COLLEGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITIES
PROMOTED TO FULL PROFESSOR
M. Eliatamby-O'Brien — Department of English PhD in English, The University of British Columbia
Dr. M. Eliatamby-O’Brien, recipient of the 2025 CWU Distinguished Faculty Service Award, is now recognized for promotion to Full Professor. An Associate Professor of English since 2017, they have demonstrated exceptional service across departmental, university, and professional levels. Their leadership includes service on the Africana and Black Studies Steering Committee and directing Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies since 2020. Their most impactful work is with the LGBTQ+ community. Through the Trans Rural Lives project, they document the stories of rural transgender elders, creating vital intergenerational connections and support for LGBTQ+ youth. Colleagues consistently praise their integration of teaching, research, and service, and their commitment to inclusive, community-engaged scholarship.
Melissa Schiel — Department of Music DMA, University of Maryland
Dr. Melissa Schiel is now recognized for promotion to Full Professor of voice at Central Washington University, where she has taught since 2011. She specializes in applied voice, diction, and vocal pedagogy, bringing dynamic energy to her teaching. She holds degrees from the University of Maryland (DMA), the University of Toronto (MM), and McGill University (BM). An accomplished mezzo-soprano, Schiel has performed with orchestras across the Pacific Northwest and at prestigious festivals such as Tanglewood and Aspen. Active in professional organizations like NATS, she is also a sought-after recitalist, clinician, and adjudicator dedicated to advancing vocal performance and education.
PROMOTED TO ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Jiyoun Chung — Department of Music DMA in Music Composition, University of Missouri-Kansas City
The work of pianist and composer Jiyoun Chung has received numerous distinctions and awards and is frequently featured in international festivals and concerts. Reflecting her identity as a Korean American, her current compositional interests lie in integrating diverse cultural influences. She draws much of her inspiration from East Asian philosophy, religion, and cultural practices as well as from a wide array of musical styles and genres. Jiyoun is also a passionate advocate for using music as a force for good, often writing pieces that call for equity and the restoration of justice. She earned her BM in Composition from Hanyang University and her MM in Composition and Piano Performance from Illinois State University, where she studied with Carl Schimmel and Martha Horst. She received her DMA in Composition at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, studying with Chen Yi, Zhou Long, and James Mobberley. Andrea Herrera-Dulcet — Department of World Languages and Cultures PhD in Spanish, The University of Arizona Andrea Herrera Dulcet holds a PhD in Hispanic Linguistics from the University of Arizona. Her research in sociolinguistics and language teaching focuses on embedding social justice and critical pedagogies into the language classroom. At Central Washington University, she has grown as both an educator and scholar through coordinating Spanish heritage language courses, creating the Spanish Linguistics track, and revitalizing the Spanish Teaching BA. Two key initiatives emerging from these programs are CECWA, the Corpus del Español de Central Washington, which collects and preserves samples of the Spanish spoken in Central Washington, and Wildcat Spanish, a project in which Spanish Teaching students provide Spanish instruction to CWU administrators and staff.
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