4:56 p.m., May 23, 2007--The University of Delaware Board of Trustees approved promotions of 54 faculty members at its semiannual meeting May 23 at the Trabant University Center. The appointments take effect Sept. 1.

Nineteen members of the faculty were promoted to the rank of full professor with tenure:

From the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Thomas Evans, plant and soil sciences; and Lidia Rejto, food and resource economics;

From the College of Arts and Sciences

Gretchen Bauer, political science and international relations; David Edwards, mathematical sciences; Annette Giesecke, foreign languages and literatures; Matthew Kinservik, English; Ulhaus Naik, biological sciences; Kathryn Scantlebury, chemistry and biochemistry; and Vijay Shanker, computer and information sciences;

From the Lerner College of Business and Economics

Thomas Becker, business administration; and Gregory Kane, accounting and management information systems;

From the College of Health Sciences

Linda Bucher, nursing; Slobodan Jaric, health, nutrition and exercise sciences; and Paula Klemm, nursing;

From the College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy

Maria Aristigueta, urban affairs and public policy; Michael Ferrari and Bahira Sherif Trask, both individual and family studies; Janet Hethorn, fashion and apparel studies; and Eugene Matusov, education;

Also, Kathryn Denhardt, urban affairs and public policy, was promoted to the rank of full professor without tenure.

Promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure were 27 members of the faculty:

From the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Titus Awokuse, food and resource economics; and David Hansen, plant and soil sciences;

From the College of Arts and Sciences

Ali Alalou, foreign languages and literatures; Benjamin Bruening, linguistics; Suzanne Burton, music; Robert Coulter, mathematical sciences; Erica Armstrong Dunbar, history; Joseph Fox, chemistry and biochemistry; John Gizis, physics and astronomy; M.A. Muqtedar Khan, political science and international relations; Vincent Martin, foreign languages and literatures; Robert Sikes, biological sciences; Fritz Szabo, theatre; and Neal Zondlo, chemistry and biochemistry;

From the Lerner College of Business and Economics

Yasmin Kor-Sebeczek, business administration;

From the College of Engineering

Eric Furst, chemical engineering; Anette Karlsson, mechanical engineering; Kristi Kiick, materials science and engineering; and Kausik Sarkar, mechanical engineering;

From the College of Health Sciences

Elizabeth Orsega-Smith and Charles Swanik, both health, nutrition and exercise sciences; and Carolee Polek, nursing;

From the College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy

Cihan Cobanoglu, hotel, restaurant and institutional management; Christine Ohannessian, individual and family studies; and Sharon Walpole, education;

From the College of Marine and Earth Studies

Jeremy Firestone, marine policy; and Mark Warner, marine biology and biochemistry.

Four faculty members were promoted to the rank of associate professor without tenure:

From the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources

John Pesek, food and resource economics;

From the College of Arts and Sciences

Beth Morling, psychology;

From the College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy

Eric Jacobson and Steven Peuquet, both urban affairs and public policy.

Two faculty members were promoted to the rank of assistant professor without tenure. They are Raheemah Jabbar-Bey, urban affairs and public policy, and Grant Wolf, English Language Institute.

Also, Christiana Honsberg, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, was granted tenure.