2020 College Report

NAKIA EDMOND , Administrative Assistant II KATY HEAD , Lecturer, M.A., Texas State University AMBER HINSLEY , Assistant Professor, Journalism, Ph.D., University of Texas ALEC SCHERER , Assistant Professor, Brass Music Education, Ph. D., University of Missouri BENJAMIN FELTS , Administrative Assistant II MEMORIE SCHULTZ , Piano Technician RON WILKINS , Lecturer (Trombone, Jazz, Latin music), M.M. Texas State University AIMEE RADICS , Lecturer/Program Faculty, Associate Music Director, M.M. Ithaca College TRAD BURNS , Lecturer, Lighting Design, B.F.A., Otterbein College JOE WARD , Advisor I RAFAEL VIOLANTE , Administrative Assistant II KAITLIN HOPKINS , Professor of Practice, Theatre and Dance NATALIE BLACKMAN , Performance and Production, Theatre and Dance CHERI PROUGH DEVOL , Design, Technology, and Management, Theatre and Dance JERRY RUIZ , Directing, Theatre and Dance NEIL PATRICK STEWART , Acting, Theatre and Dance JESSICA MALLIOS , Photography, Art and Design MOLLY SHERMAN , M.F.A. Communication Design, Art and Design GINA TARVER , Art History, Art and Design DIMITRI TETIN , B.F.A. Communication Design, Art and Design tenure and promot ion new faculty, staff, appointments, and coordinators Te formal awarding of tenure was codifed in 1940 by the American Association of University Professors. In recent years, the scholarly/creative expectations for earning tenure and/or promotion have steadily increased, mirroring Texas State University’s rise in national recognition. In 2016, the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching reclassifed Texas State University as a “Doctoral University: Higher Research Activity,” the second-highest designation for research institutions in the country. Te faculty who earned tenure and/or promotion refect those high standards. ART AND DE S I GN COMMUN I CAT I ON STUD I E S - Tenure and Promotion - JONATHAN FABER Art and Design - Tenure and Promotion - JENNIFER STOB Art and Design - Tenure and Promotion - STEPHANIE DAILEY Communication Studies - Tenure and Promotion - CLAY CRAIG Journalism and Mass Communication - Tenure and Promotion - AMES ASBELL Music - Tenure and Promotion - RUSSELL HAIGHT Music - Tenure and Promotion - MICHAEL IPPOLITO Music - Promotion to Professor - ANN BURNETTE Communication Studies - Promotion to Professor - CAROLINE BEATTY Music - Promotion to Professor - SARAH MAINES Theatre and Dance - Promotion to Professor - of Practice KYM FOX Journalism and Mass Communication - Promotion to Professor - of Practice DAVID NOLAN Journalism and Mass Communication - Tenured - JACOB HARRISON Music J OURNAL I SM AND MA S S COMMUN I CAT I ON MUS I C THEATRE AND DANCE COLLEGE OF F I NE ARTS AND COMMUN I CAT I ON NEW APPO I NTMENTS NEW AREA COORD I NATORS 12 . COLLEGE REPORT 2020 F i r s t gen / N e x t gen . 13