Holly Rushmeier has been named the John C. Malone Professor of Computer Science at Yale University. She has been a Yale faculty member since 2004.
Dr. Rushmeier holds a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and Ph.D. all in mechanical engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Usha R. Rodrigues has been named a University Professor at the University of Georgia. She holds the M.E. Kilpatrick Chair of Corporate Finance and Securities Law at the university’s School of Law.
Professor Rodrigues holds a bachelor’s degree from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, and a juris doctorate from the University of Virginia.
Gaelyn Garrett has been named the to the Guy M. Maness Chair in Laryngology and Voice at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She is the senior executive medical director at the Vanderbilt Voice Center and a professor of otolaryngology.
Dr. Garrett holds a medical doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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.