CSULB Announces 66 Faculty for Tenure and Promotion
It is a pleasure to announce the tenure and promotion of 66 faculty members in the Division of Academic Affairs! Our newly promoted faculty demonstrate excellence in all areas of scholarship, teaching, and service. We commend their hard work and dedication to support our Beach students. Their appointments will be effective beginning Fall 2023. Congratulations to the following faculty members:
Sam Anvari
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
School of Art
Soyeon Kim
Early Tenure & Early Promotion to Associate Professor
School of Art
Mariah Proctor
Promotion to Full Professor
School of Art
Susan Joy Bloom
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Film & Electronic Arts
Jermie Arnold
Promotion to Full Professor
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Ray Briggs
Promotion to Full Professor
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Tamara Thies
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Bob Cole Conservatory of Music
Jennifer Howard
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Accountancy
Laura Gonzalez
Tenure & Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Finance
Hojong Shin
Early Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Finance
Mohamed Abdelhamid
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Information Systems
Hongyu Chen
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Information Systems
Myunggook Song
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Marketing
Edwin Achola
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Advanced Studies in Education & Counseling
Shametrice Davis
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Educational Leadership
Betina Hsieh
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Teacher Education
Oscar Navarro
Early Tenure & Early Promotion to Associate Professor
Department Teacher Education & Liberal Studies
Sara Moghtadernejad
Early Tenure & Early Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Yu Yang
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Pitiporn Asvapathanagul
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Civil Engineering & Construction Management
Andrea Calabrese
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering & Construction Management
Mohammadtaghi Rahmani
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Civil Engineering & Construction Management
Jelena Trajkovic
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Computer Engineering & Computer Science
Wenlu Zhang
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Computer Engineering & Computer Science
Aftab Ahmed
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Sean Seok-Chul Kwon
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
Navdeep Singh Dhillon
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Joseph Kalman
Early Tenure & Early Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Christine Scott-Hayward
Early Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
Michelle Barrack
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Family & Consumer Science
Roudi Roy
Early Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Family & Consumer Science
Selena Nguyen-Rodriguez
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Health Science
Michelle Alencar
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Melissa Bittner
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Mikiko Nakajima
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Kevin Valenzuela
Early Tenure & Early Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Kellie Walters
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Anne Fitzgerald
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
School of Nursing
Debra Rannalli
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
School of Nursing
Pamela Xandre
Promotion to Full Professor
School of Nursing
Jennifer Bagwell
Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Physical Therapy
Melissa Mathews
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Public Policy & Administration
Belinda Daughrity
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Speech Language & Pathology
Theresa Gregor
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of American Indian Studies
Kimberly Robertson
Tenure
Department of American Indian Studies
Jessica Elkin
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Communications Studies
Adam Kahn
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Communications Studies
Araceli Esparza
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of English
Linna Li
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Geography
Ann Kim
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Human Development
Haydee Lanza
Early Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Human Development
Kristy Shih
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Human Development
Gwen Shaffer
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Journalism
Wanette Reynolds
Tenure
Department of Linguistics
Nicholas Laskowski
Early Tenure & Early Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Philosophy
Anand Commissiong
Tenure
Department of Political Science
Kathryn Perkins
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
May Ling Halim
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Psychology
Gabriella Hancock
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Psychology
Claudia López
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Jason Schwans
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
Jeffrey Pair
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Hui Sun
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Professor
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Tianni Zhou
Promotion to Full Professor
Department of Mathematics & Statistics
Tracy Gilmore
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Librarian
Research & Information Services
Alexis Pavenick
Tenure & Promotion to Associate Librarian
Research & Information Services
