Faculty Granted Promotions, Sabbaticals

Pacific University faculty members have been granted promotions and sabbaticals for the 2022-2023 academic year.

Faculty Promotions

In March 2022, promotions in rank were approved for the following faculty:

• Dr. Katie Bell, Teaching & Learning, associate professor to full professor
• Dr. Ryan Bulson, Optometry, associate professor to full professor
• Dr. Pauline Cawley, Pharmacy, associate professor to full professor
• Dr. Fan Chen, Business, assistant professor to associate professor. Dr. Chen also was granted indefinite tenure.
• Dr. Tzurei Chen, Physical Therapy & Athletic Training, assistant professor to associate professor. Dr. Chen also was granted indefinite tenure.
• Dr. Bryan Cichy-Parker, Learning & Teaching, assistant professor to associate professor. Dr. Cichy-Parker also was granted indefinite tenure.
• Dr. Ian Doyle, Pharmacy, associate professor to full professor
• Dr. Maddie Fry, Pharmacy, assistant professor to associate professor
• Dr. Dijana Ihas, Arts & Sciences, associate professor to full professor
• Dr. Julie Layshock, Arts & Sciences, assistant professor to associate professor. Dr. Layshock also was granted indefinite tenure.
• Dr. Keya Mitra Lloyd, Arts & Sciences, associate professor to full professor
• Dr. Paula Luke, Optometry, associate professor to full professor
• Dr. Brandon Nuziale, Pharmacy, assistant professor to associate professor
• Brandy Pestka, Physician Assistant Studies, assistant professor to associate professor
• Dr. Jane Tram, Graduate Psychology, associate professor to full professor
• Dr. Rich Van Buskirk, Arts & Sciences, associate professor to full professor
• Dr. Sarah White, Pharmacy, associate professor to full professor

Dr. Jenelle Shanley, School of Graduate Psychology, and Dr. Chunming Liu, College of Optometry also were granted indefinite tenure.

Upcoming Sabbaticals

College of Arts & Sciences

• Marcus Welsh, “Writing an Article and Teaching Hispanic Culture Through Food and Film as a Fulbright Global Scholar in Thailand” (Plan A) or “Writing an Article and Developing a Website for the Teaching of Food and Gastronomy of the Spanish Speaking World” (Plan B).
• Jon Schnorr, Measuring climate diversity for the first time in the Pacific Northwest: Student generated results from a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) using the cox1 gene as a DNA barcode
• Jeanne-Sarah de Larquier, Author Marie Nimier’s Le Palais des Orties: (Bio)diversity at the Service of a Socially Engaged Novel.
• Doug Ryan, The CS Tutorials
• Del Quest, Development and evaluation of modules of suicide prevention, intervention, and postvention training for MSW programs
• Gyorgyi Nyerges, Investigating antibiotic resistance genes in class 1 integrons in soil, sediment, and water samples.
• Julie Layshock, Investigating the bioaccumulation potential of plants for removal of pharmaceuticals from polluted environments
• Nancy Christoph, Revising the Spanish 202 Curriculum to Leverage Open Educational Resources
• Alyson Burns-Glover, Indigenizing my teaching and scholarship: Working the hyphen through my Hui1.
• Jennifer Camp, Healthy Mind and Body: Educating Young Dancers about the Importance of Self Care
• Rick Jobs, Doing History and Telling Stories: Episodes and Incidents from Twentieth Century France.
• Michael Burch-Pesses, Canadian Band Music: A Qualitative Guide to Canadian Composers and Their Works for Band.
• Tim Stevens, Choral Reflections on James Joyce’s Chamber Music

College of Business

• Krishnan Ramaya, Towards an Understanding of the Role of Mindfulness, Nonattachment and Self Compassion in Student Coping and Learning in an Environment

College of Education

• Kevin Carr, Understanding Noyce Scholar Career Trajectories: What keeps Noyce Scholars going?
• Steve Rhine, Implications of Elementary Mathematics Digital Curricula for the Future of Teacher Education

College of Health Professions

• Claudia Chenoweth Jacova, Building a lifespan model of late-life Subjective Cognitive Decline
• Jane Tram, Importance of Staff Mentoring for Ethnic and Racial Minority Students

College of Optometry

• JP Lowery, Development of a tablet-based App for Acuity/Contrast Testing of Non-verbal Patients
• Caroline Ooley, Creating a virtual reality (VR) laboratory for the integrative teaching of Ocular Anatomy – A program enhancement
• Lorne Yudcovitch, Development of Ocular Disease & Therapeutics Course Content and Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence in Ocular Disease Diagnosis
• Blair Lonsberry, Diagnosis and management of periocular lesion Training