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.
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.