SLU Recognizes Faculty Promotions
by Joe Barker
Saint Louis University recently hosted a ceremony to kick off the new academic year and recognize faculty members who received promotions and tenure.
At the ceremony, selected faculty members gave brief presentations on a particularly exciting or interesting aspect of their work that led to their promotion. Giving presentations were Katie Devany, Ph.D., assistant professor of leadership and organizational behavior; Ander Beristain, Ph.D., associate professor of Spanish and linguistics; Koyal Garg, Ph.D, professor of biomedical engineering; and Michael Graham, M.D., professor emeritus in pathology. Each presenter represented a different rank of promotion.
The following received promotions for the 2026-27 academic year:
College of Arts and Sciences
- Lori Baron, Ph.D.: associate professor
- Ander Beristain-Murillo, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Stephen Blake, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Russell Blyth, Ph.D.: professor emeritus
- Flannery Burke, Ph.D.: professor
- Sam Conedera, S.J., Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Sheila Coursey, Ph.D.: associate professor
- Robert Cropf, Ph.D.: professor emeritus
- Lindzy Dodson, Ph.D.: professor
- Adeyemi Doss, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Kimberly Druschel, Ph.D.: associate professor emerita
- Matthew Elia, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Fahrettin (Ali) Fisunoglu, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Daniel Freeman, Ph.D.: professor
- Lois Hamrick, Ph.D.: professor emerita
- Andy Harper, Ph.D.: associate professor
- Tim Huffman, Ph.D.: professor
- Liz Jackson, Ph.D.: professor, with tenure
- Blythe Janowiak, Ph.D.: professor
- Dan Kozlowski, Ph.D.: professor
- Zhenguo Lin, Ph.D.: professor
- Katherine Luking, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Kelsey Mesmer, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Evelyn Meyer, Ph.D.: professor
- Wynne Moskop, Ph.D.: professor emerita
- Charles Parker, Ph.D.: professor emeritus
- Pascale Perraudin, Ph.D.: professor
- Steven Rogers, Ph.D.: professor
- Jennifer Rust, Ph.D.: professor
- Holly Seitz Marchant: associate professor
- Madeline Stenersen, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Julie Thole, Ph.D.: professor
- Clarice Thomas, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Alice Tipton, Ph.D.: associate professor
- Warren Treadgold, Ph.D.: professor emeritus
- Thomas Valone, Ph.D.: professor emeritus
College for Public Health and Social Justice
- Elizabeth Baker, Ph.D.: professor emerita
- Marcea Walter: assistant professor
Doisy College of Health Sciences
- Carol Beckel, Ph.D.: associate professor emerita
- Whitney Linsenmeyer, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Michael Markee, Ph.D., D.P.T.: professor
- Travis Threats, Ph.D.: professor emeritus
Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business
- Mamoun Benmamoun, Ph.D.: professor
- Jerome Katz, Ph.D.: professor emeritus
- Debra Pike: associate professor emerita
- Olgun Sahin, Ph.D.: professor
- Vince Volpe, Ph.D.: professor
School of Education
- Mark Pousson, Ph.D.: associate professor emeritus
School of Law
- Kathryn Banks, L.L.M. : professor
- Theodosia Stavroulaki, Ph.D., associate professor, with tenure
School of Medicine
- Getahun Abate, M.D., Ph.D.: professor
- Fadee Abu Al Rub, M.D.: associate professor
- Uchenna Agbim, M.D.: associate professor
- Ayoob Ali, M.D.: professor
- Alison Alpert, M.D.: professor
- Elise Alspach, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Joshua Arthur, M.D.: professor
- Youhna Ayala, Ph.D.: professor
- Eric Ballon:Landa, M.D.: associate professor
- Cindy Bitter, M.D.: professor
- Jay Brieler, M.D.: professor
- Alyssa Capizzi, C.M.D.: assistant professor
- Sofia Chaudhry, M.D.: professor
- Antonio Cheesman Rocca, M.D.: associate professor
- Catherine Cibulskis, M.D.: professor
- Gucan Dai, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Kathleen Donovan, D.V.M. : associate professor
- Katherine Forrester, M.D.: associate professor
- Michael Graham, M.D.: professor emeritus
- Daniela Hermelin, M.D.: associate professor
- John Hoff, M.D.: professor
- Justin Josephsen, M.D.: professor
- Oleg Kisselev, M.D.: professor emeritus
- Wissam Kiwan, M.D.: associate professor
- Fah Che Leong, M.D.: professor emeritus
- Chien-Jung Lin, M.D., Ph.D.: associate professor
- Kunal Malhotra, M.D.: professor
- Yuri Chaves Martins, M.D., Ph.D.: associate professor
- Kyle McCommis, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Mina Mehanni, M.D.: associate professor
- Mina Mehanni, MS.c. : associate professor
- Adam Merando, M.D.: professor
- Philippe Mercier, M.D., Ph.D.: professor
- Shakir Mohamed, M.D.: associate professor
- Cynthia Morris, M.D.: associate professor
- Lynda Morrison, Ph.D.: professor emerita
- Elizabeth Noonan, M.D.: associate professor
- Kedar Padhye, M.D.: associate professor
- Keith Pereira, M.D.: professor
- Niloofar Piri, M.D.: associate professor
- Hamed Sadeghipour, M.D.: associate professor
- Wing-Kin Syn: professor, tenure
- Lina Toledo Franco, M.D.: associate professor
- Ramakrishna Vankayalapati, Ph.D.: professor, tenure
- Chakradhar Venkata, M.D.: adjunct professor
- F. Gerald Wade, M.D.: associate professor
- John Walker, Ph.D.: professor
- Ronald Walker, M.D.: professor, with tenure
- Fajun Wang, M.D.: associate professor
- Daniel Weber, D.O.: professor
- Jason Werner, M.D.: professor
- Rocio Zeballos Chavez, M.D.: associate professor
School for Professional Studies
- Katie Devany, Ph.D.: assistant professor
School of Social Work
- Monica Matthieu, Ph.D.: professor
- Dyan McGuire, Ph.D.: professor
- School of Science and Engineering
- Koyal Garg, Ph.D.: professor
- Ajith Karunarathne, Ph.D.: professor
- Gajapriya Tamilselvan, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing
- Kathleen Armstrong, Ph.D.: associate professor, with tenure
- Deborah Horton, Ph.D.: associate professor
- Geralyn Ochs: associate professor emerita
- Pat Radler: assistant professor
- Cynthia Rubbelke: associate professor emerita
- Karen Scaglione, D.N.P. : associate professor
- Bobbi Shatto, Ph.D.: professor
Library and Museums
- Jill Bright: associate professor