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The Salem State Academic Affairs and Student Life Committee has announced their yearly recommendations for promotion and tenure of faculty members. All appointments were approved by President Patricia Maguire Meservey and the Salem State Board of Trustees.

Assistant professors are evaluated for tenure in their sixth year of service, whereas associate professors and professors are evaluated for tenure in their third year of service. They must undergo the evaluation process which requires them to submit a portfolio, and they are evaluated by their department chair, a peer evaluation committee, the Committee on Tenure, their dean (if assigned), the provost and the president. Promotion follows the same process and criteria for evaluation being evaluated by the Committee on Promotions in place of the Committee on Tenure.

“Celebrating the newly promoted and tenured faculty is something I look forward to every year. Recognizing their achievements is how we show our appreciation for all they do for our students and institution,” said David Silva, provost and academic vice president.  

These honored faculty members were invited to a private reception at the home of President Patricia Maguire Meservey and her husband Rick.

“Salem State’s faculty has a commitment to excellence which is evident in the amazing work they do both inside and outside the classroom. We have a terrific faculty that are trailblazers in their field, conducting research and changing the lives of our students,” President Meservey said.

Our 2017 newly-tenured faculty include:

• Brian Alves, tenure, department of art and design
• Hongtao Guo, tenure, department of accounting and finance
• Megin Charner-Laird, tenure with promotion to associate professor, childhood education and care
• Michael Harvey, tenure with promotion to associate professor, theatre and speech communication department
• Noel Healy, tenure with promotion to associate professor, geography department
• Jennifer Robinson, tenure with promotion to associate professor, criminal justice department

Our 2017 newly-promoted faculty include:

• Carlos Aparicio, promotion to full professor, psychology department
• Christina Cassano, promotion to associate professor, department of childhood education and care
• Regina Flynn, promotion to associate professor, English department
• Rebecca Hains, promotion to full professor, communications department
• J. Bradford Hubeny, promotion to full professor, geological sciences department
• Anurag Jain, promotion to full professor, department of marketing and decision sciences
• Meghan McLyman, promotion to full professor, music and dance department
• Christopher Morris, promotion to associate professor, department of theatre and speech communication
• Harold Pariser, promotion to associate professor, biology department
• Alexandria Peary, promotion to full professor, English department
• Leah Ritchie, promotion to full professor, department of management
• Shelley Steenrod, promotion to full professor, school of social work
• Zaiyong Tang, promotion to full professor, department of marketing and decision sciences
• Norbert Tschakert, promotion to full professor, accounting and finance department

The following retired faculty have earned emeritus status:

• Mary-Lou Breitborde, promotion to professor emerita, department of secondary and higher education
• Mary Byrne, promotion to associate professor emerita, school of social work
• Caitlin Corbett, promotion to professor emerita, music and dance department
• Carol Facella, promotion to professor emerita, criminal justice department
• Elizabeth Maciejewicz, promotion to assistant professor emerita, theatre and speech communication department
• Victoria Morrison, promotion to associate professor emerita, department of healthcare studies
• Stephen Pew, promotion to librarian emeritus, library