Three New Appointments of Women to Key Posts in Higher Education

Sandra DeLoatch was appointed interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Norfolk State University in Virginia. DeLoatch has been on the faculty at Norfolk State for 30 years serving as chair of the department of computer science and dean of the College of Science, Engineering, and Technology.

Dr. DeLoatch is a graduate of Howard University. She holds master’s degrees from the University of Michigan and the College of William and Mary. She earned her Ph.D. at Indiana University.

Sissy Walsh Bouchard was named vice president of development at the Institute for Systems Biology, a nonprofit research institute in Seattle. Since 2003, she has been a development officer at the University of Washington.

Dr. Bouchard holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees from Indiana University.

Bernadine Duncan was named director of counseling at Prairie View A&M University in Texas. She has been serving as an assistant professor in the department of educational leadership and counseling at the university.

Dr. Duncan is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. She holds a master’s degree from Jackson State University and an educational doctorate from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.