The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, has announced that 12 faculty members have been promoted from associate professor to full professor. Four of the new full professors are women.
Dorothy E. Finnegan was promoted to full professor of education. Dr. Finnegan has been on the faculty at the college since 1993. She is a graduate of William Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She holds a master’s degree from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and doctorates from Western Colorado University and Pennsylvania State University.
Anne K. Rasmussen is a new full professor of music. She is a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Dr. Rasmussen earned a master’s degree from the University of Denver and a Ph.D. in music from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Kimberly J. Smith was promoted to full professor at the Mason School of Business at William and Mary. She is a graduate of Fairmont State University in West Virginia. She earned a master’s degree at West Virginia University and a Ph.D. in accounting at the University of Maryland.
Patty Zwollo was named a full professor of biology. She has taught at the College of William and Mary since 1997. Previously, she served on the faculty at Occidental College and the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Zwollo holds bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees, all from the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands.
Dr. Hrycyna has served as dean of UC San Diego's School of Physical Sciences for the past three years. She is slated to become the university's next executive vice chancellor for academic affairs on January 1.
Dr. Albin is an associate professor of pediatrics and founding director of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center's culinary medicine program, an initiative that aims to empower people to have a thriving relationship with the food they eat.
Dr. Borzewski has served as the interim provost of the Seminole campus and Health Education Center of St. Petersburg College in Florida for the past year. An alumna of the college, she has worked for St. Petersburg since 1999.
Since 2021, Dr. Raver has been serving as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. She will begin her new duties at the University of Michigan on December 1.
Dr. Rhine comes to her new presidency with nearly four decades of leadership experience in higher education. Most recently, she was president and chief executive officer of Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona.
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