On Saturday, Sept. 28, Cal State San Bernardino hosted the New & Newly Promoted and/or Tenured Faculty Brunch at the Alumni Center, bringing together faculty and administrators to celebrate new members, as well as academic promotions for the 2024-25 academic year. The event, held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., welcomed newly hired, tenured and promoted faculty members, recognizing their contributions to the university’s academic community.

The faculty members who have been promoted and/or received tenure are listed by their academic college below.

College of Arts and Letters

Promoted to professor

  • Liliana Conlisk-Gallegos, Communication Studies
  • Shafiq Rahman, Communication Studies
  • Thomas Girshin, English
  • John Mumma, Philosophy
  • Bibiana Diaz, WLL

Promoted to associate professor

  • Vanessa Ovalle Perez, English
  • Angela Penaredondo, English

New assistant professor

  • Rafael Duffie, Art & Design
  • Alicia Escobedo, English
  • Maxine Van Doren, English
  • Injeong Yoon-Ramirez, Art & Design

Jack H. Brown College of Business and Public Administration

Awarded tenure

  • Jacqueline Coyle-Shapiro, Management

Promoted to professor

  • Crystal Huang, Management

Promoted to associate professor

  • Jesus Canelon, Information & Decision Science

New assistant professor

  • Thomas Chapman, Information & Decision Sciences
  • Francisca Afua Opoku-Boateng, Information & Decision Sciences
  • Asif Malik, Accounting & Finance

James R. Watson and Judy Rodriguez Watson College of Education

Promoted to professor

  • Andrew Hughes, ELT
  • Viktor Wang, ELT
  • Shannon Sparks, SRC

Promoted to associate professor

  • Karen Escalante, TEF

New assistant professor

  • Carlos Galan Lopez, Special Education, Rehabilitation & Counseling
  • Cathleen Geraghty Jenkinson, Special Education
  • Jennifer Carhart, Special Education

College of Natural Sciences

Awarded tenure

  • Nathaniel Bodell, Kinesiology

Promoted to professor

  • Yunfei Hou, Computer Science & Engineering
  • Angie Otiniano Verissimo, Health Sciences
  • Sarah Dunn, Kinesiology
  • Chris Gentry, Kinesiology
  • Jason Ng, Kinesiology
  • Amanda Rymal, Kinesiology
  • Cory (Corrine) Johnson, Mathematics
  • Rosslyn Byous, MSPA
  • Kim Younglee, Nursing
  • Sara Callori, Physics

Promoted to associate professor

  • Breanna Putman, Biology
  • David Smith, Biology
  • Venkata Naga Pradeep, Kinesiology

New assistant professor

  • Lindsey Nowland, Kinesiology
  • Xiangyu Li, School of Computer Science & Engineering
  • Enrique Contreras, Chemistry & Finance
  • Melissa Murphy, Health Science & Human Ecology
  • Regina Ude, Health Science & Human Ecology
  • Samantha Juan, Nursing

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Promoted to professor

  • Matthew Des Lauriers, Anthropology
  • Ariana Huhn, Anthropology
  • Lisa Looney, Child Development
  • Douglas Weiss, Criminal Justice
  • Yolanda Youngs, Geography and Environmental Studies
  • Christina Villegas, Political Science
  • Dionisio Amodeo, Psychology
  • Cari Goetz, Psychology
  • Jacob Jones, Psychology

Promoted to associate professor

  • Marc Robinson, History
  • Stacy Forcino, Psychology
  • Megan Carroll, Sociology

New assistant professor

  • Hyeungok Kang, Child Development
  • Stephen Ramos, Psychology
  • Emily Loveland, School of Social Work

This event provided a valuable opportunity for the campus community to celebrate academic milestones and welcome new colleagues. The brunch concluded with an optimistic outlook for the academic year ahead, as faculty and administrators looked forward to continued collaboration and success.