(Nontenure-line faculty promotions do not appear on this list, but will be published in a separate story.)

The following is a list of academic promotions for tenured and tenure-line faculty members at Penn State, effective July 1. 

The following individuals have been promoted to professor: 

• Lacy Alexander, kinesiology, College of Health and Human Development
• Syed Nageeb Ali, economics, College of the Liberal Arts
• Jay Amicangelo, science, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Antonios Armaou, chemical engineering, College of Engineering
• Jennifer Arnold, science, Penn State Berks
• John B. Asbury, chemistry, Eberly College of Science
• David Atwill, history, College of the Liberal Arts
• Iliana Baums, biology, Eberly College of Science
• Vincent Benitez, music, College of Arts and Architecture
• Mallika Bose, landscape architecture, College of Arts and Architecture
• Elizabeth Boyer, ecosystem science and management, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Salih Can, administration of justice, Penn State Schuylkill
• Guido Cervone, geography, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Douglas Charles, history, Penn State Greater Allegheny
• Ann Clements, music, College of Arts and Architecture
• Bonnie Collura, visual arts, College of Arts and Architecture
• Jess Cornaggia, finance, Smeal College of Business
• Carina P. Curto, mathematics, Eberly College of Science
• Lorraine Dowler, geography, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Qiang Duan, information sciences and technology, Penn State Abington
• Edward Dudley, food science, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Jonathan P. Eburne, comparative literature, English, and French and Francophone studies, College of the Liberal Arts
• Ryan J. Elias, food science, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Erica Frankenberg, education policy studies, College of Education
• Rick O. Gilmore, psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
• Beth K. Gugino, plant pathology and environmental microbiology College of Agricultural Sciences
• Niraj J. Gusani, surgery and medicine and public health science, College of Medicine
• Federico M. Harte, food science, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Lori Hepner, arts and humanities, Penn State Greater Allegheny
• Peter M. Hopsicker, kinesiology, Penn State Altoona
• Pornsit Jiraporn, management, Penn State Great Valley
• Brian H. King, geography and international affairs, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Todd C. LaJeunesse, biology, Eberly College of Science
• Tae-Hee Lee, chemistry, Eberly College of Science
• Douglas Lemke, political science, College of the Liberal Arts
• Bonnie J. Levinthal, art, Penn State Abington
• Xiaofei Lu, applied linguistics and Asian studies, College of the Liberal Arts
• Erina L. MacGeorge, communication arts and sciences, College of the Liberal Arts
• Suvrath Mahadevan, astronomy and astrophysics, Eberly College of Science
• Judkins Mathews, law, Penn State Law
• Elizabeth Mazur, psychology, Penn State Greater Allegheny
• William G. Noid, chemistry, Eberly College of Science
• Srihanth Paruchuri, management and organization, Smeal College of Business
• Andrew D. Patterson, veterinary and biomedical sciences, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Matthew Poehner, curriculum and instruction, College of Education
• Dara Purvis, law, Penn State Law
• Carlos Rosas, visual arts, College of Arts and Architecture
• Nicholas J. Rowland, sociology, Penn State Altoona
• Kai Schafft, education policy studies, College of Education
• Lijiang Shen, communication arts and sciences, College of the Liberal Arts
• Scott A. Showalter, chemistry, Eberly College of Science
• Anna Stasto, physics, Eberly College of Science
• Alexandra Staub, architecture, College of Arts and Architecture
• Andrea Tapia, information sciences and technology, College of Information Science and Technology
• Kevin J.A. Thomas, sociology, demography, and African studies, College of the Liberal Arts
• John F. Tooker, entomology, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Jennifer Trost, music, College of Arts and Architecture
• Maria R. Truglio, Italian and women's gender, and sexuality studies, College of the Liberal Arts
• Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, English, Penn State Altoona
• Joseph Wright, political science, College of the Liberal Arts
• Jason T. Wright, astronomy and astrophysics, Eberly College of Science
• Yi Wu, engineering, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Linghao Zhong, chemistry, Penn State Mont Alto

The following individuals have been promoted to librarian:

• Jeffrey A. Knapp, librarian, Larry and Ellen Foster Communications Librarian, University Libraries
• John J. Meier, librarian, science librarian, University Libraries

The following individual has been promoted to research professor:

• Jacob Werner, animal resource program, Office of the Vice President for Research and the Graduate School

The following individuals have been promoted to associate professor:

• Eileen M. Ahlin, criminal justice, Penn State Harrisburg
• Nasim Alem, materials science and engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Mohammad Ali, management, Penn State Harrisburg
• Omar Ashour, engineering, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Allison Beese, materials science and engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Amie K. Boal, chemistry, Eberly College of Science
• Milena Bogunovic, microbiology and immunology, College of Medicine
• Richard Brown, management, Penn State Harrisburg
• Jonathan Campbell, animal science, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Matthew T. Carlson, Spanish and linguistics, College of the Liberal Arts
• Wendy Coduti, educational psychology, counseling, and special education, College of Education
• Jonathan Cook, psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
• Ismaila Dabo, materials science and engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Joanna DeFranco, engineering, Penn State Great Valley
• Michael Degiorgio, biology, Eberly College of Science
• Cairsty DePasquale, biology, Penn State Altoona
• Justin DiAngelo, science, Penn State Berks
• Mark Ferraguto, music, College of Arts and Architecture
• Wendell B. Franklin, theater, College of Arts and Architecture
• Heather Gall, agricultural and Biological Engineering, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Jennifer C. Gibbs, criminal justice, Penn State Harrisburg
• Esther Gomez, chemical, College of Engineering
• Christopher Gorski, civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering
• Corina Anthohi Graif, sociology and criminology, College of the Liberal Arts
• Steven J. Greybush, meteorology and atmospheric science, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Matthew Gustafson, finance, Smeal College of Business
• Young Han Bae, marketing, Penn State Greater Allegheny
• Ephraim Hanks, statistics, Eberly College of Science
• Yusuke Hayashi, psychology, Penn State Hazleton
• Erin Heidt-Forsythe, women’s studies and political science, College of the Liberal Arts
• Heather Hines, biology, Eberly College of Science
• Yuan-Han Huang, engineering, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Kasey Hudak, corporate communication, Penn State Lehigh Valley
• Carter Hunt, recreation, park, and tourism management, College of Health and Human Development
• Naseem Ibrahim, engineering, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Xiang Ji, Mathematics, University College, Penn State New Kensington
• Michele Kennerly, communication arts and sciences, College of the Liberal Arts
• Agnes Kim, physics, Penn State Scranton
• Aaron Knochel, visual arts, College of Arts and Architecture
• Reuben Kraft, mechanical engineering, College of Engineering
• Matthew R. Kumjian, meteorology and atmospheric science, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• Lara LaDage, biology, Penn State Altoona
• Anh Le, finance, Smeal College of Business
• Matthew Levy, art history, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Yili Lian, business administration, Penn State Scranton
• Xiaofeng Liu, civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering
• Yvonne Murphy Love, art, Penn State Abington
• Stephen Lynch, mechanical engineering, College of Engineering
• Joseph Mahoney, engineering, business and computing, Penn State Berks
• Christopher Moore, philosophy and classics, College of the Liberal Arts
• Jacob Moore, engineering, Penn State Mont Alto
• Liliana Marika Naydan, English, Penn State Abington
• Edward P. O’Brien, chemistry, Eberly College of Science
• Jacqueline O’Connor, mechanical engineering, College of Engineering
• Mark Owens, economics, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Jose Palacios, aerospace engineering, College of Engineering
• Alexey Prokudin, science, Penn State Berks
• Aleksandra Radinska, civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering
• R. Rajagopalan, engineering, Penn State DuBois
• Mohammad Rasouli, engineering, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Matthew Reimherr, statistics, Eberly College of Science
• Anthony Robinson, geography, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
• John Sampson, computer science and engineering, College of Engineering
• Sourish Sarkar, management, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Amber Seidel, human development and family studies, Penn State York
• Benjamin Shaby, statistics, Eberly College of Science
• Chaopeng Shen, civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering
• Hannah Spector, education, Penn State Harrisburg
• Satish Mahadevan Srinivasan, engineering, Penn State Great Valley
• Liyong Sun, engineering, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Moriah Szpara, biochemistry and molecular biology, Eberly College of Science
• Jonte Taylor, educational psychology, counseling and special education, College of Education
• Hartono Tjoe, humanities, arts and social sciences, Penn State Berks
• Sarah J. Townsend, Spanish and Portuguese, College of the Liberal Arts
• Praveen Veerrabhadrappa, science, Penn State Berks
• Michael Vicaro, communications, Penn State Greater Allegheny
• Ming Wang, public health sciences, College of Medicine
• Zhiren Wang, mathematics, Eberly College of Science
• Jennifer Williams, nutritional sciences, College of Health and Human Development
• Elizabeth Womack, English, Penn State Brandywine
• Tak Sing Wong, mechanical engineering, College of Engineering
• Douglas H. Wrenn, agricultural economics, sociology, and education, College of Agricultural Sciences
• Zhifeng Xiao, engineering, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
• Nan Xu, chemistry, Penn State Altoona
• Lingzhou Xue, statistics, Eberly College of Science
• Michael Yatauro, mathematics, Penn State Brandywine
• Zhongyi Yuan, risk management, Smeal College of Business
• Feng Yue, biochemistry and molecular biology, College of Medicine
• Hong Zheng, medicine, microbiology and immunology, College of Medicine
• Boliang Zhu, political science, College of the Liberal Arts
• Minghui Zhu, electrical engineering, College of Engineering

The following individuals have been promoted to associate librarian: 

• Angela R. Davis, engineering liaison librarian, Penn State Erie, The Behrend Campus, University Libraries
• Amy Knehans, clinical outreach, liaison and instruction librarian, College of Medicine, University Libraries

The following individual has been promoted to associate research professor:

• Abdalia R. Nassar, Applied Research Laboratory, Office of the Vice President for Research

The following individual has been promoted to county extension associate educator: 

• Sasha Diederich, 4-H youth development

The following individuals have been promoted to county extension educator: 

• Natalie Aiello, 4-H youth development
• Cheryl Fairbairn, animal systems
• Stacie Hritz, 4-H youth development
• Paula Lucas, 4-H youth development
• Scott Weikert, renewable natural resources

The following individuals have been promoted to county extension senior educator: 

• Neil Fogle, energy, entrepreneurship and community development
• Andrew Frankenfield, field and forage crops
• Lori Little, 4-H youth development
• Dori Owczarzak, food, families and health
• Toni Stuetz, 4-H youth development
• Laurie Weinreb Welch, food, families and health