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Four Women Who Have Been Selected for New Dean Positions

Melody Goodman has been promoted from interim dean to permanent dean of the School of Global Public Health at New York University. A faculty member since 2017, she previously served as the school’s senior executive vice dean, vice dean for research, and associate dean for research. She also had a stint as interim chair of the department of biostatistics. Before NYU, she held faculty appointments with the medical schools at Washington University in St. Louis and Stony Brook University in New York.

A summa cum laude graduate of Stony Brook University, Dr. Goodman earned her master’s degree and Ph.D. from Harvard University.

Sarah G. Whiteford has been named dean of academics and career and technical education at Oregon Coast Community College. With nearly two decades of teaching experience in criminology and sociology, she most recently served on the faculty of Oregon State University’s Ecampus. Earlier, she taught at Austin Peay State University in Tennessee.

Dr. Whiteford earned her Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee.

Shaunda French-Collins has been named dean of the School of Business, Mathematics, and Science at Chadron State College in Nebraska. A faculty member since 2011, she had an earlier stint as interim dean of the school during the 2022-2023 academic year. She most recently served as department chair and professor of communication arts.

Dr. French-Collins holds a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Northwest Missouri State University, a master’s degree in speech communication from the University of Central Missouri, and a doctorate in communication studies from the University of Southern Mississippi.

Candace Lewis has been appointed dean of academic affairs at the Community College of Vermont. Since joining the college in 2007, she has served in several academic leadership positions. Most recently, she was the college’s associate academic dean, contributing to program and curriculum development, educational partnerships, and workforce initiatives.

Lewis holds a master’s degree in anthropology from Northern Arizona University.

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