Eighteen SMU faculty members will begin the 2014-15 academic year with promotions after receiving tenure as associate professors or being named to full professorships.
The following individuals received tenure or promotion effective Monday, Sept. 1, 2014:
Cox School of Business
Recommended for promotion to Full Professor:
- Richard Briesch, Marketing
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences
Recommended for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor:
- Austin Baldwin, Psychology
- Bo Chen, Economics
- Jodi Cooley-Sekula, Physics
- Sunday Eiselt, Anthropology
- Daniel Reynolds, Mathematics
- David Rosenfield, Psychology
- Brandilyn Stigler, Mathematics
- Hiroki Takeuchi, Political Science
Recommended for promotion to Full Professor:
- Andrew Graybill, History
- David Haynes, English (Creative Writing)
- Neil Tabor, Earth Sciences
Dedman School of Law
Recommended for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor:
- Meghan Ryan, Law (criminal law and procedure, torts, law and science, intellectual property, capital punishment)
Recommended for promotion to Full Professor:
- Jeffrey Kahn, Law (U.S. constitutional law, Russian law, human rights, counterterrorism)
- Mary Spector, Law (consumer credit law, landlord-tenant law, clinical legal education, co-director of the SMU Civil Clinic)
Meadows School of the Arts
Recommended for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor:
- Ann Schilling, Theatre
Recommended for promotion to Full Professor:
- Pamela Patton, Art History
Perkins School of Theology
Recommended for promotion to Full Professor:
- Susanne Scholz, Old Testament
