Christine S. Cozzens has been named interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of Agnes Scott College. She is the Charles A. Dana Professor of English, director of the Center for Writing and Speaking, and has been an Agnes Scott faculty member since 1987.
Dr. Cozzens holds a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from Stanford University and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Carlee Bishop has been named the founding faculty director of Agnes Scott’s new applied technology graduate program. She previously served as executive director of the master’s of applied systems engineering program at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Dr. Bishop holds a Ph.D. in systems engineering from Auburn University in Alabama.
Laquita Blockson has been named faculty director of the master of arts in social innovation program at Agnes Scott College. She recently served as a research fellow with Rutgers Business School’s Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development in Newark, New Jersey.
Dr. Blockson holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and an MBA from Florida A&M University and a Ph.D. in management from the University of Pittsburgh.
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.