Engineering faculty among those promoted and tenured in 2023

Promotion and tenure mark major milestones in the academic lives of NC State faculty. Promoted faculty have met rigorous standards in their realms of responsibility, and tenured faculty have made a significant impact in their discipline. This year, we recognize 107 faculty for these achievements.

“NC State’s faculty continually go above and beyond in their scholarship, service and innovation in higher education,” said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Warwick Arden. “They fulfill the university’s land-grant mission with excellence and provide a platform by which we can address society’s biggest challenges and make an impact on our community within and beyond campus walls.”

Promoted and tenured faculty in all disciplines play an integral role in advancing NC State’s mission and vision, and in achieving the university’s strategic goals to better serve fellow faculty, staff, students and the greater community.

“Promotion and tenure are outstanding achievements which should be celebrated,” said Senior Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs Katharine Stewart. “I look forward to continuing to partner with our faculty to help them advance within their disciplines and meet their goals, both personal and professional.”

Congratulations to all newly-promoted and tenured faculty for their accomplishments and significant contributions to the success of academics at NC State.

Newly Promoted Faculty

• Bryan Bell, professor, architecture
• Gary Blank, professor, forestry and environmental resources
• Matthew Booker, professor, history
• Robert Branan, associate extension professor, agricultural and resource economics
• Laura Call, associate teaching professor, world languages and cultures
• Cassandra Castorena, professor, civil, construction and environmental engineering
• Min Chi, professor, computer science
• John Classen, professor, biological and agricultural engineering
• Eli Cohen, clinical professor, molecular biomedical sciences
• Ramón Colazzo, professor, materials science and engineering
• Caren Cooper, professor, forestry and environmental resources
• Matthew Cooper, teaching professor, chemical and biomolecular engineering
• Amanda Edwards, associate teaching professor, public and international affairs
• Harriett Edwards, professor, agricultural and human sciences
• Wesley Everman, professor, crop and soil sciences
• Felix Ewere, associate teaching professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Elisabeth Falk, associate teaching professor, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences
• Jeremiah Feducia, teaching professor, chemistry
• Harrison Fell, professor, agricultural and resource economics
• Travis Gannon, professor, crop and soil sciences
• Shelley Garrigan, professor, world languages and cultures
• Claire Gordy, associate teaching professor, biological sciences
• Lynelle Graham, clinical professor, molecular biomedical sciences
• Andrew Grieshop, professor, civil, construction and environmental engineering
• Dustin Heinen, associate teaching professor, world languages and cultures
• J. Aaron Hipp, professor, parks, recreation and tourism management
• Ana Ison, teaching professor, chemistry
• Elon Ison, professor, chemistry
• Jamie Jennings, associate teaching professor, computer science
• Djamel Kaoumi, professor, nuclear engineering
• Meagan Kittle Autry, associate teaching professor, civil, construction and environmental engineering
• Alexander Krings, professor, plant and microbial biology
• Edgar Lobaton, professor, electrical and computer engineering
• Terri Long, professor, plant and microbial biology
• Jane Lubischer, teaching professor, biological sciences
• Arnab Maity, professor, statistics
• Thomas Makris, professor, molecular and structural biochemistry
• Marion Martin, associate teaching professor, chemistry
• Bruce McDonald, professor, public and international affairs
• Flora Meilleur, professor, molecular and structural biochemistry
• John Meitzen, professor, biological sciences
• Brina Montoya, professor, civil, construction and environmental engineering
• Duarte Morais, professor, parks, recreation and tourism management
• Venkat Narayanaswamy, professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Lokendra Pal, professor, forest biomaterials
• William Phan, associate research professor, economics
• Stacey Pigg, professor, English
• Stephen Puryear, professor, philosophy and religious studies
• Ghada Rabah, teaching professor, chemistry
• David Rieder, professor, English
• Lauren Schnabel, professor, clinical sciences
• Angela Smith, teaching professor, educational leadership, policy and human development
• Melissa Srougi, associate teaching professor, molecular biomedical sciences
• Michael Stanko, professor, business management
• Kim Stansbury, professor, social work
• Jessica Thomas, associate professor of the practice, management, innovation and entrepreneurship
• Julianne Treme, teaching professor, agricultural and resource economics
• Alison Turner, associate teaching professor, world languages and cultures
• Ge Yang, professor, nuclear engineering
• John van Zanten, associate teaching professor, chemical and biomolecular engineering

Newly Tenured Faculty

• Amro Awad, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering
• Zachary Beare, associate professor, English
• Yevgeny Brudno, associate professor, biomedical engineering
• K.C. Busch, associate professor, science, technology, engineering and mathematics education
• Crystal Chen, associate professor, teacher education and learning sciences
• Karen Chen, associate professor, industrial and systems engineering
• Glenn Cruse, associate professor, molecular biomedical sciences
• Daniel Duffy, associate professor, clinical sciences
• Eric Edwards, associate professor, agricultural and resource economics
• Mary Elting, associate professor, physics
• April Fernandes, associate professor, sociology and anthropology
• Fernando Garcia Menendez, associate professor, civil, construction and environmental engineering
• Raymond Guiteras, associate professor, agricultural and resource economics
• Mark Hoffmann, associate professor, horticultural science
• Lilian Hsiao, associate professor, chemical and biomolecular engineering
• Anders Huseth, associate professor, entomology and plant pathology
• Madhusudan Katti, associate professor, forestry and environmental resources
• Sung-Ju Kim, associate professor, social work
• Manuel Kleiner, associate professor, plant and microbial biology
• Misty Lambert, associate professor, agricultural and human sciences
• Zheng Li, associate professor, agricultural and resource economics
• Vincent Lindsay, associate professor, chemistry
• Gustavo Machado, associate professor, population health and pathobiology
• Kurt Marsden, associate professor, biological sciences
• Kelly Meiklejohn, associate professor, population health and pathobiology
• Natalie Nelson, associate professor, biological and agricultural engineering
• Ryan Paerl, associate professor, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences
• Andrew Papanicolaou, associate professor, mathematics
• Jamie Pearson, associate professor, teacher education and learning sciences
• Olivia Petritz, associate professor, clinical sciences
• Caroline Proulx, associate professor, chemistry
• David Rasmussen, associate professor, entomology and plant pathology
• Bradley Reaves, associate professor, computer science
• Traci Rider, associate professor, architecture
• Adriana San Miguel, associate professor, chemical and biomolecular engineering
• Alessandra Scafuro, associate professor, computer science
• Srijan Sengupta, associate professor, statistics
• Donald Sheehy, associate professor, computer science 
• Vladimir Skokov, associate professor, physics
• Katharina Stapelmann, associate professor, nuclear engineering
• Hao Su, associate professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Wenyuan Tang, associate professor, electrical and computer engineering
• Thomas Theis, associate professor, chemistry
• Vanessa Volpe, associate professor, psychology
• Jelena Vukomanovic, associate professor, parks, recreation and tourism management
• Stephanie Ward, associate professor, animal science
• Qingshan Wei, associate professor, chemical and biomolecular engineering

This post was originally published in Provost's Office News.