Faculty members to seek scholarly and professional enrichment during sabbatical leave
Thursday, May 15, 2025
Kansas State University is granting sabbatical leave to forty-two faculty members during the 2025-2026 academic year.
The purpose of a sabbatical leave is to provide faculty with the opportunity for scholarly and professional enrichment. Sabbatical leave allows faculty members to pursue advanced study, conduct research studies, engage in scholarly and creative activities, or secure appropriate industrial or professional experience.
Once faculty members return from their sabbaticals, they are expected to share the knowledge and experience they gained with their students, colleagues and the K-State community.
Faculty members being granted sabbatical leave include:
David Cook, plant pathology; Timothy Dalton, agricultural economics; Nina Lilja, agricultural economics/associate dean of international agricultural programs; Romulo Lollato, agronomy; Jesse Tack, agricultural economics; Jonathan Hunt, landscape architecture and regional and community planning; Claudia Adam, geology; William (Bill) Blankenau, economics; Valerie Bostwick, economics; Amit Chakrabarti, physics; Necia Chronister, modern languages; Elizabeth Dodd, English; Douglas Dow, art; Trevor Durbin, sociology, anthropology, and social work; Nicholas Geankopolis, art; Christopher Groshek, A.Q Miller School of Media and Communication; Shawn Hutchinson, geography and geospatial sciences; Audrey Joslin, geography and geospatial sciences; Lester Loschky, psychological sciences; David Mackay, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance; Jon Mahoney, philosophy; Brent Maner, history; Nikhil Moro, A.Q Miller School of Media and Communication; Suzanne Orr, history; Mervi Pakaste, art; David Pickering, School of Music, Theatre, and Dance; Thomas Platt, biology; Lisa Tatonetti, English; Michael Tyburski, political science; Michael Young, psychological sciences; Chwen Sheu, management; Brett Wilkinson, School of Accountancy; Doina Caragea, computer science; Daniel Flippo, biological and agricultural engineering; Ryan Hansen, chemical engineering; Stacy Hutchinson, Carl. R. Ice College of Engineering; Behrooz Mirafzal, electrical and computer engineering; Robert Peterman, civil engineering; Steven Warren, electrical and computer engineering; Carol Sevin, academic services; and Peying Fong, anatomy and physiology.