A Trio of Women Selected for Endowed Professorships at Universities

Courtney Suess has been named the William S. Spears Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Oklahoma State University. She has been a faculty member with Texas A&M University since 2017. In her scholarly work, she focuses on hospitality design and operations, sustainable development and environmental policy, and medical tourism and healthcare facility development.

Dr. Suess holds a bachelor’s degree in interior architecture from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a master’s degree in hospitality administration from the Singapore campus of the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, a master’s degree in architecture studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. in hospitality administration and management from the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

Chelsea Comadoll has been named the Barkman Endowed Professor in Chemistry at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, Kansas. A scholar of organic chemistry, she has been a faculty member with the university for the past three years. She also holds an appointment as an adjunct researcher with the University of Kansas.

Dr. Comadoll received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina and her Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Kansas.

Flynn Murray has been named the inaugural Mitchell Professor in the Norm Asbjornson College of Engineering at Montana State University. A civil engineer and advocate for engineering education and inclusivity, she focuses her work on the barriers people with disabilities face as they pursue higher education and employment.

A three-time graduate of Montana State University, Dr. Murray holds a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a Ph.D. in civil engineering.

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