Spotlight on Faculty Tenures and Promotions
June 25, 2021
As New York Tech prepares for the 2021-2022 academic year, several faculty members were recognized for their outstanding teaching, scholarship, service, and commitment to the university through tenure and promotions, which were approved by the Board of Trustees at its May meeting. The following tenures and/or promotions will take effect on September 1, 2021:
College of Arts and Sciences
- Jennifer Griffiths, Ph.D., promotion to professor
- Michael Hosenfeld, tenure
College of Engineering and Computing Sciences
- Ziqian (Cecilia) Dong, Ph.D., promotion to professor
College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM)
These NYITCOM faculty were promoted to associate professor:
- Troy Camarata, Ph.D., NYITCOM-Arkansas
- Regina Fleming, D.O., NYITCOM-Arkansas
- Simone Hoffmann, Ph.D., NYITCOM-Long Island
- Steven Lewis, M.D., NYITCOM-Arkansas
- Maria Pino, Ph.D., NYITCOM-Long Island
- Viswanathan Rajagopalan, Ph.D., NYITCOM-Arkansas
- Nathan Thompson, Ph.D., NYITCOM-Long Island
- Jennifer Xie, Ph.D., NYITCOM-Arkansas
Charles Pavia, Ph.D., NYITCOM-Long Island, was promoted to professor.
School of Architecture and Design
- Marcella Del Signore, M. Arch., tenure
School of Health Professions
- Christina Finn, Ed.D., tenure and promotion to associate professor
School of Management
- Birasnav Muthuraj, Ph.D., tenure and promotion to associate professor
- Radoslaw Nowak, Ph.D., tenure and promotion to associate professor
Library
- Diana Moronta, MSLIS, promotion to Librarian II
Long Island and New York City faculty tenures and promotions will be highlighted in sponsored content announcements in Crain’s New York Business throughout the summer. Promotions for faculty teaching at the NYITCOM campus in Jonesboro will be announced in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
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