Faculty Promotions
Promoted to Professor
Dr. Theodore Atkinson, III
- English
- College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Reuben Burch, V
- Industrial & Systems Engineering
- College of Engineering
Dr. David Buys
- Biochemistry, Nutrition & Health Promotion
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. Padmanava Dash
- Geosciences
- College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Lori Elmore-Staton
- School of Human Sciences
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. Mark Fincher
- Division of Education
- Meridian Campus
Dr. Megan Holmes
- Kinesiology
- College of Education
Dr. Kenneth Anthony
- Teacher Education & Leadership
- College of Education
Dr. George Howell, III
- Comparative Biomedical Sciences
- College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Barbara Kaplan
- Comparative Biomedical Sciences
- College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Natraj Krishnan
- Agricultural Science & Plant Protection
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Mr. Derek Marshall
- Mississippi State University Libraries
- Mitchell Memorial Library
Dr. Mohammed Marufuzzaman
- Industrial & Systems Engineering
- College of Engineering
Dr. James McCurdy
- Plant & Soil Sciences
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. Qingmin Meng
- Geosciences
- College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Anthony Neal
- Philosophy & Religion
- College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Molly Nicodemus
- Animal & Dairy Sciences
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. Courtney Siegert
- Forestry
- College of Forest Resources
Dr. John Eric Smith
- Kinesiology
- College of Education
Dr. Kasee Stratton-Gadke
- Counseling, Higher Education Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations
- College of Education
Dr. Alvaro Taboada
- Finance & Economics
- College of Business
Dr. Angelle Tanner
- Physics & Astronomy
- College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Kelley Wamsley
- Poultry Science
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Granted Tenure
Dr. Sidney Creutz
- Chemistry
- College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Whitney Crow
- Agricultural Science & Plant Protection
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. Jon Irby
- Plant & Soil Sciences
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. Shawn Lambert
- Anthropology & Middle Eastern Cultures
- College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Carrie Vance
- Biochemistry, Nutrition & Health Promotion
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure
Dr. Seung-joon Ahn
- Biochemistry, Nutrition & Health Promotion
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. Amanda Diegel
- Mathematics & Statistics
- College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Mary Dozier
- Psychology
- College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Ryan Folk
- Biological Sciences
- College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Tamara Franca
- Sustainable Bioproducts
- College of Forest Resources
Dr. Drew Gholson
- Plant & Soil Sciences
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. Matthew Haislip
- Music
- College of Education
Dr. Jessica Haislip
- Music
- College of Education
Dr. Terri Hernandez
- Communication
- College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Jovonn Hill
- Agricultural Science & Plant Protection
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. James Jones
- Computer Science & Engineering
- College of Engineering
Mr. Keum Jung
- Art
- College of Architecture, Art and Design
Dr. Kendall Kennedy
- Finance & Economics
- College of Business
Ms. Corinne Kennedy
- Mississippi State University Libraries
- Mitchell Memorial Library
Dr. Vincent Landers
- Marketing, Quantitative Analysis & Business Law
- College of Business
Dr. Bradley Lang
- Richard C. Adkerson School of Accountancy
- College of Business
Dr. Alison Lee
- Clinical Sciences
- College of Veterinary Medicine
Dr. Erik Markin
- Management & Information Systems
- College of Business
Dr. Mark McConnell
- Wildlife, Fisheries, & Aquaculture
- College of Forest Resources
Dr. Dana Morin
- Wildlife, Fisheries, & Aquaculture
- College of Forest Resources
Dr. Adam Pervez
- Healthcare Administration
- School of Health Professions
Dr. Kevin Ragon
- Sustainable Bioproducts
- College of Forest Resources
Dr. Michael Sandel
- Wildlife, Fisheries, & Aquaculture
- College of Forest Resources
Dr. Jennifer Sexton
- Management & Information Systems
- College of Business
Dr. Vaidyanathan Sivaraman
- Mathematics & Statistics
- College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Joseph Thompson
- Department of History
- College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Dhanashree Thorat
- English
- College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Curtis VanderSchaaf
- Forestry
- College of Forest Resources
Dr. Jun Wang
- Richard A. Rula School of Civil & Environmental Engineering
- College of Engineering
Dr. Haifeng Wang
- Industrial & Systems Engineering
- College of Engineering
Dr. Jeffrey Wilson
- Plant & Soil Sciences
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. Brendan Zurweller
- Plant & Soil Sciences
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Promoted to Associate Teaching Professor
Dr. Larry Abernathy
- Counseling, Higher Education Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations
- College of Education
Dr. Christa Haney
- Geosciences
- College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Sarah Lalk
- Geosciences
- College of Arts & Sciences
Dr. Aswathy Rai
- Biochemistry, Nutrition & Health Promotion
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. Phillip Stockton
- Music
- College of Education
Dr. Yuchi Wang
- Music
- College of Education
Promoted to Associate Professor
Dr. Zaccheus Ahonle
- Counseling, Higher Education Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations
- College of Education
Dr. Kayla Bates-Brantley
- Counseling, Higher Education Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations
- College of Education
Dr. Jagmandeep Dhillon
- Plant & Soil Sciences
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. Sareh Karamie
- Counseling, Higher Education Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations
- College of Education
Dr. William Maples
- Agricultural Economics
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. Brian Mills
- Agricultural Economics
- College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Dr. Sudip Mittal
- Computer Science & Engineering
- College of Engineering
Dr. Hallie Smith
- Counseling, Higher Education Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations
- College of Education
Dr. Jason Wallace
- Counseling, Higher Education Leadership, Educational Psychology, and Foundations
- College of Education
Promoted to Instructor II (Teacher, Clinical, Extension)
Ms. Jennifer Beckman
- Mathematics & Statistics
- College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Chevy Fondren
- Classical & Modern Languages & Literatures
- College of Arts & Sciences
Mr. Joshua Foreman
- Communication
- College of Arts & Sciences
Mr. John Aaron Grimes
- Dean of Engineering
- College of Engineering
Mr. Matthew Kilpatrick
- Mathematics & Statistics
- College of Arts and Sciences
Mr. Aubrey Knight
- Computer Science & Engineering
- College of Engineering
Mr. Christopher Misun
- Communication
- College of Arts & Sciences
Ms. Loreeda Rios
- English
- College of Arts & Sciences
Ms. Amber Robinson
- Mathematics & Statistics
- College of Arts & Sciences
Ms. Jaclyn Smith
- Mathematics & Statistics
- College of Arts & Sciences
Ms. Danielle Young
- Mathematics & Statistics
- College of Arts & Sciences
Promoted to Clinical Professor
Dr. George Trawick
- Computer Science & Engineering
- College of Engineering
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor
Dr. Whitnee Nettles
- Chemistry
- College of Arts & Sciences
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