Melissa González, has agreed to serve as interim chief diversity officer for the 2023-24 academic year at Davidson College in North Carolina. She is a professor of Hispanic studies at the college and is chair of the gender and sexuality studies programs.
Dr. González is a graduate of Columbia University in New York City, where she majored in English. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Latin American and Iberian cultures from Columbia.
Emily Glodzik was named coordinator of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Scranton campus of Pennsylvania State University. She has worked in the bursar’s office at Penn State Scranton for the past eight years, and in 2020, she was recruited to also fill the bursar’s position at Penn State Wilkes-Barre, becoming the first dual-campus bursar in the Penn State system.
In 2010, Glodzik received her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Temple University in Philadelphia
Aja Rodriguez is the new director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Maryville College in Tennessee. She was the director of engagement and advocacy and the Title IX officer at Delta State University in Cleveland, Mississippi.
Rodriguez is a graduate of Maryville College, where she majored in writing communication and theater. She holds a master’s degree in higher education student affairs from Texas State University.
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.