Wolverine Village selected as official name for Central Campus Residential Development

The Board of Regents voted to confirm Wolverine Village as the official name of the new Central Campus Residential Development, the first phase of which is set to open in fall 2026. The name, which applies to both phases of the project, was chosen following a collaborative process led by the Student Life Naming Subcommittee with input from the Residence Halls Association, Residence Education, and student residents, who reached a consensus to name the complex Wolverine Village. The new residential development will help meet growing demand for the university’s accessible and affordable on-campus housing. Phase 1 will add five residence halls with 2,300 beds and a dining hall with over 800 seats for first-year and returning students on Central Campus. Plans for Phase 2 are still being developed and will be brought to the Board of Regents for approval. Committed to sustainability, Wolverine Village will be an all-electric, carbon-neutral-ready facility featuring innovative technology such as a geo-exchange heating and cooling system, green roofs, and an on-site solar panel system. More information is available at housing.umich.edu/residence-hall/wolverine-village./

Regents approve appointment of Angela Dillard as interim vice provost for access and opportunity

The Board of Regents approved the appointment of Angela D. Dillard as the interim vice provost for access and opportunity, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, effective Nov. 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026. Dillard also serves as the inaugural vice provost for undergraduate education in the Office of the Provost. In this role, she provides leadership to the U-M Student Success Initiative and has been instrumental in guiding the access and opportunity portfolio. This work includes oversight of units and collaborations that promote well-being, academic achievement, and the joy of learning while removing barriers. Dillard received her Bachelor of Arts from Michigan State University in 1988 and her Master of Arts from the New School for Social Research in 1991. She attended U-M and earned her second Master of Arts in 1992 and her doctorate in 1995. In 2014, Dillard was appointed to the Richard A. Meisler (formerly Earl Lewis) Collegiate Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies and in the Residential College. She was reappointed in this role in June 2023.

Interim appointments announced in Finance division

Drew Smith and Genevieve Nolan have been appointed interim vice president for finance and interim assistant vice president and treasurer, respectively, in U-M’s Finance division. Smith, whose appointment was approved by the U-M Board of Regents at its November meeting, moves into the role previously held by Bobby Hewlett, who was recently named interim executive vice president and chief financial officer. As interim vice president for finance, Smith oversees U-M’s central financial functions, including financial operations, procurement services, real estate, sponsored programs, tax compliance and planning, and treasury services. Prior to his appointment as interim VPF, Smith served as assistant vice president and treasurer, a role now filled by Genevieve Nolan, formerly U-M’s deputy treasurer. In her new position, Nolan is leading the Treasurer’s Office, which is responsible for a number of functions such as liquidity and debt management, insurance and claims administration, institutional financial planning, banking/credit card processing operations, and payments to participants in U-M’s research efforts.

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Faculty appointments with tenure

Inbal B. Nahum-Shani, professor of psychiatry, Medical School, Nov. 1, 2025.

Named professorships

Cem Akin, Kenneth P. Mathews, M.D. Collegiate Professor of Allergy and Immunology, Medical School, Nov. 1, 2025, through Aug. 31, 2030.

Robert Beaulieu, Marion and David Handleman Research Professor of Vascular Surgery, Medical School, Nov. 1, 2025, through Aug. 31, 2030.

* Matthew L. Boulton, Pearl L. Kendrick Collegiate Professor of Global Public Health, School of Public Health, Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2030.

David E. Conroy, Michigan Impact Professor, Dec. 1, 2025, through Nov. 30, 2030.

Sara Dean, Michigan Impact Professor, Nov. 1, 2025, through Oct. 31, 2030.

Michael Deininger, Max S. Wicha, M.D. Distinguished Professor of Oncology, Medical School, Nov. 1, 2025, through Aug. 31, 2030.

Lindsey B. De Lott, Kenneth H. Musson, M.D. and Patricia M. Musson Research Professor of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Medical School, Nov. 1, 2025, through Aug. 31, 2030.

* Karen B. Farris, Charles R. Walgreen III Professor of Pharmacy Administration, College of Pharmacy, Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2026.

* Carlos González-Cabezas, Richard Christiansen Collegiate Professor of Oral and Craniofacial Global Initiatives, School of Dentistry, Dec. 1, 2025, through Nov. 30, 2030.

* Hera Kim-Berman, Robert W. Browne Professor of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2030.

Jonathan Lifshitz, Michigan Impact Professor, Nov. 1, 2025, through Oct. 31, 2030.

* Steven P. Schwendeman, Ara G. Paul Professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2026.

* Emily E. Scott, F.F. Blicke Collegiate Professor of Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, Jan. 1, 2026, through Dec. 31, 2026.

Administrative appointments

* Kathleen A. Cagney, director, Institute for Social Research, Sept. 1, 2026, through Aug. 31, 2031.

Angela D. Dillard, interim vice provost for access and opportunity, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, Nov. 1, 2025, through July 31, 2026.

Robert Hewlett III, interim executive vice president and chief financial officer, Office of the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Nov 1, 2025.

W. Drew Smith, interim vice president for finance, Office of the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Nov. 1, 2025.

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John M. Ambrose, vice chancellor for enrollment management, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Management, Jan. 1, 2026.

* Reappointments

Retirements

James L. Abelson, professor of psychiatry, Medical School, Dec. 31, 2025. Abelson received his B.A. from Oberlin College (1974), Ph.D. from Michigan State University (1980), and M.D. from U-M (1984). He completed his psychiatry residency and a fellowship in anxiety disorders at Michigan Medicine (1989), joining the department of psychiatry as an instructor (1988). He was promoted to assistant professor (1991), associate professor (1996), and professor (2006). His research focused on the body’s central neuroendocrine stress response system, using experimental approaches to understand the psychology of cortisol release. He also studied biological and psychological mechanisms of anxiety and stress disorders. He sustained continuous NIH funding for 30 years. He made major contributions to patient care, clinical leadership, and mentoring, directing Psychiatry’s Anxiety Disorders Program (1996-2023); co-directing a Trauma, Stress and Anxiety Research Group (2002-20); and serving as academic director for Ambulatory Psychiatry (2012-25). Under his leadership, the Anxiety Program trained over 250 trainees from all mental health disciplines. He was Adult Psychiatry Teacher of the Year four times, the second recipient of Psychiatry’s Kenneth R. Silk, M.D., Education Award, and an ADAA honoree for leadership and mentoring.

Andrew R. Barnosky, clinical professor of emergency medicine and of anatomical sciences, Medical School, Dec. 31, 2025. Barnosky earned a bachelor’s from Eastern Michigan University (1973) and from Northeast Missouri State University (1974). He completed his D.O. (1978) at the A.T. Still University of Health Sciences/Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Missouri, and postgraduate training (1979) at Riverside Hospital in Trenton, Michigan, followed by the practice pathway in emergency medicine (1982-87) at Seaway Hospital and Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital. He received a Master of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health (1994) and was a visiting clinical scholar in end-of-life care at Churchill Hospital and Michael Sobell House, Oxford, UK (2006).  Barnosky joined U-M (1998) as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He was promoted to clinical associate professor (2008) and clinical professor (2014). He also held faculty appointments in the Division of Anatomical Sciences and the Department of Medical Education. Barnosky was the chair of the Adult Ethics Committee (1998-2014) and director of the Division of Anatomical Sciences (2018-21). He was the inaugural faculty advisor of the Gold Humanism Honor Society (2017). He received the Kaiser Permanente Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Clinical Sciences (2014), the Lifetime Achievement Award in Medical Education (2018), and the Society of Academic Emergency Medicine’s Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism in Medicine Award (2018). 

Gregg D. Crane, professor of English language and literature, LSA, Dec. 31, 2025. Crane earned his J.D. from the University of California, San Francisco (1986) and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (1995). He was appointed assistant professor of English at the University of Washington (1995) and associate professor (2001). After Miami University of Ohio (2002-03), he came to U-M as an associate professor of English; he was promoted to professor in 2010. Crane’s research has focused primarily on 19th-century American literature, with an emphasis on law and literature. His first book, “Race, Citizenship, and Law in American Literature” (2002), has been widely admired for its originality and historical breadth. Crane’s body of work has been both informed by and helped to advance the revival of interest in pragmatism. His second book, “The Cambridge Introduction to the Nineteenth-Century American Novel” (2007), reflects this influence. The recipient of the Michigan Humanities Award (2008) and the Faculty Recognition Award (2010), Crane taught courses on a variety of topics concerning literary genres, the law, the environment, and the philosophy of pragmatism. After a stint as graduate chair in the English Department, he served as director of the Program in the Environment from 2013-18. 

Kevin J. Dombkowski, research professor, pediatrics, Medical School, Jan. 2, 2026. Dombkowski received his bachelor’s (1980) and his master’s (1983) from U-M. He served as a health services data analyst in private industry (1983-2000), focusing on evaluating health services in the U.S. Military Health Services System. Dombkowski began his career at U-M (2000) as a senior research associate before being appointed (2002) to the faculty as a research investigator in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics, Child Health Evaluation and Research Center, or CHEAR. He received his Doctor of Public Health from U-M’s School of Public Health (2001). He was promoted to research assistant professor (2005), to research associate professor (2010) and to research professor (2017). Dombkowski is a national authority on the design and strategic use of immunization registries by healthcare providers and public health agencies. Through strategic partnerships with national, state, and local public health agencies, he led the development and testing of registry-based reminder systems to boost receipt of recommended vaccinations among children. A skilled teacher and mentor, he developed and taught a graduate-level public health informatics course that fostered skill-building in real-world challenges. He has co-authored over 130 scholarly peer-reviewed publications and pediatric quality of care indicators.

Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Robert and Barbara Luciano Professor of Law and professor of law, Law School, Dec. 31, 2025. Eisenberg received her A.B. from Stanford University (1975) and J.D. from the University of California, Berkeley (1979).  She was a law clerk for the Honorable Robert F. Peckham on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (1979-80), and she practiced law in California (1980-84). She taught at Stanford University, University of Toronto, Seton Hall, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv University. She joined U-M Law School as an assistant professor (1984) and was promoted to professor (1989). Eisenberg has taught courses in torts and on the legal protection of intellectual property. She has published extensively in law reviews and in scientific publications. She has served as a member of working groups and committees for the National Institutes of Health. She has received grants from the Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Program of the Human Genome Project from the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Biological and Environmental Research for her work on private appropriation and public dissemination of DNA sequence information. Eisenberg has played a role in public policy debates around the role of intellectual property in biopharmaceutical research.

Renny T. Franceschi, Marcus L. Ward Collegiate Professor of Dentistry, professor of dentistry, School of Dentistry, and professor of biological chemistry, Medical School, Dec. 31, 2025. Franceschi received his B.A. from the University of Vermont (1971), his Ph.D. from Purdue University (1978) and did postdoctoral studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (1978-80). He served on the faculty of Harvard University (1980-89) and the University of Texas Medical Center (1989-92). Franceschi joined U-M as an associate professor (1993) and was promoted to professor (2000). He was research director at the School of Dentistry (1998-2000), associate dean for research (2002-05), and associate director of the Michigan Integrative Musculoskeletal Health Center (2016-25). His research focused on skeletal development and regeneration. Franceschi and his colleagues also applied basic discoveries toward the development of tissue engineering and gene therapy approaches for bone regeneration. He coauthored over 170 scholarly publications and was continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health for over 40 years. He received the Distinguished Scientist Award for Basic Research in Biological Mineralization from the International Association for Dental Research (2008). Franceschi is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2020), The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (2019), and the American Association for Dental and Craniofacial Research (2019).

Andrzej T. Galecki, research professor, internal medicine, Medical School, and research professor, biostatistics, School of Public Health, Dec. 30, 2025. Galecki received his M.S. (1977) from the Technical University of Warsaw, and his M.D. (1981) and medical internship (1982) from the Medical Academy of Warsaw, where he was also an assistant professor in the Department of Social Medicine (1981-84). He was later an assistant professor (1984-88) in the Department of Epidemiology and Health Programming, and received his Ph.D. (1987) from the National Research Institute of Mother and Child Health Care, Warsaw, Poland. He joined U-M (1990) as a biostatistician in the Institute of Gerontology. At the institute, he was promoted to assistant research scientist (1995), associate research scientist (2000), research associate professor (2004), and research professor (2007). In the School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Galecki was appointed as an associate research scientist (2005), research scientist (2008) and research professor (2016). In the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics & Palliative Medicine, he was appointed as a research associate professor (2006) and research professor (2007). Galecki’s awards include election as a fellow of the American Statistical Association (2015). He is the author of over 150 peer-reviewed publications and coauthor of two influential books.

Sandra A. Graham-Bermann, professor of psychology, LSA, and professor of psychiatry, Medical School, Dec. 31, 2025.  Graham-Bermann received her B.A. (1979), A.M. (1984), and Ph.D. (1987) from U-M. She joined U-M as an assistant professor of psychology (1990), then was promoted to associate professor (1997) and professor (2006). She joined psychiatry as a professor in 2009. Graham-Bermann completed her clinical internship at the U-M Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospitals and a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Minnesota’s Institute of Child Development. At U-M, she chaired the Clinical Psychology Graduate Program and co-directed the NIMH-funded Interdisciplinary Research Training Program on Violence and Mental Health. She served on graduate education, faculty governance, and research policy committees. She developed the Kids’ Club and Moms’ Empowerment Programs, implemented in eight countries and 38 U.S. states. She has published more than 150 publications and several volumes, served on editorial boards, and advised policy initiatives worldwide. Her professional service extends to leadership roles in national and international psychological associations, and consultation to federal agencies. Her many honors include the APA’s Nicholas Hobbs Award, Florence Halpern Award, Toy Caldwell-Colbert Award, and Award for Distinguished Professional Contributions to Applied Research.

Julia C. Hell, professor of Germanic languages and literatures, LSA, Dec. 31, 2025. Hell received her B.A. (1981), M.A. (1983), and Ph.D. (1989) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She joined Duke University as an assistant professor (1989) and U-M as an associate professor (1997). In 2012, she was promoted to professor. Hell is an internationally recognized scholar in the fields of German Studies, classical reception, ruin studies and the histories of modern literature, empire, and fascism. Her prize-winning first book “Post-Fascist Fantasies: Psychoanalysis, History and the Literature of East Germany” (1997) broke new ground in the study of post-socialist Europe. With the co-edited volume “Ruins of Modernity” (2010), Hell’s research substantially broadened towards the reception of classical thought and to embrace transnational approaches to the study of ruins. That work culminated in the magisterial monograph “The Conquest of Ruins: The Third Reich and the Fall of Rome” (2019). Subsequently, Hell revisited Peter Weiss’s “The Aesthetics of Resistance.” A co-edited volume, “Overcoming the Present: Peter Weiss’s Material Aesthetics,” is forthcoming, and a monograph on Weiss will follow. Hell served as the chair of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures (2008-10). 

Joseph Himle, Howard V. Brabson Collegiate Professor of Social Work, professor of social work, School of Social Work, and professor of psychiatry, Medical School, Dec. 31, 2025. Himle earned his Ph.D. (1995), M.S.W. (1984), and B.A. (1983) from U-M. He joined U-M as a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry (1996) and was appointed assistant professor in both the School of Social Work and the Department of Psychiatry (2003). He was promoted to associate professor in both units (2009) and to professor in both units (2015). In 2018, he was named the Howard V. Brabson Collegiate Professor of Social Work. At the School of Social Work, Himle served as associate dean for research (2015-17), associate dean for faculty affairs (2018-22), and interim dean (January-July 2022), before resuming his role as associate dean for faculty affairs through 2023. Himle’s scholarship focused on expanding access to cognitive behavioral therapy in underserved communities. He has been awarded the Michigan Institute for Clinical and Health Research’s Distinguished Clinical and Translational Research Mentor Award (2019) and the School of Social Work’s Distinguished Faculty Award (2025) and was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (2020). He was also recognized among the Top 100 Most Influential Contemporary Social Work Faculty by the Journal of Social Service Research. 

Richard I. Hume, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, and professor of molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, LSA, Dec. 31, 2025. Hume received his B.A. (1975) from Wesleyan University and Ph.D. (1980) from Stanford University. Hume joined U-M as an assistant professor of biology (1983), then professor (1995) and was appointed as an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor (2003). He received many awards, including the Michigan Association of Governing Boards Distinguished Faculty Award (1999) and the Sokol Award of Rackham School of Graduate Studies (2003). Hume served as director of the Interdepartmental Neuroscience Graduate Program (1999-2003), chair of the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology (2003-08), and director of the Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience (2013-22). He studied the function of proteins that mediate the signaling properties of neurons and their development at the molecular level. Much of his research utilized molecular manipulations of neurotransmitter receptors to dissect how they work. The most significant of these papers identified a site in glutamate receptors that controls the ability of the brain to learn and forget. He also collaborated with colleagues to identify a key protein required for damaged neural axons to degenerate and the molecular and functional identification of a Parkinson’s disease risk protein as an ion channel found in lysosomes.  

Janet S. Kinney, Dr. Dorothy G. Hard Legacy Professor and clinical professor of dentistry, School of Dentistry, Dec. 31, 2025. Kinney received a B.S. in dental hygiene (1983), an M.S. in dental hygiene and an M.S. in clinical research design and statistical analysis (2007), all from U-M. Kinney joined U-M as a clinical lecturer (2007), then became a clinical assistant professor (2008), a clinical associate professor (2015), and a clinical professor (2020). She served as director of the program (2012-22) and was named the inaugural Dr. Dorothy Hard Legacy Professor (2021). As program director, Kinney transitioned the program from a three-year six-semester bachelor’s program to a two-year six-semester bachelor’s program. One of Kinney’s most impressive accomplishments was her leadership during the pandemic. There was no interruption in students’ education, and all students graduated on time. She received the Most Appreciated Dental Hygiene Faculty Award from the senior dental hygiene classes (2012, 2015, 2024, and 2025), and in 2021, she received a Dimensions of Dental Hygiene peer-reviewed journal honor of One of the Six Dental Hygienists You Want to Know – Academia. She is a governor appointee to the Michigan State Board of Dentistry and is a member of the national professional association. 

Kenneth W. Kollman, Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor, professor of political science, LSA, and research professor, Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research, Dec. 31, 2025. Kollman earned his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame (1988), his M.S. (1991) and Ph.D. (1993) from Northwestern University. He began his academic career as an instructor at Northwestern and joined U-M (1993) as assistant professor of political science. He was promoted to associate professor (1999) and professor (2004), and has served as a research professor at the Institute for Social Research since 2004. He was named the Frederick G.L. Huetwell Professor (2011). Kollman is internationally recognized for his research on political parties, federalism, interest groups, and electoral behavior. He is the author or co-author of several highly influential books. He is co-principal investigator of the Constituency-Level Election Archive (CLEA), and his leadership has significantly advanced the discipline’s data infrastructure. At U-M, Kollman served as director of the Center for Political Studies and director of the International Institute, and held numerous other leadership roles in both LSA and ISR. He received the 2024 Samuel Eldersveld Career Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association.

Stéphane Lafortune, N. Harris McClamroch Collegiate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, and professor of electrical engineering and computer science, College of Engineering, Dec. 31, 2025. Lafortune received his B.Eng. from École Polytechnique de Montréal (1980), his M.Eng. from McGill University (1982), and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley (1986). He joined U-M in 1986. In March 2018, he was appointed as the N. Harris McClamroch Collegiate Professor of EECS. Lafortune’s research interests focused on discrete event systems and included multiple problem domains. He received the Axelby Outstanding Paper Award from the IEEE Control Systems Society (1994, 2001). He led the development of the software package UMDES and co-developed the software tool DESUMA. Lafortune served as associate chair of the department (2000-03), and associate chair for Graduate Affairs (2011-14). He served as editor-in-chief of the Journal of Discrete Event Dynamic Systems: Theory and Applications (from 2015-20). Lafortune has received numerous recognitions, including the HKN Professor of the Year Award (2019, 2024); the EECS Outstanding Achievement Award; the EECS department research (1995) and teaching (1998) awards; the College of Engineering research, service, and education excellence awards; the 1999 U-M Inventor Recognition Award; and the 1990 NSF Young Investigator Award.

Daniel S. Levin, research scientist, physics, LSA, Aug. 31, 2025.  Levin received his B.A. (1984) and M.Sc. (1986) from San Francisco State University, and his Ph.D. (1990) from Boston University. He joined U-M as a postdoctoral research fellow (1990) and was appointed assistant research scientist (1994), associate research scientist (2001), and research scientist (2011). Levin has made contributions to experimental high-energy physics, particularly in the development of advanced particle detectors and instrumentation. He played a central role in the ATLAS experiment at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, where he was instrumental in the design and implementation of the muon spectrometer and in advancing key discoveries in particle physics. Levin was the first to serve as the combined muon performance group leader and as a member of the ATLAS Publication Committee. He played leading roles in several influential publications on searches for dark matter, lepton-jets, and other phenomena beyond the Standard Model. In addition to his contributions to fundamental physics, Levin has advanced detector technologies for medical and nuclear applications. He has developed real-time scintillator-based beam monitors for ultra-high dose-rate radiotherapy and ion beam research. His innovative, cross-disciplinary efforts have bridged the gap between basic research and applied science, extending the impact of his work well beyond the laboratory. 

Mark J. Lowell, clinical associate professor of emergency medicine, Medical School, Nov. 30, 2025. Lowell completed his M.D. at New York University School of Medicine (1986). He then completed an internship in internal medicine at Emory University (1987), followed by a residency in internal medicine (1989). Lowell joined the faculty at U-M (1992), appointed as a clinical lecturer in the Department of Emergency Medicine. He was appointed as clinical assistant professor (2001), then clinical associate professor (2005).  In addition, Lowell also served as an attending physician at both Hurley Medical Center and Foote Hospital. During his time at U-M,  Lowell has been a dedicated leader, mentor, and clinician. He has served as the medical director for Survival Flight since 1994, as well as the medical director for the medical station in the Department of Athletics since 1997. He is also the attending staff scheduler for adult emergency services, a role he has held since 1997, and he is the associate fellowship director for emergency medical services and is an MPLAN director for survival flight. Lowell has been a leader within adult emergency services and survival flight and mentored many learners throughout his career.

Debra K. Mattison, clinical associate professor of social work, School of Social Work, Jan. 2, 2026. Mattison earned her M.S.W. from U-M (1981) and joined the U-M faculty as an adjunct lecturer (1995). She was promoted to adjunct lecturer II (2005), lecturer II (2013), clinical assistant professor (2015), and clinical associate professor (2020). Mattison brought clinical experience and leadership to curricular development across cancer care, palliative care, integrated primary care, and community practice settings. Her professional interests included oncology, chronic illness, grief and loss, women’s health and spirituality in social work. She published on medical social work, ethics, resilience, coping with serious illness, and interprofessional education. As a core faculty member for the Team-Based Clinical Decision-Making curriculum, she contributed to its development. As co-lead for the LIFE, or Longitudinal Interprofessional Family-based Experience program, she designed original curriculum promoting interprofessional learning. Mattison’s career has been recognized through many honors including Provost Teaching Innovation Prizes (2015, 2022), Interprofessional Education Innovation and Excellence Awards (2017, 2019, 2020, 2022) and recognition as a board-certified oncology social worker, and fellow of the Association of Oncology Social Work (2021).  She was honored as Social Worker of the Year (1996) by the National Association of Social Workers–Michigan chapter.  

Katherine A. McGonagle, research professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, Jan. 31, 2026. McGonagle holds a B.A. (1984), an M.A. (1986), and a Ph.D. (1988) from Miami University, Oxford, OH. She joined SRC as a post-doctoral fellow (1988) and was appointed senior social science research associate (1993). In 2000, McGonagle joined the program administering the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, or PSID, the world’s longest-running household panel study and a leading source of information on the social and economic circumstances of U.S. families. She was appointed associate research scientist (2008), then research professor (2020). McGonagle has continuously served in a lead capacity on grants supporting the PSID and was a co-director of the program (2021-24). McGonagle has overseen data collection and dissemination for major studies including the National Comorbidity Survey, the PSID, the Child Development Supplement, and the Transition into Adulthood Study. She was part of the pioneering team to use diagnostic interviews for the collection of nationally representative U.S. mental health data. Most recently, McGonagle led the major transition of the PSID to mixed-mode survey administration. She has made significant contributions to the research literature on panel maintenance and retention by developing and evaluating innovative, cost-effective data collection methods.

David A. Moran, clinical professor of law, Law School, Dec. 31, 2025. Moran received his B.S. degree in 1984 from U-M, his B.A. and M.A. in 1986 from Cambridge University, his M.S. in 1988 from Cornell University, and his J.D. in 1991 from U-M. From 1991-92, he was a law clerk for the Honorable Ralph B. Guy, Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit and from 1992-2000, he worked as an assistant defender for the State Appellate Defender Office in Detroit. After teaching and serving as an associate dean at Wayne State University Law School, he joined the Law School as a clinical professor in 2008. He has served as the co-founder and director of the Michigan Innocence Clinic since 2009. Under his supervision, law students litigate claims of actual innocence by prisoners in cases where DNA evidence is not available. In its first nine years, the clinic’s work resulted in the exoneration of 15 men and 3 women who had served a total of more than 250 years of wrongful incarceration. As of June 2023, the clinic program exonerated or freed 40 wrongly convicted defendants. In addition to his work in the clinic, he has taught courses in criminal law and criminal procedure. He has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court six times.

Adela Pinch, professor of English language and literature and women’s studies, LSA, Dec. 31, 2025. Pinch attended Yale University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1982. She then attended Cornell University where she earned her Doctorate in 1990. She joined the U-M faculty as assistant professor in 1989, and was promoted to associate professor in 1995, and professor in 2011. Specializing in British literature and culture of the long 19th century, Pinch’s research focused on the relation between literature and philosophy. Her publications include a wide range of articles and review essays, an edition of Jane Austen’s “Emma” for Oxford World’s Classics, and three monographs. Her work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and the Guggenheim Foundation. At U-M, Pinch taught classes in English literature and gender studies, including an ever-popular lecture course on Jane Austen. Her teaching was honored with a University Undergraduate Teaching Award, a John Dewey Teaching Award from LSA, and an English Department Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award. She developed new courses in research methods for both the undergraduate and graduate programs in English, and she was a generous mentor for numerous doctoral dissertations.

​​Michael W. Quasney, professor of pediatrics, Medical School, Jan. 5, 2026. Quasney received his bachelor’s degree in 1979 and his Ph.D. in 1985, both from U-M. In 1988, he earned his medical degree from the University of Illinois Medical School. Quasney began his pediatric residency at Northwestern University in 1988 and completed his residency at the University of Tennessee in 1991. He went on to complete a pediatric critical care fellowship at Tennessee in 1994. From 1994 to 2006, Quasney held faculty appointments at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. In 2006, he was appointed professor with tenure at the Medical College of Wisconsin. In 2012, Quasney joined U-M as professor with tenure and division director in the Department of Pediatrics. Throughout Quasney’s 13-year career at U-M, he has held administrative roles as the division director of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine and was also the chief of Pediatric Critical Care Services from 2012-22. Quasney has published over 120 peer-reviewed journal articles, which focus on the role of host genetics in the response to critical illness, molecular changes seen in children with sepsis and association of biomarkers with acute respiratory failure. He also has authored many book chapters and reviews, most of which focused on the concept of personalized medicine as related to pediatric critical care.

Marilyn A. Roubidoux, professor of radiology, Medical School, Oct. 25, 2025. Roubidoux received her medical degree from the University of Utah School of Medicine in 1984. She joined the U-M faculty in 1992 as an assistant professor, and was promoted to associate professor in 1998, and professor in 2005. Roubidoux is an internationally recognized expert in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. She was a pioneer in the use of cryoablation for treatment and performed the first cryoablation for breast cancer at U-M. This treatment gave women a non-surgical option, avoiding the risks of anesthesia and often improving the cosmetic results. Her career as an outstanding clinician, researcher and educator is recognized by numerous scholarly publications, book chapters and abstracts. As well as an abundant amount of extramurally invited lecturers, seminars, workshops, committee participation and grant funding. A Native American, Roubidoux has investigated access to healthcare among Native American populations in Alaska, Arizona and South Dakota. Roubidoux addressed the problem of access to mammography among Native Americans living in rural areas, especially tribal reservations. In 1998, Roubidoux received the Harold S. Johnson Diversity Service Award from U-M and in 2003 she received the Moccasin Award from the Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service. Her work with the Northern Plains Indians resulted in vastly improved diagnostic services for women from the Indian Health Service.

Perry J. Samson, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, and professor of climate and space sciences and engineering, College of Engineering, Dec. 31, 2025. Samson received his B.S. in atmospheric sciences from the University of New York at Albany in 1972 and his Ph.D. in meteorology from the University of Wisconsin in 1979. From 1973-79, he served as a research scientist with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. That same year, he joined U-M as an assistant professor in the Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences, and was promoted to associate professor in 1985, and professor in 1990. Samson’s research has advanced two distinct fields: atmospheric science and educational technology. In atmospheric science, he studied the regional-scale transport of air pollutants, atmospheric ozone, and acid rain, producing widely cited publications, securing sustained external support, and being elected a fellow of the American Meteorological Society (2023). In educational technology, he conducted pioneering research on technology-enhanced learning, leading to the creation of Weather Underground, one of the first internet-based weather services, and LectureTools, a classroom engagement platform integrated into learning management systems worldwide. At U-M, he advanced active learning pedagogy, mentored generations of students, and established an endowment in the Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering to support experiential learning for undergraduates.

David Eric Sandberg, professor of pediatrics, Medical School, Dec. 30, 2025. Sandberg received his B.A. and M.A. from Bar-Ilan University (Israel) in 1975 and 1977, respectively, and his Ph.D. from Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) in 1982. He completed postdoctoral training at the University of Miami Medical School in 1983 and in child and adolescent psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons, finishing in 1988. That year, he was appointed assistant professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Cornell University Medical Center. From 1990 to 2006, he held faculty appointments at the University at Buffalo. In 2006, Sandberg joined U-M as associate professor of pediatrics and was promoted to professor in 2010. During his 19-year U-M career, he served as the inaugural director of the Division of Child Behavioral Health (2006-15), composed of pediatric psychology, developmental behavioral pediatrics, and adolescent medicine. In 2015, the Division of Pediatric Psychology was established, with Sandberg serving as director until 2018. In addition to his leadership roles, Sandberg is a faculty investigator within the Susan G. Meister Child Health Evaluation and Research Center. Sandberg’s research, closely integrated with his clinical service, focuses on the psychosocial adaptation of individuals with disorders/differences of sex development and their families. He is a nationally and internationally recognized scholar in developmental psychoendocrinology.

Xia Shao, research scientist, radiology, Medical School, Dec. 31, 2025. Shao obtained her Ph.D. in 2000 from Michigan Technological University. She then joined the University of Michigan as a postdoctoral fellow, studying radiochemistry and applications of PET imaging. Shao joined the faculty as a research investigator in 2003 and was appointed as assistant research scientist in 2011. She was promoted to associate research scientist in 2017 and research scientist in 2022. Shao worked in radiology’s Cyclotron and Radiochemistry Facility, serving as lab manager for clinical operations and conducting research. Her research has focused on PET radiochemistry, where she is widely regarded as a leading authority in the field of carbon-11 radiochemistry. She was an early innovator of automated radiopharmaceutical synthesis, and the first to establish they can be conducted in water, pioneering the field of green radiochemistry. Recently, she has worked with gas phase synthons and labeling nanoparticles, in collaboration with biotech and pharma. Shao is the author of over 65 scholarly peer-reviewed publications, cited almost 2000 times, 11 books chapters and more than 100 abstracts. In the role of lab manager, her efforts between 2005-09 to migrate radiopharmaceutical production from the legacy facility in the Kresge Research Buildings to the newly constructed facility in Medical Science I helped put U-M Radiology at the forefront of modern PET imaging research.

Ruth Tsoffar, professor of women’s and gender studies, of comparative literature, and of Judaic studies, LSA,  Dec. 31, 2025. Tsoffar attended Haifa University, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in 1981. She then attended the University of California, Berkeley, where she earned a Master of Arts in 1985 and Doctorate in 1993. After being assistant professor at the University of Utah, Tsoffar joined the faculty at U-M as an assistant professor in 1999, and was promoted to associate professor in 2006, and professor in 2020. Tsoffar is an innovative interdisciplinary scholar who extends the study of Hebrew literature into anthropology, cultural studies, biblical studies, and gender studies. Her award-winning first book (“The Stains of Culture: An Ethno-Reading of Karaite Jewish Women”) introduced the concept of “ethnoreading,” a methodological innovation further developed in her influential second book (“Life in Citations: Biblical Narratives and Contemporary Hebrew Culture”). Beyond her scholarly achievements, Tsoffar has distinguished herself as an inspiring and dedicated educator, advancing feminist pedagogy that foregrounds religious, ethnic, linguistic, and geographic diversity. She has also served the college and the university in a number of service roles, particularly those involving initiatives that have fostered a sense of belonging in the Department of Comparative Literature.

David K. Wehe, professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, College of Engineering, Dec. 31, 2025. Wehe received his B.S.E. (1972), M.S.E. (1973) and Ph.D. (1984) degrees in nuclear engineering from the University of Michigan. Wehe joined the U-M faculty in 1986 as an assistant professor of nuclear engineering and radiological sciences, was promoted to associate professor in 1992, and to professor in 2007. He served as associate director (1999-2000) and director (2001-03) of the Michigan Memorial Phoenix Project, which included the 2-MW Ford Nuclear Reactor, and later as director of the Neutron Sciences Laboratory (2011-14). Wehe’s work has advanced applications in nuclear medicine, astrophysics, non-proliferation and treaty verification, nuclear forensics, and industrial imaging. He taught laboratory courses in radiation measurements and performed research on radiation detector development and imaging. He was named a Eugene P. Wigner Fellow of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and was awarded the State of Michigan Teaching Award for excellence in higher education in 1991. Wehe chaired doctoral committees for 25 Ph.D. students and published more than 100 archival journal publications. He served on the National Nuclear Forensics Science Panel, as editor of “Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research,” and as general chair for the International Symposium on Radiation Measurements and Applications series.

Robin Wilson, professor of dance, School of Music, Theatre & Dance, Dec. 31, 2025. Wilson received a Bachelor of Arts (1977) from Washington University and a Master of Fine Arts (1995) from Temple University. She is an original member of the groundbreaking Urban Bush Women dance company (founded 1984), which “seeks to bring the untold and under-told histories and stories of disenfranchised people to light through dance … from a woman-centered perspective and as members of the African Diaspora community in order to create a more equitable balance of power in the dance world and beyond.” Wilson joined SMTD’s Department of Dance as an assistant professor on the tenure track in 1995, and was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2003, and professor in 2022. Wilson’s work has focused on the influences of the African diaspora in historical and contemporary dance, and the global impact of African heritage artists. Much of her artistry incorporates improvisatory movement, mixed genres (dance, music, storytelling), and explores social justice, culture, and spirituality. She has received numerous awards, including the 2025 Charles Moody and Lester Monts Lifetime Achievement Award for exceptional commitment to student success, and the 2024 John Matlock Cornerstone Award, recognizing her contributions to the academic and social progress of African American students at U-M.