Five Women Taking On New Teaching Roles

Sandra Mims Rowe was named the Edith Kinney Gaylord Visiting Professor in Journalism Ethics at Arizona State University. This spring she will teach courses on ethics and diversity in journalism at the university’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Rowe is the former editor of the Portland Oregonian.

During her tenure at the Oregonian, the newspaper earned five Pulitzer Prizes.

Katrina Ligett is a new assistant professor of economics and computer science at the California Institute of Technology. She is an expert in algorithmic game theory.

Dr. Ligett is a graduate of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She earned a Ph.D. in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

Jennifer Osipoff was appointed assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at the Stony Brook University School of Medicine in New York.

Dr. Osipoff earned her medical degree, a residency in pediatrics, and a fellowship in pediatric endocrinology at Stony Brook University.

Dana Neelis was named assistant professor of radiology in the department of small animal clinical services at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg. She recently completed her residency at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Washington State University.

Dr. Neelis earned her bachelor’s degree and her doctorate in veterinary medicine at Michigan State University. She also holds a master’s degree from Washington State University.

Linda Silver Coley was appointed chair of the department of marketing, transportation, and supply chain at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. She is an associate professor in the department.

Dr. Coley is a graduate of Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina. She holds a master’s degree in pharmaceutical chemistry from the University of Michigan, an MBA from Xavier University in Cincinnati, and a Ph.D. in marketing and supply chain management from the University of Cincinnati.

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