Four Women Selected for Dean Positions

Ana González has been named dean of the South County Education Centers and Online Learning at Hartnell College in Salinas, California. She has held leadership roles at the college for the past decade. Prior to her new role, she was director of the Soledad Education Center. Earlier, she was director of continuing education.

González received her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and her master of public administration degree from Golden Gate University.

Aneika Simmons has joined the faculty at Prairie View A&M University in Texas as a full professor and interim dean of the College of Business. She comes to her new role from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, where she served as a professor of management for 18 years. During this time, she had a stint as interim associate vice provost for faculty success. Her teaching expertise includes human resource management, organizational behavior, strategic management and business policy.

Dr. Simmons is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where she majored in management information systems with a minor in finance. She holds a master’s degree in speech communication from the University of Houston and a Ph.D. in management from Texas A&M University.

Terri Rebmann has been named the inaugural division dean of the School of Nursing in the College of Public Health at George Mason University in Virginia. She has been a faculty member with Saint Louis University in Missouri for the past 25 years, most recently serving as director of the Institute for Biosecurity and professor of epidemiology and biostatistics. Earlier in her tenure, she was associate dean for academic and faculty affairs in the College for Public Health and Social Justice.

Dr. Rebmann holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing from Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri, a master’s degree in clinical nursing from the University of Missouri, and a Ph.D. in nursing from Saint Louis University.

Susan Murin has been promoted from interim dean to permanent dean of the School of Medicine at the University of California, Davis. A faculty member with UC Davis Health for nearly three decades, she previously served as vice dean for clinical affairs and executive director of the UC Davis Medical Group. She is a full professor and clinician in the division of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.

Dr. Murin earned her bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University in New Jersey and her medical degree from New York University. She holds a master’s degree in clinical epidemiology from Harvard University and an MBA from the University of California, Davis.

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