Monica Carson Sheriff has been named dean of students at Hollins University, a women’s college in Roanoke, Virginia. Before her new role with Hollins, she was director of residence life at Saint Louis University in Missouri. Earlier in her career, she has held student affairs roles with the now closed Cabrini University and Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Sheriff is a graduate of Fayetteville State University in North Carolina, where she majored in political science with a minor in psychology and a concentration in public administration. She holds a master’s degree in nonprofit management with a concentration in higher education administration from Northeastern University in Boston.
Monica Swahn has been named dean of the School of Public Health at Virginia Commonwealth University. Currently, she serves as a professor and dean of the Wellstar College of Health and Human Services at Kennesaw State University in Georgia. As a scholar of global public health, she researches the structural drivers of alcohol use, violence, and HIV/AIDS. Her work has a particular emphasis on how alcohol exacerbates health disparities and chronic diseases.
A three-time graduate of the University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Swahn holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology, a master of public health degree, and a Ph.D. in epidemiology.
Annette Hux has been promoted from interim dean to permanent dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences at Arkansas State University. She has been a faculty member with the university for more than a decade. Prior to her interim appointment, she was chair of the department of educational leadership, curriculum, and special education.
Dr. Hux is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri, where she majored in elementary education. She holds a master’s degree in elementary administration from Southeast Missouri State University and a doctorate in educational leadership in higher education from Saint Louis University.