The UMass Board of Trustees awarded tenure to 42 UMass Amherst faculty members and appointed three to distinguished professorships at its quarterly meeting June 11.

The faculty members receiving awards of tenure are:

Lauren B. Andrews, chemical engineering, College of Engineering 

Konstantinos Andreadis, civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering

Raphael Edem Arku, environmental health sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Lynnette Arnold, anthropology, College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Christoph Bauner, resource economics, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Peter J. Beltramo, chemical engineering, College of Engineering

Madalina Fiterau Brostean, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences

Lucinda Canty, nursing, Elaine Marieb College of Nursing

Brian S. Cheng, environmental conservation, College of Natural Sciences

Guillermo Del Pinal Saenz, philosophy, College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Michelle Facette, biology, College of Natural Sciences

Maryclare Griffin, mathematics and statistics, College of Natural Sciences

Megan C. Gross, speech, language, and hearing sciences, School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Benjamin Jones Heidenreich, physics, College of Natural Sciences

Wouter Hoogkamer, kinesiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Jeffery Kasper, art, College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Reika Katsumata, polymer science and engineering, College of Natural Sciences

Andrew Lan, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences

Hung Viet Le, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences

Tingyi Leo Liu, mechanical and industrial engineering, College of Engineering

Beatriz Lorenzo, electrical and computer engineering, College of Engineering

Jiakai Lu, food sciences, College of Natural Sciences

Shiqing Ma, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences

Haben Michael, mathematics and statistics, College of Natural Sciences

Katherine A. Moos, economics, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Cameron Nicholas Musco, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences

Alissa Nolden, food sciences, College of Natural Sciences

Amanda E. Paluch, kinesiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences

Gregor Sebastian Semieniuk, public policy, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Nathan R. Senner, environmental conservation, College of Natural Sciences

Marco Serafini, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences

Kelsey Shoub, public policy, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Asheesh K. Siddique, history, College of Humanities and Fine Arts

Govind Srimathveeravalli, mechanical and industrial engineering, College of Engineering

Javier Suárez-Álvarez, educational policy, research and administration, College of Education

Katie Sveinson, sport management, Isenberg School of Management

Corine Tachtiris, languages, literature and cultures, College of Humanities and Fine Arts

James Walsh, chemistry, College of Natural Sciences

Ted Westling, mathematics and statistics, College of Natural Sciences

Kelsey Whipple, journalism, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Matthew J. Winnick, earth, geographic and climate sciences, College of Natural Sciences

Yair Zick, computer science, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences

The trustees also appointed three faculty members as distinguished professors: 

Lynn Adler, biology, College of Natural Sciences

James Allan, associate dean of research and engagement, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences

Jonathan Rothstein, mechanical and industrial engineering, College of Engineering

In other appointed professorships, the trustees named Kevin L. Young, economics, the Terrence Murray Commonwealth Honors Professor.

The trustees also made a faculty appointment with tenure to 

Ulya Tsolmon, associate professor, Isenberg School of Management