Tenure achievements and Board of Regents awards Today, we celebrate the important career milestone for more than three dozen faculty members and the nine students and faculty members recognized with Board of Regents awards.

February 29, 2024
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Tenure achievements and Board of Regents awards

Today, we celebrate the important career milestone for more than three dozen faculty members and the nine students and faculty members recognized with Board of Regents awards.

February 29, 2024

Dear Wolf Pack Family,

I have great news to share with you. During the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents meeting this afternoon in Las Vegas, the University learned that the more than three dozen faculty members we had requested for approval of tenure did indeed receive this important career milestone.

Faculty members receiving tenure included:

  • Dr. Erin Hanan
  • Dr. Perry Williams
  • Mr. Tyler Calkin-Low
  • Dr. Mariann Vaczi
  • Dr. Ignacio Montoya
  • Mr. Jared Stanley
  • Dr. Sarah Keyes
  • Dr. James Albrecht
  • Dr. Aaron Hill
  • Dr. Ruthie Meadows
  • Dr. Jared Bok
  • Dr. Erin Edgington
  • Dr. Mariana Cecilia Velazquez
  • Dr. Elizabeth Villalobos
  • Dr. Savannah (Yuanyuan) Guo
  • Dr. Brett Rixom
  • Dr. Anna Sokolova
  • Dr. Dilek Uz
  • Dr. Serhat Yildiz
  • Dr. Jessica Rixom
  • Dr. Krista Carlson
  • Dr. Emily Hand
  • Dr. Josette El Zaklit
  • Dr. Jung Hwan Kim
  • Dr. Lora Robinson
  • Dr. Wenrong Cao
  • Dr. Joel Scheingross
  • Dr. Andrey Sarantsev
  • Dr. Neil Lareau
  • Dr. Richard Plotkin
  • Dr. Sarah Haigh
  • Dr. Caroline Cobine
  • Dr. Gillian Moritz
  • Dr. Nicholas Murray
  • Dr. Eugenia Weiss
  • Ms. Elena Azadbakht
  • Ms. Rayla Tokarz

In addition, several of our faculty and students were recognized with Nevada Regents’ Awards.

Award winners from our University included:

    • Sam Lieberman Regents’ Award for Student Scholarship - Graduate - Alessandro Ralls
    • Sam Lieberman Regents’ Award for Student Scholarship - Undergraduate - Micah Woodruff
    • Nevada Regents’ Outstanding Classified Staff Award - Sunny Remneff
    • Nevada Regents' Creative Activities Award – University/DRI - Peter Goin
    • Nevada Regents' Teaching Award – Non-Tenured – University/DRI - Dr. Ann-Marie Vollstedt
    • Nevada Regents' Academic Advisor Award - Graduate - University/DRI - Dr. Keri L. Ryan
    • Nevada Regents’ Rising Researcher Award - Dr. Elizabeth Villalobos
    • Nevada Regents’ Rising Researcher Award - Dr. Hamed Ebrahamian
    • Nevada Regents’ Rising Researcher Award - Dr. Li Li

    To all of these individuals, I wish to express congratulations for achievements that have made our entire University proud.

    The University of Nevada, Reno’s story of success has always been because of our incredible people and their commitment and dedication to our institutional purposes. These latest career milestones and awards speak to why we are a stronger and more successful University because of the collective effort of all.

    Congratulations!

    Go Pack!

    Sincere regards,

    Brian Sandoval
    President

    February 29, 2024