The Mississippi University for Women in Columbus has announced the hiriing of four women to assistant professor positions.
Melanie Anderson is an assistant professor of English and American literature. Dr. Anderson earned a master’s degree in English and a Ph.D. in American literature from the University of Mississippi.
Anne Crafton is an assistant professor of English with a concentration in linguistics and early literature. She received a master’s degree in medieval studies and a Ph.G. in medieval studies from the University of Notre Dame.
Mikayla Johnson is an instruction librarian and assistant professor. She holds a master’s degree in information science from the University of Tennessee and a master’s degree in English form the University of Alabama.
Caycie Trotter is an assistant professor of graphic design. She earned a master’s degree in visual communication design from Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama.
Although it was initially founded as school for women, the University of Montevallo has never had a woman president. Now the university has reached a historic milestone and selected selected Michelle R. Johnston to serve as its next president.
The women who are taking on new leadership roles with professional academic organizations are Yasmeen Shorish of James Madison University in Virginia, Elena Carbone of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Shelley Lusetti of New Mexico State University, Oona Hathaway of Yale Law School, and Keisha Blain of Brown University.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a national program run by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. Dr. Yelick, a computer scientist and longtime UC Berkeley faculty member, will become the laboratory's next director on July 1.
The selected candidate should have expertise and experience in theoretical models in labor and public economics as well as in microeconometrics and programming.