Outstanding University of San Diego Faculty Receive Tenure

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Congratulations to University of San Diego faculty who received tenure and/or promotion effective September 2017:

University of San Diego Vice President and Provost Gail F. Baker, PhD, announced the names of 21 USD faculty who were granted tenure effective September 1, 2017. The recently tenured faculty include representatives from six of the university’s academic divisions including the College of Arts and Sciences, Copley Library, School of Business, School of Law, School of Leadership and Education Sciences, and Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science.   

Tenure and Promotion 

Tenure

Lucia Gonzales: Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science

Priya Kannan-Narasimhan: School of Business

Karen Macauley: School of Nursing and Health Science

Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor

Erica Cameron: School of Leadership and Education Sciences

Julia Cantzler: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology

Aarti Ivanic: School of Business

Daniel Lin: School of Business

Sarina Chugani Molina: School of Leadership and Education Sciences

Christopher Newman: School of Leadership and Education Sciences

Laura Turner: Copley Library

Tenure and Promotion to Professor

Dov Fox: School of Law

Mila Sohoni: School of Law 

Promotion to Professor

Linda Barkacs: School of Business

Brian Clack: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Philosophy

Mary Doak: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Theology and Religious Studies

Jeremy Kua: College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Heather Lattimer: School of Leadership and Education Sciences

Alejandro Meter: Languages, Cultures and Literatures

Mark Woods: Philosophy

David Shirk: Political Science and International Relations

Steve Sumner: School of Business 

Tenure and Promotion to Professor

Dov Fox: School of Law

Mila Sohoni: School of Law 

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