I would like to take this opportunity to announce the names of the faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences who have just been tenured and promoted. I hope you will join me in heartily congratulating them. The work of these faculty members is testimony to the very high standards set in this College. Their records of scholarly and creative accomplishments, their success as teachers, and their contributions to their professions, the University, the College, and the community are impressive indeed.

Moreover, two of these promotions make history. To my knowledge, Anne Clark and Stephanie Seguino are the first women to hold the rank of full professor in their respective departments.

Finally, with this year's promotions I would like to establish the Inaugural Full Professor Lecture Series whereby faculty members newly promoted to the rank of full professor are given the opportunity to share with the university community a single piece of research or an overview of their research trajectories, either of which is meant to capture the spark of intellectual excitement that has resulted in their achieving full professor rank. The lectures for faculty members promoted to full professor will be scheduled for fall 2007 and widely advertised. I invite all of you to attend.

Promotion to Full Professor
• Anne Clark, Religion
• Chris Landry, Chemistry
• Stephanie Seguino, Economics
• Tom Simone, English

Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor
• Antonello Borra, Romance Languages
• Gregory Bottoms, English
• Robert McCullough, History
• Hilary Neroni, English

Promotion to Senior Lecturer
• Hesterly Goodson, English
• Diana Sun, Asian Studies
• Irma Valeriano, Romance Languages
• Brian Walsh, Classics

Promotion of Research and Clinical Professors
• Elizabeth Adams, Communication Sciences, Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor
• Thomas Neumann, Geology, Promotion to Research Assistant Professor
• Dinah Smith, Communication Sciences, Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor

Tenure
• Eugene Delay, Biology