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Twenty-five Sam Houston State University faculty members were awarded tenure, promotions or both Friday by Sam Houston State University's board of regents.
Those receiving both tenure and promotion, and their new rank, include Kimberly Bell, associate professor in English; Marcus Boccaccini, associate professor in psychology and philosophy; Ronald Daigle, associate professor in accounting; Kathryn Daniel, associate professor in music; Karen Douglas, associate professor in sociology and Jacqueline Jensen, associate professor in mathematics and statistics.
Also, Mary K. Lake, associate professor in music; Juliana Lilly, associate professor in management and marketing; Christopher Michel, associate professor in music; Karen Miller, associate professor in music; Sheryl Murphy-Manley, associate professor in music and Diana Nabors, associate professor in language, literacy and special populations.
Also, David Nelson, associate professor in psychology and philosophy; Barbara Polnick, associate professor in educational leadership and counseling; Todd Primm, associate professor in biological sciences; Marilyn Rice, associate professor in curriculum and instruction; Sergio Ruiz, associate professor in music and Cynthia Simpson, associate professor in language, literacy and special populations.
In addition, seven faculty members were promoted to professor. They include Richard Bello, communication studies; Peggy DeMers, music; Mark Leipnik, geography; Sanjay Mehta, management and marketing; Janet Mullings, criminal justice; Scott Plugge, music and Doug Ullrich, agriculture.
The changes in status are effective Sept. 1.
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Larry Hoover and Phillip Lyons, both professors in criminal justice, were quoted in a Dallas Morning News story about a series of random roadway shootings in the Garland, Mesquite, Richardson and Plano areas.
Larry Hoover, professor of criminal justice, and Brian Lawton, assistant professor of criminal justice, were both quoted in a Houston Chronicle story on increases in the rate of burglary crimes in Houston.
Sam Houston State University has been receiving international publicity this summer through several interviews with Enrique Mallén, professor of foreign languages and director of the Online Picasso Project. Media have included El Pais, Spain's top newspaper, NRM Comunicaciones, a radio station in Mexico with the second largest audience there, and El Liberal, a major newspaper in Argentina.
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"The measure of a Life is its Service."