Faculty promotions and tenure approved by trustees

The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (April 4) approved faculty promotions. The following promotions are effective with the 2025-26 academic year. Exact dates are noted by campus or individual.

MAIN CAMPUS
Effective Aug. 18, 2025, except as noted

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

To Associate Professor

Celina Gomez, associate professor of horticulture and landscape architecture

Yiwei Huang, associate professor of horticulture and landscape architecture

Laura Ingwell, associate professor of entomology

Gerald Miller, Jr., associate professor of botany and plant pathology

Jonathan Pasternak, associate professor of animal sciences

Kranthi Varala, associate professor of horticulture and landscape architecture

Diane Wang, associate professor of agronomy

To Clinical Associate Professor

Shawn Ehlers, clinical associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering

Stacy Zuelly, clinical associate professor of animal sciences

To Clinical Professor

Casey Mull, clinical professor of extension, July 1, 2025

To Full Professor 

Greg Fraley, professor of animal sciences

Jen-Yi Huang, professor of food science

Jon Schoonmaker, professor of animal sciences

Vikki Weake, professor of biochemistry

Gyeong Mee Yoon, professor of botany and plant pathology

Cankui Zhang, professor of agronomy

MITCH DANIELS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

To Associate Professor 

William Haskell, associate professor of Mitch Daniels School of Business

Hojun Seo, associate professor of Mitch Daniels School of Business

Katelyn Zipay, associate professor of Mitch Daniels School of Business

To Clinical Associate Professor

Brian Chupp, clinical associate professor of Mitch Daniels School of Business

Jinsuh Lee, clinical associate professor of Mitch Daniels School of Business

Douglas Pruim, clinical associate professor of Mitch Daniels School of Business

Kasie Roberson, clinical associate professor of Mitch Daniels School of Business

Andres Vargas, clinical associate professor of economics

Zhiwei Zhu, clinical associate professor of Mitch Daniels School of Business

To Clinical Professor

Kelly Blanchard, clinical professor of economics, July 1, 2025

To Full Professor 

Timothy Bond, professor of economics

Cathy Zhang, professor of economics

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

To Full Professor 

Chrystal Johnson, professor of curriculum and instruction

Stephanie Masta, professor of curriculum and instruction

Patricia Morita-Mullaney, professor of curriculum and instruction

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

To Associate Professor 

Shubhra Bansal, associate professor of mechanical and materials engineering

Deva Chan, associate professor of biomedical engineering

Behzad Esmaeili, associate professor of industrial engineering and civil engineering

Yan Gu, associate professor of mechanical engineering

Justin Hess, associate professor of engineering education

Tian Li, associate professor of mechanical engineering

Davin Piercey, associate professor of materials engineering and mechanical engineering

Rahim Rahimi, associate professor of materials engineering

April Savoy, associate professor of industrial engineering

Akanshu Sharma, associate professor of civil and construction engineering

Mirian Velay-Lizancos, associate professor of civil and construction engineering

Xiaoqian Wang, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering

David Warsinger, associate professor of mechanical engineering

Yunlin Xu, associate professor of nuclear engineering

To Clinical Associate Professor

Lindsey Payne, clinical associate professor of practice

To Research Associate Professor 

Andrew Otte, research associate professor of biomedical engineering

To Research Professor

Valeryi Sizyuk, research professor of nuclear engineering

To Full Professor 

Andres Arrieta, professor of mechanical engineering

Ran Dai, professor of aeronautics and astronautics engineering

Christopher Goldenstein, professor of mechanical engineering

Jacqueline Linnes, professor of biomedical engineering

Julie Liu, professor of chemical engineering

Nina Mahmoudian, professor of mechanical engineering

Muhsin Menekse, professor of engineering education

Vitaliy Rayz, professor of biomedical engineering and mechanical engineering

Kelly Schultz, professor of chemical engineering

Carson Slabaugh, professor of aeronautics and astronautics engineering

COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES

To Associate Professor 

Qinglan Ding, associate professor of nursing

Shih-Chun Kao, associate professor of health and kinesiology

Seon Jeong Lee, associate professor of hospitality and tourism management

Kameron Moding, associate professor of human development and family science

To Clinical Associate Professor 

Lisa Hilliard, clinical associate professor of health sciences, July 1, 2025

Rebecca Johnson, clinical associate professor of nursing

Janelle Tipton, clinical associate professor of nursing

Amanda Ward, clinical associate professor of nursing

To Full Professor

Jennifer Brown, professor of psychological sciences

Jonathan Shannahan, professor of health sciences

Ellen Wells, professor of health sciences

JOHN MARTINSON HONORS COLLEGE

To Clinical Professor

Natasha Duncan, clinical professor of John Martinson Honors College

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

To Associate Professor 

Adam Bodony, associate professor of bands and orchestras

Mollie Cohen, associate professor of political science

Eli Craven, associate professor of photography

Jesse Crosson, associate professor of political science

Javier Gomez-Lavin, associate professor of philosophy

Ilwoo Ju, associate professor of communication

Sebastián Murgueitio Ramírez, associate professor of philosophy

Zoe Nyssa, associate professor of anthropology

Jung Sohn, associate professor of industrial design

To Clinical Associate Professor

Daniel Conner, clinical associate professor of classics

Melissa Will, clinical associate professor of political science

To Clinical Professor

Richard Dionne, clinical professor of theatre, July 1, 2025

To Full Professor 

Emily Allen, professor of English

Tithi Bhattacharya, professor of history

Sarah Robins, professor of philosophy

Monica Trieu, professor of interdisciplinary studies

LIBRARIES AND SCHOOL OF INFORMATION STUDIES

To Clinical Associate Professor

Rachel Fundator, clinical associate professor of libraries, July 1, 2025

Adriana Harmeyer, clinical associate professor of libraries, July 1, 2025

To Full Professor

Margaret Phillips, professor of libraries
 
COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

To Associate Professor 

Severin Schneebeli, associate professor of industrial and molecular pharmaceutics, July 1, 2025

To Clinical Professor

Rakhi Karwa, clinical professor of pharmacy practice, July 1, 2025

To Full Professor 

Emily Dykhuizen, professor of medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology, July 1, 2025

Jianing Li, professor of medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology, July 1, 2025

Qi “Tony” Zhou, professor of industrial and molecular pharmaceutics, July 1, 2025

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

To Associate Professor 

Volodymyr Bilotkach, associate professor of aviation and transportation technology

Robert Nawrocki, associate professor of engineering technology

Wenhai Sun, associate professor of computer and information technology

To Clinical Associate Professor

Travis Fuerst, clinical associate professor of engineering technology

Darlene Russ-Eft, clinical associate professor of technology leadership and innovation

Tawfiq Salem, clinical associate professor of computer and information technology

To Full Professor 

Byung-Cheol Min, professor of computer and information technology

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

To Associate Professor 

Aniket Bera, associate professor of computer science

Antonio Bianchi, associate professor of computer science

Simina Branzei, associate professor of computer science

Zeynel Celik, associate professor of computer science

Pedro Fonseca, associate professor of computer science

Daniel Le, associate professor of mathematical sciences

Stephanie Olson, associate professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences

Elizabeth Parkinson, associate professor of chemistry

Michael Reppert, associate professor of chemistry

Michael Sori, associate professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences

Jing Tian, associate professor of computer science

Yexiang Xue, associate professor of computer science

Ming Yin, associate professor of computer science

To Clinical Associate Professor

Anthony Bergstrom, clinical associate professor of computer science

To Clinical Professor

Gustavo Rodriguez-Rivera, clinical professor of computer science

To Full Professor 

Daniel Chavas, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences

Gaurav Chopra, professor of chemistry

Mark Christie, professor of biological sciences

Jeffrey Dick, professor of chemistry

Stephanie Gardner, professor of biological sciences

Chen-Lung Hung, professor of physics and astronomy

Andreas Jung, professor of physics and astronomy

Andrea Kasinski, professor of biological sciences

Yunyue Li, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences

Linquan Ma, professor of mathematical sciences

David Minton, professor of earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences

Xiangxiong Zhang, professor of mathematical sciences

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

To Associate Professor 

Nikolaos Dervisis, associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences, July 1, 2025

Shawna Klahn, associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences, July 1, 2025

Masahiro Murakami, associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences, July 1, 2025

Rafael Neves, associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences, July 1, 2025

Shankar Thangamani, associate professor of comparative pathobiology

To Clinical Associate Professor 

Mario Sola, clinical associate professor of comparative pathobiology, July 1, 2025

To Research Associate Professor

Jiang Yang, research associate professor of comparative pathobiology

To Clinical Professor

Kenitra Hendrix, clinical professor of veterinary administration, July 1, 2025

Steven Thompson, clinical professor of veterinary clinical sciences, July 1, 2025

PURDUE UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST
Effective Aug. 18, 2025

Patrick Keegan, associate professor of education

Afshin Zahraee, associate professor of construction engineering and management technology

Shontrai Irving, clinical professor of business law

Christopher Belous, professor of couple and family therapy

Patti Ludwig-Beymer, professor of nursing

Claudia Mich, professor of marketing

Maged Mikhail, professor of mechatronics engineering technology

Yu Ouyang, professor of political science

Shengyong Zhang, professor of mechanical engineering

PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE
Effective Aug. 18, 2025

Jiangshan An, associate professor of linguistics

Scott Bergeson, associate professor of biology

Joel Givens, associate professor of counselor education

Amal Khalifa, associate professor of computer science

Alan Legg, associate professor of mathematics

Rebecca Palu, associate professor of biology — genetics

William Sauerland, associate professor of music

Xiaoguang Tian, associate professor of management information systems and business analytics

Heloisa Wilkerson, associate professor of journalism

Eileen Garwood, clinical associate professor of music therapy

Jason Lundgren, clinical associate professor of music industry

Brad Oliver, clinical professor of educational leadership

Jeong-il Cho, professor of education

Andrew Kopec, professor of English

Wei Luo, professor of communication

Suin Roberts, professor of German

Daniel Tembras, professor of music