Provost’s Featured Faculty Member Recognition

September 23: Jeff Walls

Provost Elizabeth Chilton is delighted to recognize outstanding contributions by WSU Faculty Members. It is a pleasure to introduce Professors Jeff Walls as today’s Provost Featured Faculty Member.

Jeff Walls is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education on the WSU Spokane Campus. He notes, “I love teaching at WSU because my students are thoughtful, committed educational leaders who are working to make schools better throughout Washington. If I do my job well, it makes it easier for them to improve outcomes for kids all over the state.”

Please join Provost Chilton in thanking Professor Walls for his exemplary contributions to WSU!

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September 16: Colin Criss and Holly Whittenburg

Provost Elizabeth Chilton is delighted to recognize outstanding contributions by WSU Faculty Members. It is a pleasure to introduce Professors Colin Criss and Holly Whittenburg as today’s Provost Featured Faculty Members.

Colin Criss is a Scholarly Assistant Professor in the Honors College on the WSU Pullman Campus. He notes, “WSU has become an intellectual home for me thanks to my students, my colleagues, and the community. It has allowed me to continue to write poems and think about poems in communion with poets and poetry readers. Through organizations like Blood Orange Review, Zine Club, and the Palouse Review, I have been able to be a part of the strong publishing community here at WSU.”

Holly Whittenburg is an Assistant Professor in the College of Education on the WSU Pullman Campus. She notes, “Teaching at WSU is about working alongside educators to create and sustain meaningful inclusive experiences for students with disabilities … in other words, to become agents of change. My research investigates ways to improve employment outcomes for students with disabilities. I am also co-principal investigator and faculty advisor for WSU ROAR and co-director of the Washington Transition Program.”

Please join Provost Chilton in thanking Professors Colin Criss and Holly Whittenburg for their exemplary contributions to WSU!

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September 9: Janet Peters and Tracy Simmons

Provost Chilton is delighted to recognize outstanding contributions by WSU Faculty Members. It is a pleasure to introduce Professors Janet Peters and Tracy Simmons as today’s Provost Featured Faculty Members.

Janet Peters is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology on the WSU Tri-Cities campus. Professor Peters emphasizes that teaching at WSU means a great deal to her. She states, “Teaching is the opportunity to inspire the next generation, cultivate lifelong curiosity, and impact our communities. WSU students possess remarkable potential, and I’m privileged to play a role in their educational journey! I love that WSU is my home!”

Tracy Simmons is a Scholarly Assistant Professor in the Murrow College of Communication on the WSU Pullman campus. She notes, “WSU’s Murrow College gives me the opportunity to work with the next generation of our nation’s journalists. I couldn’t ask for a more fulfilling job. I specialize in religion reporting and lead the college’s Religion Reporting Project, while also participating on a research team studying how COVID has had an impact on churches nationwide.”

Please join Provost Chilton in thanking Professors Janet Peters and Tracy Simmons for their exemplary contributions to WSU!

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2022-2023

Provost and Executive Vice President Elizabeth Chilton is delighted to recognize outstanding contributions by WSU Faculty Members during the fall 2022 football season.

• September 3, 2022, vs. University of Idaho
  • Ashley Hernandez-Hall, 4-H Assistant Professor, Snohomish County Extension Office
  • Kristine Kuhn, Associate Professor, Department of Management, Information Systems, and Entrepreneurship, WSU Pullman
• September 17, 2022, vs. Colorado State University
  • David Luftig, Libraries, WSU Pullman
  • Jennifer Thigpen, Associate Professor, Department of History, WSU Pullman
• September 24, 2022, vs. University of Oregon
  • Ben McCamish, Career-Track Assistant Professor, School of Engineering and Computer Science, WSU Vancouver
  • Wendy Raney McCann, Scholarly Assistant Professor, Murrow College of Communication, WSU Pullman
• October 1, 2022, vs. University of California
  • Chris Connolly, Associate Professor, Department of Kinesiology and Educational Psychology, College of Education, WSU Pullman
• October 27, 2022, vs. University of Utah
  • Soobin Seo, Associate Professor, School of Hospitality Business Management, Carson College of Business, WSU Everett
• November 12, 2022, vs. Arizona State University
  • Boel Fransson, Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, WSU Pullman
  • Ryan Learn, Scholarly Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, College of Arts and Sciences, WSU Tri-Cities
• November 26, 2022, vs. University of Washington
  • Ayesha Ahmed, Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, WSU Spokane
  • Jaime Bowman, Interim Clinical Education Director for Family Medicine, Department of Medical Education and Clinical Sciences, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine, WSU Spokane

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2020 – 2021

Provost and Executive Vice President Elizabeth Chilton was delighted to recognize outstanding contributions by WSU Faculty Members.  The 2020-2021 Featured Faculty were recognized during a virtual recognition event on Wednesday, February 24, 2021.  The recognition event can be viewed by clicking here.

• Carson College of Business
  • Beau Barnes, Department of Accounting
• College of Agricultural, Human, & Natural Resource Sciences
  • Patricia Kuzyk, School of Economic Sciences
• College of Arts and Sciences
  • Ruth Gregory, Digital Technology and Culture Program
• College of Education
  • Kristin Lesseig, Department of Teaching and Learning
• College of Nursing
  • Kevin Stevens, Center for Clinical Performance & Simulation
• College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Christina Buchman, Department of Pharmacotherapy
• College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Samantha Gizerian, Department of Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience
• Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine
  • Luis Manriquez, Department of Medical Education and Clinical Sciences
• Honors College
  • Lydia Gerber
• Libraries
  • Talea Anderson
• Murrow College of Communication
  • Amanda Boyd, Department of Strategic Communication
• Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture
  • David Drake, School of Design and Construction
• WSU Everett
  • Gordon Taub, School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering
• WSU Global
  • Mary Garcia, Department of Human Development
• WSU Tri-Cities
  • Vanessa Cozza, Department of English
• WSU Vancouver
  • Adenike Otoikhian, Department of Chemistry