Board Honors Tenure Recipients
The Foothill-De Anza district board of trustees honored De Anza’s faculty tenure recipients during a special event on Monday, recognizing the 18 recipients for 2021 as well as 15 more from 2020.
The board held a special online celebration to honor both groups, since plans for a celebration last year were disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic and related health orders. Trustees also approved moving 17 first-year and 10 second-year faculty members to the next stage on the track toward receiving tenure.
De Anza President Lloyd A. Holmes called the tenure recipients "an amazing group of individuals" as he introduced them during the board meeting.
Among those honored was Nursing instructor Sandra Diaz, who died of COVID-19 complications in January. She was on track to receive tenure this year, and President Holmes presented the award posthumously to recognize her service and contributions to the college.
Scroll down to see photos of the De Anza Tenure Class of 2021 and the Tenure Class of 2020. Congratulations to all of De Anza's tenure recipients and their families!
Meet the Tenure Recipients for 2021
Stephanie Anderson Communication Studies (Language Arts)
Megan Brophy
Chemistry
(Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering)
Elisa Castro
Counseling
(Counseling and Disability Support Programs and Services)
Nick Chivers
Communication Studies (Language Arts)
Sandra Diaz
In Memoriam
Nursing (Biological, Health and Environmental Sciences)
Monica Ganesh
Counseling – Basic Skills (Language Arts)
Betty Inoue
Counseling
Counseling and Disability Support Programs and Services)
Dawn Lee Tu
Professional Development
(Academic Services and Learning Resources)
Mark “Rusty” Johnson
Athletics
(Physical Education and Athletics)
Terrence Mullens
Meteorology
(Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering)
Khoa Nguyen
Counseling – MPS
(Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering)
Casey Regehr
Adapted Physical Education
(Counseling and Disability Support Programs and Services)
Jayanti Roy
Child Development and Education
(Social Sciences and Humanities)
Roderic Taylor
Mathematics
(Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering)
Noemi Teppang
Counseling – International Student Programs
(Enrollment Services)
Anita Vazifdar
Counseling – Disabilities (Counseling and Disability Support Programs and Services)
Felisa Vilaubi
Counseling – Basic Skills (Language Arts)
Hyon Chu Yi-Baker
College Life
(Student Development and EOPS)
Meet the Tenure Recipients for 2020
Richard Booher
Philosophy
(Social Sciences and Humanities)
Pati Carobus
English as a Second Language (Language Arts)
Jamie Joseph
English
(Language Arts)
Manisha Karia
Business
(Business, Computer Science and Applied Technologies)
Denica Kelly
Counseling – International Student Programs
(Enrollment Services)
Sridevi Lakshmanan
Educational Access
(Counseling and Disability Support Programs and Services)
Louise Madrigal
Counseling – Kinesiology
(Physical Education and Athletics)
Brian Malone
English
(Language Arts)
Lisa Mesh
Mathematics
(Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering)
Steve Nava
Sociology
(Social Sciences and Humanities)
Nahrin Rashid
Mathematics
(Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering)
William Roeder
Environmental Science
(Biological, Health and Environmental Sciences)
Andrew Stoddard
Design and Manufacturing Technologies
(Business, Computer Science and Applied Technologies)
Julie Wilson
English
(Language Arts)
William Wishart
Automotive Technology
(Business, Computer Science and Applied Technologies)
(Article posted on March 16, 2021)