Five Women Named to Noteworthy Faculty Posts

Rosemary Loria was appointed professor and chair of the department of plant pathology at the University of Florida, effective August 19. She was a professor of plant pathology at Cornell University.

Professor Loria holds bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University.

Cynthia M. Daily was named interim chair of the department of accounting at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. She has been an associate professor of accounting at the university since 2004.

Dr. Daily holds a bachelor’s degree and an MBA from Henderson State University in Arkadelphia, Arkansas. She holds a Ph.D. in business administration from Louisiana Tech University.

The University of Utah College of Social Work has announced that two of its faculty members will serve consecutive 18-month terms as the holder of the Belle S. Spafford Endowed Chair in Social Work. Marilyn Luptak is an assistant professor of social work at the university.She holds bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees in social work from the University of Minnesota.

Fran Wilby is an assistant professor and executive director of the university’s W.D. Goodwill Initiatives on Aging. She holds a bachelor’s degree, two master’s degrees, and a Ph.D. in social work from the University of Utah.

Irene Vasquez was appointed associate professor of American studies and director of the Chicano Hispanic Mexicano Studies program at the University of New Mexico. Her appointment is effective in August. She has been serving as professor and chair of the Chicana/o studies department at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

Dr. Vasquez is a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles. She holds a master’s degree from the University of California at Riverside and a Ph.D. in history from UCLA.