Institutional Communications
Bureau of Mines Building, Room 137
Laramie
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-2929
Email: cbaldwin@uwyo.edu
The University of Wyoming Board of Trustees approved the following personnel items during its meeting Friday, March 24.
Administrative Appointments
Academic Affairs
Mary Aguayo as interim associate vice president. She received a B.A. (2004) in history and an MPA (2009), both from UW. Aguayo has been an enrollment and policy strategist for UW since 2013. She also will serve as interim associate vice president for enrollment management.
Intercollegiate Athletics
Thomas Burman, athletic director, contract extended through June 30, 2022. He served as an associate director at UW from 1995-2000 and executive director of the Cowboy Joe Club from 1995-97. From 1997-2000, Burman was Wyoming’s associate athletics director for external affairs. He also served as associate vice president for institutional advancement with the UW Foundation in 2006. He has been UW’s athletic director since October 2006.
Faculty First-Year Tenure-Track Reappointments
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Department of Family and Consumer Sciences
Jill F. Keith, as assistant professor.
Department of Plant Sciences
Carrie Ann Eberle, Vivek Sharma and Daniel Tekiela, all as assistant professors.
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Chemistry
Caleb Hill, as assistant professor.
Department of Criminal Justice
Kimberly Schweitzer, as assistant professor.
Department of Geography
Nicholas Crane, as assistant professor.
Department of Modern and Classical Languages
Camilo Jaramillo, as assistant professor.
Department of Music
Benjamin D. Markley, as assistant professor.
Department of Political Science
Michael R. Potter, as assistant professor.
Department of Psychology
Robin A. Barry, Kyle P. De Young and Alison R. Looby, all as assistant professors.
Global and Area Studies Program
Zoe Pearson, as assistant professor.
College of Business
Department of Accounting and Finance
Laurie Corradino and Pawan Jain, both as assistant professors.
Department of Management and Marketing
Nicholas R. Prince and Chase E. Thiel, both as assistant professors.
College of Education
Department of Professional Studies
Eric C. DaFoe, as instructor.
Amanda C. DeDiego and William T. Holmes, both as assistant professors.
College of Engineering and Applied Science
Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Kevin M. Befus and Milan Zlatkovic, both as assistant professors.
Department of Petroleum Engineering
Soheil Saraji and Pejman Tahmasebi, both as assistant professors.
College of Health Sciences
Division of Social Work
Kirsten K. Havig, as assistant professor.
University Libraries
Digital Collections
Amanda R. Lehman, as assistant librarian.
Academic Professionals
Academic Affairs
Art Museum
Katie B. Christensen, as assistant lecturer.
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Cooperative Extension
Julie A. Graalman-Balzan and Blake S. Hauptman, both as assistant extension educators.
Sarah J. Torbert, as associate extension educator.
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Mathematics
Eric Quade, as assistant lecturer.
College of Education
Department of Educational Studies
Jason M. Katzmann, as assistant lecturer.
College of Health Sciences
School of Pharmacy
Charlie P. Cruz, as assistant lecturer.
Changes in Appointment
Faculty
College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Neil F. Humphrey will serve as interim department head in the Department of Geology and Geophysics.
Department of Zoology and Physiology
Carlos Martinez del Rio will end his appointment as director of the Biodiversity Institute and will return as a tenured professor and Wyoming Excellence Chair in the Department of Zoology and Physiology.
Institutional Communications
Bureau of Mines Building, Room 137
Laramie
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: (307) 766-2929
Email: cbaldwin@uwyo.edu