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Four Wilder School Faculty Members Receive Promotions

Four Wilder School Faculty Members Receive Promotions

The Board of Visitors has approved the promotion or tenure for four Wilder School faculty members:

• Jill Gordon, Ph.D., associate dean of faculty and academic affairs, has been promoted to full professor. She is former chair of the Criminal Justice program and already holds tenure.
• Christina Mancini, Ph.D., has been promoted to associate professor and has been granted tenure. She is a member of the Criminal Justice faculty.
• Nancy Morris, Ph.D., has been promoted to associate professor and has been granted tenure. She is a member of the Criminal Justice faculty.
• Wenli Yan, Ph.D., has been promoted to associate professor and granted tenure. She is a member of the Public Administration faculty.

"I know the VCU and Wilder School community will join me in congratulating our colleagues on their well-deserved successes," said Dean Niraj Verma, Ph.D. "Their outstanding work represents the highest degree of scholarship and benefits the university's intensive research status."