To: The UMBC Community

From: Freeman A. Hrabowski, III
President

Elliot Hirshman
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs

One of the hallmarks of UMBC as an Honors University is the outstanding caliber of its faculty. Each year dozens of faculty members undergo a comprehensive and rigorous review leading to promotions in rank and, for some, the awarding of academic tenure. The standards for promotion and for tenure at UMBC are very high, and successful candidates must demonstrate that their contributions in scholarship/ research/creative activity, teaching/mentoring, and service to their profession, the university, and their academic department meet these high standards.

During academic year 2007-2008, 20 faculty members received promotion and tenure or promotion to the rank of professor. We join with the entire academic community in recognizing and congratulating the following individuals for their exceptional achievements. We look forward to their continuing success at UMBC in the years to come.

Promotion to Associate Professor with tenure:

Brian Cullum and Veronika Szalai
Chemistry and Biochemistry

Marc Olano
Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Piotr Gwiazda
English

Michele Scott
History

George Karabatis, Anita Komlodi, and Ant Ozok
Information Systems

Muruhan Rathinam
Mathematics and Statistics

Denis Provencher
Modern Languages and Linguistics

Jeffrey Davis
Political Science

Charissa Cheah and Laura Stapleton
Psychology

Colette Searls
Theatre

Guenet Abraham
Visual Arts

Promotion to Professor:

Mark Marten
Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

Constantine Vaporis
History

Arrya Gangopadhyay and Victoria Yoon
Information Systems

Jere Cohen
Sociology and Anthropology