Athens , Ohio – The College of Arts and Sciences held its annual Faculty Welcome and Award Ceremony at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, October 7 th , 2005 in the State Room of Baker Center. Recognized were new faculty, new chairs and directors, award winners and faculty tenure and promotion awards. The Honors Tutorial College Awards were also presented. The event was opened to all Arts and Sciences Faculty.

NEW FACULTY MEMBERS WELCOMED:

African American Studies

Joan Weston , PhD 1999, University of California , Santa Barbara

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Michael P. Jensen , PhD 1992, Northwestern University

Classics and World Religions

Alexander Keefe , PhD expected Dec. 2005, Harvard University

Economics

Vahe Lskavyan , PhD 2005, Washington University

English

Catherine C. Taylor , PhD 1998, Duke University

Geography

Margaret W. Pearce , PhD 1998, Clark University

Linguistics

Peter Githinji , PhD expected Nov. 2005, Michigan State University

Mathematics

Robert M. Klein , PhD 2003, The Ohio State University

Modern Languages

Manuel Triano-Lopez , PhD 2005, Indiana University , Bloomington

Philosophy

Nathaniel J. Goldberg , PhD 2003, Georgetown University

Physics and Astronomy

Madappa Prakash , PhD 1979, University of Bombay , India

Nancy Sandler , PhD 1998, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Political Science

Hector Perla, Jr. , PhD 2005, University of California , Los Angeles

Maria Fanis , PhD 2001, The University of Michigan

Psychology

Bernadette Heckman , PhD 2001, Washington University

Social Work

Anne E. Sparks , PhD 2004, Rutgers University

Sociology/Anthropology

Haley Duschinski , PhD 2004, Harvard University

Ursula A. Castellano , PhD 2005, University of California

Joseph T. DeAngelis , PhD 2005 , New York University

Introduction of New Department Chairs for 2005-06:

Ralph DiCaprio , Biological Sciences

Joseph McLaughlin , English

Norman Goda , History

Jeff Connor , Mathematics

Joseph Shields , Physics & Astronomy

Bruce Carlson , Psychology

Ann Tickamyer , Sociology & Anthropology

The Jeanette G. Grasselli Brown Undergraduate Research Awards

Abby Burg , Chemistry and Biochemistry

Research Advisor: Peter Harrington

Seth Marquard , Chemistry and Biochemistry

Research Advisor: Jeffrey Rack

Diana Roberts , Environmental and Plant Biology

Research Advisor: Sarah Wyatt

The Jeanette G. Grasselli Brown Faculty Teaching Awards

Steve Hays , Classics and World Religions

Jeffrey Rack , Chemistry and Biochemistry

Susan Sarnoff , Social Work

Dean's Outstanding Teacher Awards

Jennifer Hines , Chemistry and Biochemistry

David Tees , Physics and Astronomy

Daniel Torres , Modern Languages

Outstanding Group II Faculty Award

Kathleen Brown , Modern Languages

Sue Simon-Westendorf , Biological Sciences

Dean's Outstanding Service Award

Louis Wright , Physics and Astronomy

FACULTY TENURE AND PROMOTION AWARDS:

Department of Biological Sciences

Mary Chamberlin , promotion to professor

Scott Hooper , promotion to professor

Donald Miles , promotion to professor

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Greg Van Patten , promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of English

Jeremy Webster , promotion to associate professor with tenure

Joan Connor , promotion to professor

Robert Miklitsch , promotion to professor

Department of Geography

Yeong-Hyun Kim , promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of Geological Sciences

Elizabeth Gierlowski-Kordesch , tenure status

Department of History

John Brobst , promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of Mathematics

Vladimir Uspenskiy , promotion to professor with tenure

Vladimir Vinogradov , tenure status

Department of Modern Languages

Molly Morrison , promotion to associate professor with tenure

Jörg Waltje , promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of Philosophy

Mark LeBar , promotion to associate professor with tenure

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Carl Brune , promotion to associate professor with tenure

Jean Heremans , promotion to associate professor with tenure

Saw-wai Hla , promotion to associate professor with tenure

Peter Jung , promotion to professor

Brian McNamara , promotion to professor

Joseph Shields , promotion to professor

Department of Political Science

Susan Burgess , promotion to professor

Delysa Burnier , promotion to professor

Ann Gordon , promotion to associate professor with tenure

Judith Grant , promotion to professor

Lewis Randolph , promotion to professor

Department of Psychology

Timothy Heckman , promotion to professor

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Thomas Vander Ven , promotion to associate professor with tenure

HONORS TUTORIAL COLLEGE AWARDS

Awards presented by Ann Fidler, Dean

Outstanding Tutors

Betsy Partyka , Associate Professor, Modern Languages

Richard Greenlee , Associate Professor and Chair, Social Work

Distinguished Mentor Award

Soichi Tanda , Associate Professor, Molecular Development, Biological Sciences