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REPORTS OF REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL TRANSACTIONS

Attached are summary reports listing all those regular instructional

appointments, changes in status, leaves of absence, and terminations

which have been administratively approved during the past month.

Respectfully submitted,

Laurita Thomas

Associate Vice-President

November, 2012 and Chief Human Resource Officer

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Received by the Regents November 15, 2012

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ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED NEW APPOINTMENTS

OF REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF

November, 2012

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN – ANN ARBOR

A ALFRED TAUBMAN COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING

Leinberger, Christopher B., M.B.A., Clinical Professor of Practice in Urban Planning,

effective May 1, 2012 to June 30, 2012, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,

Michigan

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Chemical Engineering

Thurber, Greg M., PH.D., Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, effective

September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2015, from the Harvard Medical School, Boston,

Massachusetts

Wen, Fei, PH.D., Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, effective September 1,

2012 to May 31, 2015, from the Stanford University, Stanford, California

COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE ARTS

History

Donia, Robert J., PH.D., Lecturer in History, effective January 1, 2013 to May 31, 2018,

from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics

Cavalcoli, James D., PH.D., Assistant Professor of Computational Medicine and

Bioinformatics, effective October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2014, from the University of

Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Guan, Yuanfang, PH.D., Assistant Professor of Computational Medicine and

Bioinformatics and Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, effective October 1, 2012 to

September 30, 2014, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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MEDICAL SCHOOL

Family Medicine

Daut, Alexys, M.D., Clinical Lecturer in Family Medicine, effective October 1, 2012 to

July 31, 2013, from the Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan

Internal Medicine

Moraitis, Andreas, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, effective

October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2015, from the National Institute of Health, Bethesda,

Maryland

Palardy, Maryse, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of, Internal Medicine, effective

September 13, 2012 to August 31, 2015, from the Royal Victoria Hospital, Montreal,

Quebec, Canada

Everett, Jessica, M.S., Clinical Instructor in Internal Medicine, effective October 9, 2012

to September 30, 2013, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Raymond, Victoria M., M.S., Clinical Instructor in Internal Medicine, effective October

9, 2012 to September 30, 2013, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Neurology

Sohrab, Sayyed A., M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology, effective October 1,

2012 to September 30, 2013, from the Saint Joseph Mercy Oakland, Pontiac, Michigan

Pathology

Bieliauskas, Shannon L., D.O., Clinical Lecturer in Pathology, effective November 1,

2012 to August 31, 2013, from the Blue Water Pathology PC, Port Huron, Michigan

Vogiatzi, Paraskevi, PH.D., Clinical Lecturer in Pathology, effective October 1, 2012 to

July 31, 2013, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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MEDICAL SCHOOL (continued)

Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases

Wickham, Cheryl, M.D., Clinical Lecturer in Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases,

effective October 1, 2012 to August 31, 2013, from the Great Start Livingston

Collaborative, Livingston County, Michigan

Psychiatry

Debiec, Jacek, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, effective October 1, 2012 to

September 30, 2013, from the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Research Training Office,

New York, New York

Radiology

Aladham, Farid A., Clinical Lecturer in Radiology, effective October 1, 2012 to

September 30, 2013, from the Advanced Radiology Services, Grand Rapids, Michigan

SCHOOL OF NURSING

Strobbe, Stephen, PH.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Nursing, effective October 1,

2012 to September 30, 2015, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Seurynck, Kathleen M., M.S., Clinical Instructor in Nursing, effective September 1, 2012

to May 31, 2013, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

Kraft, Shawna L., B.S., Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy, effective September 1,

2012 to August 31, 2015, from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN – FLINT

SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND STUDIES

Public Health and Health Science

LaBonty, Kelley, M.S., Clinical Instructor in Public Health and Health Sciences effective

October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013, from the Wayne State University, Detroit,

Michigan

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ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED PROMOTIONS, JOINT APPOINTMENTS,

TRANSFERS OR DISCIPLINE CHANGES OF REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF

November, 2012


COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Biomedical Engineering

Xu, Zhen, PH.D., from Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering to Assistant

Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering and Assistant Professor of

Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, Medical School, effective May 1, 2012 to

August 30, 2013


Linguistics

Keshet, Ezra R., PH.D., from Assistant Professor of Linguistics to Assistant Professor of

Linguistics and Assistant Professor of Philosophy, College of Literature, Science, and the

Arts, effective September 1, 2012 to August 31, 2017

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Emergency Medicine

House, Joseph, M.D., from Clinical Instructor in Emergency Medicine to Clinical

Instructor in Pediatric and Communicable Diseases and Clinical Instructor in Emergency

Medicine, effective July 1, 2010 to August 31, 2013

Internal Medicine

Ganesh, Santhi K., M.D., from Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine to Assistant

Professor of Internal Medicine and Assistant Professor of Human Genetics, Medical

School, effective September 1, 2012 to August 31, 2013

Somers, Emily C., M.S., from Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School

and Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Services, School of Public Health to

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and

Gynecology, Medical School and Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Services,

School of Public Health, effective October 1, 2012 to August 31, 2013

Wilcox, Ryan, PH.D., from Clinical Lecturer in Internal Medicine to Assistant Professor

of Internal Medicine, effective September 13, 2012 to June 30, 2019

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ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED PROMOTIONS, JOINT APPOINTMENTS,

TRANSFERS OR DISCIPLINE CHANGES OF REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF

November, 2012



Internal Medicine (continued)

Wright, Julie, M.D., from Clinical Lecturer in Internal Medicine to Assistant Professor of

Internal Medicine, effective November 1, 2012 to June 30, 2019

COLLEGE OF PHARMACY

Moon, Jaehyun, PH.D., from Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of

Pharmacy to Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, effective

September 1, 2012 to August 31, 2015

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ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED EMERITUS/A FACULTY APPOINTMENTS

November, 2012


SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

Maehr, Martin L., PH.D., Professor Emeritus of Education, School of Education and

Professor Emeritus of Psychology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, effective

October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013


Mathematics

D'Souza, Harry J., PH.D., Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, College of Arts and

Sciences, The University of Michigan-Flint and Professor Emeritus in Service of

Mathematics, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, effective September 1, 2012 to

December 31, 2012

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Carpenter, Bogdana, PH.D., Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and Literatures,

effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012

Sociology

Chesler, Mark, PH.D., Professor Emeritus of Sociology, effective September 1, 2012 to

December 31, 2012

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Internal Medicine

Solomon, William R., M.D., Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, effective October

1, 2012 to August 31, 2013

Neurology

Casey, Kenneth L., M.D., Professor Emeritus of Molecular and Integrative Physiology

and Professor Emeritus of Neurology, effective November 1, 2012 to October 31, 2013

Orthopaedic Surgery

Matthews, Larry S., M.D., Professor Emeritus of Orthopaedic Surgery, effective October

8, 2012 to October 7, 2013

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Thoene, Jess G., M.D., Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases,

effective July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013

SCHOOL OF NURSING

Barkauskas, Violet H., PH.D., Associate Professor Emerita of Nursing, effective October

1, 2012 to December 31, 2012


November, 2012

THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN – DEARBORN

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

Trepanier-Street, Mary L., ED.D., Professor Emerita of Education, effective September 1,

2012 to December 31, 2012


November, 2012


COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Chemistry

Stach, Robert W., PH.D., Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, effective September 1, 2012

to December 31, 2012

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ADMINISTRATIVELY APPROVED LEAVES OF ABSENCE

GRANTED TO REGULAR INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF

November, 2012


A ALFRED TAUBMAN COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING

Navvab, Mojtaba, PH.D., Associate Professor of Architecture, with tenure, on sabbatical

leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to establish new collaboration

in three general scholarly areas of interest namely energy/sustainable design, acoustic and

lighting. Work will be done at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY

Krebsbach, Paul H., D.D.S., Roy H Roberts Professor of Dentistry, Professor of

Dentistry, Department of Biologic & Materials Science, with tenure, School of Dentistry

and Professor of Biomedical Engineering, without tenure, College of Engineering, on

sabbatical leave effective October 1, 2012 to February 28, 2013, to research cell-

signaling pathways that regulate the critical balance between self-renewal and

differentiating in human pluripotent stem cells. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan.

SCHOOL OF INFORMATION

Atkins III, Daniel E., Ph.D., W K Kellogg Professor of Community Information,

Professor of Information, with tenure, School of Information and Professor of Electrical

Engineering and Computer Science, with tenure, College of Engineering, on retirement

furlough effective September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2015. Phased

Rosenberg, Victor, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Information, with tenure, on retirement

furlough, effective September 1, 2013 to May 31, 2015. Phased

LAW SCHOOL

Avi-Yonah, Reuven S., PH.D., Irwin I Cohn Professor of Law and Professor of Law,

with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to

complete a book entitled “The Theory of Taxation”. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan.

Mendelson, Nina A., J.D., Professor of Law, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective

September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to work on a series of projects relating to

administrative law process and statutory interpretation. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan.

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LAW SCHOOL (continued)

Miller, William I., PH.D., Thomas G Long Professor of Law and Professor of Law, with

tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to work

on a book on Njals saga. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Prescott, James J., J.D., Professor of Law, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective

September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to conduct empirical analysis of data and write

up between 1 and 3 papers using the data. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.


Afro-American and African Studies

Ashforth, Adam P., PH.D., Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, with tenure,

on scholarly activity leave effective September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to complete a

book. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ekotto, Frieda, PH.D., Professor of French, Department of Romance Languages and

Literatures, without tenure, Professor of Comparative Literature, with tenure and

Professor Afroamerican and African Studies, with tenure, on scholarly activity leave

effective September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to conduct research and write a book

entitled “Vibrancy of Silence”. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Ward, Stephen M., PH.D., Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies,

with tenure and Associate Professor of Residential College, without tenure, on sabbatical

leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to complete research for and

begin drafting a manuscript of a book tentatively titled “James and Grace Lee Boggs and

the Challenge of Post-Industrial Detroit”. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

American Culture Program

Berrey, Stephen, PH.D., Assistant Professor of American Culture Program and Assistant

Professor of History, on duty off campus leave effective September 1, 2012 to December

31, 2012, to make substantial revisions to a book manuscript entitled “The Jim Crow

Routine-Rac, Repression, and Resistance in 1950’s Mississippi”. Work will be done in

Washington, District of Columbia.

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COLLEGE OF LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND THE ARTS (continued)

American Culture Program (continued)

Ramirez, Daniel, PH.D., Assistant Professor of History and Assistant Professor of

American Culture Program, on scholarly activity leave effective September 1, 2012 to

May 31, 2013, to finish revision of manuscript project, Migrating Faith; to gain traction

on second manuscript. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Anthropology

Partridge, Damani J., PH.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology, with tenure and

Associate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, with tenure, on sabbatical

leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to conduct fieldwork as part of

a research project entitled “Beyond Citizenship—Developing a New Analytics of

Sovereignty and Social Justice in a Post-Cold War World”. Work will be done at the

Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Lempert, Michael P., PH.D., Assistant Professor of Anthropology, on duty off campus

leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to complete at least one peer-

reviewed article. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Asian Languages and Cultures

Florida, Nancy K., PH.D., Professor of Indonesian Languages and Literatures,

Department of Asian Languages and Cultures, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective

September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to conduct translation and analysis of satirical

work social criticism by Java’s most famous classical poet and a study of embodied spirit

in the Sufi poetry and practices of 19th

century Java. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan and Indonesia.

Mandair, Arvind-Pal S., PH.D., Tara Singh and Balwant Kaur Chattha and Gurbax Singh

and Kirpal Kaur Brar Sikh Studies Professor and Associate Professor of Asian Languages

and Cultures, with tenure, on duty off campus leave effective September 1, 2012 to

December 31, 2012 and sabbatical leave effective January 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013, to

complete a second monograph tentatively entitled “Self Transformations: Encounters

Between Sikh and Western Thought”. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan and

London, England.

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Asian Languages and Cultures (continued)

Zwicker, Jonathan E., PH.D., Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures, with

tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 to

complete a book entitled “Stage and Spectacle in an Age of Print: Drama and Cultural

Consumption in Nineteenth-Century Edo”. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan

and Japan.

Classical Studies

Lambropoulos, Vassilios, Ph.D., C P Cavafy Professor of Modern Greek Studies,

Professor of Modern Greek Studies, Department of Classical Studies, with tenure and

Professor of Comparative Literature, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September

1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to complete a manuscript entitled “The Hubris of

Revolution in Modern Tragedy”. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Terrenato, Nicola, PH.D., Professor of Classical Archaeology, Department of Classical

Studies, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31,

2012, to work on a new book tentatively entitled “The Romanization of Rome: Changing

Material Culture in 4th

-2nd

Century BCE Central Italy”. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan.

Earth and Environmental Sciences

Hendy, Ingrid L., PH.D., Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences, with

tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to write a

manuscript associated with catastrophic floods and droughts in California over the last

few millennia and proposals associated with a new deep sea core collecting campaign in

the North Pacific. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan and California.

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Berry, Paul E., PH.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, with tenure, on

sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to continue field

work, museum visits and visits to collaborators on a project. Work will be done in

Europe, Western United States and Madagascar.

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Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (continued)

Fink, William L., PH.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, with tenure, on

duty off campus leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 to write a

book. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Kondrashov, Alexey, PH.D., Andrei R Skovoroda Collegiate Professor and Professor of

Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September

1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to complete text on Introductory Evolution. Work will be

done in Moscow.

Tibbetts, Elizabeth A., PH.D., Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology,


develop two projects, one on comparative transcriptomics that explores whether learning

specialization is associated with differential gene expression and the other a project on

the role of octopamine in cooperation and conflict within paper wasp colonies. Work

will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Economics

Lam, David A., PH.D., Professor of Economics, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective

September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to conduct research on changes in family size and

cohort size during the demographic transition as well as a longitudinal survey of young

people in Cape Town and a longitudinal survey of households in the entire country

focusing on poverty dynamics. Work will be done at the University of California,

Berkeley, California and the University of Cape Town, South Africa.

English Language and Literature

Curzan, Anne L., PH.D., Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Professor of English Language and

Literature, with tenure, Professor of Linguistics, without tenure, College of Literature,

Science, and the Arts and Professor of Education, without tenure, School of Education,

on duty off campus leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 to complete

a the first draft of a new history of English Language textbook. Work will be done in

Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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English Language and Literature (continued)

Freedman, Jonathan E., PH.D., Marvin Felheim Collegiate Professor of English,

American Studies and Judaic Studies, Professor of English Language and Literature, with

tenure, Professor of American Studies, American Culture Program, with tenure and

Professor of Judaic Studies, without tenure, on scholarly activity leave effective

September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to conduct work at the Frankel Institute. Work will

be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Herrmann, Anne C., PH.D., Professor of Women's Studies, with tenure and Professor of

English Language and Literature, with tenure, on duty off campus leave effective

September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to conduct research and writing creative nonfiction

engaging questions of citizenship, cultural production, belonging to the politics of

language in a changing Europe. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Cureton, Richard D., PH.D., Associate Professor of English Language and Literature,


complete a book entitled “A Temporal Poetics”. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan.

Hartley, Lucy, D.PHIL., Associate Professor of English Language and Literature, with

tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to develop

and extend the themes of a 2nd

book for completion. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan and London, England.

Parrish, Susan S., PH.D., Associate Professor of English Language and Literature, with

tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to

complete two more chapters of a book entitled “Noah’s Kin: Southern Floods and Forms

of Modern Experience”. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Trevor, Benajmin D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of English Language and Literature,

with tenure, on scholarly activity leave effective September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to

complete an academic monograph on the history of charity. Work will be done in Ann

Arbor, Michigan.

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English Language and Literature (continued)

Whittier-Ferguson, John A., PH.D., Arthur F Thurnau Professor and Associate Professor

of English, Department of English Language and Literature, with tenure, on sabbatical

leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to complete a book entitled

“Keeping Time: Morality and Late Modern Form:. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan.

Germanic Languages and Literatures

Agnew, Vanessa H., PH.D., Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures,

with tenure, on scholarly activity leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31,

2012, to work on a new book project. Work will be done in Berlin, Germany.

Amrine, Frederick R., PH.D., Arthur F Thurnau Professor and Associate Professor of

Germanic Languages and Literatures, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective

September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 and duty off campus leave effective January 1,

2013 to May 31, 2013, to complete Steiner’s writings on Faust and work on “Goethe in

the History of Science”. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Konuk-Agnew, Kader, PH.D., Associate Professor of German, Department of Germanic

Languages and Literatures, with tenure and Associate Professor of Comparative

Literature, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31,

2012, to work on a book project on secularity and literature. Work will be done in Berlin,

Germany.

Weineck, Silke-Maria, PH.D., Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and

Literatures, with tenure and Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, with tenure,

on scholarly activity leave effective January 1, 2012 to May 31, 2012 and sabbatical

leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to complete a book manuscript

entitled “The Laius Complex: Politics and Tragic Paternity”. Work will be done in Ann

Arbor, Michigan and Berlin, Germany.

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History

Canning, Kathleen M., PH.D., Sonya Rose Collegiate Professor of History, Arthur F

Thurnau Professor, Professor of History, with tenure, Professor of Women's Studies,

without tenure and Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures, without tenure, on

scholarly activity leave effective September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to work on a

fellowship. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Goodman, Dena, PH.D., Lila Miller Collegiate Professor of History and Women's

Studies, Professor of History, with tenure and Professor of Women's Studies, with tenure,

on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to begin research

on a project exploring the transition from pre-to post-revolutionary France through the

experience of two men. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Paris, France.

Hecht, Gabrielle, PH.D., Professor of History, with tenure, on scholarly activity leave

effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to continue research on a book

project. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Porter-Szucs, Brian A., PH.D., Arthur F Thurnau Professor and Professor of History,


work on a new book project tentatively entitled “A Perfectly Normal Place: A Global

History of Modern Poland”. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Cassel, Par K., PH.D., Associate Professor of History, with tenure, on duty off campus

leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to work on a second book

manuscript on political loyalty in Qing, China through the People’s Republic of China.

Work will be done in Lexington, Kentucky and Beijing, China.

History of Art

Silverman, Raymond A., PH.D., Professor of History of Art, with tenure and Professor of

Afroamerican and African Studies, with tenure, on duty off campus leave effective

September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to complete a book project. Work will be done in

Ethiopia and Washington, District of Columbia.

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Program in Linguistics

Queen, Robin M., PH.D., Arthur F Thurnau Professor, Associate Professor of Germanic

Languages and Literatures, without tenure, Associate Professor of Linguistics, with

tenure and Associate Professor of English Language and Literature, without tenure, on

sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to complete a book

manuscript on Language in the Mass Media. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Keshet, Ezra R., PH.D., Assistant Professor of Linguistics and Assistant Professor of

Philosophy, on duty off campus leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31,

2012, to concentrate on research, nurturance leave. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan.

Mathematics

Blass, Andreas R., PH.D., Professor of Mathematics, with tenure, on duty off campus

leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to spend most of the fall term

at the Fields Institute. Work will be done in Toronto, Canada.

Fomin, Sergey, PH.D., Robert M Thrall Collegiate Professor of Mathematics and

Professor of Mathematics, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to

December 31, 2012, to co-organize a special program on Cluster Algebras. Work will be

done in Berkeley, California.

Wu, Sijue, PH.D., Robert W and Lynn H Browne Professor of Science and Professor of

Mathematics, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December

31, 2012, to continue to study the stability of the singular solutions and study further

properties of singular and breaking waves. Work will be done at the Tsing-Hua

University, China and Paris, France.

Bayraktar, Erhan, PH.D., Susan Meredith Smith Professor of Actuarial Sciences and

Associate Professor of Mathematics, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September

1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to continue developing new methodologies for analyzing

problems in stochastic control and stochastic differential games. Work will be done in


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Mathematics (continued)

Boateng, Henry A., PH.D., Assistant Professor of Mathematics, on duty off campus leave

effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to participate in the Institute for Pure

and Applied Mathematics. Work will be done at the University of California, Los

Angeles, California.

Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology

Simmons, Lyle A., PH.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental

Biology, on duty off campus leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012,

for a nurturance leave. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Wierzbicki, Andrzej, PH.D., Assistant Professor of Molecular, Cellular and

Developmental Biology, on duty off campus leave effective September 1, 2012 to

December 31, 2012, for a nurturance leave. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Near Eastern Studies

Barzilai, Maya, PH.D., Assistant Professor of Near Eastern Studies and Assistant

Professor of Judaic Studies, on scholarly activity leave effective September 1, 2012 to

May 31, 2013, to complete a book manuscript entitled “The Golem and The Genesis of

Modern Media”. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Organizational Studies

Garcia, Stephen M., PH.D., Associate Professor of Organizational Studies, with tenure

and Associate Professor of Psychology, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective

September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to prepare a number of papers for publication.

Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Johnson, Victoria, PH.D., Associate Professor of Organizational Studies, with tenure, on

sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 and scholarly activity

leave effective January 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013, to continue writing a book. Work will

be done in New York, New York and Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Organizational Studies (continued)

Heaney, Michael T., PH.D., Assistant Professor of Organizational Studies and Assistant

Professor of Political Science, on duty off campus leave effective September 1, 2012 to

December 31, 2012, to conduct research on the relationship between the Democratic

Party and the antiwar movement after 9/11. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Philosophy

Joyce, James M., PH.D., Cooper Harold Langford Collegiate Professor of Philosophy,

Professor of Philosophy, with tenure and Professor of Statistics, without tenure, on

sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 and duty off campus

leave effective January 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013, to complete a book on probabilistic

approaches to epistemology and to complete at least two articles on aspects of rational

choice theory and its relationship to statistical inference. Work will be done in Ann

Arbor, Michigan.

Manley, David, PH.D., Assistant Professor of Philosophy, on scholarly activity leave

effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 and duty off campus leave effective

January 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013, to pursue a book project. Work will be done in Ann

Arbor, Michigan.

Moss, Sarah E., PH.D., Assistant Professor of Philosophy, on duty off campus leave

effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to complete research papers for

submission to journals and graduate advising. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan.

Physics

Freese, Katherine, PH.D., George E Uhlenbeck Collegiate Professor of Physics and

Professor of Physics, with tenure, on scholarly activity leave effective September 1, 2012

to December 31, 2012, to study the Dark Matter and Dark Stars in the Universe. Work

will be done at the University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

Zhou, Bing, PH.D., Professor of Physics, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective

September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to work on at ATLAS experiment. Work will

be done in China.

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Physics (continued)

Zurek, Kathryn, PH.D., Assistant Professor of Physics, on duty off campus leave

effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to work on models of dark matter and

the implications of a 2012 lite data for physics and beyond the standard. Work will be

done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Political Science

Kinder, Donald R., Ph.D., James Orin Murfin Professor of Political Science, Philip E

Converse Collegiate Professor of Political Science, Professor of Political Science, with

tenure and Professor of Psychology, without tenure, on duty off campus leave effective

September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to complete a book on gender, race and

politics. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Mebane Jr, Walter R., PH.D., Professor of Political Science, with tenure and Professor of

Statistics, without tenure, on duty off campus leave effective e September 1, 2012 to

December 31, 2012, to complete a book. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Tsebelis, George, PH.D., Anatol Rapoport Collegiate Professor of Political Science and

Professor of Political Science, with tenure, on duty off campus leave effective September

1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to write a book on European institutions and the changes

introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Gallagher, Mary E., PH.D., Associate Professor of Political Science, with tenure, on

sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to teach a course on

comparative law as a courtesy and to conduct research on the enforcement of Chinese

labor laws. Work will be done at the Shanghai Jialtong University, Shanghai, China.

Psychology

Price, Richard H., PH.D., Stanley E Seashore Collegiate Professor of Psychology and

Organizational Studies and Professor of Psychology, with tenure, on duty off campus

leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to continue research on the

psychology of innovation. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Psychology (continued)

Smuts, Barbara B., PH.D., Professor of Psychology, with tenure, on duty off campus

leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 and retirement furlough

effective January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013, per retirement agreement. Work will be


Stewart, Abigail J., PH.D., Sandra Schwartz Tangri Distinguished University Professor of

Psychology and Women's Studies, Professor of Psychology, with tenure and Professor of

Women's Studies, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to May

31, 2013, to work on a book and several articles based on the general work on the

ADVANCE project. Work will be done in New York, New York and Albuquerque, New

York.

Winter, David G., PH.D., Professor of Psychology, with tenure, on duty off campus leave

effective September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, per retirement agreement. Work will be


Berke, Joshua D., PH.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, with tenure, on sabbatical

leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to conduct research on brain

mechanisms involved in learning and decision-making. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan.

Ceballo, Rosario E., PH.D., Associate Professor of Women's Studies, with tenure and

Associate Professor of Psychology, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September

1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to complete a book manuscript on infertility. Work will

be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Shah, Priti R., PH.D., Associate Professor of Psychology, with tenure, on sabbatical leave

effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to write several papers. Work will be


Kovelman, Ioulia, PH.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, on duty off campus leave

effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to conduct research and write papers

and grants. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Psychology (continued)

Lopez-Duran, Nestor L., PH.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, on duty off campus

leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to write a manuscript and grant.

Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Romance Languages and Literatures

Arenas, Fernando, Ph.D., Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, with tenure and

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, with tenure, on duty off campus leave

effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, as part of the recruitment to come to

the University of Michigan. Work will be done in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Garcia Santo-Tomas, Enrique, PH.D., Professor of Spanish, Department of Romance

Languages and Literatures, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012

to December 31, 2012 and scholarly activity leave effective January 1, 2013 to May 31,

2013, to conduct research on a book project entitled “The Science of Satire: Galileo and

His Spanish Counterparts”. Work will be done in Palo Alto, California.

Williams, Gareth, PH.D., Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, with tenure,

on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 212 to December 31, 2012, to begin a book on

the notion of “the common” in contemporary critical theory. Work will be done in Ann

Arbor, Michigan.

Slavic Languages and Literatures

Makin, Michael, PH.D., Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, with tenure, on

sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to continue work on

a book tentatively entitled “As Russian As…”. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan.

Ronen, Omry, PH.D., Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures, with tenure, on

sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to prepare for

publication a collection of essays and to write a monography on Russian literature of the

1970’s. Work will be done in Saint Petersburg and Jerusalem.

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Sociology

Kimeldorf, Howard A., PH.D., Professor of Sociology, with tenure, on duty off campus

leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012 and sabbatical leave effective

January 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013, to conduct research on the role of anti-intellectualism

in American political discourse. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Pedraza, Silvia, PH.D., Professor of Sociology, with tenure and Professor of American

Culture Program, without tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to

December 31, 2012, to complete interviews for a research project entitled “Exploring

Health: from Cuba to Venezuela to the United States. Work will be done Miami,

Venezuela and Cuba.

Zubrzycki, Genevieve, PH.D., Associate Professor of Sociology, with tenure, on

scholarly activity leave effective September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to participate in

weekly fellows seminars and fulfill a service to undergraduates. Work will be done in


Statistics

Nguyen, Xuanlong, PH.D., Assistant Professor of Statistics, College of Literature,

Science, and the Arts and Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer

Science, College of Engineering, on duty off campus leave effective September 1, 2012

to December 31, 2012, for a nurturance leave. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan.

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Internal Medicine

Nostrant, Timothy, M.D., Professor of Internal Medicine, with tenure, on retirement

furlough effective November 1, 2011 to February 28, 2013. Phased

Willer, Cristen J., PH.D., Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Assistant Professor of

Human Genetics and Assistant Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics,

on extended sick leave effective July 2, 2012 to August 26, 2012.

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Pathology

Camelo-Piragua, Sandra I., M.D., Assistant Professor of Pathology, on family medical

leave effective August 18, 2012 to November 9, 2012.


Gilsdorf, Janet R., M.D., Robert P Kelch, M D Research Professor of Pediatrics and

Communicable Diseases, Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, with

tenure, Medical School and Professor of Epidemiology, with tenure, School of Public

Health, on retirement furlough effective July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2015.

Psychiatry

Muzik, Maria, M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, on extended sick leave effective

May 1, 2012 to September 30, 2012.

Sripada, Sekhar C., M.D., Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Medical School and

Assistant Professor of Philosophy, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, on duty

off campus leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, for a nurturance

leave. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Radiology

Cohan, Richard H., M.D., Saroja Adusumilli Collegiate Professor of Radiology and

Professor of Radiology, with tenure, on extended sick leave effective March 14, 2011 to

March 25, 2011 and October 15, 2012 to November 25, 2012.

Petrou, Myria, M.S., Assistant Professor of Radiology, on family medical leave effective

October 24, 2012 to November 11, 2012.

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SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Biostatistics

Song, Peter X., PH.D., Professor of Biostatistics, with tenure, on sabbatical leave

effective January 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013, to conduct research on the development of

new bio statistical methodologies to address needs. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and Germany.

Environmental Health Sciences

Jolliet, Olivier J., PH.D., Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, with tenure, on

sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to develop a continent-

specific LCIA method for different regions of the world, with a special focus on regions

with unique characteristics con to EU and North America. Work will be done in Ann

Arbor, Michigan.

O'Neill, Marie S., PH.D., Associate Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, with

tenure and Associate Professor of Epidemiology, with tenure, on sabbatical leave

effective September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to prepare and publish manuscripts on air

pollution and birth outcomes in Mexico City as well as research on climate change, heat

waves and health. Work will be done in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Mexico City.

Health Management and Policy

Banaszak-Holl, Jane C., PH.D., Associate Professor of Health Management and Policy,

with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective January 1, 2013 to May 31, 2013, to develop

methodological skills at implementation research and working on comparative studies of

the impact of system level differences in service delivery for health outcomes. Work will

be done in the United Kingdom.

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COLLEGE OF ARTS, SCIENCES AND LETTERS

Mathematics and Statistics

James, David A., PH.D., Professor of Mathematics and Statistics, with tenure, on

sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012, to work on analysis

using the singular value decomposition method to reveal clustering in the leadership

types of 186 world democracies and complete the mathematical analysis of designs that

appear the folk costumes of 66 European cultures. Work will be done in Ann Arbor,

Michigan.

Social Sciences

Bergeron, Suzanne L., PH.D., Professor of Women's Studies, with tenure and Professor

of Social Sciences, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to April

30, 2013, to work on a book manuscript entitled “Gender, Economics and the World

Bank”. Work will be done in Dearborn, Michigan.

Twomey, Michael J., PH.D., Professor of Economics, with tenure, on sabbatical leave

effective January 1, 2013 to April 30, 2013, to conduct a study of immigration into the

United States. Work will be done in Dearborn, Michigan.

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Richardson, Paul C., PH.D., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with

tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to April 30, 2013, to conduct

research in the area of network information systems in mobile, unstructured

environments. Work will be done in Warren, Michigan.

Zhao, Dongming, PH.D., Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with tenure,

on sabbatical leave effective January 1, 2012 to July 1, 2012, to study the principles of

real-time laser radar imaging and the algorithms for fast formation and frame formation.

Work will be done in Beijing, China.

Kim, Taehyung, PH.D., Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering,


work on Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles. Work will be done in South Korea.

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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE (continued)

Natarajan, Narasimhamurthi, PH.D., Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer

Engineering, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective January 1, 2012 to April 30, 2012,

to create a text book that can be used by the students in the class. Work will be done in

Dearborn, Michigan.

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

Hong, Seong B., M.E.D., Rosalyn Saltz Collegiate Professor of Education, Associate

Professor of Education, with tenure, on sabbatical leave effective September 1, 2012 to

December 31, 2012, to write a book. Work will be done in Dearborn, Michigan.



November, 2012


COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

Computer Science, Engineering and Physics

Uludag, Suleyman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Computer Science, Department of

Computer Science, Engineering and Physics, with tenure, on scholarly activity leave

effective September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013, to conduct research. Work will be done in

Turkey.

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES

Education

Casement, Rose A., ED.D., Professor of Education, with tenure, on extended sick leave

effective October 11, 2012 to December 31, 2012.

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SCHOOL OF MUSIC, THEATRE & DANCE

Mason, Marilyn, D.S.M., Professor of Music (Organ), with tenure, on retirement furlough

effective September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2014. Phased. Previously reported as retirement

furlough effective September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2013.

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November, 2012


PENNY W STAMPS SCHOOL OF ART & DESIGN

Payton, Sallyanne, LL.B., William W Cook Professor of Law, Professor of Law, with

tenure, Law School and Professor of Art and Design, without tenure, Penny W Stamps

School of Art and Design, retired after 36 years of service, effective January 1, 2013

LAW SCHOOL

Seymour, Thomas H., J.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, retired after 16 years of

service, effective December 31, 2012


Psychology

Peterson, Christopher M., PH.D., Arthur F Thurnau Professor and Professor of

Psychology, with tenure, deceased after 26 years of service, effective October 10, 2012

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Internal Medicine

Yu, Shaoyong, M.D., Assistant Professor of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal

Medicine, resigned after 2 years of service, to accept a position at the John Hopkins

University, Baltimore, Maryland, effective October 1, 2012

Medical Education

Wisdom, Kimberlydawn, M.D., Assistant Professor of Medical Education, resigned after

12 years of service, to accept a different position at the University of Michigan, Ann

Arbor, Michigan, effective November 1, 2012

Orthopaedic Surgery

Dougherty, Paul J., M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, resigned

after 4 year of service, to accept a different position at the University of Michigan, Ann

Arbor, Michigan, effective November 5, 2012

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Adams, Barbara S., M.D., Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases,

retired after 31 years of service, effective November 1, 2012

Mendelow, Dolores P., M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and

Communicable Diseases, retired after 22 years of service, effective November 2, 2012

Surgery

Liu, Yang, PH.D., Professor of Pathology, resigned after 6 years of service, to accept a

position at the National Children’s Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia,

effective October 1, 2012

SCHOOL OF MUSIC, THEATRE & DANCE

Gannett, Diana R., D.M.A., Professor of Music (String Bass), with tenure, retired after 11

years of service, effective January 1, 2013

SCHOOL OF NURSING

Northouse, Laurel L., PH.D., Mary Lou Willard French Professor of Nursing and

Professor of Nursing, with tenure, retired after 14 years of service, effective January 1,

2014

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Judaic Studies

Cesarani, David, PH.D., Louis and Helen Padnos Visiting Professor of Judaic Studies,

effective September 1, 2012 to December 31, 2012

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