Two Women Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Yale University

Jane Tylus has been named the Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Italian at Yale University. She has previously held faculty appointments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and New York University.

Dr. Tylus is a graduate of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, where she double majored in English and music. She holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature with a focus on Italian from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

Pamela Lee has been named the Carnegie Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at Yale University. She has been a professor of modern and contemporary art at Yale since July 2018. She is the author of four books: Object to be Destroyed: The Work of Gordon Matta-Clark (MIT Press, 1999), Chronophobia: On Time in the Art of the 1960s (MIT Press, 2004), Forgetting the Art World (MIT Press, 2012), and New Games: Postmodernism after Contemporary Art (Routledge, 2012).

Dr. Lee is a graduate of Yale University. She holds a Ph.D. from Harvard University.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Related Articles

Latest News

Natalie Braswell to Lead the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities System

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 Named the First Woman President of Sullivan 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.

Karlyn Crowley Appointed President of Kalamazoo College in Michigan

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.

Three Women Who Have Been Named Provosts at Universities

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.

Michelle R. Johnston Named the First Woman President of the University of Montevallo

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.

President

The next president will lead one of the most successful and well-respected community colleges in the country.

Research Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics

The selected candidate should have expertise and experience in theoretical models in labor and public economics as well as in microeconometrics and programming.