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KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Thirty-four É«É«À² Michigan University faculty members have been granted sabbaticals during the 2018-19 academic year to engage in research and creative projects as well as other work that promotes their professional growth and development.

The leaves were granted by the É«É«À² Board of Trustees during its March 14 meeting.

Sabbaticals

Effective for the fall 2018 semester

• Dr. Kyle Brink, associate professor of management
• Dr. Martha Councell-Vargas, associate professor, of music
• Cat Crochett, professor of art
• Dr. Amy Damashek, associate professor of psychology
• Dr. Jessica Frieder, associate professor of psychology,
• Dr. Yuri Ledyaev, professor of mathematics
• Terrance Michmerhuizen, associate professor of aviation sciences
• Dr. Jun-Seok Oh, professor of civil and construction engineering
• Dr. Jennifer Palthe, professor of management
• Dr. John Tanis, professor of physics
• Dr. Mary-Louise Totton, associate professor of art

Effective for the 2018-19 academic year

• Dr. David Burnie, professor of finance and commercial law
• Dr. Steven Carr, professor of computer science
• Dr. Christina Chin, associate professor of art
• Sue Ellen Christian, professor of communication
• Dr. Sime Curkovic, professor of management
• Dr. Olivia Gabor-Peirce, professor of world languages and literatures

• Dr. Megan Grunert Kowalske, associate professor of chemistry
• Dr. David Lemberg, associate professor of geography
• Dr. Debra Lindstrom, professor of occupational therapy
• Dr. John Petrovic, professor of mathematics
• Dr. Dewei Qi, professor of chemical and paper engineering
• Dr. Cynthia Running-Johnson, professor of world language and literatures
• Dr. Laura Van Zoest, professor of mathematics
• Dr. Zijiang Yang, professor of computer science

Effective for the spring 2019 semester

• Dr. Cathryn Bailey, professor of gender and women's studies
• Dr. Christopher Biggs, associate professor of music
• Dr. William Liou, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering
• Dr.Larry Mallak, professor of industrial and entrepreneurial engineering and engineering management
• Dr. Leah Omillion-Hodges, associate professor of communication
• Dr. Kelley O’Reilly, associate professor of marketing
• Dr. Jagjit Saini, associate professor of accountancy
• Bruce Uchimura, professor of music
• Dr. Ron Van Houten, professor of psychology

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