Boston University Promotes Seven Women to Full Professor

Boston University in Massachusetts has announced the promotion of 17 faculty members to full professor. Seven of the new full professors are women.

(L to R) Kimberly McCall, Anita Patterson, Kimberly Saudino, Shuba Srinivasan, Jenny White, and Joyce Wong

Jodi Cranston was promoted to professor of history of art and architecture in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is an expert on Italian Renaissance art and architecture. Professor Cranston is a graduate of Yale University. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.

Kimberly McCall was appointed full professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is the department’s director of graduate studies. Her research focuses on the role of cell death in development and disease. Professor McCall has been on the Boston University faculty since 1998. She is a graduate of the State University of New York at New Paltz and holds a Ph.D. in genetics from Harvard University.

Anita Patterson was named professor of English in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is the author of Race, American Literature and Transnational Modernisms (Cambridge University Press, 2011). Dr. Patterson holds bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees, all from Harvard University.

Kimberly Saudino was promoted to professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences. Her research focuses on the development of temperament in infants and children and the role genetics and the environment play in temperament development. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Manitoba.

Shuba Srinivasan was named professor of marketing at the School of Management. She has been on the faculty at Boston University since 2009. Previously, she served on the faculty at the University of California Riverside. Professor Srinivasan holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Dallas.

Jenny White was appointed professor of anthropology in the College of Arts and Sciences. She is the author of three novels and several nonfiction works including Muslim Nationalism and The New Turks (Princeton University Press, 2012) and Islamist Mobilization in Turkey: A Study in Vernacular Politics (University of Washington Press, 2012). Professor White is a graduate of the City University of New York. She holds a master’s degree from Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas.

Joyce Wong was promoted to professor of biomedical engineering in the College of Engineering. Professor Wong studies cell-biomaterial interactions, tissue engineering, and theranostics. She holds a bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D. in materials science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.