{"id":19403,"date":"2026-07-29T11:26:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:26:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/?p=19403"},"modified":"2026-07-29T11:26:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T15:26:26","slug":"the-college-of-arts-and-sciences-announces-promotion-and-tenure-for-faculty-and-researchers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/news\/the-college-of-arts-and-sciences-announces-promotion-and-tenure-for-faculty-and-researchers\/","title":{"rendered":"The College of Arts and Sciences announces promotion and tenure for faculty and researchers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce the promotion and award of tenure and teaching for faculty members whose achievements in teaching, research, scholarship, and service have earned this significant recognition. Promotion and tenure decisions reflect a rigorous review process and recognize sustained excellence, scholarly accomplishment, and meaningful contributions to the university, students, and broader academic community. Dedication to excellence in teaching, research, creative activity, and service strengthens the College of Arts and Sciences and advances the University of Rhode Island&#8217;s mission and its reputation as a leading public research institution in New England.\u00a0<br><br>Pamela Swett, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, extends her congratulations as she begins her first academic year at the University of Rhode Island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to these outstanding faculty members on their well-deserved achievements. Their dedication to innovative research, exceptional teaching, and meaningful service reflects the very best of the College of Arts and Sciences. Please join me in celebrating these important career milestones and recognizing their many contributions to our university and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tenure Track, promotion to Full III<\/strong><br>Lisa Dipippo, Computer Science &amp; Statistics\u00a0<br>Lars Erickson, Modern and Classical Languages &amp; Literatures\u00a0<br>Michaelangelo La Luna, Modern and Classical Languages &amp; Literatures\u00a0<br>Manabu Takasawa, Music<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tenure Track, promotion to Full<\/strong><br>Smita Ramnarain, Economics\u00a0<br>Peter Covino, Department of English and Creative Writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Promotion to associate professor with tenure<\/strong><br>Ying Xiong, Public Relations<br>James Horban, Theatre<br>Rachel Walshe, Theatre<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Promotion to teaching professor\u00a0<\/strong><br>Clarissa Carubin, Art and Art History<br>Madhav Sharma, Mathematics<br>Yiping Zhang, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures<br>Jiangping Cai, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Promotion to associate teaching professor<\/strong><br>Reinmar Freis-Beattie, Criminology and Criminal Justice<br>Julie LaDell-Thomas, Graduate School of Library and Information Studies<br>Alyson Jantzen, Mathematics and Applied Mathematical Science<br>Hilary Emerson, Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures<br>Adam Hanna, Music<br>Adam Levin, Music<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Rhode Island is pleased to announce the promotion and award of tenure and teaching for faculty members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5153,"featured_media":19404,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,360],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-research"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5153"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19403"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19403\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19408,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19403\/revisions\/19408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/artsci\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}