Faculty Granted Tenure and Promotions

Richard Plumb

Richard Plumb

I am pleased to announce on behalf of the University of St. Thomas the following affirmative decisions on tenure and promotion. These recommendations were made by the tenure and promotion committee at February meetings and subsequently were approved by Dr. Julie Sullivan, president of the University of St. Thomas.

The following members of the faculty were granted tenure, effective Sept. 1, 2016:

  • Olga Herrera, Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences
  • William Junker, Department of Catholic Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Jason Pattit, Department of Management, Opus College of Business

The following members of the faculty were granted tenure and were simultaneously promoted to associate professor, effective Sept. 1, 2016:

  • Lawrence Chui, Department of Accounting, Opus College of Business
  • Justin Donato, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Paola Ehrmantraut, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Kari Fletcher, School of Social Work
  • Eric Fort, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Marites Guino-o, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Kevin Henderson, Department of Management, Opus College of Business
  • Andrea Nesmith, School of Social Work
  • Lance Peterson, School of Social Work
  • Lisa Prevette, Department of Chemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Manjeet Rege, School of Engineering
  • Jason Sawin, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Michael Walrath, Department of Economics, College of Arts and Sciences
  • Scott Yilek, Department of Computer and Information Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences

The granting of promotion or tenure recognizes the achievements of faculty in their teaching, professional engagement and service to the university. Please join me in congratulating them on their outstanding work.