hiː wʌz pɹəmˈoʊɾᵻd tə fˈʊl pɹəfˈɛsɚɹ ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi ˈeɪt ænd kˈɜːɹəntli hˈoʊldz ðə sˈæmjuːl kˈændlɚ dˈɑːbz pɹəfˈɛsɚʃˌɪp æɾ ˈɛmɚɹi.
He was promoted to full professor in 1988 and currently holds the Samuel Candler Dobbs professorship at Emory.