Jean Garrison has been named the inaugural Stewart Family Professor in Public Service at the University of Wyoming. She is a full professor of international studies who has spent the past 25 years with the university. As a scholar of American foreign policy, she has authored three books including China and the Energy Equation in Asia: The Determinants of Policy Choice (First Forum Press, 2009).
An alumna of the University of Wyoming, Dr. Garrison earned her Ph.D. in political science from the University of South Carolina.
Dorothy P. Schafer has been named the Molly McGovern Chair in Biomedical Research at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. She has been a faculty member with the school’s department of neurobiology since 2015. In her research, she aims to advance the understanding of the role of microglia in synaptic remodeling, memory, and neuroinflammation.
A graduate of Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, Dr. Schafer earned her Ph.D. in neuroscience from the University of Connecticut.
Tamara Mix has been named the Laurence L. and Georgia Ina Dresser Professor in Rural Sociology at Oklahoma State University. A faculty member since 2002, she previously served as head of the department of sociology. Her scholarship centers on environmental sociology; environmental inequality; race, class, and gender inequality; social movements; social justice; and qualitative research methods.
Dr. Mix is a graduate of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, where she majored in sociology. She holds a master’s degree and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Tennessee.
Ann A. O’Connell has been named the Charles A. DeMarzo and Keith N. Lamb Endowed Chair in Educational Equity at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She currently teaches as a professor of educational statistics, measurement, and evaluation in the university’s Graduate School of Education. Throughout her career, her research has focused on multilevel and generalized linear models, the use of research evidence and evidence-based interventions, and evaluation of interventions in health and education.
Dr. O’Connell holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Western New England College, a master’s degree in statistics from the University of Connecticut, and a doctorate in measurement and evaluation from Columbia University’s Teachers College.
Cassie Miura has been named the inaugural Henri and Tomoya Takahashi Distinguished Chair in Nikkei Studies at San Francisco State University. She is slated to join the university’s faculty this fall as an assistant professor of Asian American studies. Her research and teaching interests include Okinawan diasporic identity and Japanese American and Nikkei literature.
Dr. Miura holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from the University of Michigan.
Jessica Henry has been named the Lawrence and Jeannette James Distinguished Professor in Communication Arts at Hastings College in Nebraska. She first joined the college’s faculty in 1999 and currently serves as a professor and chair of the department of communication studies and political science.
Dr. Henry received her bachelor’s degree in political science and speech communication from Minnesota State University Moorhead, a master’s degree in communication studies from Arizona State University, and a Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.