11 Faculty Members to Receive Promotions for Fall Semester

Interim UT President Jim Davis has recommended 11 members of the faculty at Texas McCombs to the UT System Board of Regents for promotion in 2025. The promotions become effective Aug. 16.

Dean Lillian Mills praised the school’s teachers and researchers. “Their groundbreaking research and excellent teaching abilities help us to achieve our goal of becoming the world’s highest-impact public research university,” she said.

Congratulations to the following faculty members for their promotions:

Accounting: Patrick Badolato, professor of instruction; Sara Toynbee, associate professor; Kristina Zvinakis, professor of instruction.

Business, Government & Society/Marketing: Alex Gabbi, associate professor of instruction in both departments.

Finance: Michael Sockin, associate professor.

Information, Risk, and Operations Management: Ashish Agarwal, professor; Rui Gao, associate professor; Mingyuan Zhou, professor.

Management: Steven Gray, associate professor.

Marketing: Doug Chung, professor; Kathleen Li, associate professor.