The Ithaca College Board of Trustees has granted emeritus status to eight former faculty members and promotions and tenure to 19 current faculty members at its meeting on campus March 1–3.
The following retired faculty members were named professor emeritus:
School of Business
Department of Finance and International Business
Raquib Zaman, who retired in May 2014
School of Health Sciences and Human Performance
Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology
Richard Schissel, who retired in May 2015
School of Humanities and Sciences
Department of Biology
Bruce Smith, who retired in May 2014
Department of Communication Studies
Howard Erlich, who retired in May 2015
Department of Mathematics
Martin Sternstein, who retired in May 2016
School of Music
Department of Music Education
Mark Fonder, who retired in May 2015
Department of Music Performance
Phiroze Mehta, who retired in May 2015
Department of Music Theory, History and Composition
Dana Wilson, who retired in May 2016
The following associate professors were awarded tenure:
School of Humanities and Sciences
Department of Modern Languages and Literatures
Marella Feltrin-Morris, who received her two Ph.Ds. and an M.A. from Binghamton University and laurea from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
Roy H. Park School of Communications
Department of Journalism
James Rada, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Georgia, and M.S. and B.A. from San Diego State University
The following faculty members were awarded tenure and promoted from assistant to associate professor:
School of Business
Department of Management
Narges Kasiri, who received her Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University, M.S. from Eastern Michigan University and B.S. from Sharif University of Technology
Department of Sport Management and Media
Won Yul Bae, who received his Ph.D. from Indiana University, M.S. from Ohio University, B.S. from the University of Utah and B.A. from Dan Kook University
School of Health Sciences and Human Performance
Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences
Patrick McKeon, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, M.S. from the Arizona School of Health Sciences and B.S. from Springfield College
Department of Occupational Therapy
Michelle Bradshaw, who received her D.C. from New York Chiropractic College and B.S. from Boston University
School of Humanities and Sciences
Department of Biology
David Gondek, who received his Ph.D. from Dartmouth Medical School and two B.S. degrees from SUNY, Geneseo
Ian Woods, who received his Ph.D., B.S. and B.A. from Stanford University
Department of Economics
Jennifer Tennant, who received her Ph.D. from the City University of New York, M.A. from Columbia University and B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley
Department of English
Christopher Holmes, who received his Ph.D. and M.A.T. from Brown University, M.A. from Middlebury College and B.A. from Bates College
Departments of Mathematics and Education
Cristina Gómez, who received her Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, and B.S. from Universidad Pedagόgica Nacional
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Matthew Price, who received his Ph.D., M.S. and B.S. from Oregon State University, and an additional M.S. from the University of Oklahoma
Department of Theatre Arts
Chrystyna Dail, who received her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Maryland, and B.A. from Pennsylvania State University
Department of Writing
Mary Lourdes Silva, who received her Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and M.F.A. and B.A. from California State University, Fresno
School of Music
Department of Music Education
James Mick, who received his Ph.D. from Florida State University, M.M. from Ithaca College and B.M. from Texas Christian University
Department of Music Performance
Ivy Walz, who received her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati and M.M. and B.M. from Ithaca College
Department of Music Theory, History and Composition
Sara Haefeli, who received her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and M.M. and B.M. from the University of Northern Colorado
S. Alexander Reed, who received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Pittsburgh, and B.M. and B.A. from the College of Wooster
Roy H. Park School of Communications
Department of Media Arts, Sciences and Studies
Andrew Utterson, who received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of London and B.A. from the University of Kent
