The University of Nebraska–Lincoln awarded promotion and/or tenure to 98 faculty in 2019. Faculty were honored April 23 during a celebration at the Lincoln Station.

Faculty receiving honors are listed below and at 2019 Promotion and Tenure.

2019 Promotion and Tenure List

Promoted to Full Professor

• Humberto Blanco, Agronomy and Horticulture
• Kristen Blankley, Law
• Thomas Burkey, Animal Science
• Mehmet Can Vuran, Computer Science and Engineering
• Yasar Demirel, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
• Richard Endacott, Theatre and Film
• Mikil Foss, Mathematics
• Sarah Gervais, Psychology
• Mark Griep, Chemistry
• Linxia Gu, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
• Adam Houston, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
• Elizabeth Jones, Civil Engineering
• Wendy Katz, Art, Art History and Design
• James MacDonald, Animal Science
• Timothy Nelson, Psychology
• Kristen Olson, Sociology
• Bradley Shadwick, Physics and Astronomy
• Jordan Soliz, Communication Studies
• Greg Somerville, Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
• Gerald Steinacher, History
• Zhenghong Tang, Community and Regional Planning
• Robert Williams, Mechanical and Materials Engineering
• Brenda Wristen, Music
• Bin Yu, Biological Sciences

Promoted to Full Professor of Practice

• Kathryn Hanford, Statistics
• Rosemarie Holz, Women's and Gender Studies

Granted Tenure

• Andreia Bianchini Huebner, Food Science and Technology

Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure

• Simanti Banerjee, Agricultural Economics
• Demet Batur, Supply Chain Management and Analytics
• Kathleen Brooks, Agricultural Economics
• Weiwen Chai, Nutrition and Health Sciences
• Christopher Chizinski, Natural Resources
• Ozan Ciftci, Food Science and Technology
• James Coltrain, History
• Nathan Conner, Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
• Brian Couch, Biological Sciences
• Jenny Dauer, Natural Resources
• Joseph Dauer, Natural Resources
• Lorna Dawes, University Libraries
• Dipti Dev, Child, Youth and Family Studies
• Nikolaos Dimotakis, Management
• Mary Drewnoski, Animal Science
• Sydney Everhart, Plant Pathology
• Matthias Fuchs, Physics and Astronomy
• Yufeng Ge, Biological Systems Engineering
• Christopher Gustafson, Agricultural Economics
• David Hall, Music
• Lindsay Hastings, Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
• Deryl Hatch-Tocaimaza, Educational Administration
• Carolyn Heitman, Anthropology
• Jennifer Keshwani, Biological Systems Engineering
• Dane Kiambi, Journalism and Mass Communications
• Alexey Kovalev, Physics and Astronomy
• Yvonne Lai, Mathematics
• Kyungyong Lee, Mathematics
• Joe Louis, Entomology
• Larry McElravy, Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communication
• Stephen Morin, Chemistry
• Francisco Munoz-Arriola, Biological Systems Engineering
• Maital Neta, Psychology
• Elizabeth Niehaus, Educational Administration
• Stanislava Nikolova, Finance
• Jenna Pieper, Management
• Santosh Pitla, Biological Systems Engineering
• Heather Rasmussen, Nutrition and Health Sciences
• Philip Sapirstein, Art, Art History and Design
• James Schnable, Agronomy and Horticulture
• John Shrader, Journalism and Mass Communications
• Jeffrey Smith, Sociology
• Aaron Sutherlen, Art, Art History and Design
• Adam Wagler, Journalism and Mass Communications
• Cory Walters, Agricultural Economics
• Tara Warner, Sociology
• Natalie Williams, Child, Youth and Family Studies
• Xiaoshan Xu, Physics and Astronomy

Promoted to Associate Professor

• Joanna Hergenreder, Technical Agriculture
• Eric Weaver, Biological Sciences

Promoted to Associate Professor of Practice

• Kathy Castle, Communication Studies
• Abla Hasan, Modern Languages and Literatures
• Kelly Kingsbury-Brunetto, Modern Languages and Literatures
• Erin Sayer, Biochemistry
• Ann Tschetter, History
• Tyler White, Political Science

Promoted to Research Full Professor

• Gustavo Delhon, Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
• Tsegaye Tadesse, Natural Resources

Promoted to Research Associate Professor

• Jacqueline Huscroft-D'Angelo, Special Education and Communication Disorders
• Lorey Wheeler, Children, Youth, Families and Schools

Promoted to Extension Educator

• Donnia Behrends, Nutrition and Health Sciences
• Leonardo Gonzalez, Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center - Northeast
• Wayne Ohnesorg, Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center - Northeast
• Natalie Sehi, Nutrition and Health Sciences
• John Thomas, Panhandle Research and Extension Center

Promoted to Associate Extension Educator

• Karly Black, Eastern Research and Extension Center - Southeast
• Chandra Giles, Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center - Northeast
• Jim Jansen, Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center - Northeast
• Nathan Mueller, Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center - Metro
• Ashley Mueller, Nebraska Extension
• Marilyn Schlake, Agricultural Economics