Faculty Members Receive Tenure, Promotions, Sabbatical Leaves

Congratulations to the 10 faculty members who were approved for tenure by the Pacific University Board of Trustees in March 2016. An additional 15 faculty members also received promotions, while 20 faculty members were granted sabbaticals in the 2016-2017 academic year.

Faculty Approved for Tenure

College of Arts & Sciences
Ian Besse, PhD
Dijana Ihas, PhD
Keya Mitra, PhD

College of Education
Kerry Mandulak, PhD

College of Health Professions
Kathryn Bell, RDH, MS
Ian Doyle, PharmD, BCPS
David G. Fuentes, PharmD, BCPP, CGP
Robert J. Nee, PT, PhD, MappSc
Laura Edwards-Leeper, PhD

College of Optometry
Ryan Bulson, OD, MS

Faculty Promotions in Rank

TENURE PROMOTIONS

Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
Ian Besse, College of Arts & Sciences
Dijana Ihas, College of Arts & Sciences
Keya Mitra, College of Arts & Sciences
Kerry Mandulak, College of Education
Kathryn Bell, College of Health Professions
Ian Doyle, College of Health Professions
Laura Edwards-Leeper, College of Health Professions
Ryan Bulson, College of Optometry

Associate Professor to Full Professor
Robert Nee, College of Health Professions

NON-TENURE PROMOTIONS

Assistant Professor to Associate Professor
Eva Guggemos, MLS, Library
Rebecca Shulte, EdD, College of Education

Associate Professor to Full Professor
Dina Erickson, OD, FAAQ, College of Optometry
Stacey Halpern, PhD, College of Arts & Sciences
Paul Michael, PhD, College of Health Professions
Lisa Rowley, RDH, MS, College of Health Professions

Sabbatical Leaves

Jennifer Antick
College of Health Professions, Academic Year, “Yoga Therapy Training: Integral to Clinical Health Psychology Interventions”

Nancy Christoph
College of Arts & Sciences, Academic Year, “Innovations in Pedagogy: Applied Spanish and Updated Technology”

Mike Geraci
College of Arts & Sciences, Spring 2017, “An Analysis of Best Practices in the Creation of Interactive Documentaries”

Stephen Hall
College of Arts & Sciences, Spring 2017, “White-Light Interferometry Measurements of MEMs Devices”

Shereen Khoja
College of Arts & Sciences, Academic Year, “Teaching Computer Security and Developing an App to Analyze Nanoparticle Substrate”

Eric Klienknecht
College of Arts & Sciences, Spring 2017, “A Program for Promoting School-Aged Children's Personal and Academic Growth: A Workbook for Use in Elementary Classrooms”

Ann Matschiner
College of Education, Fall 2016, “Developing the Pacific University Transition School and Early Entrance Program for Profoundly Gifted Students”

Catherine Miller
College of Health Professions, Spring 2017, “Pacific Northwest Animal Hoarding Research Consortium”

Darlene Pagan
College of Arts & Sciences, Academic Year, “Feeding Blaine and Grief Speak”

Steve Park
College of Health Professions, Spring 2017, “Using Client-Centered Goal Setting Across Practice Settings to Evaluate Outcomes”

Martha Rampton
College of Arts & Sciences, Fall 2016, “Four Dark Age Queens”

Sean Roush
College of Health Professions, Fall 2016, “The Lived Experience of Mental Illness and Substance Abuse: An Occupational Biography of Success”

Phil Ruder
College of Arts & Sciences, Spring 2017, “Student Characteristics and Outcomes in a Team-Based Learning Classroom”

Sheryl Sanders
College of Health Professions, Spring 2017, “The Impact of a Specifically Designed Video-enhanced Cadaver Dissection Guide on Teaching and Learning in the Dissection Laboratory”

Tal Sanders
College of Arts & Sciences, Fall 2016, “Digital Design Training and Introduction to Technical Theatre Textbook”

Lisa Sardinia
College of Arts & Sciences, Spring 2017, “Authentic and Civically Engaged Research in an Undergraduate Biology Course”

William Todd Schultz
College of Arts & Sciences, Academic Year, “The Enchanted Abyss: Why and How Great Artists Suffer”

Rebecca Twist
College of Arts & Sciences, Fall 2016, “Pedagogy in Art History: Writing Courses for Latin American Art and Hawaiian Art”

Todd Twyman
College of Education, Spring 2017, “Data Use In Context: Readings for all Stakeholders. Strengthening International Partnerships.”

Shun-Nan Yang
College of Optometry, Academic Year, “Promoting a New Undergraduate Optometric Program and Clinical Pediatric Research”

Monday, March 14, 2016