Full professors receive Jefferson Cup, other faculty recognized at Convocation
At this year’s University Convocation, Provost Joan Lorden recognized faculty members promoted to full professor. She and Faculty President Richard Leeman presented each a Jefferson Cup, originally designed by Thomas Jefferson. The cup is engraved with the UNC Charlotte logo, the faculty member’s name and the year recognized.
This year’s honorees were: Dean Adams, theatre; Dan Dupre, history; Jae Emerling, art and art history; David Fan, civil and environmental engineering; Dan Grano, communication studies; Valery Grdzelishvili, biological sciences; Jun-tao Guo, bioinformatics and genomics; Schnavia Hatcher, social work; Donna Kazemi, nursing; Pam Lassiter, counseling; Zhongjie Lin, architecture; Aidong Lu, computer science; Florence Martin, educational leadership; Jennifer Munroe, English; Teresa Petty, middle, secondary and K-12 education; Christine Richardson, biological sciences; Deb Ryan, architecture; Spencer Salas, middle, secondary and K-12 education; Ashli Stokes, communication studies; Lara Vetter, English; Marcia Watson, Turner School of Accountancy; and Justin Webb, management. (View images on Flickr.)
During Convocation, faculty members who have 25 years of University service and those who earned tenure were recognized, too.
Twenty-five year faculty members are Lynn Ahlgrim-Delzell, educational leadership; Harish Cherukuri, Robert Johnson and Stuart Smith, mechanical engineering and engineering science; Rosemary Hopcroft, sociology; Tony Jackson, English; David Langford and Jane Neese, nursing; Oscar Lansen, history; Greg Snyder, architecture; and Yanqing Sun, mathematics and statistics.
Faculty awarded tenure were George Banks, management; Jeanette Bennett and Sara Levens, psychological science; Erik Byker, reading and elementary education; Tara Cavalline, engineering technology and construction management; Jacqueline Chattopadhyay, political science and public administration; Gang Chen, geography and earth sciences; Joyce Dalsheim, global studies; Oscar De La Torre, Africana Studies; Erika Edwards, history; Paul Gaggl, economics; Tiffany Gallicano, communication studies; Susan Harden, middle, secondary and K-12 education; Babak Parkhideh, electrical and computer engineering; Trevor Pearce, philosophy; Vaughn Schmutz, sociology; Bao-Hua (Alysa) Song, biological sciences; Alireza Tabarraei, mechanical engineering and engineering science; Juan Vivero-Escoto and Michael Walter, chemistry; and Erik Waterkotte, art and art history.