Congratulations to GCC Affiliates Receiving Promotion and/or Tenure in 2025!
June 5, 2025
We are proud to recognize and celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of 12 Global Change Center affiliated faculty members who have received promotion and/or tenure at Virginia Tech in 2025.
These milestones reflect years of dedication to research excellence, impactful teaching, and meaningful service - core values that drive the mission of the GCC.
Please join us in congratulating these exceptional scholars whose work continues to shape the future of global change science and inspire the next generation of leaders.
Promoted to associate professor with tenure:
- Jeremy Draghi, Biological Sciences
- Holly Kindsvater, Fish and Wildlife Conservation
- Craig Ramseyer, Geography
- J. Leighton Reid, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
- Jennifer Russell, Sustainable Biomaterials
- James Weger-Lucarelli, Biomedical Sciences and Pathobiology
Promoted to professor:
- Esra Buyuktahtakin Toy, Industrial and Systems Engineering
- Leandro Castello, Fish and Wildlife Conservation
- Ashley Dayer, Fish and Wildlife Conservation
- Benjamin Gill, Geosciences
- Leah Johnson, Statistics
- Ryan Stewart, School of Plant and Environmental Sciences
