{"id":7137,"date":"2012-08-17T10:19:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-17T14:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=7137"},"modified":"2013-02-05T11:12:44","modified_gmt":"2013-02-05T15:12:44","slug":"new-faculty-tenure-promotions-announced-for-2012-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/new-faculty-tenure-promotions-announced-for-2012-13\/","title":{"rendered":"New faculty, tenure, promotions announced for 2012-13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Pamela Ashmore is the new head of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography. She joins us from the University of Missouri at St. Louis, where she was an Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology and Languages.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Ron Buffington is the new head of the Department of Art. Buffington teaches classes in painting, drawing, and critical theory.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7143\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/ElwellJeffery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"7143\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/new-faculty-tenure-promotions-announced-for-2012-13\/elwelljeffery\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/ElwellJeffery.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"598,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jaimie Davis&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1344514295&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;32&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ElwellJeffery\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Dr. Jeffery Elwell&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/ElwellJeffery.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7143\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/ElwellJeffery-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Jeffrey Elwell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Jeffery Elwell is the new Dean of Arts and Sciences. He served at Auburn University at Montgomery (AUM) as Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Strategic Initiatives. He also served as Chief Academic and Student Affairs Officer, Dean of Graduate Studies, and Professor of Dramatic Arts.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Tom Gavin, Joseph F. Decosimo Professor of Accounting, serves as head of the Department of Accounting in the College of Business.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anthony Lease has been named the Interim Dean of the College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies. Lease has been a faculty member at UTC for 14 years.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Gary Liguori is the new head of the Department of Health and Human Performance. He was an Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator in the Department of Health, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences at North Dakota State University.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7146\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/SherrMichael1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"7146\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/new-faculty-tenure-promotions-announced-for-2012-13\/sherrmichael-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/SherrMichael1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"598,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jaimie Davis&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1344515190&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;38&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SherrMichael\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dr. Michael Sherr&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/SherrMichael1.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7146\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/SherrMichael1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Michael Sherr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dr. Michael Sherr is associate professor and the new head of the Department of Social Work. He comes to UTC from Baylor University, where he served as Associate Professor and Director of the Ph.D. Program in the School of Social Work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7147\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/SwansonJohn_02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"7147\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/new-faculty-tenure-promotions-announced-for-2012-13\/swansonjohn_02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/SwansonJohn_02.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"598,900\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jaimie Davis&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1344514659&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;38&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SwansonJohn_02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dr. John Swanson&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/SwansonJohn_02.jpg\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-7147 \" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/SwansonJohn_02-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\"\/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. John Swanson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dr. John Swanson is the new head of the Department of History. He was an Associate Professor of History at Utica College.<\/p>\n<p>Fall 2012 new faculty members include:<br \/>\nAlbu Titus,\u00a0 Chemistry<br \/>\nPamela Ashmore,\u00a0 Sociology, Anthropology and Geography<br \/>\nJessica Auchter, Political Science<br \/>\nSergei Avdonin,\u00a0 Mathematics<br \/>\nAndrew Bailey,\u00a0 Health and Human Performance<br \/>\nDylan Bloy, History<br \/>\nBenjamin Byard,\u00a0 Civil Engineering<br \/>\nAmanda Clark, Psychology<br \/>\nDavid Debter,\u00a0 Mathematics<br \/>\nLouie Elliot, Engineering<br \/>\nJeffery Elwell,\u00a0 Arts and Sciences<br \/>\nPreston Foerder, Psychology<br \/>\nCatharine Franklin,\u00a0 History<br \/>\nLani Gao, Mathematics<br \/>\nDavid Giles, Biological and Environmental Sciences<br \/>\nStephanie Gillison, Marketing and Entrepreneurship<br \/>\nKatie Gohn, Library<br \/>\nJohn Gordon,\u00a0 Mathematics<br \/>\nBoris Gorshkov,\u00a0 History<br \/>\nCarmen Jimenez,\u00a0 Foreign Languages<br \/>\nFarah Kandah,\u00a0 Computer Science<br \/>\nGary Liguori,\u00a0 Health and Human Performance<br \/>\nXuhua (Roy) Liu, Mathematics<br \/>\nHsiang-Wang Liu,\u00a0 History<br \/>\nDavid McCarthy,\u00a0 History<br \/>\nCarrie Meadows,\u00a0 English<br \/>\nTessa Mullinax-Baker,\u00a0 Nursing<br \/>\nRoger Nichols,\u00a0 Mathematics<br \/>\nJessica Peacock,\u00a0 Health and Human Performance<br \/>\nStephynie Perkins,\u00a0 Communication<br \/>\nRosebelle Peters,\u00a0 Nursing<br \/>\nJames Pickard,\u00a0 English<br \/>\nMelissa Powell,\u00a0 Health and Human Performance<br \/>\nShelley Pritchard,\u00a0 UTeaChattanooga<br \/>\nCharles Remy,\u00a0 Library<br \/>\nLaurel Rhyne,\u00a0 Nursing<br \/>\nLynn Robertson,\u00a0 UTeaChattanooga<br \/>\nBrian Rogers,\u00a0 Library<br \/>\nAhmed Rubaai, Electrical Engineering<br \/>\nRobert Schmidt,\u00a0 Marketing and Entrepreneurship<br \/>\nMichael Sherr,\u00a0 Social Work<br \/>\nSarah Sloan,\u00a0 Health and Human Performance<br \/>\nHeather Stanfield,\u00a0 Nursing<br \/>\nJohn Swanson,\u00a0 History<br \/>\nCarmen Tolley,\u00a0 Nursing<br \/>\nAggie Toppins,\u00a0 Art<br \/>\nSeth Waldecker,\u00a0 Physics<br \/>\nDavid Witt,\u00a0 Management<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7139\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/FacultyOrienation2012_04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-attachment-id=\"7139\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2012\/08\/new-faculty-tenure-promotions-announced-for-2012-13\/facultyorienation2012_04\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/FacultyOrienation2012_04.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,850\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Jaimie Davis&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1344514413&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;17&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FacultyOrienation2012_04\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;New faculty at Faculty Orientation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/FacultyOrienation2012_04-1024x680.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7139\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/FacultyOrienation2012_04-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/FacultyOrienation2012_04-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/FacultyOrienation2012_04-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2012\/08\/FacultyOrienation2012_04.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">New faculty at Faculty Orientation<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tenure:<br \/>\nDr. Pamela Ashmore,\u00a0 Sociology, Anthropology and Geography<br \/>\nDr. Sergei Avdonin,\u00a0 Mathematics<br \/>\nDr. Jeffery Elwell,\u00a0 Arts and Sciences<br \/>\nDr. Randy Evans,\u00a0 Management<br \/>\nDr. Martina Harris,\u00a0 Nursing<br \/>\nDr. Gale Iles,\u00a0 Criminal Justice<br \/>\nDr. Katherine Karl,\u00a0 Management<br \/>\nDr. Steve Karman,\u00a0 Computational Engineering<br \/>\nDr. Gary Liguori, Health and Human Performance<br \/>\nDr. Merwin McCoy, School of Education<br \/>\nDr. Heather Palmer,\u00a0 English<br \/>\nDr. Lynn Purkey,\u00a0 Foreign Languages<br \/>\nDr. Mina Sartipi,\u00a0 Computer Science<br \/>\nDr. Michael Sherr,\u00a0 Social Work<br \/>\nDr. Christine Smith,\u00a0 Nursing<br \/>\nDr. John Swanson,\u00a0 History<br \/>\nDr. Christi Wann,\u00a0 Accounting<br \/>\nDr. Miriam Zwitter,\u00a0 Nursing<\/p>\n<p>Promotion to Professor<br \/>\nDr. Betsy Alderman, Communication<br \/>\nDr. Susan Davidson, Nursing<br \/>\nDr. Barbara Cherry Guinn, Nursing<br \/>\nDr. Katherine Karl, Management<br \/>\nDr. Margaret Kovach, Biological and Environmental Sciences<br \/>\nDr. Darrell Meece, School of Education<br \/>\nDr. Sean Richards, Biological and Environmental Sciences<br \/>\nDr. Anthony Steinhoff, History<br \/>\nDr. Steven Symes, Chemistry<br \/>\nDr. Sandy Watson, School of Education<br \/>\nDr. Michelle White, History<br \/>\nDr. Joe Wilferth, English<\/p>\n<p>Promotion to Associate Professor<br \/>\nDr. Gale Iles, Criminal Justice<br \/>\nDr. Nandini Makrandi, Art<br \/>\nDr. John Matthews, Mathematics<br \/>\nDr. Heather Palmer, English<br \/>\nDr. Lynn Purkey, Foreign Languages<br \/>\nDr. Keith Richards, Marketing and Entrepreneurship<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Pamela Ashmore is the new head of the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Geography. 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