Twenty-four Rider faculty members have received promotions, effective Sept. 1.

They are:

• From Associate Professor to Professor: Dr. Julie Drawbridge, biology, and Dr. Michele Kamens, teacher education.
• From Assistant Professor II to Associate Professor with tenure: Dr. Kelly Bidle, biology; Dr. Chrystina Dolyniuk, psychology; Dr. Stephanie Golski, psychology; Dr. Steven Lorenzet, management and human resources; Dr. Drew Procaccino, computer information systems; Dr. Nikki Shepardson, history; Dr. Alison Thomas-Cottingham, psychology; Dr. Todd Weber, biology.
• From Assistant Professor I to Assistant Professor II: Dr. Christopher Arneson, piano and voice; Dr. Daria Cohen, foreign languages and literatures; Dr. Barbara Franz, political science; Dr. Zhihong Gao, marketing; Dr. Peter Hester, teacher education; Dr. Eric Hung, music composition, history, theory; Dr. Cynthia Lucia, English; Sharon McKool, teacher education; Dr. Lan Ma Nygren, management sciences; Gary Pajer, chemistry and physics.
• From (Adjunct Assistant-Librarian) to Adjunct Associate-Librarian: Mi-Hye Chyun, Talbott Library.
• From Adjunct instructor to Adjunct Assistant Professor: Susan McManimon, communication.
• From Athletic I to Athletic II: Emily Ahlquist, athletics; Karen Cote, athletics.