Lynn Bailey has been named the Flatt Professor in Foods and Nutrition. She is the head of the department of foods and nutrition and has been a professor at the University of Georgia since 2011.
Dr. Bailey holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina, a master’s degree in nutrition from Clemson University in South Carolina, and a Ph.D. in nutrition from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Sheri Worthy has been named as the inaugural Samuel A. and Sharon Y. Nickols Professorship. She is the head of the department of financial planning, housing, and consumer economics and has been a professor at the University of Georgia since 2013.
Dr. Worthy holds a bachelor’s degree in advertising from the University of North Dakota, an MBA in marketing from the University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. in consumer economics from Texas Tech University.
Brenda Cude has been named Georgia Athletic Association Professor in Family and Consumer Sciences. She has been a professor in the department of financial planning, housing, and consumer economics at the University of Georgia since 2006.
Dr. Cude holds a bachelor’s degree in home economics education and a master’s degree in consumer economics from the University of Tennessee at Martin and a Ph.D. in consumer economics from Purdue University.
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.