Angelina Wang has joined the Cornell University faculty as an assistant professor of information science at Cornell Tech and the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science. Her research centers on responsible AI, including the societal impacts of AI systems and fairness beyond one-size-fits-all metrics.
Dr. Wang received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley and her Ph.D. from Princeton University in New Jersey.
Heidi Hamann has been promoted to head the department of psychology at the University of Arizona. She previously served as the department’s associate head for strategic initiatives. As a clinical health psychologist, she focuses her research on developing and testing interventions to improve quality of life among individuals diagnosed with cancer.
Dr. Hamann holds a master’s degree in human genetics from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Utah.
Sahoko Sato Timpone is a new associate professor of voice at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. She has served on the voice faculty at Florida State University since 2017. As a professional vocalist, she has appeared in opera and concert performances throughout North America, Europe, and Asia.
Dr. Timpone holds a bachelor’s degree in voice and a master’s degree in vocal pedagogy from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, a second master’s degree in voice and opera from the Manhattan School of Music, and a doctor of musical arts degree in voice and opera from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Lauren Whitehurst is a new assistant professor of psychology and of Black studies at Yale University. She comes to Yale from the University of Kentucky, where she was an assistant professor of psychology and director of Team Science in the Center for Clinical Translational Science. Also, Dr. Whitehurst was affiliated with the Center for Health Equity Transformation and the department of African American and Africana studies. Earlier, she was a Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Health and Community at the University of California, San Francisco.
Dr. Whitehurst earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and master’s degree in experimental psychology from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. She holds a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of California, Riverside.
Katherine Clohan Gasaway has been promoted to chair of the natural sciences and mathematics department at Central Baptist College in Conway, Arkansas. She joined the faculty in 2023 as an associate professor of chemistry. In her role, she teaches several courses in introductory chemistry, organic chemistry, physiological chemistry, and biochemistry.
Dr. Gasaway received her bachelor’s degree in biomedical sciences from Troy University in Alabama and her Ph.D. in chemistry and biochemistry from Auburn University in Alabama.
Gishma Shah has been appointed associate dean of the O’Malley School of Business at Manhattan University in the borough of The Bronx in New York City. A faculty member since 2008, she currently serves as a full professor and director of the global business studies program. Her scholarship centers on globalization, gender equity, and cultural change. Dr. Shah is the author of the novel Anagram Destiny (SparkPress, 2024).
Dr. Shah earned a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a Ph.D. in global affairs and international business, all from Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Nicole Archer is the new chair of the department of art and design at Montclair State University in New Jersey. She currently serves as an associate professor in visual and critical studies, with an affiliation in gender, sexuality, and women’s studies. As a scholar, she examines contemporary art and design, with a particular focus on textile and garment histories and the intersections of art, design, and social justice.
Dr. Archer holds a bachelor’s degree in art history and gender studies from the New College of Florida, a master’s degree in cultural history from the University of London, and a Ph.D. in the history of consciousness with an emphasis in visual studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Tammy Killian has been selected to serve as interim associate dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication at Western Illinois University in Macomb. She currently serves as a professor and chair of the department of theatre and dance. Throughout her tenure at the university, she has produced more than 100 theatre and dance productions and helped to establish the stage combat minor and the playwriting program.
Professor Killian holds a bachelor’s degree in theatre and art from the now closed Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama and a master of fine arts degree in acting and theatre from Florida Atlantic University.
Ieva Jusionyte is the new director of the Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She currently holds the title of Watson Family University Professor of International Security and Anthropology. As a legal and medical anthropologist, she studies the conceptual and material relationship between the state and various forms of violence. Her latest book is Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border (University of California Press, 2024).
Dr. Jusiounyte received her bachelor’s degree in political science from Vilnius University in Lithuania. She holds a master’s degree and Ph.D. in anthropology from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Sophia Mao has joined the Bryn Mawr College faculty as an assistant professor of English literature. Her research and teaching interests include contemporary Asian American literature, twentieth- and twenty-first-century global Anglophone literature, affect theory, and media studies. Before her new role, she was a lecturer at Harvard University.
Dr. Mao is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where she double-majored in English literature and media studies. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University.