UH Hilo faculty honored for 2017 tenure and promotion

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Faculty at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo who have received tenure and/or promotion this year were recognized at the 2017 Fall Welcome event held on Sept 6.

Photos by Bob Douglas for UH Hilo Stories.

Tenure

Group of four, each in kukui lei, with interim chancellor.
Interim Chancellor Marcia Sakai, at right, stands with faculty who have received tenure in 2017 (left to right) Andrew Polloi, Junior Specialist, Counseling Services; Celia Bardwell-Jones, Associate Professor of Philosophy; Jiren Feng, Associate Professor of Chinese; and Marina Karides, Associate Professor of Philosophy.

The following faculty have been awarded tenure:

  • Celia Bardwell-Jones, Associate Professor of Philosophy.
  • Jiren Feng, Associate Professor of Chinese.
  • Marina Karides, Associate Professor of Philosophy.
  • Andrew Polloi,Junior Specialist, Counseling Services.

Tenure and Promotion

Two honorees with chancellor.
Interim Chancellor Sakai, at right, stands with faculty who have been awarded tenure and promotion in 2017 (left to right) Rodney Jubilado, Associate Professor of Filipino Studies, and Rene Martin, Associate Professor of Astronomy.

The following faculty have been awarded tenure and promotion:

  • Rodney Jubilado, Associate Professor of Filipino Studies.
  • Rene Pierre Martin, Associate Professor of Astronomy.

Promotion

Group, each in lei, with chancellor.
Faculty who have received promotion in 2017 are (front) Alice Davis, Professor of Nursing and (back left to right) Yoshitala Miike, Professor of Communication; Tamara Kondratyuk, Associate Specialist of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Ryan Perroy, Associate Professor of Geography. At right is Interim Chancellor Sakai.

The following faculty have been awarded promotion:

  • Thora Abarca, Librarian IV.
  • Lari-Anne Au, Librarian IV.
  • Brian Bays, Librarian IV.
  • Marilyn Brown, Professor of Sociology.
  • Alice Davis, Professor of Nursing.
  • Yoshiko Fukushima, Professor of Performance Studies.
  • Kerri Inglis, Professor of History.
  • Tamara Kondratyuk, Associate Specialist of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
  • Steven Lundblad, Professor of Geology.
  • Yoshitaka Miike, Professor of Communication.
  • Ryan Perroy, Associate Professor of Geography.
  • Efren Ruiz, Professor of Mathematics.
  • Amy Saxton, Librarian IV.

Delegated Promotion

Natalie Crist in lei with Marcia Sakai.
Natalie Crist, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, at left, was awarded delegated promotion in 2017. At right is Interim Chancellor Sakai.

The following faculty have been awarded delegated promotion:

  • Natalie Crist, Assistant Professor of Chemistry.
  • Timothy Freeman, Assistant Professor of Philosophy.
  • Mary Haraguchi, Librarian III.
  • Alexander Nagurney, Assistant Professor of Psychology.

Photos by Bob Douglas, a local artist, photographer, and sometimes part-time student who volunteers his photography skills to the Office of the Chancellor and UH Hilo Stories.

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