Promotion and Tenure was approved for the following faculty members effective July 1, 2012:

Sue Alessandri, promoted to Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism and awarded tenure

Elif Armbruster, promoted to Associate Professor of English and awarded tenure

Eric Dewar, promoted to Associate Professor of Biology and awarded tenure

Nir Eisikovits, promoted to Associate Professor of Philosophy and awarded tenure

Teri Fair, promoted to Associate Professor of Government and awarded tenure

Peter Jeffreys, promoted to Associate Professor of English and awarded tenure

Xinxin Jiang, promoted to Associate Professor of Math and Computer Science and awarded tenure

Graham Kelder, promoted to Associate Professor of Government and awarded tenure

Micky Lee, promoted to Associate Professor of Communication and Journalism and awarded tenure

Iani Moreno, promoted to Associate Professor of World Languages and Cultural Studies and awarded tenure

Prashant Sharma, promoted to Associate Professor of Physics and awarded tenure

Sean Solley, promoted to Associate Professor of the New England School of Art and Design and awarded tenure

Honggang Zhang, promoted to Associate Professor of Math and Computer Science and awarded tenure

Sabbatical Leaves were approved for the following faculty members for AY 2012-2013:

Carolyn Boyes-Watson, Professor of Sociology

Richard Chambers, Associate Professor of Theater Arts

Evgenia Cherkasova, Associate Professor of Philosophy

Lisa Coyne, Associate Professor of Psychology

Charles Cramer, Associate Professor of Humanities and Modern Languages

Roberto Dominguez, Associate Professor of Government

Nancy Hackett, Associate Professor of the New England School of Art and Design

Alison Kelly Hawke, Professor of Economics

Timothy Poynton, Associate Professor of Education and Human Services

James Ptacek, Professor of Sociology

Bryan Trabold, Associate Professor of English

Denyce Wicht, Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Yong Xue, Associate Professor of History