2025 faculty promotions announced

Marquette University promoted 21 faculty members to professor or associate professor with tenure, effective the fall 2025 semester. One faculty member received tenure. Additionally, 31 full-time participating faculty members were promoted to professor of practice, assistant professor of practice, clinical professor, clinical associate professor, clinical assistant professor, associate librarian, research professor, research associate professor, teaching associate professor, or teaching assistant professor. Between July 2024 and June 2025, eight faculty members will be granted emerita/emeritus status.  

Faculty promoted to professor 

Dr. Lowell Barrington, Political Science 

Dr. Kati Tusinski Berg, Strategic Communication 

Dr. Amy Blair, English 

Dr. Michael Cover, Theology 

Dr. Qindan Huang, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering 

Dr. Chima Korieh, History 

Dr. Paul Nolette, Political Science 

Dr. Enaya Othman, Languages, Literatures and Cultures 

Dr. Kristie Rogers, Management 

Faculty promoted to associate professor with tenure 

Dr. Deanna Arble, Biological Sciences 

Dr. Adam Dempsey, Mechanical Engineering 

Dr. Sergio González, History 

Dr. Xin Luo, Accounting 

Dr. Kathryn Malin, Nursing 

Dr. Christopher Marshall, Biological Sciences 

Dr. John Moore, Mechanical Engineering 

Dr. Amy Newman, Nursing 

Dr. Jay Pantone, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences 

Dr. Nicholas Reiter, Chemistry 

Dr. Amber Young-Brice, Nursing 

Dr. Jessica Zemlak, Nursing 

Faculty receiving tenure 

Dr. Hamdi Cem Güngör, Dental Developmental Sciences 

Participating faculty promotions 

Full-time participating faculty promoted to professor of practice

Dr. Stacy Barnes, Nursing

Dr. Kent Belasco, Finance

Full-time participating faculty promoted to assistant professor of practice

Richard Tobin, Accounting

Full-time participating faculty promoted to clinical professor

Dr. Luis Almeida, Surgical and Diagnostic Dental Sciences

Jeremiah Barrett, Physician Assistant Studies

Dr. Mary Cimrmancic, General Dental Sciences

Dr. Mohamed Ibrahim, Surgical and Diagnostic Dental Sciences

Wendy Krueger, Speech Pathology and Audiology

Dr. Alfred Patrick Longo, General Dental Sciences

Dr. Kathleen Lukaszewicz, Physical Therapy

Dr. Thomas Smithy, General Dental Sciences

Full-time participating faculty promoted to clinical associate professor

Dr. Kelli Jones, Nursing

Dr. Yasser Khaled, Surgical and Diagnostic Dental Sciences

Dr. Patrick Knapp, Jr., General Dental Sciences

Dr. Ann Millard, Occupational Therapy

Dr. Jennie Peters, Nursing

Heidi Ruedinger, Speech Pathology and Audiology

Dr. Madeline Schmidt, Nursing

Alyssa Truong, Physician Assistant Studies

Participating faculty promoted to clinical assistant professor

Dr. Amanda Potter, Nursing

Promoted to associate librarian

Elisabeth Kaune

Full-time participating faculty promoted to research professor

Dr. Shuguang Huang, Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Maharaj Singh, Nursing

Promoted to research associate professor

Dr. Karen Kruger, Biomedical Engineering

Full-time participating faculty promoted to teaching associate professor

Dr. Teodora Cox, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Dr. Grant Gosizk, English

Dr. Sukanya Lodh, Biological Sciences

Dr. Llanie Nobile, Chemistry

Dr. Jacob Noparstak, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences

Promoted to teaching assistant professor

Rick Boyd, Physics

Dr. Zhao Wang, Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering

Faculty promoted to emeritus/emerita rank from July 2024 to Spring 2025   

Promoted to professor emeritus/emerita from July 2024 to Spring 2025 are: Dr. Alexander Ng, Physical Therapy/Exercise Science; Dr. Paula Papanek, Physical Therapy; Dr. Jane Peterson, Social and Cultural Sciences; and Dr. Pinfen Yang, Biological Sciences. 

Promoted to associate professor emeritus/emerita from July 2024 to Spring 2025 are: Rev. Jeffrey LaBelle, S.J., Educational Policy and Leadership; Rev. T. Michael McNulty, S.J., Philosophy; and Dr. Maura Moyle, Speech Pathology and Audiology. 

Sr. Eileen Ennis is promoted to instructor of practice emerita. 

The emerita/emeritus ranking takes effect upon retirement.