Faculty promotions, appointments, tenure granted

At recent Board of Trustees meetings, the following faculty members were promoted with tenure, appointed with tenure or granted tenure effective July 1, 2007, unless otherwise noted.

Promotion with tenure

Mark Alford, to associate professor of physics

Paul F. Austin, to associate professor of surgery, effective Jan. 1, 2007

Nathan A. Baker, to associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biophysics, effective July 1, 2006, with tenure effective Dec. 1, 2006

Thomas J. Baranski, to associate professor of medicine

Joe E. Barcroft, to associate professor of Spanish and secondary learning acquisition

Perry E. Bickel, to associate professor of medicine

Christopher A. Bracey, to professor of law

Lingchei Letty Chen, to associate professor of Chinese language and literature

Zhoufeng Chen, to associate professor of anesthesiology, effective Feb. 1, 2006, with tenure effective Dec. 1, 2006.

Michael R. Chicoine, to associate professor of neurological surgery, tenure effective Oct. 6, 2006

Matthew B. Dobbs, to associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, effective Jan. 1, 2007, with tenure effective March 2, 2007

Matthew Erlin, to associate professor of Germanic languages and literatures

Timothy A. Graubert, to associate professor of medicine

Robert O. Heuckeroth, to associate professor of pediatrics, effective Sept. 1, 2006 with tenure effective Oct. 6, 2006

Catherine C. Keane, to associate professor of classics

F. Scott Kieff, to professor of law

Henric Krawczynski, to associate professor of physics

Katharine Kuharic, to associate professor of art

William R. McKelvy, to associate professor of English

Andrew Rehfeld, to associate professor of political science

Rick W. Wright, to associate professor of orthopaedic surgery, effective Jan. 1, 2007, with tenure effective March 2, 2007

Appointment with tenure

Jeffrey F. Peipert, as professor of obstetrics and gynecology and as vice chairman of clinical research in obstetrics and gynecology, effective Jan. 1, 2006, with tenure effective Oct. 6, 2006

Granting of tenure

Allan Doctor, as associate professor of pediatrics, effective Oct. 6, 2006

Hong Liu, as associate professor of finance