April 2018 BOV personnel resolutions
The William & Mary Board of Visitors approved several personnel resolutions at its April 2018 meeting regarding faculty promotions, designated professorships, leaves of absence, tenure, retirements, the appointment of an executive faculty member, and the appointment of instructional faculty. - Ed.
The following members of the instructional faculty have been recommended for promotion in academic rank:
Associate Professor to Professor
ERIC J. HILTON, School of Marine Science
MICHAEL A. KORDOSKY, Department of Physics
SCOTT MCCOY, Mason School of Business
IRINA NOVIKOVA, Department of Physics
BARBETTE S. SPAETH, Department of Classical Studies
SIMON A. STOW, Department of Government
PATRICIA L. VAHLE, Department of Physics
DENISE D. WADE, Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance
ELIZABETH A. WILEY, Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance
LAURIE J. WOLF, Department of Theatre, Speech and Dance
Clinical Assistant Professor to Clinical Associate Professor
LAURA R. KILLINGER, William & Mary Law School
Research Associate Professor to Research Professor
JOSEPH ZHANG, School of Marine Science
The following members of the instructional faculty have been recommended for designated professorships:
JAMES P. BARBER, Clark G. and Elizabeth H. Diamond Term Associate Professor of Education
LAURA A. HEYMANN, Chancellor Professor of Law
SHANTÁ D. HINTON, Class of 2021 Associate Professor of Biology
SIMON P. JOYCE, Sara & Jess Cloud Professor of English
BETSY O. KONEFAL, Class of 1952 Distinguished Term Associate Professor of History
JACK B. MARTIN, Chancellor Professor of English and Linguistics
GUILIA PACINI, Robert and Sarah Boyd Term Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies
THOMAS B. PAYNE, David N. and Margaret C. Bottoms Professor of Musicology
The following faculty members have requested a leave of absence during the 2018-2019 academic year:
JESSICA L. PAGA, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies, to accept a fellowship at the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C.
ADAM S. POTKAY, Professor of English and William R. Kenan Professor of Humanities, to serve as the Laurence T. Rockefeller Visiting Professor of Distinguished Teaching at the Center for Human Values at Princeton University
NATHAN J. RABALAIS, Assistant Professor of French & Francophone Studies, to accept a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
BARBETTE S. SPAETH, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, to serve as Mellon Professor in Charge at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, Italy
The following member of the instructional faculty has been recommended for the award of academic tenure:
KATHERINE A. ROWE, Professor of English, effective July 1, 2018
The following people have announced their plans for retirement:
PATRICIA KELLY CHARLES, Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
RANDALL G. DRAKE, Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
JAMES R. HALTINER, Raymond A. Mason School of Business
KENNETH A. MOORE, School of Marine Science
PHILIP B. SHANE, Raymond A. Mason School of Business
KIM P. WHITLEY, Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences
The following appointment was made to fill a vacancy in the executive faculty:
AMY SEBRING, Vice President for Finance and Chief Financial Officer, effective April 20, 2018
The following people have been appointed to to fill vacancies in the instructional faculty:
MITCHELL BROWN, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
JON PINEDA, Assistant Professor of English
KATHERINE ANANDI ROWE, Professor of English
XIAOWEN TAKKALA, Assistant Professor of Psychological Sciences
ANDREW TOBOLOWSKY, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
RACHEL VARRA, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures and Linguistics