Congratulations to the Drake faculty granted tenure and/or promotion

At its April meeting, the Drake Board of Trustees voted to approve the newest cohort of tenured and promoted faculty, the Sammons Endowed Professorship of Actuarial Science, the inaugural Flapan Professorship of Biology, and Troyer fellow.  Our colleagues’ hard work and passion as educators are truly extraordinary.

College of Arts & Sciences:

  • Vira Babenko, associate professor with tenure
  • Adam Case, associate professor with tenure
  • Jerry Honts, professor and inaugural Flapan Professorship
  • Erin Horst, associate professor with tenure
  • MaryAnn Huey, professor
  • Shauna Kaplan, associate professor with tenure
  • Vince Kenney, associate professor with tenure
  • En Li, associate professor with tenure
  • Kieran Williams, associate professor with tenure

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

  • Stacy Gnacinski, associate professor with tenure, Troyer Research Fellow
  • Cassity Gutierrez, professor
  • Jon Hurdelbrink, associate professor with tenure
  • Abebe Mengesha, professor
  • Shankar Munusamy, professor
  • Nate Newman, professor
  • Jamie Pitlick, professor of pharmacy practice

School of Journalism and Mass Communication

  • Lakshmi Tirumala, associate professor with tenure

School of Education

  • Tonia Land, professor

Zimpleman College of Business

  • Doug Bujakowski, associate professor with tenure, Sammons Professorship of Actuarial Science
  • Lendie Follett, associate professor with tenure
  • Alanah Mitchell, professor

— Sue Mattison, Provost