April 2019 BOV personnel resolutions
The William & Mary Board of Visitors approved several personnel resolutions at its April 2019 meeting regarding faculty promotions, designated professorships, leaves of absence, tenure and the appointment of instructional faculty, an executive appointment and retirements. The BOV also approved a special resolution in honor of Provosot Michael R. Halleran. - Ed.
The following members of the instructional faculty have been recommended for promotion in academic rank:
Clinical Assistant Professor to Clinical Associate Professor:
David E. Boelzner, Law School
Elizabeth P. Foster, Mason School of Business
Clinical Associate Professor to Clinical Professor:
Dawn Edmiston, Mason School of Business
Deborah A. Hewitt, Mason School of Business
David H. Murray, Mason School of Business
Research Associate Professor to Research Professor:
Marjorie A.M. Friedrichs, School of Marine Science
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
Jay Butler, Law School
Associate Professor to Professor
Bruce B. Campbell, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Michael A. Daise, Department of Religious Studies
Danielle H. Dallaire, Department of Psychological Sciences
Melanie Dawson, Department of English
Sarah Day, Department of Mathematics
Mark H. Forsyth, Department of Biology
Leah F. Glenn, Department of Theatre, Speech, and Dance
Michael F. Leruth, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Michael G. Luchs, Mason School of Business
Alexander Prokhorov, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
Robert T. Vinson, Department of History and Africana Studies Program
Gexin Yu, Department of Mathematics
Michael A. Unger, School of Marine Science
Gang Zhou, Department of Computer Science
The following members of the instructional faculty have been appointed to fill vacancies in the instructional faculty:
PEGGY AGOURIS, Professor of Computer Science without tenure, effective July 1, 2019
ZACH S. CONRAD, Assistant Professor of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, effective August 10, 2019
KATHERINE MIMS CROCKER, Assistant Professor of Law, effective May 25, 2019
ROBIN ELLIS, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures, effective August 10, 2019
FAN GE, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, effective August 10, 2019
MYRISHA S. LEWIS, Assistant Professor of Law, effective May 25, 2019
JENNIFER A. LORDEN, Assistant Professor of English, effective August 10, 2019
LEANDRA PARRIS, Assistant Professor in School Psychology, effective August 10, 2019
FIONA SHEN-BAYH, Assistant Professor of Government, effective August 10, 2019
ANTHONY STEFANIDIS, Professor of Computer Science without tenure, effective August 10, 2019
LESLIE A. STREET, Director of the Wolf Law Library and Clinical Professor of Legal Research, effective July 10, 2019
ELIZABETH TALBOTT, Professor in Special Education, effective August 10, 2019
TATE TWINAM, Assistant Professor of Economics, effective August 10, 2019
PAUL AUGUST VIERTHALER, Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures, effective August 10, 2019
The following faculty members have requested a leave of absence during the 2018-2019 academic year:
R. BENEDITO FERRÃO, Assistant Professor of English and Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies, to accept a Fulbright Fellowship in India for the 2019-20 academic year.
JONATHAN GLASSER, Associate Professor of Anthropology, to accept a fellowship with the Paris Institute for Advanced Study during the 2019-20 academic year.
ADAM S. POTKAY, Professor of English and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Humanities, to pursue professional activities durinig academic years 2019-20 and 2020-21.
CHITRALEKHA ZUTSHI, James Pinckney Harrison Professor of History, to participate in an exchange program with the University of Leiden, Netherlands during the Spring 2020 semester.
The following members of the instructional faculty have been recommended for the award of academic tenure:
Elizabeth Talbott, School of Education
The following people have been recommended for designated professorships:
MYRIAM L. COTTEN, Mansfield Associate Professor of Applied Science
LESLIE W. GRANT, Dorman Family Term Distinguished Associate Professor of Education
TARA L. GROVE, Mills E. Godwin, Jr. Professor of Law
AUDREY J. HORNING, Forrest D. Murden, Jr. Professor of Anthropology
ANYA LUNDEN, Class of 2022 Associate Professor of English
CHRISTINE PETROVITS, Mansfield Associate Professor of Accounting
The following people have retired from W&M and been given emeritus or emerita status:
WILLIAM L. STAUFFER JR., Raymond A. Mason School of Business
ROBERT H. STOWERS, Raymond A. Mason School of Business
WILLIAM ROYCE STEWART JR., Raymond A. Mason School of Business
LAWRENCE J. RING, Raymond A. Mason School of Business
GAIL A. McEACHRON, School of Education
LORI A. KORINEK, School of Education
DEBORAH ALLEN HEWITT, Raymond A. Mason School of Business
JAMES S. HELLER, William & Mary Law School
BRUCE B. CAMPBELL, Department of Modern Languages & Literatures
The following person was appointed to an executive position at W&M:
PEGGY AGOURIS (Read the W&M News story)