Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has announced the retirement of four women faculty members. All four women have been granted professor emerita status.
Linda Brion-Meisels was appointed professor emerita of education and psychology. She is a graduate of Grinnell College in Iowa. Professor Brion-Meisels earned a master’s degree at Wheelock College in Boston and a Ph.D. at Boston College.
Judith Beth Cohen was named professor emerita of adult learning. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Michigan and earned a Ph.D. at the Union Institute in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Rosalie Fink was appointed professor emerita of English. She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and holds a master’s degree from the State University of New York at Cortland and an educational doctorate from Harvard University.
Susan Merrifield is a new professor emerita of English education. She is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Dr. Merrifield holds master’s degrees from Goddard College in Vermont and the University of Maine. She earned an educational doctorate at Harvard University.
Dr. Dotson spent six years as president of Yuba College in California. Earlier, she served eight years as a senior administrator with Clover Park Technical College in Washington.
Dr. Shah is the Ursula Geller Distinguished Professor of Research in Cardiovascular Diseases and associate dean for translational research at the Duke University School of Medicine. She will serve as president-elect of the American Heart Association in 2026–2027, followed by a one-year term as president in 2027–2028.
Dr. Batten will become interim president of Horry-Georgetown Technical College on August 1. She most recently served as the two-year college's vice president for student affairs.
Dr. Kahanov became the twentieth president of Notre Dame de Namur University in California on July 1. She previously served as provost at Alvernia University in Pennsylvania, Stockton University in New Jersey, and SUNY Oneonta.
Most recently, Dr. Sanders served as vice president of experiential product management and interim vice president of product and technology at Western Governors University.
The Program in Africana at Bates College, in conjunction with the Program in Digital & Computational Studies, invites applications for an open rank tenure-line position in the data sciences that spans Africana Studies and Digital & Computational Studies, to begin in July 2027.
The Department of Biology at Haverford College invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in Biochemistry or Cell Biology, beginning July 1, 2027 (or possibility of July 1 2028 if preferred by the successful candidate).
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure clinician educator track. Expertise is required in the specific area of gastrointestinal and liver pathology.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Associate Professor position in the non-tenure clinician educator track. Expertise is required in the specific area of gastrointestinal and liver pathology.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure academic clinician track. Expertise is required in the specific area of gastrointestinal and liver pathology.