July 27, 2022

Columbus State University’s Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President announces its 2022 faculty promotion and tenure awards, as well as the faculty who received emeritus status.

Associate Professor with Tenure

College of the Arts: Andrew Donofrio, Department of Communication.

College of Education & Health Professions: Parul Acharya, Department of Teacher Education, Leadership & Counseling; Anna Hart, Department of Teacher Education, Leadership & Counseling; Hanna Lainas, Department of Teacher Education, Leadership & Counseling; and Gwendolyn Miller, School of Nursing.

College of Letters and Sciences: Dae Woo Lee, Politics, Philosophy & Public Administration; Natalia Temesgen, Department of English; Rebecca Gerdes-McClain, Department of English; and Scott Wilkerson, Department of English.

Turner College of Business and Computer Science: Wen Shi, Department of Accounting & Finance.

Professor with Tenure

College of Letters & Sciences: Joseph Miller, Department of English.

Professor 

College of the Arts: Yuichiro Komatsu, Department of Art; David Turner, Department of Theatre & Dance.

College of Letters & Sciences: Clifton Ruehl, Department of Biology; and Nehal Shukla, Department of Mathematics.

Turner College of Business and Computer Science: Brett Cotten, Department of Accounting & Finance; and Lixin Wang, TSYS School of Computer Science.

Dean Emeritus

College of the Arts: Richard Baxter.

Professor Emeritus

College of Arts: Clarence Earl Coleman, Music.

College of Education & Health Professions: Gary Shouppe, Counseling.

College of Letters & Sciences: John Davis, Biology; and Richard Stephens, Mathematics.