Sheila Stamm was named dean of the School of Education at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts. Dr. Stamm has been serving as the president of S. Wright & Associates, providing consulting support to academic leaders and faculty in higher education and community sectors. She has an extensive background in higher education, including serving as dean of the School of Education for Cambridge College in Massachusetts and Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Dr. Stamm also served a term as commissioner of higher education for the state of Minnesota
Dr. Stamm is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She holds a master’s degree from the Rhode Island School of Design and a Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from North Carolina State University.
Shannon Mathews has been named dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at Savannah State University in Georgia. She was interim associate dean of the College of Arts, Sciences, Business and Education at Winston-Salem State University, She also served as associate professor of gerontology and chair of the Gerontology Program in Winston-Salem State University’s department of behavioral sciences and social work.
Dr. Matthews is a graduate of Pomona College in Claremont, California. She holds a doctorate and a master’s degree from the University of Kentucky.
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.