Faculty Members Recognized During Convocation

A key measure of a university’s excellence is the quality of its faculty and their scholarly achievements. During last month’s Faculty Convocation, campus leadership recognized UC Merced faculty members who earned advancement, promotion or tenure, and continuing lecturer awards during the 2015-16 academic year.

To earn tenure, faculty members must go through a complex and thorough review procedure and are evaluated on criteria that include teaching, research, creative work, professional competence and activity, and public service.

Lecturers eligible for a continuing award also go through a complex and thorough review procedure and are evaluated on criteria that include excellence in teaching and continued professional competence development.

Congratulations to faculty members who received recognition:

Advancement, Promotion and Tenure

School of Engineering

• Stefano Carpin
• Qinghua Guo
• Yanbao Ma
• Michael Modest
• Florin Rusu
• Christopher Viney

School of Natural Sciences

• Michael Beman
• Stephen Hart
• Kevin Mitchell
• Nestor Oviedo

School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts

• Irenee Beattie
• Jayson Beaster-Jones
• Linda Cameron
• Tanya Golash-Boza
• Thomas Hansford
• Teenie Matlock
• Holley Moyes
• Cristián Ricci
• Karl Ryavec
• Peter Vanderschraaf
• Jan Wallander

Continuing Lecturer Awards

• Ross Avilla
  School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
• Yu-Han Chao
  The Karen Merritt Writing Program
• Amy Fenstermaker
  The Karen Merritt Writing Program
• Cheryl Finley
  The Karen Merritt Writing Program
• Richard Gomez
  School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
• Mark Harris
  School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts
• Stan Mattoon
  School of Natural Sciences
• Iris Ruiz
  The Karen Merritt Writing Program
• Haik Stepanian
  School of Natural Sciences
• Jane Wilson
  The Karen Merritt Writing Program