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Report of the President: Academic Council Professoriate appointments

The Academic Council Professoriate appointments, promotions, and reappointments for the periods indicated were reviewed by the Advisory Board of the Academic Council on January 27, February 10, February 24, and March 10, 2015, and were approved by President John Hennessy.

Please note that while all appointments below have been approved by the president, some candidates may not yet have accepted offers.

APPOINTMENTS WITHOUT LIMIT OF TIME:

Gurtner, Geoffrey C., Professor of Surgery, effective March 1, 2015

Hancock, Jeffrey T., Professor of Communication, effective September 1, 2015

Levy, Jonathan, Associate Professor of History, effective September 1, 2015

Sharkey, Patrick, Professor of Sociology, effective September 1, 2015

Soh, Hyongsok (Tom), Professor of Radiology and of Electrical Engineering, effective July 1, 2015


PROMOTIONS WITHOUT LIMIT OF TIME:

Bryant, Zev, Associate Professor of Bioengineering, effective April 1, 2015

Casciotti, Karen, Associate Professor of Earth System Science, effective March 1, 2015

Karnes, Michelle, Associate Professor of English, effective July 1, 2015

Lindenberg, Aaron M., Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and, coterminous with continuation of relevant programmatic funding at SLAC, of Photon Science at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, effective April 1, 2015

Sonnenberg, Justin L., Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, effective March 1, 2015

Yun, Zhiwei, Associate Professor of Mathematics, effective April 1, 2015


OTHER APPOINTMENTS:

Fouka, Vasiliki, Assistant Professor (Subject to Ph.D.) of Political Science, for the period September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2019

Hall, Andrew, Assistant Professor (Subject to Ph.D.) of Political Science, for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2019

Levine, Sarah, Assistant Professor of Education, for the period September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2019 

Zulman, Donna, Assistant Professor of Medicine, for the period April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2019


OTHER PROMOTIONS:

Anderson, R. Lanier, Professor of Philosophy, effective September 1, 2015

Bailenson, Jeremy, Professor of Communication, effective September 1, 2015

Gerdes, Christian, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, effective February 1, 2015

Malkki, Liisa, Professor of Anthropology, effective April 1, 2015

Mazieres, David, Professor of Computer Science, effective February 1, 2015

Moore, Tirin, Professor of Neurobiology, effective February 1, 2015

Parker, Karen, Associate Professor (Research) of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, for the period March 1, 2015 through February 28, 2020, coterminous with continued salary and other research funding from sponsored projectsTormala, Zakary, Professor of Marketing in the Graduate School of Business, effective September 1, 2015

Turner, Fred, Professor of Communication and, by courtesy, of Art and Art History, effective September 1, 2015


OTHER REAPPOINTMENTS:

Acharya, Avidit, Assistant Professor of Political Science, for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019

Alvira, Cristina, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019

Andrews, Jason, Assistant Professor of Medicine, for the period February 1, 2018 through January 31, 2019

Casey, Katherine, Assistant Professor of Political Economy in the Graduate School of Business, for the period January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016

Einav, Shirit, Assistant Professor of Medicine and of Microbiology and Immunology, for the period September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2018

Fields, Corey, Assistant Professor of Sociology, for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018

Freed, Amy, Artist-in-Residence in Theater and Performance Studies, for the period September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2020

Hartnoll, Sean, Assistant Professor of Physics, for the period September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2018

Heaney, Catherine A., Associate Professor (Teaching) of Psychology and of Medicine, for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2020

Kurlat, Pablo, Assistant Professor of Economics, for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018

Li, Jin, Assistant Professor of Genetics, for the period March 1, 2015 through February 28, 2018

Mustapha, Mirna, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, for the period February 1, 2015 through January 31, 2018

Nall, Clayton, Assistant Professor of Political Science, for the period September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2018

Norcia, Anthony M., Professor (Research) of Psychology, for the period April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2020, coterminous with continued salary and other research funding from sponsored projects

Podesva, Robert J., Assistant Professor of Linguistics, for the period September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2018

Reininger, Michelle, Assistant Professor (Research) of Education, for the period March 1, 2015 through February 28, 2017, coterminous with continued salary and other research funding from sponsored projects

Saperstein, Aliya, Assistant Professor of Sociology, for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2018

Seetah, Krish, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, for the period September 1, 2016 through August 31, 2019

Senatore, Leonardo, Assistant Professor of Physics and, coterminous with continuation of relevant programmatic funding at SLAC, of Particle Physics and Astrophysics at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, for the period September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2018

Sinnar, Shirin, Assistant Professor of Law, for the period July 1, 2015 through February 29, 2016

Thiranagama, Sharika, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, for the period April 1, 2017 through March 31, 2020

Wang, Ge, Assistant Professor of Music and, by courtesy, of Computer Science, for the period September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2016

Wilcox, Jennifer, Assistant Professor of Energy Resources Engineering, for the period January 1, 2015 through May 31, 2015


MEDICAL CENTER LINE PROFESSORIATE APPOINTMENTS:

The following Medical Center Line Professoriate appointments, promotions, and reappointments for the periods January and February 2015 were recommended by the Provost to the President of the University and were approved by the President.


PROMOTIONS FOR A CONTINUING TERM:

Kong, Christina S., Professor of Pathology at the Stanford University Medical Center, effective March 1, 2015

Westphal, Lynn M., Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Stanford University Medical Center, effective February 1, 2015


OTHER APPOINTMENTS:

Govindarajan, Prasanthi, Associate Professor of Surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center, for the period March 1, 2015 through February 28, 2020

Hall, Scott, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University Medical Center, for the period March 1, 2015 through February 29, 2020

Lund, Dennis, Professor of Surgery, for the period March 16, 2015 through March 15, 2020

Shan, Hua, Professor of Pathology at the Stanford University Medical Center, for the period April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2020


OTHER PROMOTIONS:

Arai, Sally, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University Medical Center, for the period March 1, 2015 through February 29, 2020

Ganjoo, Kristen N., Associate Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University Medical Center, for the period February 1, 2015 through January 31, 2020

 

OTHER REAPPOINTMENTS:

Fann, James, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Stanford University Medical Center, for the period March 1, 2015 through August 31, 2015

Harris, Odette, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, for the period April 1, 2015 through March 31, 2020

Twist, Claire, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital, for the period December 1, 2014 through March 31, 2016

 

OTHER REPORT ITEMS:

Baiocchi, Michael, Assistant Professor of Medicine, also appointed Assistant Professor of Statistics, for the period December 1, 2014 through November 30, 2017

Ermon, Stefano, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, also appointed Center Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, for the period January 1, 2015 through August 31, 2017

Follmer, Sean, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, change in appointment start date from February 1, 2015 to July 1, 2015 and in appointment end date from January 31, 2019 to June 30, 2019

Gevaert, Olivier, Assistant Professor of Medicine, change in appointment start date from January 1, 2015 to January 7, 2015

Giori, Nicholas, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, also appointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Mechanical Engineering, for the period November 1, 2014 through December 31, 2015

Jackson, Michelle, Assistant Professor (Research) of Sociology, change in percent time employment from 100% to 58%, for the period November 1, 2014 through October 31, 2015

Krummel, Thomas, Emile Holman Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery, Susan B. Ford Surgeon-in-Chief at the Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital, and Professor, by courtesy, of Cardiothoracic Surgery, also reappointed Professor, by courtesy, of Bioengineering, for the period July 1, 2014 through June 30, 2017

Kuhl, Ellen, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and, by courtesy, of Cardiothoracic Surgery, also reappointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of Bioengineering, for the period January 15, 2015 through January 14, 2018

Schernhammer, Eva, Associate Professor of Medicine, change in appointment start date from January 1, 2015 to July 1, 2015

Sockness, Brent, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, also appointed Associate Professor, by courtesy, of German Studies/DLCL, effective January 1, 2015 without limit of time

Tharin, Suzanne, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, change in title to Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the Stanford University Medical Center, for the period March 1, 2015 through February 28, 2017

 

FACULTY EMERITI TITLES:

Fitzgerald, Peter J., Professor (Research) of Medicine (Cardiovascular), Emeritus, effective February 28, 2015

Kazovsky, Leonid G., Professor (Research) of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus, effective February 22, 2015


EMERITI RECALLS:

Bienenstock, Arthur, Professor of Photon Science, Emeritus, for the period March 16, 2015 through March 15, 2016

Falkow, Stanley, Robert W. and Vivian K. Cahill Professor in Cancer Research, Emeritus, for the period March 15, 2015 through June 15, 2015

Fitzgerald, Peter J., Professor (Research) of Medicine (Cardiovascular), Emeritus, for the period March 1, 2015 through February 29, 2016

Hentz, Vincent R., Professor of Surgery, Emeritus, for the period March 16, 2015 through September 30, 2015

Kazovsky, Leonid G., Professor (Research) of Electrical Engineering, Emeritus, for the period February 23, 2015 through February 22, 2017

Kennedy, David M., Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History, Emeritus, for the period April 1, 2015 through June 30, 2015

Parker, George G. C., Dean Witter Distinguished Professor of Finance, Emeritus, for the period September 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015

Stockdale, Frank, Maureen Lyles D’Ambrogio Professor in the School of Medicine, Emeritus, for the period March 15, 2015 through March 14, 2016

Winograd, Carol H., Associate Professor of Medicine, Emerita, for the period February 8, 2015 through June 16, 2015


REPORT MATTERS:

Endowed Chairs:

Cole, G. Marcus, William Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law, appointed William F. Baxter-Visa International Professor of Law, effective April 14, 2015

Dauber, Michele, Professor of Law, appointed Frederick I. Richman Professor of Law, effective April 14, 2015

Gruenfeld, Deborah, Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Graduate School of Business, appointed Joseph McDonald Professor, effective April 14, 2015

Herzenberg, Leonore, Professor of Genetics, appointed Department of Genetics Professor, effective April 14, 2015

Ho, Daniel, Professor of Law, appointed William Benjamin Scott and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law, effective April 14, 2015

Krishnamurthy, Arvind, Professor of Finance in the Graduate School of Business, appointed John S. Osterweis Professor, effective April 14, 2015

Lee, Pamela, Professor of Art & Art History, appointed Jeanette and William Hayden Jones Professor of American Art and Culture, effective April 14, 2015

Lee, Charles, Professor of Accounting in the Graduate School of Business, appointed Moghadam Family Professor, effective April 14, 2015

Lowery, Brian, Professor of Organizational Behavior in the Graduate School of Business, appointed Walter Kenneth Kilpatrick Professor in the Graduate School of Business, effective April 14, 2015

MacCoun, Robert J., Professor of Law and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, appointed James and Patricia Kowal Professor, effective April 14, 2015

Meyler, Bernadette, Professor of Law, appointed Carl and Sheila Spaeth Professor, effective April 14, 2015

Morantz, Allison D., Professor of Law, appointed James and Nancy Kelso Professor, effective April 14, 2015

Plambeck, Erica, Professor of Operations, Information & Technology in the Graduate School of Business and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, appointed Charles A. Holloway Professor, effective April 14, 2015

Rauh, Joshua, Professor of Finance in the Graduate School of Business and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute, appointed Ormond Family Professor of Finance, effective April 14, 2015

Sklansky, David, Professor of Law, appointed Stanley Morrison Professor of Law, effective April 14, 2015

Wheeler, Christian, Professor of Marketing in the Graduate School of Business, appointed StrataCom Professor of Management, effective April 14, 2015

Zenios, Stefanos, Professor of Operations, Information & Technology in the Graduate School of Business, appointed Investment Group of Santa Barbara Professor of Entrepreneurship, effective April 14, 2015


Endowed Fellowships:

David Lobell, Professor of Earth System Science and Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies and at the Woods Institute for the Environment, also appointed William Wrigley Senior Fellow, effective April 14, 2015


Administrative Appointments:

Koseff, Jeffrey, William Alden Campbell and Martha Campbell Profesor in the School of Engineering and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, reappointed Perry L. McCarty Director of the Woods Institute for the Environment, for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016

McFaul, Michael, Professor of Political Science and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, appointed Director of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, for the period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2019

Nemerov, Alexander, Carl and Marilynn Thoma Provostial Professor of Arts and Humanities appointed Chair of Art and Art History, for the period September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2018

Satz, Debra, Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society and Professor, by courtesy, of Political Science, reappointed Senior Associate Dean for the Humanities and Arts, for the period September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2017

Thompson, Barton, Robert E. Paradise Professor in Natural Resources Law and Senior Fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment, reappointed Perry L. McCarty Director of the Woods Institute for the Environment, for the period July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016


Department Names Changes:

The Department of Environmental Earth System Science, change in name to The Department of Earth System Science, effective February 10, 2015

The Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, change in name to The Department of Geological Sciences, effective February 10, 2015

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