July 27, 2021

Dear members of the UIS Campus Community:

I am pleased to announce that on July 22, 2021, after campus-level review, the University of Illinois Board of Trustees approved the following UIS faculty for tenure and/or promotion:

Faculty Promotion:

• Heather Bailey, Associate Professor in History—promotion to Professor
• Lynn Fisher, Associate Professor in Sociology/Anthropology—promotion to Professor
• Elizabeth Ribarsky, Associate Professor in Communication-promotion to Professor
• Peter Shapinsky, Associate Professor in History - promotion to Professor
• Frances Shen, Associate Professor in Psychology - promotion to Professor
• Jorge Villegas, Associate Professor in Management, Marketing & Operations—promotion to Professor
• Te-Wei Wang, Associate Professor in Management Information Systems—promotion to Professor

Faculty Tenure and Promotion:

• Cheng-Chia (Brian) Chen, Assistant Professor in Public Health – tenure granted and promotion to Associate Professor
• Egbe Egiebor, Assistant Professor in Public Health – tenure granted and promotion to Associate Professor
• Ping Guo, Assistant Professor in Computer Science—tenure granted and promotion to Associate Professor
• Yanhui Guo, Assistant Professor in Computer Science— tenure granted and promotion to Associate Professor
• Stephanie Hedge, Assistant Professor in English and Modern Languages— tenure granted and promotion to Associate Professor
• Devin Hunter, Assistant Professor in History – tenure granted and promotion to Associate Professor
• Frank Nation, Assistant Professor in Accounting, Economics & Finance – tenure granted and promotion to Associate Professor
• Tiffany Nielson, Assistant Professor in Human Development Counseling— tenure granted and promotion to Associate Professor
• Sudeep Sharma, Assistant Professor in Management, Marketing & Operations— tenure granted and promotion to Associate Professor
• Magic Wade, Assistant Professor in Political Science – tenure granted and promotion to Associate Professor

Faculty Tenure Without Change in Rank:

• Celestine Weuve, Associate Professor in Allied Health – tenure granted

I hope you will join me in congratulating our esteemed colleagues on their accomplishments.

United in Safety,

Karen

Karen M. Whitney, PhD
Interim Chancellor
University of Illinois Springfield