October 11, 2011

I am pleased to congratulate the 28 members of our faculty who successfully completed the review process for tenure or extended employment in 2010-2011. This is a milestone for these faculty members as well as for the university, and I am proud to be able to recognize them here.

Laura Auricchio, Associate Professor of Art History, Parsons The New School for Design (tenure)

Carolyn Berman, Associate Professor of Literature, The New School for Public Engagement (tenure)

Jane Ira Bloom, Associate Professor of Jazz and Contemporary Music, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music (tenure)

David Brody, Associate Professor of Design Studies, Parsons The New School for Design (tenure)

David Carroll, Associate Professor of Media Design, Parsons The New School for Design (extended employment)

Sumita Chakravarty, Associate Professor of Media Studies, The New School for Public Engagement and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (tenure)

Doris Chang-Kaplan, Associate Professor of Psychology, The New School for Social Research (tenure)

Stephen Collier, Associate Professor of International Affairs, The New School for Public Engagement (tenure)

Juan DeCastro, Associate Professor of Literary Studies, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (tenure)

Carlos Forment, Associate Professor of Sociology, The New School for Social Research and The New School for Public Engagement (tenure)

Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Professor of International Affairs, The New School for Public Engagement (tenure)

Jeremy Ginges, Associate Professor of Psychology, The New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (tenure)

Neil Greenberg, Professor of Choreography in the Arts Department, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (tenure)

Rachel Heiman, Associate Professor of Anthropology, The New School for Public Engagement (extended employment)

Elizabeth Kendall, Associate Professor of Liberal Studies, The New School for Social Research; Associate Professor of Literary Studies, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (tenure)

Orville Lee, Associate Professor of Culture and Media, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (tenure)

David Lehman, Associate Professor of Writing, The New School for Public Engagement (tenure)

Inessa Medzhibovskaya, Associate Professor of Liberal Studies, The New School for Social Research; Associate Professor of Literary Studies, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (tenure)

Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, Associate Professor of Architectural History, Parsons The New School for Design (tenure)

Ivan Raykoff, Associate Professor of Music, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (extended employment)

Elaine Savory, Associate Professor of Literary Studies, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (extended employment)

Helen Schulman, Associate Professor of Writing, The New School for Public Engagement (tenure)

Rachel Sherman, Associate Professor of Sociology, The New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (tenure)

Carlos Teixeira, Associate Professor of Design and Management, Parsons The New School for Design (extended employment)

Eugene Thacker, Associate Professor of Media Studies and Film, The New School for Public Engagement (tenure)

Zishan Ugurlu, Associate Professor of Theater, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (tenure)

Robin Wagner-Pacifici, Professor of Sociology, The New School for Social Research (tenure)

Jennifer Wilson, Associate Professor of Mathematics, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (extended employment)

The awarding of tenure or extended employment is a way of acknowledging the achievements and contributions of faculty. Congratulations once again to all the faculty members who earned this distinction in the past year. I also want to extend my gratitude to all the faculty members who participated in review committees and to the administrators in the divisions and the provost's office who undertook the considerable amount of work required to facilitate and coordinate the reviews. Your commitment of time and your wisdom, seriousness, and high standards are important and much appreciated.

Sincerely,