Regents Roundup, October 2022

The October Board of Regents meeting included the approval of personal actions and the transfer of faculty to the new Department of Language, Culture, and the Arts in CASL.

This month’s meeting was held at the University of Michigan-Flint. 

Chancellor Grasso provided the following updates at the public Oct. 20 meeting: 

• The recently announced Chancellors’ Inclusive Excellence Fellows
• Resuming the Thought Leaders speaker series 
  • Scott Page, Distinguished University Professor of Complexity, on the Ann Arbor campus delivered a talk on the benefits of building diverse teams through a systems analysis lens
  • President Clayton Spencer and Professor April Hill from Bates College, who discuss “Purposeful Work and STEM Equity” will be on campus in November 
  • Professor Desmond Patton, from Penn, will speak on the use of data science to understand the impact of social media on mental health and adults of color, also in November 
• Early discussions with Tony Kolenic, Director, Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum, to help us reimagine our Environmental Interpretive Center and Study Area
• University Center renaming ceremony in honor of James C. Renick scheduled for November 17 
• Recap of the first Town Gown bike ride last month 

CASL has recently established the Department of Language, Culture, and the Arts.

In conjunction with this change in status, and with the concurrence of the CASL Executive Committee, the transfer of the following faculty appointments and tenure to the new department were approved:

Imran Aijaz to associate professor of philosophy

Erik C. Bond to associate professor of English literature

Daniel R. Davis to professor of linguistics

William DeGenaro to professor of composition and rhetoric

Susan N. Erickson to professor of art history

J. Caitlyn Finlayson to professor of English

Jorge Gonzalez del Pozo to chair, Department of Language, Culture, and the Arts, and professor of Spanish

Nicholas Iannarino to associate professor of language culture, and communication

Michelle L. Jarenski to associate professor of English literature

Timothy O. Kiska to professor of communications

Jamie S. Lee to professor of linguistics

Maureen Linker to professor of philosophy

Daniel E. Little to professor of philosophy

Michael MacDonald to associate professor of language, culture, and communication

Francia E. Martinez Valencia to associate professor of Spanish

Troy A. Murphy to associate professor of communications

Diana Y. Ng to associate professor of art history

Jennifer L. Proctor to associate professor of journalism and screen studies

Carlos E. Rodriguez-McGill to associate professor of Spanish

Elizabeth E. Rohan to professor of rhetoric and composition

Nadja Rottner to associate professor of art history

Maria Gabriella Scarlatta to professor of French

Jonathan Smith to professor of English language and literature, with tenure, and professor of behavioral sciences, without tenure

Deborah Smith Pollard to professor of English literature and humanities

Margaret K. Willard-Traub to associate professor of composition

Appointments represented by the Lecturers’ Employee Organization

Raef A. Aidibi, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Computer and Information Science, August 29 – December 31, 2022

Marim Alnaed, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Physical Sciences, Department of Natural Sciences, August 29 – December 31, 2022

Ashley A. DaDalt, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Biological Sciences, Department of Natural Science, August 29 – December 31, 2022

Richard J. Frost, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Computer and Information Science, August 29 – December 31, 2022

Syeda Ghani, M.A., Lecturer I, Mechanical Engineering, August 29 – December 31, 2022

Mandeta Gjata, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Language, Culture and Communication, August 29 – December 31, 2022

Darya Howell, M.S., Lecturer I, Physical Sciences, Department of Natural Sciences, August 29 – December 31, 2022

Bushra Hussain, Ph.D., Lecturer III, Physical Sciences, Department of Natural Sciences, August 29, 2022 – April 30, 2023

Walter A. Lucken IV, M.A., Lecturer I, Humanities, Department of Language, Culture and Communication, August 29 – December 31, 2022

Sandra Rodriguez Bontemps, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Romance Languages and Literatures, August 29 – December 31, 2022

University gifts of $10,000 or more 

Israelite House of David
$48,000 in support of CASL Digital Arts Lab Fund

View the entire Board of Regents’ meeting agenda.