Kelsey Slater is a new assistant professor of sports media at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She was an assistant professor at North Dakota State University in Fargo. Earlier, Dr. Slater completed an internship with the Sports Diplomacy Division at the U.S. Department of State. Her research is focused on sport communication and sport for development.
Dr. Slater is a graduate of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, where she majored in environmental studies and was a two-sport athlete in volleyball and track and field. She holds a master’s degree in sports administration and a Ph.D. in kinesiology with a concentration in sports studies from Mississippi State University.
Lauren Andrews has been granted tenure and promoted to associate professor of chemical engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She currently serves as the Marvin and Eva Schlanger Faculty Fellow in Chemical Engineering and holds affiliate appointments in the molecular and cellular biology graduate program and the Institute for Applied Life Sciences. Her research centers on developing programmable microbes and microbial communities to advance technologies in biomanufacturing, medicine, biomediation, and agriculture.
Dr. Andrews is a graduate of Cornell University, where she majored in chemical engineering. She holds a master’s degree and Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.
Alicia Spence has been promoted from interim director to director of recruitment and admissions for the College of Dentistry at Texas A&M University. A faculty member for the past decade, she currently teaches as a clinical assistant professor in comprehensive dentistry. She is also co-founder of the college’s mental health and wellness committee.
Dr. Spence earned her bachelor’s degree in kinesiology from Rice University in Houston and her doctor of dental surgery degree from Texas A&M University.
Janelle Adams has joined the faculty at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas, as an assistant professor of religion. Before her new appointment, she taught at Spelman College and the Candler School of Theology in Atlanta, Georgia. In her research, she explores the innovative ways faith-based groups and movements draw on the resources of religion to respond to the most pressing challenges of our time.
Dr. Adams holds a bachelor’s degree in religious studies from Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, a master of divinity degree from the Candler School of Theology, and a Ph.D. in religion from Emory University in Atlanta.
TaKeia N. Anthony has been appointed director of the Freddye T. Davy Honors College at Hampton University in Virginia. She has previously served in various academic leadership capacities with Edward Waters University in Florida, Kentucky State University, and North Carolina Central University. A scholar of African American history, she is the author of multiple publications, including The Universal Ethiopian Students’ Association, 1927-1948: Mobilizing Diaspora (Palgrave Pivot, 2018).
Dr. Anthony is a two-time alumna of North Carolina Central University, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in history and her master’s degree in African history. She holds a Ph.D. in African diaspora history from Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Jennifer Jackson has been named vice provost at the California Institute of Technology. A Caltech faculty member since 2007, she currently serves as the William E. Leonhard Professor of Mineral Physics. Blending perspectives from geodynamics and seismology, her research focuses on understanding the behavior of minerals under extreme conditions characteristic of planetary interiors.
Dr. Jackson holds a bachelor’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, as well as a master’s degree from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.
Hee Ra Yoo has joined the faculty at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music as an assistant professor of dance. A specialist in ballet and modern dance pedagogy, she has previously taught dance at several higher education institutions, including Tulane University in Louisiana, Georgian Court University in New Jersey, the State University of New York at Brockport, and the University of Hawaii.
Professor Yoo received her master of fine arts degree from New York University.