Eighteen distinguished SMU faculty members are newly tenured as associate professors or have been promoted to full professorships to begin the 2016-17 academic year.
The following individuals received tenure or promotion effective Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016:
Cox School of Business
Recommended for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor:
- Michael Braun, Marketing
Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences
Recommended for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor:
- Heather DeShon, Earth Sciences
- Scott Norris, Mathematics
- Rubén Sánchez-Godoy, World Languages and Literatures (Spanish)
- Hervé Tchumkam, World Languages and Literatures (French)
- Nicolay Tsarevsky, Chemistry
Recommended for promotion to Full Professor:
- Matthew Hornbach, Earth Sciences
- Thomas Knock, History
- Rajani Sudan, English
Dedman School of Law
Recommended for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor:
- W. Keith Robinson, Law (patent law, intellectual property)
- David O. Taylor, Law (patent law, patent litigation, federal civil procedure, appellate advocacy, contract law)
Lyle School of Engineering
Recommended for promotion to Full Professor:
- Ping (Peggy) Gui, Electrical Engineering
Meadows School of the Arts
Recommended for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor:
- Jake Batsell, Journalism
- Hye Jin Yoon, Advertising
Recommended for promotion to Full Professor:
- H. Clifton Forbis, Music (Voice)
- Adam Herring, Art History
- Lisa Pon, Art History
Perkins School of Theology
Recommended for promotion to Full Professor:
- Jaime Clark-Soles, Theology (New Testament)