Dear faculty and staff,
As the academic year has drawn to a close, it is a joy to recognize the remarkable achievements of our faculty. In my message today, we are celebrating a group of exceptional colleagues who have reached pivotal career milestones through promotion to a new rank and, for some, the awarding of tenure. I am deeply grateful for their dedication to our students and their respective fields of study.
These promotions, which are effective July 1, reflect our collective commitment to transformative teaching, rigorous research and meaningful service that truly make a difference. The intellectual curiosity and academic freedom that drive our faculty are the fuel for Rice’s success and its broader contributions to the world.
Please join me in applauding the following outstanding scholars and educators for their lasting impact on the university, our country and the world. We look forward to honoring them in person at the annual reception for new and newly promoted faculty this fall.
Warm regards,
Amy Dittmar, Howard R. Hughes Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Promotions to professor
Corey Abramson, Sociology
Jefferson Duarte, Jones Graduate School and Virani Undergraduate School of Business
Scott Egan, BioSciences
David Ferris, Shepherd School of Music
Julie Fette, Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Reto Geiser, School of Architecture
Lacy Johnson, English and Creative Writing
Natasha Kirienko, BioSciences
Sidney Lu, Transnational Asian Studies
Tomás Morín, English and Creative Writing
Vicente Ordóñez-Román, Computer Science
Brian Rountree, Jones Graduate School and Virani Undergraduate School of Business
Troy Schaum, School of Architecture
Haotian Wang, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Promotions to associate professor with tenure
Amy Berg, Philosophy
Gregory Chambers, Mathematics
Sophie Crawford-Brown, Art History
Denva Gallant, Art History
Yang Gao, BioSciences
Thimo Heisenberg, Philosophy
Yong Lin Kong, Mechanical Engineering
Andrew Long, Physics and Astronomy
Konstantinos Mamouras, Computer Science
Guido Pagano, Physics and Astronomy
Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, English and Creative Writing
Jerzy Szablowski, Bioengineering
Geoffrey Wehmeyer, Mechanical Engineering
Promotions to associate research professor
Rahman Doost-Mohammady, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Philip Singer, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Promotions to teaching professor
Augusto Rodriguez, Kinesiology
Luziris Pineda Turi, Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Stephen Wang, Mathematics
Promotions to associate teaching professor
Sabia Abidi, Bioengineering
Hossam Elsherbiny, Transnational Asian Studies
Rodrigo Ferreira, Computer Science
Will Fowler, Art
Burke Nixon, Program for Writing and Communication
M. Luján Stasevicius, Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Eylem Tekin, Computational Applied Mathematics & Operations Research
Joseph Young, Electrical and Computer Engineering