Regents approve 21 faculty sabbaticals

The CU Board of Regents approved sabbaticals for 21 UCCS faculty members during a Feb. 18 meeting on campus.

Those whose applications were approved are:

• Dick Carpenter, professor, College of Education, academic year 2016-17.
• Tim Chamillard, associate professor, College of Engineering and Applied Science, fall 2016.
• Minette Church, associate professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, academic year 2016-17.
• Dale DeBoer, associate professor, Department of Economics, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, spring 2017.
• Tabatha Farney, associate professor, Kraemer Family Library, fall 2016.
• Monique French, associate professor, College of Business, fall 2016.
• Edie Greene, professor, Department of Psychology, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, spring 2017.
• Lisa Hines, associate professor, Department of Biology, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, academic year 2016-17.
• Tom Huber, professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, fall 2016.
• Mary Ann Kluge, professor, Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, fall 2016.
• Molly Maxfield, assistant professor, Department of Psychology, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, academic year 2016-17 (if tenured).
• Zachary Mesyan, associate professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, fall 2016.
• Janel Owens, assistant professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, spring 2017 (if tenured).
• Alexander Soifer, professor, Interdepartmental Studies, fall 2016.
• Stephany Rose Spaulding, associate professor, Women’s and Ethnic Studies Program, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, spring 2017.
• Brandon Vogt, assistant professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, spring 2017 (if tenured).
• Linda Watts, associate professor, Department of Anthropology, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, spring 2017.
• David Weiss, associate professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, fall 2016.
• Tom Wolkow, associate professor, Department of Biology, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, academic year 2016-17.
• Mingming Zhou, assistant professor, College of Business, spring 2017 (if tenured).
• Xiaobo Zhou, professor, College of Engineering and Applied Science, fall 2016.

After six years of service to the university on regular full-time appointment, a tenured member of the faculty is eligible for a sabbatical assignment. It is expected that the faculty member will use the sabbatical to enhance scholarly teaching competence and potential for service to the university and advance departmental program goals.