East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania has announced the promotions of four women to the rank of associate professor.
Carrie Maloney is an associate professor in the department of sociology, social work, and criminal justice. Her primary area of research and expertise is risk-assessment and classification in juvenile justice. Dr. Maloney is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University, where she double majored in sociology and the administration of justice. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in criminal justice from Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Emily Sauers was promoted to associate professor of exercise science. She joined the faculty at East Stroudsburg University in 2010. Dr. Sauers is a 2004 graduate of the University of Montana. She earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in bioenergetics and exercise science at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina.
Jan Selving was appointed an associate professor of English. She has taught at the university since 2002. She teaches courses in creative writing and women in literature. She is currently working on a volume of ekphrastic poetry based on medieval, expressionist, and contemporary art.
Rachel Wolf-Colon was promoted to associate professor in the department of communication sciences and disorders. Dr. Wolf-Colon is a graduate of the University of Vermont. She earned a master’s degree at Northeastern University in Boston and a Ph.D. at New York University.
Although it was initially founded as school for women, the University of Montevallo has never had a woman president. Now the university has reached a historic milestone and selected selected Michelle R. Johnston to serve as its next president.
The women who are taking on new leadership roles with professional academic organizations are Yasmeen Shorish of James Madison University in Virginia, Elena Carbone of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Shelley Lusetti of New Mexico State University, Oona Hathaway of Yale Law School, and Keisha Blain of Brown University.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a national program run by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. Dr. Yelick, a computer scientist and longtime UC Berkeley faculty member, will become the laboratory's next director on July 1.
The selected candidate should have expertise and experience in theoretical models in labor and public economics as well as in microeconometrics and programming.