Five Women Professors Taking on New Roles in Academia

Trina Fletcher has joined the faculty at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff as the associate dean for the School of Arts and Sciences. She will also be an associate professor of engineering and industrial technology, management, and applied engineering. Her appointment marks a return to the university, where she previously taught as an assistant professor. Most recently, she served as an associate professor in the College of Engineering and Computing at Florida International University.

Dr. Fletcher is an alumna of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, where she majored in industrial technology. She holds a master’s degree in operations management from the University of Arkansas, a second master’s degree in engineering management from George Washington University, and a Ph.D. in engineering education from Purdue University in Indiana.

Patricia Poitevien has been named vice president for campus life at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. An associate professor of pediatrics, she has been a faculty member with the university’s Warren Alpert Medical School since 2018. For the past three years, she has served as the medical school’s senior associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Dr. Poitevien received her bachelor’s degree in French literature and her medical degree from Brown University. She also holds a master’s degree in clinical investigation from New York University.

Arzoo Osanloo has joined the faculty at Princeton University as a professor of anthropology. She come to her new role from the University of Washington, where she has taught for over two decades. During her long tenure, she served as director of the university’s Middle East Center for eight years. An expert on law, societies, and justice, she is the author of numerous scholarly publications, including The Politics of Women’s Rights in Iran (Princeton University Press, 2009).

Dr. Osanloo holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado, a juris doctorate from American University in Washington, D.C., and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in California.

Kyle Frantz has been named the inaugural senior director of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry at Georgia State University. Since joining the Georgia State faculty in 2002, she has held several academic and administrative roles, including director of science education for the Center for Behavioral Neuroscience and co-director of the Center for the Advancement of Students and Alumni.

Dr. Frantz is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in psychology. She holds a master’s degree and Ph.D. in behavioral neuroscience from the University of Florida.

Kimberly Kinzig has been appointed as head of the department of psychological sciences at Purdue University in West Lafaytte, Indiana. Dr. Kinzig began her career in the department as an assistant professor in 2005. She was promoted to full professor in 2021 and served as director of the department’s graduate program from 2020 to 2023.

Dr. Kinzig is a graduate of Florida State University, where she majored in psychology. She holds a master’s degree in physiological psychology from the University of Washington and a Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Cincinnati.