Faculty sabbaticals approved for 2017-18 academic year

Eight faculty sabbaticals have been approved for the 2017-18 academic year. Two faculty are taking leave the entire year. They are Hyuck Kwon, professor, EECS; and Samuel Taylor, assistant professor, English.

The following faculty were granted sabbaticals for the fall or spring:

Neal Allen, assistant professor, political science, spring 2018
Bret Jones, professor, performing arts, fall 2017
Jennifer Pearson, associate professor, sociology, fall 2017
James Steck, professor, aerospace engineering, fall 2017
Mary Waters, professor, English; fall 2017
Jingjun (David) Xu, associate professor, FREDS, spring 2018