The Social Science Research Institute announces co-funded and affiliated faculty member promotions

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

View the full tenure-line promotion list. View the non-tenure line promotion list.