UM-Flint Faculty Receive Promotions and Tenure

Several University of Michigan-Flint faculty have received promotions and/or tenure. The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved the appointments at its May 21 meeting.

Dauda Abubakar

Associate Professor of Africana Studies, with tenure, and Associate Professor of Political Science, with tenure – College of Arts and Sciences/Department of Africana Studies, and Department of Political Science

Lois L. Alexander

Professor of Music – College of Arts and Sciences/Department of Music

Jami L. Anderson

Professor of Philosophy – College of Arts and Sciences/Department of Philosophy

Roy C. Barnes

Professor of Sociology – College of Arts and Sciences/Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminal Justice

Julie Broadbent

Associate Professor of Psychology, with tenure – College of Arts and Sciences/Department of Psychology

Daniel J. Coffield, Jr.

Associate Professor of Mathematics, with tenure – College of Arts and Sciences/Department of Mathematics

John Stephen Ellis

Professor of History – College of Arts and Sciences/Department of History

Michael E. Farmer

Professor of Computer Science – College of Arts and Sciences/Department of
Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics

Rajib Ganguly

Associate Professor of Physics, with tenure – College of Arts and Sciences/Department of Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics

Christopher Heidenreich

Associate Professor of Music, with tenure – College of Arts and Sciences/Department of Music

Thomas A. Hemphill

Professor of Management – School of Management

Daniel Lair

Associate Professor of Communication, with tenure – College of Arts and Sciences/Department of Communication and Visual Arts

Vickie Jeanne Larsen

Associate Professor of English, with tenure – College of Arts and Sciences/Department of English

Gregory Allen Laurence

Associate Professor of Management, with tenure – School of Management

Cathleen L. Miller

Associate Professor of Accounting, with tenure – School of Management

Shelby Newport

Associate Professor of Theatre, with tenure – College of Arts and Sciences/Department of Theatre and Dance

Greg Rybarczyk

Associate Professor of Earth and Resource Science, with tenure – College of Arts and Sciences/Department of Earth and Resource Science

The faculty members' appointments will take effect September 1, 2015.