North Dakota State University has announced the appointment of two women as associate deans in the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.
Elizabeth Birmingham is an associate professor of English at the university. She is a graduate of Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois. She holds a master’s degree in English and a Ph.D. in rhetoric and professional communication from Iowa State University. She joined the NDSU faculty in 2001.
Ann Burnett is a professor of communication and director of the university’s Women and Gender Studies Program. She joined the faculty in 1997 and was promoted to full professor in 2010. Previously she taught at Vanderbilt University and the University of Nebraska.
Dr. Burnett is a graduate of Colorado College. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley and a Ph.D. in communication from the University of Utah.