David Albeck, CLAS
Laura Argys, CLAS
Bill Clark, CAM
Karen Koellner-Clark, SEHD
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Annual RTP luncheon honors newly tenured, promoted faculty
Scholars who have consistently excelled in research, creative activities, teaching, and service gathered at the second annual Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion (RTP) luncheon to celebrate faculty who received tenure and promotion this past year. Twelve faculty members on the downtown Denver campus from five schools and colleges were acknowledged by their colleagues in the St. Francis Center on Aug. 15.
“The award of tenure and promotion to associate professor and to professor, are very important milestones in the careers of our faculty members," said Laura Goodwin, associate vice chancellor for faculty affairs. "We can all be proud of the wonderful accomplishments of this year’s class of newly-tenured and promoted faculty. They excel in the classroom, in their supervision and collaboration with students, in their research and creative activities, and in their contributions to the university, the state, the region and their professional organizations. They represent the very best of the faculty at the downtown Denver campus of UCDHSC.”
Honored faculty members include: -
David Albeck, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor, Department of Psychology, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences. Albeck’s expertise is in behavioral neuroscience, especially the neurobiology of learning and memory, and behavioral endocrinology as it relates to aging and development. Albeck has 32 refereed articles, most in top-tier journals, and many grants—including an R-15 AERA grant from the National Institutes of Aging (NIH). -
Laura Argys was promoted to professor, Department of Economics, CLAS. Argys’ research focuses on important social issues and public policy, including the economic and social impact of child support, variables related to death penalty commutations, ability grouping in schools, sexually transmitted diseases, and unionization and productivity in education. She received the CLAS Excellence in Research Award in 1999 and the campus Excellence in Service Award in 2001. -
Min Choi, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Choi’s expertise is in computer graphics and scientific visualization. His research focuses on the dynamic simulation of deformable objects; he is working collaboratively with researchers from medicine and material engineering on surgical simulation in virtual environments. -
Bill Clark, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor, Department of Music and Entertainment Industry Studies in the College of Arts & Media. Clark has been at the downtown Denver campus since 1981. Since 2003, he’s logged 16 ensemble performances, two CDs, two conference presentations and one textbook. Throughout his career, he has released 23 released albums—a high number for a jazz educator. -
Joni Dunlap, awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor, School of Education and Human Development. Dunlap’s expertise is in adult learning and instructional design. She is responsible for the development of the K-12 technology MA program. Dunlap also developed a fully online graduate certificate program in e-learning that attracts a national enrollment. -
Patrick Emerson, awarded early tenure and promotion to associate professor, Department of Economics, CLAS, has since left UCDHSC for Oregon State University. Emerson researches economic development, labor, and industrial organization, and is recognized as one of the leading national experts in the area of child labor and corruption for economic development. -
Gabriel Finkelstein, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor, Department of History, CLAS. Finkelstein’s expertise is in 19th century German history. His current major research project is a biography of Emil du Bois-Reymond, which the University of Chicago Press may publish. Finkelstein maintains high standards for his students and is considered to be scrupulous, rigorous and fair. -
Quintin Gonzalez, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor, Department of Visual Arts, CAM. Gonzalez teachers painting, drawing, and color theory. Since 1999, he has participated in 80 exhibitions, including 21 national group exhibitions, 30 regional group exhibitions, 23 international group exhibitions, and a one-person national exhibition, The Chicano Experience. He is a pioneer in the intersection of art and technology. -
Karen Koellner-Clark, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor, SEHD. She has been on our campus since fall 2004 after five years at Georgia State University and 2 years on the Boulder campus. She has made significant contributions at the community level through her work at Garden Place Elementary and with four Denver area school districts. -
Timberley Roane, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor, Department of Biology, CLAS. Roane’s research area is microbial ecology, particularly in stressed habitats; specifically, she studies how bacteria cope with environmental stress. Roane has developed many practical applications of this basic research – including the use of microbes to reduce mercury contamination of sacred Indian artifacts. -
Kat Vlahos, awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor, College of Architecture and Planning. Her current research agenda is focused on Western ranches, to understand how they operate within larger ecological and cultural systems; she has two interrelated themes--the historic preservation of remaining ranches, and distilling design principles from the historic precedents into contemporary design practice. -
Marsha Wiggins-Frame, awarded promotion to professor, Counseling Psychology and Counselor Education in SEHD. Wiggins won the campus Excellence in Teaching award in 1998 and 2004. Her work is focused on counseling and spirituality and on multicultural family counseling. She recently received a research award from the Association for Spiritual, Ethical and Religious Values in Counseling. |
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