Three Women in New Faculty Roles

Marsha A. Dickson was named the Irma Ayers Professor of Human Services at the University of Delaware. Her new appointment is effective on September 1. She has been serving as professor and chair of the department of fashion and apparel studies at the university. She joined the faculty at the university in 2005 after teaching at Kansas State University and Ohio State University.

Professor Dickson is a graduate of Kansas State University. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Iowa State University.

Lauren Hanna was appointed assistant professor of animal sciences at North Dakota State University. Her research focuses on genetic improvement of livestock.

Hanna holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in animal science from Texas A&M University and is completing a Ph.D. in animal breeding at Texas A&M.

Heather Henson-Ramsey was named chair of the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho. She joined the faculty at the college in 2007.

Dr. Henson-Ramsey holds a doctor of veterinary medicine degree and a Ph.D. in toxicology and epidemiology from North Carolina State University in Raleigh.