TENURE GRANTED SIX AT SEMO STATE UNIVERSITY

The Board of Regents at Southeast Missouri State University granted tenure to six faculty members during a recent closed session of the board.

They are Pamela S. Brakhage, assistant professor of foreign languages; Edmund L. Buis, assistant professor, Kent Library; H. Hamner Hill, assistant professor of philosophy and religion; Sandra L. Renegar, assistant professor of elementary and special education; William E. Snell Jr., assistant professor of psychology; and William L. Weber, assistant professor of economics.

The tenure is effective with the 1992-1993 academic year. Faculty receiving tenure were recommended by their department tenure advisory committees, department chairpersons, college tenure advisory committees, college deans and Provost Leslie Cochran.

Brakhage came to Southeast in the fall of 1986 as an assistant professor. She received her doctoral and master's degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1985 and 1974, respectively, and her bachelor's degree from Westmar College in LeMars, Iowa, in 1968. She previously was employed from 1983 to 1986 as an assistant professor at Fort Hays (Kan.) State University.

She received the Liberal Arts Honors Award for Outstanding Teaching in 1991. She teaches all the essential courses for a Spanish undergraduate program and has developed innovative interdisciplinary courses. She has published Spanish extension courses for the University of Nebraska and is a recognized expert on La lozana andaluza, about which she has published a book and several articles.

Brakhage also is an expert on contemporary Mexico and has conducted summer workshop study tours of Mexico for the last six years.

Buis came to Southeast in the fall of 1986 as an assistant professor. He received his master's degree in library science from Indiana University in 1977 and a master's and bachelor's degrees from Illinois State University in 1972 and 1968, respectively. He previously was employed from 1984 to 1986 as director of the LRC/Medical/AV department at Kankakee (Ill.) Community College.

In his capacity as collections development librarian, Buis coordinates the selection and ordering processes for all new books and audiovisual materials purchased for the library. He also exercises budgetary control, including administration of the Johnson Endowment Funds.

Hill came to Southeast in the fall of 1986 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor in the fall of 1990. He received doctoral and master's degrees from Washington University in 1985 and 1983, respectively, and a bachelor's degree from the College of William & Mary in 1978. He previously was employed by Washington University as an instructor of philosophy from 1983 to 1986.

Hill specializes in applied ethics, social and political philosophy, and the philosophy of law. In addition to his three degrees in philosophy, he also holds a doctor of laws degree.

He teaches judicial reasoning and biomedical ethics, and has been a strong supporter of the development of University Studies.

As a publishing scholar, Hill produces significant articles for major journals on law and philosophy, and recently has dealt with issues on the theory of judicial review and normative conflict.

Renegar came to Southeast in the fall of 1984 as an assistant professor. She left the university in 1988, but was re-employed at Southeast in the fall of 1989.

She received her doctoral degree from the University of Iowa in 1984, her master's degree from Drake University in 1982, and her bachelor's degree from Peabody College for Teachers in 1968. She was employed at Hastings (Neb.) College from 1988 to 1989.

Renegar's two primary areas of expertise are in elementary curriculum and methods in reading and language arts, and classroom management and teaching effectiveness. She has been particularly active in the field-based teacher education program.

Snell came to Southeast in the fall of 1986 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor last fall. He received his doctoral, master's and bachelor's degrees from the University of Texas-Austin in 1983, 1981 and 1974, respectively. He previously was employed at the University of Texas as a statistician from 1983 to 1985.

Snell's primary focus is on personality and social psychology, and his current research is in the psychology of intimate relationships. Since 1980, he has published 40 articles and has an additional seven in press.

He is active in eight professional organizations and has expertise in the area of computers for research and instruction. He has served on several university committees, assisting in the analysis of computer needs.

Weber came to Southeast in the fall of 1986 as an instructor and was reclassified to assistant professor upon earning his doctoral degree. He received his doctoral degree from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1986, his master's degree from Appalachian State University, Boone, N.C., in 1980, and his bachelor's degree from Central Methodist College, Fayette, in 1979.

He previously was employed at Appalachian State University as an instructor from 1980 to 1982.

Weber's main area of research is in the economics of education, with special emphasis on productivity and efficiency. He currently is working on a research project on economic development in the Lower Mississippi Delta region.