Carla E. Brodley, dean of the College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University in Boston, received the Harrold and Notkin Research and Graduate Mentoring Award from the National Center for Women and Information Technology. Dr. Brodley was honored for outstanding research and excellence in graduate mentoring. Dr. Brodley came to Northeastern in 2014. Earlier, she was a professor of computer science at Tufts University.
Dr. Brodley holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science from McGill University in Montreal. She earned a Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Janice Payan, a professor of marketing at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, has been selected to receive the 2016 Louis W. Stern Award from the American Marketing Association. She is being honored for her research on supply chain management.
Professor Payan is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder. She holds an MBA and a master of public administration degree from the University of Colorado at Denver and a Ph.D. in marketing from the University of Wisconsin.
Katharine Hayhoe, an associate professor in the department of political science and director of the Climate Science Center at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, has been chosen to receive the Friend of the Planet Award from the National Center for Science Education.
Dr. Hayhoe is a graduate of the University of Toronto. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in atmospheric science from the University of Illinois.
Caryn Brause, an assistant professor of architecture at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst received the 2016 Practice and Leadership Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the American Institute of Architects.
Brause is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and holds a master of architecture degree from the University of Virginia.
"I have seen firsthand the difference technical education can make for our students, their families, and the businesses and industries that depend on a skilled workforce," said Amanda Foreman, the new interim president of Coastal Pines Technical College in Georgia.
Sara M. Butler is vice chancellor for academic affairs at Honolulu Community College in Hawaii and Jennifer L. Cumpston is vice president for academic affairs at Trident Technical College in Charleston, South Carolina
Dr. Farmer is the first Black woman to chair the board of directors of the American Dental Education Association. With more than three decades of experience in dental practice and education, she currently serves as dean of the School of Dentistry at Meharry Medical College in Nashville.
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.
The Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago invites applications for an open-rank Instructional Professor position in the undergraduate Global Studies program.
The University of Chicago’s Development Innovation Lab and the Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics invites applications for a non-tenure track Senior Research Associate position, with a focus on Development Economics and Mathematics.
The Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese History to begin July 1, 2027. “Modern” is defined as 1895 to the present.
The University of Chicago, Division of the Social Sciences, Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure track position at the rank of assistant professor of American Politics for an initial 4 year renewable term.
The Department of Economics at Michigan State University in East Lansing invites applications for a tenure-system Assistant Professor in microeconomic theory with an anticipated start date of August 16, 2027.