Here Are 11 Women Faculty Members Who Have New Roles at Colleges and Universities

storgion-news-slider-3Stephanie Storgion was appointed chair of the department of physician assistant studies at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis. Dr. Storgion joined the staff at the UTHSC in 1987 as an instructor in pediatrics. She was promoted to full professor in 2004.

Dr. Storgion earned her medical degree at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo.

MontgomeryMarianne Montgomery, an associate professor of English at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, was named chair of the department of English at the university. She joined the faculty at the university in 2006.

Dr. Montgomery is the author of Europe’s Languages on England’s Stages, 1590-1620 (Ashgate, 2012). She is a graduate of Wellesley College in Massachusetts and holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia.

Helen_Sharp_web2Helen Sharp was appointed director of the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders in the College of Education at Pacific University Oregon in Forest Grove. She has been serving as an associate professor of speech and pathology at Western Michigan University.

Dr. Sharp holds a master’s degree in speech language pathology from the University of Pittsburgh. She earned a Ph.D. in speech and hearing science from the University of Iowa.

mason_mcawardJennifer Mason McAward, an associate professor of law at the University of Notre Dame has been named director of the university’s Center for Civil and Human Rights in the School of Global Affairs.

McAward is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where she majored in political science. She earned her law degree at New York University.

Sarah-WinslowSarah Winslow, an associate professor of sociology and anthropology at Clemson University, was named director of the National Scholars Program at the university. She joined the faculty at Clemson University in 2006.

Dr. Winslow is a graduate of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania.

OUS-Molly-JohnsonMolly Johnson, an associate professor, was named director of nursing at Ohio University Southern in Ironton. She will oversee about 200 students in associate and bachelor’s degree programs in nursing. Johnson joined the faculty at the university in 2008.

Johnson is a graduate of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. She earned a master’s degree in nursing from the University of Kentucky.

lisa_lowLisa Lowe was named a Distinguished Professor in the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University in Massachusetts. She is also the new director of the Center for Humanities at the university. Professor Lowe joined the faculty at Tufts in 2012. Earlier, she was a professor of comparative literature at the University of California, San Diego. Her latest book is The Intimacies of Four Continents (Duke University Press, 2015).

Professor Lowe is a graduate of Stanford University, where she majored in history. She holds a Ph.D. in literature from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Hilary-LandorfHilary Landorf, an associate professor of international and intercultural education at Florida International University in Miami, has been given the added duties of executive director of the Comparative and International Education Society, which recently moved to Florida International University.

Dr. Landorf is a graduate of Stanford University, where she majored in English literature She holds a master’s degree from the University of Virginia and a Ph.D. from New York University.

Sandra_BarnesSandra Barnes, a professor of human and organizational development at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, was named assistant vice chancellor for equity, diversity, and inclusion at the university. Professor Barnes joined the faculty at Vanderbilt in 2008 after teaching at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

Dr. Barnes is a graduate of Fisk University in Nashville. She holds a master’s degree in operations research from the Georgia Institute of Technology, a master’s degree in the sociology of religion from the Interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, and a Ph.D. from Georgia State University.

Nolan_ElizabethElizabeth Nolan, an associate professor of chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was granted tenure. She joined the faculty at MIT in 2009.

Dr. Nolan is a graduate of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She earned a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from MIT and did postdoctoral research at Harvard Medical School.

Anna-DominaAnna Domina is the new vice chair of the department of occupational therapy in the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. She joined the faculty of the department in 2010.

Dr. Domina is a graduate of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois. She earned a doctorate in occupational therapy from Creighton University.

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