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.
