A Dozen Women With New High-Level Administrative Posts in Higher Education

S.SandersSabrina Sanders was promoted to director of student affairs projects and initiatives in the Office of the Chancellor of California State University. She was assistant director of student programs in student academic support. Dr. Sanders is the former dean of student affairs at Long Beach City College in California.

Dr. Sanders holds a bachelor’s degree and an MBA from California State University, San Marcos. She earned a doctorate in educational leadership and management from Alliant International University.

Kerri_GarciaKerri Garcia was named director of communications at the University of Nevada, Reno, effective April 1. She was serving as community relations and communications manager for Microsoft Inc. Earlier she was director of entertainment and public relations for Harrah’s Northern Nevada.

Garcia is a graduate of the School of Journalism at the University of Nevada, Reno, where she received a full athletic scholarship to play tennis.

MonicaGreenMonica Green was appointed director of the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center at Indiana University in Bloomington. She has been serving as director of the Hap Center for Cross Cultural Education and associate director of student life for multicultural affairs at Hanover College in Indiana.

Green is a graduate of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She holds a master’s degree in higher education from Mississippi College in Clinton and is currently pursuing doctorate studies in higher education leadership through Azuza Pacific University in California.

RogersSusan Rogers was appointed vice chancellor for communications at the University of Pittsburgh. She has been serving as president for university advancement at the University of Texas at Dallas. She has been on the staff there since 2006. Earlier, she was vice chancellor for university relations at the University of Arkansas.

Rogers is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she majored in journalism.

JefferonJoy Jefferson is the new associate vice president for alumni relations at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. For the past 21 years, she worked at Hampton University in Virginia, most recently as vice president for external relations.

Jefferson is a graduate of Hampton University, where she majored in mass media.

priya175Priya J. Harjani was promoted to deputy general counsel at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She has been serving as senior associate general counsel at the university.

Harjani is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Illinois. She earned her law degree at Northwestern University.

ebony-lewisEbony Lewis is the new executive director of undergraduate admissions at the University of California, Davis. For the past eight years, she has been serving as associate director of admissions at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Lewis is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she majored in legal studies and politics. She earned a master’s degree in public administration from California State University, East Bay in Hayward.

suzy-nelson-is-dean-of-the-college-Suzy M. Nelson was appointed vice president for student life at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, effective July 1. She currently serves as vice president and dean of the college at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. Earlier she was dean of student life at Harvard University.

Dr. Nelson is a graduate of the State University of New York at Potsdam. She earned a master’s degree at Bowling Green State University in Ohio and a doctorate in higher education administration from Syracuse University in New York.

Buxton, Jasmine 200Jasmine Buxton was named associate vice president of student affairs at Delaware State University in Dover. She was the assistant dean of students at Bowling Green State University in Ohio.

Buxton is a graduate of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where she majored in African American literature. She holds a master’s degree in student affairs in higher education from Indiana State University.

willettJessica L. Willett was promoted to executive director of communications and public affairs at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Since 2012, she has been serving as assistant director of communications and public affairs and has been on the staff at the university since 2002.

Willett earned a bachelor’s degree in English at Washington and Lee University in 1995.

ericka-m-jackson-headshotEricka M. Jackson is the new director of undergraduate admissions at Wayne State University in Detroit. She was assistant dean of admission and student affairs at the Wayne State University Law School.

Jackson is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where she majored in English. She earned her law degree at Wayne State University.

erikssonSusan Eriksonn is the new associate dean for research in the College of Design at the University of Kentucky. She has been serving as a research fellow in the ArtSci program at the University of Texas at Dallas.

Dr. Eriksonn is a graduate of the University of Kentucky where she majored in geology. She holds a master’s degree from Stony Brook University of the State University of New York System and a Ph.D. from University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.

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