CAHSS Faculty Promotions for 2019

A whopping 26 faculty members within the College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences have received promotions or made transitions this fall. That’s 10 more than last year. Promotions recognize a faculty member’s successes, which can take years to achieve. The time it takes to receive a promotion averages six years and requires scholarly evaluation from the faculty member’s national and international peers, the candidate’s department, the dean, the provost and the DU Board of Trustees.

In addition to their scholarship, these promotions take into account the candidates’ creative production, teaching quality and campus service.

“These changes recognize significant achievement, dedication and contribution to the mission of our departments, College, University, and fields,” said Dean Daniel McIntosh.

Join us in congratulating the following promotions among our faculty:

Eight faculty have been promoted to tenured full professor:

• Antonia Banducci, Lamont School of Music
• Rick Barbour, Department of Theatre
• Graham Foust, Department of English & Literary Arts
• Scott Howard, Department of English & literary arts
• Lisa Martinez, Department of Sociology & Criminology
• Greg Robbins, Department of Religious Studies
• Beth Suter, Department of Communication Studies
• Sarah Enos Watamura, Department of Psychology

One faculty was promoted to teaching full professor:

• Maha Foster, Department of Languages & Literatures

Five faculty received tenure and promotion to associate professor:

• Alejandro Cerón, Department of Anthropology
• Tayana Hardin, Department of English & Literary Arts
• Janice Benning Lacek, Department of Theatre
• Hilary Smith, Department of History
• Timothy Sweeny, Department of Psychology

Two faculty were promoted to the rank of teaching associate professor:

• Sergio Macias, Department of Languages & Literatures
• Andrew Matranga, department of Media, Film & Journalism Studies

Ten received emeritus status this last year, also:

• Miriam Bornstein Gómez, Department of Languages & Literatures
• Rodney Buxton, Department of Media, Film & Journalism Studies
• Richard Clemmer-Smith, Department of Anthropology
• Nancy Cochran, Lamont School of Music
• Paul Colomy, Department of Sociology & Criminology
• Kenneth Cox, Lamont School of Music
• Catherine Grieve, Department of Media, Film & Journalism Studies
• Art Jones, Lamont School of Music, Department of Psychology and Colorado Women’s College
• Stephen Shirk, Department of Psychology
• Oscar Somoza, Department of Languages & Literatures