Updated: October 19, 2006

The following individuals were approved for tenure upon appointment by the Board of Regents at the fall quarterly meeting held September 28-29, 2006:

Dr. Beverly E. Cross                

Associate Professor

Department of Instruction and Curriculum Leadership

Holder, Lillian and Morrie A. Moss Chair of Excellence in Urban Education

Dr. Ramin Homayouni

Associate Professor

Department of Biology

Director of the Bioinformatics Program

Mr. Andrew J. McClurg

Professor

Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law

Holder, Herff Chair of Excellence in Law

Dr. Lynda M. Sagrestano

Department of Psychology

Director of the Center for Research on Women

The Tennessee Board of Regents at its 2006 September Meeting recommended the following faculty members at the University of Memphis be granted tenure and/of promotion:

Tenure and promotion to associate professor:

College of Arts and Sciences

Biology
Matthew Parris

Chemistry
Eugene Pinkhassik

English
Leigh Ann Duck

Foreign Languages and Literatures
Yuki Matsuda
Susan Silver

History
Dennis Laumann

Mathematical Sciences
Honqui Chen

Public and Nonprofit Administration
Charles Menifield

Fogelman College of Business and Economics

Accountancy
Denton Collins

Management
Charles Pierce

College of Communication and Fine Arts

Art
Michael Hagge
Earnestine Jenkins

Communication
Pradeep Sopory

Scheidt School of Music
Jeff Cline

College of Education, Health and Human Sciences

Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Research
Sara Bridges
Yen Hsueh

Humphreys School of Law

Tenure:

College of Education, Health and Human Sciences

Health and Sports Sciences
Kenneth Ward

Promoted to associate professor:

Fogelman College of Business and Economics

Management Information Systems
Thomas Stafford

Promoted to full professor:

College of Arts and Sciences

Biology
Michael Ferkin

Chemistry
Abby Parrill

Criminology and Criminal Justice
David Forde

English
John Bensko

Foreign Languages and Literatures
Monika Nenon

Mathematical Sciences
Paul Balister

Fogelman College of Business and Economics

Economics
William Smith

Management Information Systems
Brian Janz

College of Communication and Fine Arts

Art
Carol Crown

College of Education, Health and Human Sciences

Instruction and Curriculum Leadership
Satomi Taylor

Leadership
Reginald Green