Regents approve faculty sabbaticals

The CU Board of Regents approved sabbatical requests for 26 UCCS faculty members at the Feb. 20 meeting in Boulder.

Those whose sabbaticals for fall 2015 and spring 2016 semesters were approved are:

• Peggy Beranek, associate professor, College of Business, fall 2015
• Sonja Braun Sand, associate professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, spring 2016
• Elaine Cheesman, associate professor, College of Education, fall 2015
• Larry Eubanks, associate professor, Department of Economics, spring 2016
• Julaine Field, associate professor, College of Education, fall 2015
• Barbara Frye, associate professor, College of Education, spring 2016
• Janice Gould, associate professor, Women’s and Ethnic Studies Program, fall 2015
• Marek Grabowski, associate professor, Department of Physics and Energy Science, fall 2015
• Christina Jimenez, associate professor, Department of History, fall 2015
• Thottam Kalkur, professor, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, fall 2015
• Andrew Ketsdever, professor, College of Engineering, fall 2015
• Donald Klingner, distinguished professor, School of Public Affairs, spring 2016
• K. Maja Krakowiak , assistant professor, Department of Communication, spring 2016 *
• Kevin Landis, assistant professor, Department of Visual and Performing Arts, spring 2016*
• Katherine Mack, assistant professor, Department of English, fall 2015*
• Mark McConkie, professor, School of Public Affairs, fall 2015
• Teresa Meadows, associate professor, Department of Languages and Cultures and Department of Visual and Performing Arts, spring 2016
• Kirsten Bartholomew Ortega, assistant professor, Department of English, fall 2015*
• Barbara Prinari, associate professor, Department of Mathematics, fall 2015
• Sara Honn Qualls, Kraemer Family Professor of Aging, Department of Psychology, spring 2016
• Daniel Segal, professor, Department of Psychology, spring 2016
• Sudhanshu Semwal, professor, College of Engineering, spring 2016
• Heather Song, associate professor, College of Engineering, spring 2016
• Maria Sergia Steen, associate professor, Department of Languages and Cultures, spring 2016
• Rebecca Webb, associate professor, College of Engineering, spring 2016
• Thomas Wynn, distinguished professor, Department of Anthropology, spring 2016

*Pending tenure approval