The Universities of Wisconsin Board of Regents has approved promotions and tenure recommendations for nine UW-Stout faculty members effective for the 2025-26 academic year.
The professors and their departments are:
Promoted to professor
- Kenan Baltaci, engineering and technology
- Scott Turner, mathematics, statistics and computer science
Promoted to associate professor
- Kenneth Mullins, business
Promoted to associate professor with tenure
- Morgan Barrie, visual and performing arts
- Heather Hessel, counseling, rehabilitation and human services
- Dana Linnell, psychology
- Xiaojing Liu, engineering and technology
- Michael Tetzlaff, mathematics, statistics and computer science
Tenure
- Jay Jones, hospitality and technology innovation
Provost Glendalí Rodríguez, vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, celebrated the professors’ achievements.
“The start of the academic year is a great time to recognize the faculty for their accomplishments; it provides positive energy to jumpstart the year,” Rodríguez said. “I am inspired by the faculty’s hard work and dedication to students. As well as their commitment to our polytechnic tenets — applied learning and research, business and industry collaboration and career-focused educational experiences. Tenure and/or promotion are critical milestones and I look forward to honoring them.”
The 2025-26 academic year began Aug. 18. Opening Day activities, including campuswide Engagement Sessions for faculty and staff, were Aug. 25. Classes begin Wednesday, Sept. 3.
In fall 2024, UW-Stout had 221 faculty and 179 instructional academic staff.