UMass Board of Trustees Appoint Tenure and Distinguished Professorships to UMass Amherst Faculty Members

The UMass Board of Trustees awarded tenure to 36 UMass Amherst faculty members and appointed three to the title of distinguished professorships at their quarterly meeting held on June 7.<_o3a_p>

The faculty members who received awards of tenure are:<_o3a_p>

• Chengbo Ai, associate professor, civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering
• Amir Arbabi, associate professor, electrical and computer Engineering, College of Engineering
• Peng Bai, associate professor, chemical engineering, College of Engineering
• Maria Biezma Garrido, assistant professor, languages, literature and cultures, College of Education
• Carrie-Ellen Briere, assistant professor, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing
• Wen Chen, assistant professor, mechanical and industrial engineering, College of Engineering
• Yao Chen, assistant professor, theater, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
• Joohyn Chung, assistant professor, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing
• Rafael Coelho Lopes de Sa, physics, College of Natural Sciences
• Marialuisa Di Stefano, assistant professor, teacher education and curriculum studies, College of Education
• Jess S. Dillard-Wright, assistant professor and Elaine Marieb College of Nursing
• Xian Du, associate professor, mechanical and industrial engineering, College of Engineering
• Mohammadhassan Hajiesmaili, assistant professor, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences
• Duane L. Holland, Jr., assistant professor, music and dance, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
• Lisa M. Komoroske, associate professor, environmental conservation, College of Natural Sciences
• Emily K. Kumpel, associate professor, civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering
• Andrew A. Lover, assistant professor, biostatistics and epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
• Narges Mahyar, assistant professor, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences
• Sara K. Mamo, associate professor, communication disorders, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
• Airin D. Martinez, assistant professor, health promotion and policy, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
• Matthew D. Moore, associate professor, food science, College of Natural Sciences
• Yeonsik Noh, associate professor, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing and College of Engineering
• Priscilla M. Page, assistant professor, theater, College of Humanities and Fine Arts ChangHui Pak, assistant professor, biochemistry and molecular biology, College of Natural Sciences
• Lenore M. Palladino, assistant professor, economics, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Jinglei Ping, assistant professor, mechanical and industrial engineering, College of Engineering
• Katie M. Potter, associate professor, kinesiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
• Annie Raymond, associate professor, mathematics and statistics, College of Natural Sciences
• Memnun Seven, assistant professor, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing
• Cassandra N. Spracklen, assistant professor, biostatistics and epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
• Enrique A. Suarez, assistant professor, teacher education and curriculum studies, College of Education
• Jay K. Taneja, assistant professor, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences
• Malissa A. Taylor, assistant professor, Judaic and Near Eastern studies, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
• Lisa A. Wolf, associate professor, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing
• Yao Yu, associate professor, accounting, Isenberg School of Management
• Hamed Zamani, assistant professor, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences
  
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The trustees also appointed three faculty members to the title of distinguished professor: <_o3a_p>

• Brian Levine, director of Cybersecurity Institute, Department of Computer Science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences
• Dimitrios Maroudas, head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Joya Misra, provost professor and Roy J. Zuckerberg Endowed Leadership chair at the School of Public Policy in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
  
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The trustees also made three faculty appointments with tenure: <_o3a_p>

• Carolina Bank Muñoz, professor, sociology and labor studies, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Song Liang, professor and department chair, environmental health sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
• Ka Zeng, professor, political science in the College of Social and Behaviorial Sciences (joining UMass Amherst in fall 2024)<_o3a_p>