UMass Board of Trustees Appoint Tenure and Distinguished Professorships to UMass Amherst Faculty Members

The UMass Board of Trustees awarded tenure to 36 UMass Amherst faculty members and appointed three to the title of distinguished professorships at its quarterly meeting held on June 7.

The faculty members who received awards of tenure are:

• Chengbo Ai, civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering
• Amir Arbabi, electrical and computer Engineering, College of Engineering
• Peng Bai, chemical engineering, College of Engineering
• Maria Biezma Garrido, languages, literature and cultures, College of Education
• Carrie-Ellen Briere, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing
• Wen Chen, mechanical and industrial engineering, College of Engineering
• Yao Chen, theater, College of Humanities and Fine Arts
• Joohyn Chung, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing
• Rafael Coelho Lopes de Sa, physics, College of Natural Sciences
• Marialuisa Di Stefano, teacher education and curriculum studies, College of Education
• Jess S. Dillard-Wright, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing
• Xian Du, mechanical and industrial engineering, College of Engineering
• Mohammadhassan Hajiesmaili, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences 
• Duane L. Holland, Jr., music and dance, College of Humanities and Fine Arts 
• Lisa M. Komoroske, environmental conservation, College of Natural Sciences
• Emily K. Kumpel, civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering 
• Andrew A. Lover, biostatistics and epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
• Narges Mahyar, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences
• Sara K. Mamo, communication disorders, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
• Airin D. Martinez, health promotion and policy, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
• Matthew D. Moore, food science, College of Natural Sciences
• Yeon Sik Noh, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing and College of Engineering
• Priscilla M. Page, theater, College of Humanities and Fine Arts 
• ChangHui Pak, biochemistry and molecular biology, College of Natural Sciences
• Lenore M. Palladino, economics, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Jinglei Ping, mechanical and industrial engineering, College of Engineering
• Katie M. Potter, kinesiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences 
• Annie Raymond, mathematics and statistics, College of Natural Sciences
• Memnun Seven, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing
• Cassandra N. Spracklen, biostatistics and epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
• Enrique A. Suarez, teacher education and curriculum studies, College of Education
• Jay K. Taneja, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences
• Malissa A. Taylor, Judaic and Near Eastern studies, College of Humanities and Fine Arts 
• Lisa A. Wolf, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing
• Yao Yu, accounting, Isenberg School of Management
• Hamed Zamani, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences
  
  

The trustees also appointed three faculty members to the title of distinguished professor: 

• Brian Levine, director of Cybersecurity Institute, Department of Computer Science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences
• Dimitrios Maroudas, head of the Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering
• Joya Misra, provost professor and Roy J. Zuckerberg Endowed Leadership chair of Sociology & School of Public Policy in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
  
  

The trustees also made three faculty appointments with tenure: 

• Carolina Bank Muñoz, professor, sociology and labor studies, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences
• Song Liang, professor and department chair, environmental health sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences
• Ka Zeng, professor, political science, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (joining UMass Amherst in fall 2024)