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Faculty members receive promotions and named appointments

Collage of three professional headshot photos. Left is Marianne Fairbanks, center is Megan Doherty Bea, and right is Kasey Keeler.

Human ecologists who recently received promotions and named appointments will return to campus this fall with added distinction.

Marianne Fairbanks has been promoted to professor, and Megan Doherty Bea and Kasey Keeler have been promoted with tenure to associate professor.

Multiple faculty and instructors also received named appointments, made possible through philanthropy:

  • Megan Doherty Bea, Lorna Jorgenson Wendt Professorship in Money, Relationships and Equality (MORE)
  • Andrea Buhler-Wassmann, Shannon Faculty Fellowship
  • Sarah Anne Carter, Chipstone Foundation Design and Material Culture Chair
  • Lori DiPrete Brown, Human Ecology Imperative Fellowship
  • Larissa Duncan, Elizabeth C. Davies Chair in Child and Family Well-being
  • Anika Kozlowski, Kay Vaughan Faculty Fellowship
  • Lauren Papp, Dorothy A. O’Brien Chair in Human Ecology
  • Trudy Watt, Kay Vaughan Innovation Fellowship
  • Mengni Zhang, Dean’s CDMC Design Research Faculty Fellowship with the Center for Design and Material Culture (CDMC)
  • Yaoyi Zhou, Dean’s Human Centered Design Faculty Fellowship

Congratulations to our esteemed faculty members on their accomplishments in working to improve the well-being of all people through healthier relationships and environments.