Mackenzie Cooley is a new assistant professor of history at Hamilton College. She was a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cornell University Society of Fellows.
Dr. Cooley is a graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She earned her master’s degree and Ph.D. from Stanford University where she specialized in early modern history and history of science.
Rhea Datta is a new assistant professor of biology at Hamilton College. She was a Postdoctoral Fellow at New York University.
Dr. Datta holds a bachelor’s degree from Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and a Ph.D. from Indiana University.
Susan Jarosi has joined the faculty at Hamilton College as an associate professor of art history. She previously held joint appointments as associate professor of art history and visual studies in the women’s and gender studies and fine arts departments at the University of Louisville.
Dr. Jarosi received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia, a master’s degree from the University of Illinois Chicago, and a Ph.D. from Duke University.
Dr. Soufleris, a three-time alumna of the State University of New York System, has more than 35 years of higher education experience spanning student affairs, enrollment management, retention, and student success initiatives.
Most recently, Dr. Van Vlerah served as vice president for student success and institutional strategy at Manchester University in Indiana. She is slated to become the fifteenth president of Notre Dame of Maryland University on July 6.
Dr. Egan comes to her new role as president of Bennington College from Connecticut College, where she has been serving as the Fuller-Maathai Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality Studies, dean of the faculty, and chief academic officer.
Dr. Pfluger has spent the past year as Bakersfield College's interim president. She previously served as vice chancellor of educational services and student success at the Kern Community College District.
Dr. Geneco comes to her new role from Tufts University in Massachusetts, where she has served as provost for the past four years. She is slated become the University at Buffalo's first woman president on August 10.