Faculty Promoted or Granted Tenure effective September 2025
Faculty Promoted or Granted Tenure effective September 2025
The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce that 31 UMass Dartmouth faculty members have been promoted or awarded tenure during the 2024-2025 academic year. These accomplished faculty members excel as teachers, mentors, scholars and researchers. Please join us in congratulating them.
PROMOTED TO COMMONWEALTH PROFESSOR
College of Engineering
Liudong Xing, Electrical and Computer Engineering
PROMOTION TO PROFESSOR
College of Arts & Sciences
Nikolay Anguelov, Public Policy
Brian Ayotte, Psychology
Heidi Berggren, Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies
Shakhnoza Kayumova, Education
College of Engineering
Lance Fiondella, Electrical and Computer Engineering
College of Visual & Performing Arts
Ziddi Msangi, Art & Design
Charlton College of Business
Ling Lin, Accounting & Finance
TENURE & PROMOTION TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
College of Arts & Sciences
Aneesa Baboolal, Crime and Justice Studies
Wei-Shun Chang, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Genevieve Kozak, Biology
Raina Lamade, Psychology
Vanessa Lovelace, Crime and Justice Studies
Toniqua Mikell, Crime and Justice Studies
Anna Schierberl Scherr, Psychology
Charlton College of Business
Anoosha Izadi, Management and Marketing
College of Engineering
Sarah Caudill, Physics
Yuchou Chang, Computer & Information Science
Gokhan Kul, Computer & Information Science
Hangjian Ling, Mechanical Engineering
Banafsheh Seyed-Aghazadeh, Mechanical Engineering
Caiwei Shen, Mechanical Engineering
School of Law
Faisal Chaudry
PROMOTION TO ASSOCIATE TEACHING PROFESSOR
College of Arts & Sciences
Crystal Lubinsky, History
Ilana Offenberger, History
College of Engineering
Laura Hanzly, Bioengineering
College of Visual and Performing Arts
Aleta Deyo, Art & Design
Lara Henderson, Art & Design
Otto Metzger, Art & Design
PROMOTION TO PROFESSIONAL TECHNICIAN I
Jennifer Clark, College of Nursing & Health Sciences
PROMOTION TO LIBRARIAN
Emma Wood, Information Services