Trustees grant faculty appointments, promotions

At the Oct. 3 Board of Trustees meeting, the following Washington University in St. Louis faculty members were appointed with tenure or promoted with tenure, effective Oct. 3 unless otherwise noted.

Appointment with tenure

Rodney Barnett, PhD, as professor of landscape architecture in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts;

Shantanu Chakrabartty, PhD, as professor of computer science and engineering in the School of Engineering & Applied Science (effective July 1, 2015);

Odis Johnson Jr., PhD, as associate professor of education in Arts & Sciences (effective Jan. 1, 2015);

Christopher “Casey” O’Callaghan, PhD, as associate professor of philosophy in Arts & Sciences;

Regis O’Keefe, MD, PhD, as professor of orthopaedic surgery at the School of Medicine;

David W. Piston, PhD, as professor of cell biology and physiology at the School of Medicine (effective March 1, 2015); and

Richard L. Wahl, MD, as professor of radiology at the School of Medicine.

Promotion with tenure

Ryan P. Calfee, MD, to associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at the School of Medicine;

Valeria Cavalli, PhD, to associate professor of neurobiology at the School of Medicine;

Jimin Ding, PhD, to associate professor of mathematics in Arts & Sciences;

Jay D. Keener, MD, to associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at the School of Medicine;

Vitaly A. Klyachko, PhD, to associate professor of cell biology and physiology at the School of Medicine;

Ryan M. Nunley, MD, to associate professor of orthopaedic surgery at the School of Medicine; and

John R. Pruett Jr., MD, PhD, to associate professor of child psychiatry at the School of Medicine.