Changes in status take effect beginning with the fall semester
By Jerry Poling, UW Stout
The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents has approved promotions and tenure recommendations for 18 University of Wisconsin-Stout faculty members effective for the 2024-25 academic year.
The professors and their departments are:
Promoted to professor
Monika Herrmann, engineering and technology
Emily Hines, teaching, leadership and learning
Jerry Hui, visual and performing arts
Kelly O’Brien, visual and performing arts
Matthew Simoneau, teaching, leadership and learning
Promoted to associate professor
Kathleen Brock, teaching, leadership and learning
Frazier Clark, business
Becky DeGreeff, English, philosophy and communication studies
Kevin MacDonald, operations and management
Greg Slupe, engineering and technology
Promoted to associate professor with tenure
Michael Heagle, design
Alex Jordan, engineering and technology
Anne Schmitz, engineering and technology
Tyler Thomas, mathematics, statistics and computer science
Abhishek Verma, engineering and technology
Vince Wheeler, engineering and technology
Tenure
Mike Bird, kinesiology, health, food and nutritional sciences
Kevin Wilkinson, operations and management
Provost Glendalí Rodríguez, vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, celebrated the professors’ commitment to success.
“I look forward to recognizing the faculty and their accomplishments as the new academic year kicks off,” Rodríguez said. “Our polytechnic mission — that focus on applied learning, business partnerships and career-focused education — continues to guide their work across diverse disciplines, and each year I am inspired by the hard work of the faculty.”
The 2024-25 academic year began Aug. 19. Opening Day activities, including campuswide Engagement Sessions for faculty and staff, are Monday, Aug. 26. Classes begin Wednesday, Sept. 4.
In the fall of 2023, UW-Stout had 222 faculty members.
UW-Stout is Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University, with a focus on applied learning, collaboration with business and industry, and career outcomes.
