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.
Braswell comes to her new appointment with extensive leadership experience in state government, including her current role as general counsel to Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont. In her new role, she will provide strategic oversight for the 16 campuses within Connecticut's public higher education system.
Jennifer Gaither, a lawyer by training, has been a Sullivan University faculty member for the past 25 years. She most recently served as the university's associate provost.
Dr. Crowley has served as provost at Ohio Wesleyan University since 2020. She is slated to become the nineteenth president of Kalamazoo College on July 1.
The three women named to provost positions are Nancy Marchand-Martella at the University of Northern Colorado, Lise Youngblade at Colorado State University, and Randi Storch at Western Oregon 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 selected candidate should have expertise and experience in theoretical models in labor and public economics as well as in microeconometrics and programming.