Randi Congleton was appointed chief diversity and inclusion officer at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio. She has been serving as assistant vice chancellor for equity and inclusion at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to that appointment, she was the vice president of equity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at Chatham University in Pittsburgh.
Dr. Congleton earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural and extension education from Pennsylvania State University. She holds a master’s degree in community services from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. in education and organizational leadership from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Christine Julien was named director of the new Center for Equity in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin. She is a professor of electrical and computer engineering and an associate dean in the university’s School of Engineering. Dr. Julien joined the faculty at the university in 2004.
Dr. Julien holds a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a doctorate, all in computer science and all from Washington University in St. Louis.
Nicole Arleane Roberson is the new vice chancellor of diversity, equity, and inclusion and chief diversity officer at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. She had been serving as director of equal opportunity and diversity at the Texas A&M University System.
Dr. Roberson earned a bachelor’s degree in strategic management from the University of North Texas. She holds an MBA in international management from the American Graduate School of International Management, and master’s degrees in human resource management and project management, both from the Keller Graduate School of DeVry University. She earned a Ph.D. in organizational leadership from Regent 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.
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.