UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Social Science Research Institute congratulates the following cofunded and affiliated Penn State faculty members on their promotions, which are effective July 1:
Promoted to Professor
Laura Cabrera Trujillo, professor, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, College of Engineering
Jonathan Daw, professor of sociology and demography, Department of Sociology and Criminology, College of the Liberal Arts
John Holst, professor of education, Department of Learning and Performance Systems, College of Education
Younhee Kim, professor of public administration, School of Public Affairs, Pen State Harrisburg, The Capital College
Xiaoyue Niu, professor of statistics, Department of Statistics, Eberly College of Science
Idan Shalev, professor of biobehavioral health, Department of Biobehavioral Health, College of Health and Human Development
Brian Thiede, professor of rural sociology, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, College of Agricultural Sciences
Promoted to Associate Professor
Syed Billah, associate professor, Department of Human-Centered Computing & Social Informatics, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Andrea Hobkirk, associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral health, neural and behavioral sciences, and public health sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Penn State College of Medicine
Yuqing Hu, associate professor, Department of Architectural Engineering, College of Engineering
Michael Hunter, associate professor of human development and family studies, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Health and Human Development
Abenaa Jones, associate professor of human development and family studies, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, College of Health and Human Development
Yubo Kou, associate professor, Department of Human-Centered Computing & Social Informatics, College of Information Sciences and Technology
Justine Lindemann, associate professor of community development and resilience, Department of Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Education, College of Agricultural Sciences
Travis Masterson, associate professor of nutritional sciences, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Health and Human Development
Lydia Ocasio-Stoutenburg, associate professor of education, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, College of Education
Emily Pakthigian, associate professor of public policy, Department of Public Policy, College of the Liberal Arts
Ellen Wenting Zou, associate professor of education, Department of Educational Psychology, Counseling, and Special Education, College of Education
Promoted to Associate Teaching Professor
Aparna Parikh, associate teaching professor, Department of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, College of the Liberal Arts
Zachary Smith, associate teaching professor, School of Behavioral Sciences and Education, Penn State Harrisburg, The Capital College
Promoted to Teaching Professor
Mahfuza Farooque, teaching professor, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering
Promoted to Research Professor
Matthew Beckman, research professor, Department of Statistics, Eberly College of Science
Promoted to Associate Professor
Wen-Jan Tuan, associate professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine
The full tenure-line promotion list is available here and non-tenure line promotion list is available here.