Faculty promotions and tenure approved by trustees

The Purdue University Board of Trustees on Friday (April 10) approved faculty promotions and tenure. The following promotions are effective with the 2026-27 academic year. Exact dates are noted by campus or individual.

MAIN CAMPUS

(Effective Aug. 17, 2026, except as noted)

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE

To Associate Professor

Julia Bello-Bravo, associate professor of entomology
Jacob Hosen, associate professor of forestry and natural resources
Elizabeth Long, associate professor of entomology
Lizhi Shang, associate professor of agricultural and biological engineering

To Clinical Associate Professor

Casie Bass, clinical associate professor of animal sciences

To Research Associate Professor

Maksym Chepeliev, research associate professor of agricultural economics

To Clinical Professor

Wenjing Guan, clinical professor of horticulture and landscape architecture
Orla Hart, clinical professor of biochemistry
Robert Stwalley III, clinical professor of agricultural and biological engineering

To Research Professor

Grzegorz Buczkowski, research professor of entomology (July 1, 2026)
Theresa Casey, research professor of animal sciences (July 1, 2026)

To Full Professor

Shalamar Armstrong, professor of agronomy
Luiz Brito, professor of animal sciences
Amanda Deering, professor of food science
Jian Jin, professor of agricultural and biological engineering
Darrin Karcher, professor of animal sciences
Bhagyashree Katare, professor of agricultural economics
Majid Kazemian, professor of biochemistry
Sharon Kessler, professor of botany and plant pathology
Stephen Lindemann, professor of food science
Dharmendra Mishra, professor of food science
Carson Reeling, professor of agricultural economics
Yun Zhou, professor of botany and plant pathology

MITCH DANIELS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS

To Associate Professor

Matthew Kovach, associate professor of economics
Yichen Zhang, associate professor of quantitative methods

To Clinical Associate Professor

Fabricio d’Almeida, clinical associate professor of finance
Melanie Fox, clinical associate professor of economics

To Full Professor

Mengshi Lu, professor of supply chain and operations management
Wei Sun, professor of quantitative methods

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

To Clinical Assistant Professor

Brenda Downing, clinical assistant professor of educational studies

To Associate Professor

Rebekah Hammack, associate professor of curriculum and instruction

To Clinical Associate Professor

Jasmine Begeske, clinical associate professor of educational studies
Stephanie Oudghiri Scherer, clinical associate professor of curriculum and instruction

To Clinical Professor

Janine Duncan, clinical professor of curriculum and instruction
Alice Johnson, clinical professor of educational studies
Kristen Seward, clinical professor of educational studies

To Full Professor

Marisa Exter, professor of curriculum and instruction
Adrie Koehler, professor of curriculum and instruction

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

To Associate Professor

Yiheng Feng, associate professor of civil and construction engineering
Sogand Hasanzadeh, associate professor of civil and construction engineering
David Inouye, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering
Krishna Jayant, associate professor of biomedical engineering
Xiaoyuan Lou, associate professor of nuclear engineering
Philip Pare, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering

To Clinical Professor

Nga Hin Benjamin Fong, clinical professor of industrial engineering
Sharon Miller, clinical professor of biomedical engineering (July 1, 2026)

To Full Professor

Thomas Beechem, professor of mechanical engineering
Ivan Christov, professor of mechanical engineering
Jennifer DeBoer, professor of engineering education
Kerrie Douglas, professor of engineering education
Carolin Frueh, professor of aeronautics and astronautics
Jing Gao, professor of electrical and computer engineering
James Gibert, professor of mechanical engineering
Marcial Gonzalez, professor of mechanical engineering
Sumeet Kumar Gupta, professor of electrical and computer engineering
Fang Huang, professor of biomedical engineering
Joseph Jewell, professor of aeronautics and astronautics
Tae Yoon Kim, professor of biomedical engineering
Shaoshuai Mou, professor of aeronautics and astronautics
Shreyas Sen, professor of electrical and computer engineering
Alexey Shashurin, professor of aeronautics and astronautics
Denny Yu, professor of industrial engineering

COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES

To Associate Professor

Tzu-Wen Cross, associate professor of nutrition science
Sarah Eason, associate professor of human development and family science
Gregory Henderson, associate professor of nutrition science
Wookjae Heo, associate professor of hospitality and tourism management
Daniel Hirai, associate professor of health and kinesiology
Nasreen Lalani, associate professor of nursing
Thekla Morgenroth, associate professor of psychological sciences
Aaron Specht, associate professor of health sciences

To Clinical Associate Professor

Susan Kersey, clinical associate professor of nursing
Craig Voll, clinical associate professor of health and kinesiology (July 1, 2026)

To Clinical Professor

Heather Ciesielski, clinical professor of psychological sciences (July 1, 2026)
Christi Masters, clinical professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences (July 1, 2026)

To Full Professor

Stephen Broomell, professor of psychological sciences
Brandon Keehn, professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences
Jiyeon Lee, professor of speech, language, and hearing sciences
Kristine Ostanek, professor of human development and family science
Bruno Tesini Roseguini, professor of health and kinesiology
Zoe Taylor, professor of human development and family science

JOHN MARTINSON HONORS COLLEGE

To Clinical Professor

Elizabeth Brite, clinical professor of John Martinson Honors College
Jason Ware, clinical professor of John Martinson Honors College

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

To Associate Professor

Pedro Bassoe, associate professor of Japanese
Melanie Beasley, associate professor of anthropology
Emily Buehler, associate professor of communication
Dada Docot, associate professor of anthropology
Danielle Kane, associate professor of sociology
Jonathan Lande, associate professor of history
David Peterson, associate professor of sociology
Jennifer Scheuer, associate professor of design, art, and performance
Daniel Schiff, associate professor of political science
Kaylyn Schiff, associate professor of political science
Hwanseok Song, associate professor of communication
Barbara Young, associate professor of design, art, and performance

To Clinical Associate Professor

Lindsay Hamm, clinical associate professor of sociology
Jarrard Harris, clinical associate professor of design, art, and performance
Michael Nichols, clinical associate professor
Tulin Tosun, clinical associate professor

To Clinical Professor

Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun, clinical professor of design, art, and performance

To Full Professor

Erik Conway, professor of history
Lori Czerwionka, professor of languages and cultures
Olga Dmitrieva, professor of languages and cultures
Patrick Kain, professor of philosophy
Shannon McMullen, professor of design, art, and performance
Trenton Mize, professor of sociology
Christie Sennott, professor of sociology
Dana Tulodziecki, professor of philosophy

LIBRARIES AND SCHOOL OF INFORMATION STUDIES

To Associate Professor

Annette Bochenek, associate professor of libraries and School of Information Studies

To Full Professor

Bethany McGowan, professor of libraries and School of Information Studies

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

To Associate Professor

Ephrem Abebe, associate professor of pharmacy practice

To Clinical Professor

Jane Krause, clinical professor of pharmacy practice (July 1, 2026)

To Full Professor

Casey Krusemark, professor of medicinal chemistry and molecular pharmacology

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

To Associate Professor

Soowon Chang, associate professor of construction management technology
Farid El Breidi, associate professor of engineering technology
Miad Faezipour, associate professor of engineering technology
Damon Lercel, associate professor of aviation and transportation technology
Huachao Mao, associate professor of engineering technology

To Clinical Associate Professor

Joseph Manuel, clinical associate professor of construction management technology
Paul Thomas, clinical associate professor of applied and creative computing

To Clinical Professor

John Davis, clinical professor of aviation and transportation technology
Shamima Mithun, clinical professor of applied and creative computing
Ali Razban, clinical professor of engineering technology

To Full Professor

Sarah Hubbard, professor of aviation and transportation technology
Jin Kocsis, professor of applied and creative computing

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE

To Associate Professor

Brittany Allen-Petersen, associate professor of biological sciences
Ali Bramson, associate professor of Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences
Benjamin Delaware, associate professor of computer science
Michael Eddy, associate professor of Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences
Yuan Gao, associate professor of mathematics
Christina Garman, associate professor of computer science
Jason Hanna, associate professor of biological sciences
Christopher Janjigian, associate professor of mathematics
Nima Lashkari, associate professor of physics and astronomy
Matthew Novack, associate professor of mathematics
Di Qi, associate professor of mathematics
Kent Quanrud, associate professor of computer science
Niranjan Shivaram, associate professor of physics and astronomy
Marissa Tremblay, associate professor of Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences
Lin Wang, associate professor of statistics
Ning Wei, associate professor of mathematics
Chi Zhang, associate professor of chemistry

To Clinical Associate Professor

Hisham Benotman, clinical associate professor of computer science
Timothy Keaton, clinical associate professor of statistics
Gouri Prabhakar, clinical associate professor of Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences
Hannah Starr, clinical associate professor of chemistry

To Full Professor

Daniel Aliaga, professor of computer science
Leifu Chang, professor of biological sciences
Alexander Chubykin, professor of biological sciences
Aniket Kate, professor of computer science
Michael Levine, professor of statistics
Victor Lie, professor of mathematics
Chunyi Peng, professor of computer science
Catherine Searle, professor of biological sciences
Michelle Thompson, professor of Earth, atmospheric, and planetary sciences

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE

To Associate Professor

Wendy Beauvais, associate professor of comparative pathobiology
Sriveny Dangoudoubiyam, associate professor of comparative pathobiology
Adam Kimbrough, associate professor of basic medical sciences (July 1, 2026)

To Clinical Associate Professor

Timothy Bolton, clinical associate professor of veterinary clinical sciences (July 1, 2026)
Amanda Darbyshire, clinical associate professor of comparative pathobiology (July 1, 2026)

To Clinical Professor

Christopher Fulkerson, clinical professor of veterinary clinical sciences (July 1, 2026)

To Full Professor

Marxa Figueiredo, professor of basic medical sciences (July 1, 2026)
Michael Wendt, professor of basic medical sciences (July 1, 2026)

UNIVERSITY TENURE IN INDIANAPOLIS

(Effective Aug. 17, 2026)

Xiaoliang Wei, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Andres Tovar, professor of mechanical engineering

PURDUE UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST

(Effective Aug. 17, 2026)

Jodi Allen, associate professor of nursing
Arash Asrari, associate professor of electrical engineering
Manisa Baker, associate professor of nursing
Matthew Bauman, associate professor of hospitality and tourism management
Farai Gombedza, associate professor of biochemistry
Omeed Ilchi, associate professor of criminal justice
Aref Yadollahi, associate professor of mechanical engineering
Jesse Cohn, professor of English
Grethe Hystad, professor of statistics

PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE

(Effective Aug. 17, 2026)

Jingfeng Li, associate professor of electrical engineering technology
Donald Ohlinger, associate professor of education
Alessandro Selvitella, associate professor of data science and applied statistics
Julia Smith, associate professor of early childhood education
John Buteyn, clinical associate professor of music
Christopher Grindrod, clinical associate professor of communication sciences and disorders
Leah Knoblauch, clinical associate professor of communication sciences and disorders
Jolene Lawton, clinical associate professor of communication sciences and disorders
Carolyn Stumph, clinical associate professor of economics
Stephen Buttes, professor of Spanish
Bin Chen, professor of electrical and computer engineering
Zesheng Chen, professor of computer science
Seth Green, professor of ceramics
Naomi Gurevich, professor of communication sciences and disorders
Kent Kauffman, professor of business law
Paresh Mishra, professor of organizational leadership