The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents has approved promotions and tenure recommendations for 43 UW-Stout faculty, effective for the 2018-19 academic year.
The professors and their departments are:
Promoted to professor
- Jennifer Astwood, design
 - Eric Brey, hospitality and tourism
 - James Bryan, art and art history
 - Sally Dresdow, operations and management
 - Aaron Durst, communication studies, foreign languages and performing arts
 - Seth Dutter, mathematics, statistics and computer science
 - Peter Galante, communication technologies
 - Jennifer Grant, biology
 - Kathryn Hamilton, psychology
 - Carol Johnson, School of Education
 - John Klem, rehabilitation and counseling
 - Cheng Liu, engineering and technology
 - Georgios Loizides, social science
 - Elena Marshall, English and philosophy
 - Kimberly Martinez, teaching, learning and leadership
 - Kevin Mason, teaching, learning and leadership
 - Ruth Nyland, school counseling, school psychology and special education
 - Marlann Patterson, chemistry and physics
 - Julie Peterson, design
 - Daisy Pignetti, English and philosophy
 - Deleana Strohl, rehabilitation and counseling
 - Markie Twist, human development and family studies
 - Donquing (Holly) Yuan, communication technologies
 
Promoted to associate professor
- Kenan Baltaci, engineering and technology
 - Erik Evensen, design
 - Emily Hines, teaching, learning and leadership
 - Andy Peng, engineering technology
 - Fred Prassas, hospitality and tourism
 
Tenure
- Daniel Atyim, art and art history
 - Julie Bates-Maves, rehabilitation and counseling
 - Devin Berg, engineering technology
 - Seth Berrier, mathematics, statistics and computer science
 - Katherine Roberts Edenborg, English and philosophy
 - Masako Onodera, art and art history
 - Stephen Salm, business
 - Howard Samb, hospitality and tourism
 - Deanna Schultz, teaching, learning and leadership
 - Wei Shi, engineering and technology
 - Andrew Williams, art and art history
 - Wei Zheng, engineering and technology
 
Promoted to associate professor with tenure
- Arnab Biswas, social science
 - John Spartz, English and philosophy
 - Amy Zimmerman, school counseling, school psychology and special education
 
In fall 2017, UW-Stout had 259 faculty members.
The 2018-19 academic year begins with Opening Day activities, including campuswide Engagement Sessions, for faculty and staff Monday, Aug. 27. Classes begin Wednesday, Sept. 5.
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Photos
Top: Fred Prassas, from the hospitality and tourism department, teaches a class in real estate and property management.
Bottom: Wei Zheng, who teaches in the engineering and technology department, works with students in the plastics engineering lab.