Promotion and Tenure Success
Congratulations to the following faculty who were successfully reviewed for promotion and/or tenure this year.
| Promoted and tenured | ||
| Robert Hagevoort | Cooperative Extension Service | Associate Professor |
| Richard Heerema | Cooperative Extension Service | Associate Professor |
| Steve Lucero | Cooperative Extension Service | Associate Professor |
| Leigh Ann Marez | Cooperative Extension Service | Associate Professor |
| John Wenzel | Cooperative Extension Service | Associate Professor |
| Michele Shuster | Biology | Associate Professor |
| Heather Throop | Biology | Associate Professor |
| Shelley Lusetti | Chemistry/Biochemistry | Associate Professor |
| Robert Duran | Criminal Justice | Associate Professor |
| Dana Greene | Criminal Justice | Associate Professor |
| Carlos Posadas | Criminal Justice | Associate Professor |
| Roger Mellen | Journalism & Mass Comm | Associate Professor |
| James Rice | Sociology | Associate Professor |
| Sandra Way | Sociology | Associate Professor |
| C. Meghan Downes | Econ, Applied Statistics & Int’l Bus | Associate Professor |
| Kevin Melendrez | Accounting & Information Systems | Associate Professor |
| Benjamin Widner | Econ, Applied Statistics & Int’l Bus | Associate Professor |
| Lisa Grayshield | Counseling & Educational Psychology | Associate Professor |
| Ginger Dickson | Counseling & Educational Psychology | Associate Professor |
| Azadeh Osanloo | Educational Management & Development | Associate Professor |
| Deborah Rhein | Special Educ/Communication Disorders | Associate Professor |
| Sukumar Brahma | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Associate Professor |
| Mingjun Wei | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | Associate Professor |
| Chunpei Cai | Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering | Associate Professor |
| Theresa Westbrock | Library | Associate Professor |
| Elizabeth Grundhoffer | NMSU – Alamogordo | Assistant Professor |
| Tanya Allred | NMSU – Alamogordo | Associate Professor |
| Wanda Wakkinnen | NMSU – Alamogordo | Associate Professor |
| Gina Zuniga | NMSU – Carlsbad | Associate Professor |
| Nita Nichols | NMSU – Carlsbad | Associate Professor |
| Promoted: | ||
| Martha Desmond | Fishery Wildlife/Conservation Ecology | Professor |
| Clint Loest | Animal & Range Sciences | Professor |
| Graciela Unguez | Biology | Professor |
| Antonio Lara | Chemistry/Biochemistry | Associate Professor |
| William Quintana | Chemistry/Biochemistry | Professor |
| Barry Thatcher | English | Professor |
| Robert Smits | Mathematical Sciences | Professor |
| Tiziana Giorgi | Mathematical Sciences | Professor |
| Allan Kaplan | Music | Professor |
| Frank Romero | Music | Professor |
| Gregory Fant | Music | Professor |
| Don Pepion | Anthropology | College Professor |
| Marieka Brown | Communication Studies | College Assoc Professor |
| Judy Messal | Communication Studies | College Professor |
| Marija Dimitrijevic | Criminal Justice | College Assoc Professor |
| Andrea Joseph | Criminal Justice | College Assoc Professor |
| Elvira Hammond | History | College Assoc Professor |
| Amal Mostafa | Mathematical Sciences | College Professor |
| Abby Train | Mathematical Sciences | College Assistant Professor |
| Linda Zimmerman | Mathematical Sciences | College Professor |
| Mary Benanti | Sociology | College Assoc Professor |
| Kathryn Hovey | Sociology | College Assistant Professor |
| Christopher Erickson | Econ, Applied Statistics & Int’l Bus | Professor |
| Naomi Schmidt | Econ, Applied Statistics & Int’l Bus | College Professor |
| Melissa Jozwiak | Curriculum & Instruction | College Asst Prof |
| Miguel Licona | Curriculum & Instruction | College Professor |
| Antonio Frank Gilpin | Human Performance, Dance & Recreation | College Asst Prof |
| Deva Borah | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Professor |
| David Jauregui | Civil Engineering | Professor |
| James P. King | Civil Engineering | Professor |
| Pearl Hawe | Health Science | College Assoc Prof |
| Teresa G. Leon | School of Nursing | College Asst Prof |
| Laura Vanyo | School of Nursing | College Asst Prof |
| Timothy Briggs | Dona Ana Community College | Assistant Professor |
| Matthew Byrnes | Dona Ana Community College | Assistant Professor |
| Layle Chambers | Dona Ana Community College | Assistant Professor |
| Sheila Fetherlin | Dona Ana Community College | Assistant Professor |
| Lynn Lewis | Dona Ana Community College | Assistant Professor |
| Luis Meza | Dona Ana Community College | Assistant Professor |
| Derrik Wootton | Dona Ana Community College | Assistant Professor |
| Leilani Benoit | Dona Ana Community College | Associate Professor |
| David Burleson | Dona Ana Community College | Associate Professor |
| Amy Garcia | Dona Ana Community College | Associate Professor |
| Nina Javaher | Dona Ana Community College | Associate Professor |
| Bryan Koller | Dona Ana Community College | Associate Professor |
| Linda Skalic | Dona Ana Community College | Associate Professor |
| Chipper Moore | Dona Ana Community College | Professor |
| Larry Perez | Dona Ana Community College | Professor |
| Donna Saulsberry | Dona Ana Community College | Professor |
| Deborah McCormick | Dona Ana Community College | College Assistant Professor |
| Rita Eisele | NMSU – Alamogordo | Associate Professor |
| Doris French | NMSU – Alamogordo | Associate Professor |
| Mary Ellen Keith | NMSU – Alamogordo | Associate Professor |
| Kim T. Lopez | NMSU – Alamogordo | Associate Professor |
| Karen Reid | NMSU – Alamogordo | Associate Professor |
| Stan R. Carlson | NMSU – Alamogordo | Professor |
| Jose Gonzalez-Gonzalez | NMSU – Alamogordo | Professor |
| John B. Adams | NMSU – Alamogordo | College Professor |
| James Airhart | NMSU – Carlsbad | Assistant Professor |
| Mary Ellen Jaco | NMSU – Carlsbad | Associate Professor |
| Chang Lee | NMSU – Carlsbad | Associate Professor |
| Claudia Estrada | NMSU – Carlsbad | Professor |
| Annette Mihelic | NMSU – Carlsbad | College Assistant Professor |
| Tenured: | ||
| Michael Patrick | Cooperative Extension Service | Associate Professor |
| Jeanne Flora | Communication Studies | Associate Professor |
| Stephen Rice | Psychology | Associate Professor |
| Hansuk Sohn | Industrial Engineering | Assistant Professor |
| Ruinian Jiang | Engineering Technology & Surveying | Associate Professor |
| Tamara Gantzler-Wood | Dona Ana Community College | Associate Professor |
| Suzanne Hill | Dona Ana Community College | Associate Professor |
| Fred Huff | Dona Ana Community College | Assistant Professor |
| William Mabry | Dona Ana Community College | Associate Professor |
| Elfeda Rivas | Dona Ana Community College | Associate Professor |
| Hiranya Roychowdhury | Dona Ana Community College | Associate Professor |
| Glenn Schwaiger | Dona Ana Community College | Assistant Professor |
| Lamaia Vaughn | Dona Ana Community College | Assistant Professor |
