2020 Promotion and Tenure

76 faculty were promoted in rank this year, signaling the LSU’s commendation of their achievements and investment in their future endeavors. Of these, 48 were granted tenure, a special affirmation of their contributions to LSU’s tripartite mission of teaching, research, and service. Consideration for promotion and tenure is a process of over a year’s worth of in-depth review by LSU faculty and external reviewers from academia. After review by those in a faculty member’s given discipline, dossiers are reviewed by a Provost’s Advisory Committee of graduate faculty and by the Executive Vice President & Provost, then ultimately by the President for final approval.

Promotion from Associate Professor to Professor

Michael D. Kaller, College of Agriculture, Renewable Natural Resources
Wei-ling Song, College of Business, Finance
Michael Benton, College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Xin Li, College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Isabelina Nahmens, College of Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering
Jan Hondzinski, College of Human Sciences & Education, Kinesiology
Boryung Ju, College of Human Sciences & Education, Library & Information Science
Suzanne Marie Stauffer, College of Human Sciences & Education, Library & Information Science
Arend W. Van Gemmert, College of Human Sciences & Education, Kinesiology
Neila Donovan, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Patricia A. Suchy, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Communication Studies
Pallavi Rastogi, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, English
Rafael Orozco, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Foreign Language & Literatures
Lei Wang, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Geography & Anthropology
Alecia Long, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, History
Margherita Zanasi, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, History
Jon Cogburn, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Philosophy & Religious Studies
Paula K. Arai, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Philosophy & Religious Studies
Bret Elder, College of Science, Biological Sciences
Prosanta Chakrabarty, College of Science, Biological Sciences
Sophie Warny Bart, College of Science, Geology &Geophysics
Hongchao Zhang, College of Science, Mathematics
Phuc Cong Nguyen, College of Science, Mathematics
Nathalie Rademacher, School of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor with Tenure

Casey Stannard, College of Agriculture, Textiles, Apparel Design & Merchandising
Qiankun Zhou, College of Business, Economics
Haitao Mo, College of Business, Finance
Suzette Caleo, College of Business, Public Administration
Adam T. Melvin, College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering
Shengli Chen, College of Engineering, Civil Environmental Engineering
Anas Mahmoud, College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Xiangwei Zhou, College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Qingyang Wang, College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Mehdi Farasat, College of Engineering, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Mehdi Zeidouni, College of Engineering, Petroleum Engineering, Craft & Hawkins
J. Michael Martinez, College of Human Sciences & Education, Kinesiology
Edward Benoit, III, College of Human Sciences & Education, Library & Information Science
J. Brenton Stewart, College of Human Sciences & Education, Library & Information Science
Todd Gibson, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Communication Sciences & Disorders
Emily King, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, English
Jason Buch, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, English
Kory Konsoer, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Geography & Anthropology
Asiya Alam, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, History
Brendan Karch, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, History
Catherine Jacquet, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, History
Bradley Storin, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Philosophy & Religious Studies
Kathleen Searles Nickerson, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science
Yann Kerevel, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science
Anna C. J. Long, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology
Matthew Calamia, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology
Matthew Valasik, College of Humanities & Social Sciences, Sociology
Darrel Hale, College of Music & Dramatic Arts, School of Music
Edgar Berdahl, College of Music & Dramatic Arts, School of Music
Matthew Vangjel, College of Music & Dramatic Arts, School of Music
Nick "Trey" Davis, College of Music & Dramatic Arts, School of Music
Kyla Kazuschyk, College of Music & Dramatic Arts, Theater
Brant Faircloth, College of Science, Biological Sciences
Revati Kumar, College of Science, Chemistry
Joyoni Dey, College of Science, Physics & Astronomy
Slawomir M. Lomnicki, College of the Coast & Environment, Environmental Sciences
Junhong Liang, College of the Coast & Environment, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Michael Polito, College of the Coast & Environment, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Tracy Quirk, College of the Coast & Environment, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Zuo (George) Xue, College of the Coast & Environment, Oceanography & Coastal Sciences
Jun Heo, Mass Communication
Nathan Kalmoe, Mass Communication

Promotion to Professional-in-Residence

Stephanie Heumann, College of Engineering, Construction Management

Research Series Promotions

Gregory B. Upton, Jr., promoted from assistant professir - research to associate professor - research, ORED, Center for Energy Studies
Yaneng Zhou, promoted from Postdoctoral ResearcherAssistant Professor - Research, College of Engineering, Center for Geoinformatics

Clinical Series Promotion

Bonnie Boudreaux, promoted from Associate Professor of Clinical Veterinary Medicine to Professor of Clinical Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Clinical Sciences