Eighty-four faculty were honored Feb. 5 during Emory University’s Newly Tenured and Promoted Faculty Reception. The annual event celebrated faculty who earned tenure or tenured faculty who were promoted to a higher rank during the 2023-24 academic year.
During the event, Lanny S. Liebeskind, interim provost; Adam Rogers 92C 96M, chair of the Emory Board of Trustees’ Academic Affairs Committee; and Pearl K. Dowe, vice provost for faculty affairs, congratulated the faculty and highlighted the contributions they make at Emory each day, from innovative research to student success to global impacts.
“Having been a faculty member for more than 46 years — 40 of those here at Emory — and having gone through the process myself, I know how meaningful earning tenure and achieving promotion is,” said Liebeskind. “It is a sustained journey representing years of great effort and intense focus and dedication.”
The recognized cohort includes:
- 18 faculty appointed to Full Professor with grant of tenure
- 9 faculty appointed to Associate Professor with grant of tenure
- 25 faculty promoted to Associate Professor with grant of tenure
- 13 faculty granted tenure in the current rank and
- 19 tenured faculty promoted to Full Professor.
“Every board member is deeply committed to Emory, as are you,” said Rogers. “We take what you all have accomplished, and the tenure and promotion process, very seriously because it's something that's important to the university, to its future, to the students that are here and to everything that you do.”
"I cannot say how impressive the scope, the breadth, the impact of the work of everyone in this room,” added Dowe. “The time and the dedication you have given to our students and this institution is remarkable, and we are grateful.”
Tenured and Promoted Faculty 2023-24
Antonio Alonso Associate Professor of Theology and Culture Danielle Tumminio Hansen Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Spiritual Care Jacob Wright Professor of Hebrew Bible Idowu (Jola) Ajibade Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences Daniela Buccella Professor of Chemistry Kaiji Chen Professor of Economics Heather Christle Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing Hun Chung Associate Professor of Quantitative Theory and Methods Susan Gagliardi Professor of Art History Irving Goh Professor of Comparative Literature Jo Guldi Professor of Quantitative Theory and Methods Rachel Hall-Clifford Associate Professor of Human Health and Sociology Alejandro Herrero-Olaizola Professor of Spanish Krzysztof Karbownik Associate Professor of Economics Aubrey Kelly Associate Professor of Psychology Kyungmin (Teddy) Kim Professor of Economics Barbara Krauthamer Professor of History Nelson Lind Associate Professor of Economics John Lindo Associate Professor of Anthropology Jinyu Liu Professor of History Jared Medina Associate Professor of Psychology Noe Montez Associate Professor of Theater Studies Megan Oínel Associate Professor of Art History Elena Pesavento Professor of Economics Monika Raj Professor of Chemistry Yolanda Rankin Associate Professor of Computer Sciences Pedro Santíanna Associate Professor of Economics Dan Sinykin Associate Professor of English Beretta Smith-Shomade Professor of Film and Media Chris Suh Associate Professor of History Michael Treadway Professor of Psychology Gonzalo Vazquez-Prokopec Professor of Environmental Sciences An Weihua Professor of Sociology and Quantitative Theory and Methods Wei Wu Associate Professor of Religion Yuanzhe Xi Associate Professor of Mathematics Gregory Zinman Associate Professor of Film and Media Panagiotis Adamopoulos Associate Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management Cassandra Estep Associate Professor of Accounting Rajiv Garg Associate Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management Ikseon Choi Professor of Nursing Badia Ahad-Legardy Professor of English Nicholas Fesette Associate Professor of Theater Devon Goss Associate Professor of Sociology Alix Olson Associate Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Deric Shannon Professor of Sociology Salmon Shomade Professor of Political Science Erin Tarver Professor of Philosophy Daniel Walter Associate Professor of German and Linguistics Solveig Cunningham Professor of Global Health Natalie Dean Associate Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Todd Everson Associate Professor of Environmental Health Chandra Ford Professor of Behavioral, Social and Health Education Sciences Dayna Johnson Associate Professor of Epidemiology Matthew Magee Associate Professor of Global Health Shivani Patel Associate Professor of Global Health Jessica Sales Professor of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences Amit Shah Associate Professor of Epidemiology Melissa Young Associate Professor of Global Health Deepa Das Acevedo Associate Professor of Law Ifeoma Ajunwa Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law Mark Nevitt Associate Professor of Law Kevin Quinn Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law Lindsey Simon Associate Professor of Law Stacie Strong Professor of Law Martin Sybblis Associate Professor of Law Jessica Alvarez Associate Professor of Medicine Michael Borich Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine Steven Bosinger Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Candace Floyd Professor of Emergency Medicine Thota Ganesh Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology Colleen Kelley Professor of Medicine Trisha Kesar Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine Vibha Lama Professor of Medicine Elizabeth Leslie Associate Professor of Human Genetics Zhiyong Lin Associate Professor of Medicine Nathalie Maitre Professor of Pediatrics Vasiliki Michopoulos Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Machelle Pardue Professor of Ophthalmology Molly Perkins Professor of Medicine Carlos Sanchez Moreno Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Ravi Thadhani Professor of Medicine Elizabeth Vaughan Professor of Medicine Richard Wainford Professor of Medicine Jindan Yu Professor of Urology