Five Women Scholars Taking on New Dean Positions

Natalya Delcoure has been named dean of the Dr. Sam Pack College of Business at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas. Since 2013, she has served as dean of the College of Business Administration at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Earlier, she was associate dean and professor of finance at the Lucas Graduate School of Business at San Jose State University in California.

Dr. Delcoure received her MBA from the University of Louisiana-Monroe and her doctorate in business administration from Louisiana Tech University.

Sarah Beth Estes has been named dean of the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wichita State University in Kansas. She comes to her new role from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, where she is dean of the College of Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, and Education. As a scholar, she focuses her research on social inequality, gender, and the transformative power of education.

Dr. Estes is a graduate of Hendrix College in Arkansas, where she majored in sociology. She holds a master’s degree and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Iowa.

Kristina Rose has been promoted from interim dean to permanent dean of libraries at New York University. She has been a staff member with NYU libraries for over two decades. Prior to her interim appointment, she served as associate dean for collections and content strategy. Earlier in her career, she worked for the Butler Reserves and Milstein College Library at Columbia University.

A graduate of the University of Colorado, Dr. Rose holds a master of library and information science degree from Long Island University in New York and a second master’s degree from New York University.

Catrine Tudor-Locke has been named dean of the College of Health Sciences at Texas Woman’s University. She currently serves as dean of the College of Health and Human Services at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where she has worked since 2019. Prior to her current role, she was associate dean for research and administration at the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

A graduate of three Canadian universities, Dr. Tudor-Locke holds a bachelor’s degree in physical education from the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, a master’s degree in kinesiology from Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, and a Ph.D. in health studies and gerontology from the University of Waterloo in Ontario.

Carolina Blatt has been appointed dean of arts and communication at Bucks County Community College in Pennsylvania. She comes to her new position from Rowan University in New Jersey, where she is a program coordinator and instructor of art education in the College of Communication and Creative Arts. She previously held teaching positions with Drexel University in Philadelphia, The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, The College of New Jersey, and Georgia Gwinnett College.

Dr. Blatt holds a bachelor’s degree in the history and social foundations of art from Juniata College in Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in art history from Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia, and a doctorate in art education from the University of Georgia.

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