2021 Promoted and Tenured Faculty

Promotion and tenure mark major milestones in the academic lives of NC State faculty. Promoted faculty have met rigorous standards in their realms of responsibility, and tenured faculty have made a significant impact in their discipline.

“Our faculty are among the brightest, most innovative minds in the country,” said Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Warwick Arden. “Their work remains a critical component in the progress toward our strategic plan goals and our ability to provide a world-class education to students and make an indelible impact in our community.”

Promoted and tenured faculty in all disciplines play an integral role in advancing NC State’s mission and vision, and in achieving the university’s strategic goals to better serve fellow faculty, staff, students and the greater community.

“With promotion and tenure come expanded opportunities for our faculty to exhibit their expertise, expand their teaching and research activities, and elevate their ability to serve within their fields,” said Senior Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs Katharine Stewart. “I look forward to the continued personal and professional growth of our faculty and to seeing what they will do at NC State in the future.”

Congratulations to all newly-promoted and tenured faculty for their accomplishments and significant contributions to the success of academics at NC State.

Newly Promoted Faculty

• Aram Amassian, professor, materials science and engineering
• Helen Armstrong, professor, graphic design and industrial design
• Peter Askim, teaching professor, music
• Maria Avramova, professor, nuclear engineering
• Michelle Bartlett, associate teaching professor, educational leadership, policy and human development
• Autumn Belk, teaching professor, health and exercise studies
• RaJade M. Berry-James, professor, public and international affairs
• Cheryl Block, associate teaching professor, foreign languages and literatures
• Belle Boggs, professor, English
• Igor Bolotnov, professor, nuclear engineering
• Craig Kwesi Brookins, professor, psychology
• Helen Burgess, professor, English
• Jennifer Burnette, professor, psychology
• Medwick Byrd, teaching professor, forest biomaterials
• Jennifer Campbell, teaching professor, biological sciences
• Sarah Carrier, professor, teacher education and learning sciences
• Emiel DenHartog, professor, textile engineering, chemistry and science
• Cynthia Edgington, associate teaching professor, science, technology, engineering and mathematics education
• William Enck, professor, computer science
• Elizabeth Fath, teaching professor, health and exercise studies
• Valerie Faulkner, teaching professor, teacher education and learning sciences
• Callie Fogle, clinical professor, clinical sciences
• Carla Fröhlich, professor, physics
• Reza Ghiladi, professor, chemistry
• Carolina Gill, professor, graphic design and industrial design
• Alison Greene, associate teaching professor, sociology and anthropology
• Rachana Gupta, teaching professor, electrical and computer engineering
• Adam Hartstone-Rose, professor, biological sciences
• Naji Husseini, associate teaching professor, biomedical engineering
• Joanne Intile, associate clinical professor, clinical sciences
• Brian Jackson, professor, horticultural science
• Ivan Kandilov, professor, agricultural and resource economics
• James Kerns, professor, entomology and plant pathology
• James Kiwanuka-Tondo, professor, communication
• Olga Kleiankina, teaching professor, music
• James Kneller, professor, physics
• Bongmook Lee, associate research professor, electrical and computer engineering
• Marce Lorenzen, professor, entomology and plant pathology
• Lucian Lucia, professor, forest biomaterials
• Andre Mazzoleni, professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Susana Milla-Lewis, professor, crop and soil sciences
• Dmitri Mitin, associate teaching professor, public and international affairs
• Eric Money, associate teaching professor, forestry and environmental resources
• James Mulholland, professor, English
• Nathan Nelson, clinical professor, molecular biomedical sciences
• Brendan O’Connor, professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Christopher Osburn, professor, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences
• Travis Park, professor, agricultural and human sciences
• Sunkyu Park, professor, forest biomaterials
• Denis Pelletier, professor, economics
• Jeffrey Pollack, professor, management, innovation and entrepreneurship
• Marcela Rojas-Pierce, professor, plant and microbial biology
• Dorith Rotenberg, professor, entomology and plant pathology
• Korinn Saker, professor, molecular biomedical sciences
• Jessica Schmidt, associate teaching professor, computer science
• Julieta Sherk, professor, horticultural science
• David Skaar, associate research professor, biological sciences
• Margaret Stiffler, teaching professor, sociology and anthropology
• Michael Taveirne, associate teaching professor, biological sciences
• Stephen Terry, associate research professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Carrie Thomas, teaching professor, marine, earth and atmospheric sciences
• Giuseppe Valacchi, professor, animal science
• Ranga Vatsavai, professor, computer science

Newly Tenured Faculty

• Milad Abolhasani, associate professor, chemical and biomolecular engineering
• Veronica Augustyn, associate professor, materials science and engineering
• Ashley Brown, associate professor, biomedical engineering
• Christy Byrd, associate professor, teacher education and learning sciences
• Eric Chi, associate professor, statistics 
• Eduardo Corral, associate professor, English
• Qiana Cryer-Coupet, associate professor, social work
• Joseph Donaldson, associate professor, agricultural and human sciences
• Xiaolin Duan, associate professor, history
• Veljko Dubljevic, associate professor, philosophy and religious studies
• Kevin Flores, associate professor, mathematics
• Donald Freytes, associate professor, biomedical engineering
• Ronalds Gonzalez, associate professor, forest biomaterials
• Liara Gonzalez, associate professor, clinical sciences
• Matthew Green, associate professor, physics
• Tara Harrison, associate professor, clinical sciences
• Ricardo Hernandez, associate professor, horticultural science
• Jessica Hunt, associate professor, teacher education and learning sciences
• Arun Kumar Kota, associate professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Timothy Kraft, associate professor, business management
• Divine Kumah, associate professor, physics
• Tye Lidman, associate professor, mathematics
• Xu Liu, associate professor, computer science
• Jennifer Luff, associate professor, population health and pathobiology
• Delisia Matthews, associate professor, textile and apparel, technology and management
• Paula McAvoy, associate professor, teacher education and learning sciences
• Alicia McGill, associate professor, history
• Stefano Menegatti, associate professor, chemical and biomolecular engineering
• Kristen Messenger, associate professor, molecular biomedical sciences
• Christopher Parnin, associate professor, computer science
• Carrie Pickworth, associate professor, animal science
• Jane Porterfield, associate professor, textile and apparel, technology and management
• Elizabeth Powell, associate professor, management, innovation and entrepreneurship
• Benjamin Reading, associate professor, applied ecology 
• Radmila Sazdanovic, associate professor, mathematics
• Kathryn Stevenson, associate professor, parks, recreation and tourism management
• Bradley Taylor, associate professor, applied ecology
• Matthew Vann, associate professor, crop and soil sciences
• Christopher Vermillion, associate professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Hans Westermeyer, associate professor, clinical sciences
• Robert Whited, associate professor, accounting
• Luo Xiao, associate professor, statistics
• Ge Yang, associate professor, nuclear engineering
• Shu Yang, associate professor, statistics
• Jie Yin, associate professor, mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Yihui Zhou, associate professor, biological sciences

This post was originally published in Provost's Office News.