Board of Regents announces KU promotions and tenure

The Kansas Board of Regents has approved promotions and tenure for KU and KU Medical Center faculty, curators and researchers for 2003-04.

Lawrence campus recipients
To full professor
• Danny Anderson, Spanish and Portuguese
• Alice Bean, physics and astronomy
• Monica Biernat, psychology
• Walter Clark, music and dance
• Michael Ettredge, business
• Siyuan Han, physics and astronomy
• Anita Herzfeld, Latin American studies
• Christopher Johnson, music and dance
• Cynthia Larive, chemistry
• Judith McCrea, art
• Richard Prum, ecology and evolutionary biology
• Christian Schoneich, pharmaceutical chemistry
• Val Smith, environmental studies/ecology and evolutionary biology
• Rodolfo Torres, mathematics
• Peter Ukpokodu, African and African-American studies
• Judy Wu, physics and astronomy

To associate professor with tenure
• Christopher Anderson, business
• Paul Atchley, psychology
• Matthew Buechner, molecular biosciences
• Byron Caminero-Santangelo, English
• Kathryn Conrad, English
• James Daugherty, music and dance
• Donald Haider-Markel, political science
• Eric Hanley, sociology
• Tanya Hartman, art
• Stephen Ilardi, psychology
• Stephen Kapp, social welfare
• Melinda Lacy, pharmacy practice
• Shane Lopez, psychology and research in education
• Jeffrey Moran, history
• Cornel Pewewardy, teaching and leadership
• Theresa Shireman, pharmacy practice
• Hong-Guo Xu, mathematics

To associate specialist
• Antha Cotten-Spreckelmeyer, humanities and Western civilization

To senior curator
• Richard Prum, Natural History Museum

Awarded tenure
• David Andrews, electrical engineering and computer science
• James Ellis, teaching and leadership
• Mark Joslyn, political science
• Lyn Wolz, university libraries

Med Center recipients
To full professor
• Helen Connors, nursing
• Dianne Durham, otolaryngology and head neck surgery
• Douglas A. Girod, otolaryngology and head neck surgery
• Steven M. Levine, molecular and integrative physiology
• Joan McDowd, occupational therapy
• John S. Neuberger, preventive medicine and public health
• Kenneth R. Peterson, biochemistry and molecular biology
• Edward B. Stephens, anatomy and cell biology
• Ossama W. Tawfik, pathology and laboratory medicine
• Robert R. Wittler, pediatrics (Wichita)

To clinical professor
• David Pinson, pathology and laboratory medicine

To associate professor with tenure
• Matthew S. Mayo, preventive medicine and public health
• Martha M. Montello, history and philosophy of medicine
• Warren B. Nothnick, obstetrics and gynecology
• Debra Sullivan, dietetics/nutrition
• Kimberly J. Templeton, surgery
• Douglas E. Wright, anatomy and cell biology

To associate professor (non-tenure track)
• Sharon E. Cain, psychiatry and behavioral sciences
• Dean M. Reker, health policy and management
• Grace H. Shih, anesthesiology
• Scott W. Roberts, obstetrics and gynecology (Wichita)

To clinical associate professor
• Mary C. Boyce family and community medicine (Wichita)
• Ronald C. Brown, family and community medicine (Wichita)
• Bruce R. Buhr, surgery (Wichita)
• Sally A. Frutiger, neurology
• Kore K. Liow, internal medicine (Wichita)
• Gregory M. Thomas, family and community medicine (Wichita)

To research associate professor
• Shilpa J. Buch, microbiology, molecular genetics and immunology
• Robin L. Maser, biochemistry and molecular biology
• Marilyn S. Smith, molecular genetics and immunology

Awarded tenure
• Edward F. Ellerbeck, preventive medicine and public health