Congratulations to the current and former members of the faculty who have been recognized by the Ithaca College Board of Trustees. At its February meetings, the board granted emeritus status to 11 former faculty members and awarded promotions and tenure to 14 current faculty members.
The following were named professor emeritus or emerita. This is an honorary title awarded after retirement to those who have made sustained contributions to Ithaca College and/or to their profession in teaching, scholarship and service.
School of Business
Donald Eckrich, professor of marketing, who retired in December 2016.
Patricia Libby, associate professor of accounting, who retired in May 2017.
Roy H. Park School of Communications
Mara Alper, associate professor of media arts, sciences and studies, who retired in December 2016.
Tom Nicholson, associate professor of media arts, sciences and studies, who retired in May 2018.
Megan Roberts, associate professor of media arts, sciences and studies, who retired in May 2016.
Wenmouth Williams, professor of media arts, sciences and studies, who retired in May 2014.
School of Humanities and Sciences
Norman Johnson, associate professor of theatre arts, who retired in May 2018.
Jonathan Laskowitz, associate professor of sociology, who retired in May 2018.
John Rosenthal, professor of mathematics, who retired in May 2018.
James Swafford, associate professor of English, who retired in May 2018.
Susan Weisend, professor of art, who retired in May 2018.
The following faculty members were awarded tenure and promoted from assistant to associate professor. Criteria for promotion to associate professor include a sustained record of teaching excellence, evidence of significant scholarly or appropriate professional attainment, and evidence of service to the college and profession.
School of Business
Department of Marketing
Alison Shields, who earned her Ph.D. from Kent State University, M.B.A. from Case Western Reserve University and B.A. from Ohio State University.
Roy H. Park School of Communications
Department of Journalism
Anthony Adornato, who earned his M.A. from the University of Missouri and B.S. from Syracuse University.
School of Health Sciences and Human Performance
Department of Health Promotion and Physical Education
Kari Brossard Stoos, who earned her Ph.D. and M.S. from the State University of New York at Buffalo and B.S. from Canisius College.
Department of Occupational Therapy
Kimberly Wilkinson, who earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Southern California and B.S. from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
School of Humanities and Sciences
Department of Biology
Te-Wen Lo, who earned her Ph.D. and M.Phil. from Yale University and M.S. and B.A. from New York University.
Center for the Study of Culture, Race, and Ethnicity
Gustavo Licón, who earned his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Southern California and B.A. from Brown University.
Department of Computer Science
Toby Dragon, who earned his Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and B.A from Ithaca College.
Nathan Prestopnik, who earned his Ph.D., M.Phil., M.S. and B.A. from Syracuse University.
Department of Education
Nia Michelle Nunn, who earned her Ph.D. from Michigan State University and B.A. from Clark Atlanta University.
Department of English
Jennifer Spitzer, who earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from New York University and B.A. from Wesleyan University.
Department of Mathematics
Theodore Galanthay III, who earned his Ph.D. and M.S. from the University of Colorado and B.S. from Duke University.
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Kelley Sullivan, who earned her Ph.D. from the University of Rochester, M.S. from Ohio State University and A.B. from College of the Holy Cross.
Department of Politics
Evgenia Ilieva, who earned her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Florida and B.A. from Ithaca College.
School of Music
Department of Music Education
Radio Cremata, who earned his D.M.A. from Boston University, M.S.Ed. from Florida International University and B.A. from the University of Miami.