Brittany Palmer has been named dean of industrial technologies and professional services at Georgia Piedmont Technical College. She has been a criminal justice faculty member with the college since 2022, serving in leadership roles such as division chair and program chair for criminal justice and forensics. Earlier in her career, she taught criminal justice at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College.
Dr. Palmer holds dual bachelor’s degrees in political science and criminal justice from Georgia Southern University. She earned her master of public administration degree and her Ph.D. in public policy and administration from Walden University.
Shannon B. Campbell is the new dean of the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at North Carolina A&T State University. She comes to her new role from Columbus State University in Georgia, where she was executive vice president and provost. Her extensive experience in higher education also includes key academic leadership roles at Appalachian State University, Metropolitan State University of Denver, and High Point University.
Dr. Campbell earned her bachelor’s degree in communication management from Missouri State University, master’s degree in organizational communication from Southern Illinois University, and her Ph.D. in public relations and media studies from the University of Texas at Austin.
Megan Brown has been named dean of Drake University’s John Dee Bright College, a two-year program college that awards associate’s degrees. A Drake faculty member for the past two decades, Dr. Brown has served as the college’s associate dean since 2022. She has previously held several other leadership roles with the university, including director of writing and chair of the English department.
Dr. Brown is a graduate of Amherst College in Massachusetts, where she majored in English. She holds a master’s degree and a doctorate in English from Pennsylvania State University.