall, Biology

Promotion to Librarian

• Lorraine Heffernan

Faculty promoted or granted tenure effective September 2023

Promotion to Commonwealth Professor

School for Marine Science & Technology

• Chen, Changshen, Fisheries Oceanography

College of Engineering

• Liu, Hong, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Promotion to Professor

College of Arts & Sciences

• Mark Paige, Political Science

College of Engineering

• Mehdi, Raessi, Mechanical Engineering

Charlton College of Business

• Shi, Zhengzhong, Decision and Information Sciences

Law School

• Shaun Spencer

Tenure

College of Arts & Sciences

• Erin Krafft, Crime and Justice Studies
• Tania Perez Cano, Global Languages & Cultures

Charlton College of Business

• Zhenzhen Sun, Accounting & Finance
• Hongkang Xu, Accounting & Finance

College of Engineering

• Ruolin Zhou, Electrical & Computer Engineering

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

• Marni Kellogg, Community Nursing

College of Visual and Performing Arts

• Rose Mary Botti-Salitsky, Art & Design

Promotion to Associate Teaching Professor

College of Arts and Sciences

• Eric Casero, English & Communication
• Meghan Fair, English & Communication
• Tracy Harrison, English & Communication
• Jacqueline O'Dell, English & Communication
• Melissa Silvia, Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Yuan Zhang, English & Communication
• Diana Barrett, Biology
• Benjamin Winslow, Biology
• Brian Blanchette, Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Patrice Hartnett, Psychology
• Anne Liberty, Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Yibin Wei, Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Christine Piva, Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Jamie Lawton, Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Adriano Marzullo, Mathematics

Charlton College of Business

• Christopher Jacobsen, Accounting and Finance
• Dawn Gupta, Accounting and Finance 

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

• Nathan Rubien, Medical Laboratory Science
• Ali Hasaba, Medical Laboratory Science
• James March Mistler, Medical Laboratory Science
• Melody O'Donnell, Medical Laboratory Science

Promotion to Professional Technician II

• Jeffrey Beaudry, Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Dapeng Li, Bioengineering

Promotion to Associate Librarian

• Bela Gupta, Technical Services

Faculty promoted or granted tenure effective September 2022

Promotion to Commonwealth Professor

School for Marine Science & Technology

• Kevin Stokesbury, Fisheries Oceanography

College of Arts & Sciences

• Erin Bromage, Biology
• Pia Moisander, Biology
• Timothy Nulty, Philosophy
• Neal Olitsky, Economics
• Mark Silby, Biology
• Tryon Woods, Crime & Justice Studies

College of Engineering

• Julia Hua Fang, Computer & Information Science

Charlton College of Business

• Yuzhu Li, Decision and Information Sciences

College of Visual & Performing Arts

• Pamela Karimi, Art Education, Art History & Media Studies
• Ronald Sherwin, Music

Tenure

College of Arts & Sciences

• Elisabeth Buck, English & Communication
• Scott Field, Mathematics
• Xiaofei Jia, Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Michael Sheriff, Biology

Charlton College of Business

• Shipeng Han, Accounting & Finance
• Selcan Kara, Management & Marketing

College of Engineering

• Lamya Karim, Bioengineering
• Arghavan Louhghalam, Civil & Environmental Engineering
• Ming Shao, Computer & Information Science
• Jiawei Yuan, Computer & Information Science

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

• Monika Shuler, Adult Nursing
• Jennifer Viveiros, Adult Nursing

Promotion to Senior Lecturer

College of Arts & Sciences

• Caitlin Amaral, English and Communication
  Randall Hall, Economics
  Biyong Luo, Mathematic
  Peter Sandby-Thomas, Political Science

Faculty promoted or granted tenure effective September 2021

Promotion to Commonwealth Professor

School for Marine Science & Technology

• Mark Altabet, Estuarine & Ocean Sciences

College of Arts & Sciences

• Anna Klobucka, Portuguese
• Trina Kershaw, Psychology
• Christopher Larkosh, Portuguese
• Elizabeth Richardson, Psychology

Charlton College of Business

• Dan Braha, Decision & Information Science
• Shouhong Wang, Decision & Information Science

College of Engineering

• Walaa Mogawer, Civil & Environmental Engineering

Promotion to Professor

College of Arts & Sciences

• Yanlai Chen, Mathematics
• Michelle Cheyne, Global Languages and Cultures
• Christopher Eisenhart, English & Communication

College of Engineering

• Robert Fisher, Physics

Charlton College of Business

• Soheil Sibdari, Decision & Information Sciences

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

• Susan Hunter Revell, Adult Nursing

Tenure

College of Arts & Sciences

• Marta Del Pozo, Global Languages and Cultures
• Katherine DeLuca, English & Communications
• Margarita Huayhua, Sociology & Anthropology
• Jay Zysk, English & Communication

Charlton College of Business

• Wencheng Joseph Chang, Management & Marketing

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

• Dorothy Dunn, Community Nursing

Promotion to Senior Lecturer

College of Arts & Sciences

• Olusegun Olubanwo, Chemistry & Biochemistry

Promotion to Librarian

• Sonia Pacheco

Faculty promoted or granted tenure effective September 2020

Promotion to Professor

College of Arts & Sciences

• Maureen Eckert, Philosophy
• Trina Kershaw, Psychology
• Christopher Larkosh, Portuguese
• Elizabeth Richardson, Psychology

College of Engineering

• Honggang Wang, Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Xiaoqin Zhang, Computer & Information Science

Charlton College of Business

• Jia Wu, Accounting & Finance

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

• Mary McCurry, Adult Nursing

Tenure

College of Arts & Sciences

• Patrick Cappillino, Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Jennifer Fugate
• Shakhnoza Kayumova, Education
• Eric Larson, Crime and Justice Studies
• Lucas Mann, English & Communication
• Joshua Masse, Psychology
• Maricris Mayes, Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Nicholas Santavicca, English & Communication
• Alexis Teagarden, English & Communication
• Donghui Yan, Mathematics

Charlton College of Business

• Arpita Joarder, Management & Marketing
• Gang Wang, Decision & Information Sciences
• John Williams, Management & Marketing

College of Engineering

• Firas Khatib, Computer & Information Science
• Milana Vasudev, Bioengineering

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

• Caterina Miraglia, Medical Lab Science
• Law School
• Margaret Drew
• Rebecca Flanagan
• Elizabeth McCuskey

College of Visual and Performing Arts

• Lawrence Jenkens, Art Education, Art History & Media Studies

School for Marine Science & Technology

• Gavin Fay, Fisheries Oceanography

Promotion to Senior Lecturer

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

• Kathleen Elliot, Adult Nursing
• Teresa Reynolds, Adult Nursing

Promotion to Librarian

• Hilary Kraus

Promotion to Professional Technician I

• Carl Leidhold, Chemistry & Biochemistry
• Paula Wilson, Chemistry & Biochemistry