Convocation was a celebration of faculty excellence, accomplishments
Held at the Center for British and Irish Studies, the annual Fall Convocation and Awards Ceremony on Oct. 13 celebrated the remarkable achievements of 122 faculty members at Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder. The event recognized their outstanding contributions in the domains of teaching, scholarship, leadership and service. Notably, the ceremony highlighted the distinguished faculty who had recently attained tenure or promotion, as well as those who received the prestigious Provost’s Achievement Award.
Vice Provost Michele Moses and the Office of Faculty Affairs hosted this annual awards ceremony, in coordination with Chancellor Philip DiStefano and Provost Russell Moore, who opened the event with welcoming remarks, highlighting the global impact and importance of Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder faculty in fostering student success and academic excellence.
Below is a list of this year's awardees.
Provost’s Faculty Achievement Awards

Pre-tenure faculty
ÌýÌýTanya Alderete, Integrative Physiology, for her research article demonstrating the health effects of environmental toxicants such as air pollution on the human gut microbiome
ÌýÌýKyri Baker, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering, for her article titled “Emulating AC OPF Solvers with Neural Networksâ€�.
ÌýÌýBenjamin Shear, Education, for his publication titled “Causal Inference and COVID: Contrasting Methods for Evaluating Pandemic Impacts Using State Assessmentsâ€�
ÌýÌýRui Zhang, Business, for his article, “Influence Maximization with Latency Requirements on Social Networksâ€�

Post-tenure faculty
ÌýÌýTaylor Barton, Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering, for her series of papers in the area of radio frequency (RF) and microwave active circuit design
ÌýÌýNicole Lovenduski, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, for her set of papers published from 2007 to 2019 that focus on how the Southern Oceans absorb CO2
ÌýÌýSamira Mehta, Women & Gender Studies, for her body of work in the areas of Jewish American culture, race and sexuality since World War II, with a focus on interfaith and mixed-race families
ÌýÌýGreg Rieker, Mechanical Engineering, for his body of work on laser-based sensing controls for environmental applications
ÌýÌýChristophe Spaenjers, Business, his body of work on alternative investments and price formation in the markets for “realâ€� assets

Faculty receiving tenure
ÌýÌýAsaf Bernstein, Business
ÌýÌýL. Cinnamon Bidwell, Psychology & Neuroscience
ÌýÌýMichael A. Calkins, Physics
ÌýÌýJeffrey C. Cameron, Biochemistry
ÌýÌýJeronimo Carballo, Economics
ÌýÌýDavid M. Ciplet, Environmental Studies
ÌýÌýTorin K. Clark, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
ÌýÌýSherri M. Cook, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
ÌýÌýLisa A. Corwin, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
ÌýÌýEmiliano Dall'Anese, Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
ÌýÌýAnnette de Stecher, Art & Art History
ÌýÌýRobin J. Deeley, Mathematics
ÌýÌýXiaoyun Ding, Mechanical Engineering
ÌýÌýDavid F. Drake, Business
ÌýÌýNickoal Eichmann-Kalwara, University Libraries
ÌýÌýJohn Farnsworth, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
ÌýÌýIskra Fileva, Philosophy
ÌýÌýJolene Fisher, Advertising, Public Relations & Media Design
ÌýÌýJerome M. Fox, Chemical & Biological Engineering
ÌýÌýStacy R. Gilbert, University Libraries
ÌýÌýChristoffer R. Heckman, Computer Science
ÌýÌýAdam Holewinski, Chemical & Biological Engineering
ÌýÌýRoselinde H. Kaiser, Psychology & Neuroscience
ÌýÌýAdam F. Kowalski, Astrophysical & Planetary Sciences
ÌýÌýDaniel B. Larremore, Computer Science
ÌýÌýJingchun Li, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
ÌýÌýNathan T. Marshall, Business
ÌýÌýGeoffrey Marslett, Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts
ÌýÌýAdam McCloskey, Economics
ÌýÌýOrit Peleg, Computer Science
ÌýÌýErik Radio, University Libraries
ÌýÌýJeremy Reger, Music
ÌýÌýColleen E. Reid, Geography
ÌýÌýShawhin Roudbari, Environmental Design
ÌýÌýNatasha Shrikant, Communication
ÌýÌýScott K. Shriver, Business
ÌýÌýKathryn Elaine Snell, Geological Sciences
ÌýÌýKyle J. Thomas, Sociology
ÌýÌýAshutosh Trivedi, Computer Science
ÌýÌýEric Alan Vance, Applied Mathematics
ÌýÌýMarina E. Vance, Mechanical Engineering
ÌýÌýNicholas Villanueva, Ethnic Studies
ÌýÌýHelanius J. Wilkins, Theatre & Dance
ÌýÌýEric Wustrow, Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering
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Faculty hired with tenure
ÌýÌýDaniel E. Acuña, Computer Science
ÌýÌýSteven Ayer, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
ÌýÌýAmir Behzadan, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
ÌýÌýRoland Benoit, Psychology & Neuroscience, Institute of Cognitive Science
ÌýÌýAditi S. Bhaskar, Civil, Environmental & Architectural Engineering
ÌýÌýTheodora Chaspari, Computer Science
ÌýÌýRosemary Cowell, Psychology & Neuroscience
ÌýÌýShamika Dalton, University Libraries, Law
ÌýÌýSharon DeWitte, Anthropology, Institute of Behavioral Science
ÌýÌýPratheepan Gulasekaram, Law
ÌýÌýDavid Huber, Psychology & Neuroscience
ÌýÌýSarah Jackson, Anthropology
ÌýÌýEric Jones, Anthropology
ÌýÌýVijay Khatri, Business
ÌýÌýKelly Parkes, Music
ÌýÌýEvan Peck, Information Science
ÌýÌýChandra Reynolds, Psychology & Neuroscience, Institute of Behavioral Genetics
ÌýÌýDaria Roithmayr, Law
ÌýÌýWadie Said, Law
ÌýÌýNancy J. Stevens, Anthropology, Âé¶¹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØMuseum of Natural History
ÌýÌýJillian Turanovic, Sociology, Institute of Behavioral Science

Faculty promoted to full professor
ÌýÌýFrancisca Antman, Economics
ÌýÌýHolly Barnard, Geography
ÌýÌýNicholas Carthy, Music
ÌýÌýJohn Anthony Cookson, Business
ÌýÌýNikolaus J. Correll, Computer Science
ÌýÌýOliver DeWolfe, Physics
ÌýÌýChuan He, Business
ÌýÌýJerry Jacka, Anthropology
ÌýÌýCarla Jones, Anthropology
ÌýÌýJoseph H. Jupille, Political Science
ÌýÌýJoel L. Kaar, Chemical & Biological Engineering
ÌýÌýMargot E. Kaminski, Law
ÌýÌýKai Larsen, Business
ÌýÌýJeanne Liotta, Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts
ÌýÌýChristopher Lowry, Integrative Physiology
ÌýÌýJulie Lundquist, Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences
ÌýÌýAlexia Brunet Marks, Law
ÌýÌýMargaret McDonald, Music
ÌýÌýElizabeth J. Meyer, Education
ÌýÌýClaire Monteleoni, Computer Science
ÌýÌýJeffrey C. Nytch, Music
ÌýÌýCecilia J. Pang, Theatre & Dance
ÌýÌýDavid C. Pyrooz, Sociology
ÌýÌýCindy Anne Regal, Physics
ÌýÌýCaroline B. Sinkinson, University Libraries
ÌýÌýAnand Edward Sokhey, Political Science
ÌýÌýDouglas Spencer, Law

Faculty promoted to principal instructor
ÌýÌýAmy Bauer, Law
ÌýÌýDaniel Brown, Business
ÌýÌýFrancisco Castro, Mechanical Engineering
ÌýÌýJanet Lynn Donavan, Political Science
ÌýÌýEmily Edwards, Business
ÌýÌýHardy Fredricksmeyer, Herbst Program for Engineering, Ethics & Society
ÌýÌýDavid Gross, Business
ÌýÌýRuth E. Heisler, Integrative Physiology
ÌýÌýMarianne Holbert, Environmental Design
ÌýÌýDerek Kiernan-Johnson, Law
ÌýÌýSangbok Kim, Asian Languages & Civilizations
ÌýÌýJeffrey Knutsen, Mechanical Engineering
ÌýÌýMary K. Long, Spanish & Portuguese
ÌýÌýJade Polizzi, Environmental Design
ÌýÌýShalom Ruben, Mechanical Engineering
ÌýÌýStacy Lynn Schulte, Environmental Design
ÌýÌýTrudy Schwartz, Aerospace Engineering Sciences
ÌýÌýMichael A. Soltys, General Engineering
ÌýÌýGabrielle Stafford, Law
ÌýÌýTodd Stafford, Law
ÌýÌýHarry Mohr Starn, Business
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