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A Trio of Women Selected for Endowed Faculty Positions

Tracy Crane has been named the Brigitte Burke Endowed Chair for Women’s Cancer Research at the University of Miami in Florida. She currently teaches as an associate professor of medical oncology and public health with appointments at the Miller School of Medicine and the School of Human Development and Education. An expert in digital health interventions, she also serves as co-lead of the Cancer Control Research Program and director of lifestyle medicine, prevention, and digital health at the university’s Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr. Crane earned her bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in nutritional sciences, as well as her Ph.D. in nursing science, all from the University of Arizona.

Tamara Moore is the Crowley Family Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. A faculty member since 2013, Dr. Moore studies how engineering and engineering thinking promote learning in K-12 mathematics and science classrooms, as well as higher education settings. She currently serves as executive co-director of the Purdue’s INSPIRE Research Institute for Pre-College Engineering and director of the SCALE K-12 program.

Dr. Moore holds four degrees from Purdue University: a bachelor’s degree in mathematics, a bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary engineering, a master’s degree in mathematics education, and a Ph.D. in engineering education.

Aimee Johnson has been named the John Watts Roberts ’39 and Jane Martin Roberts ’39 Professor at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. The professorship is awarded to faculty members whose teaching and scholarship foster innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration between engineering and non-engineering disciplines. Dr. Johnson, a full professor of mathematics, focuses her research on dynamical systems, a field that examines how complex systems evolve over time. At Swarthmore, Dr. Johnson previously chaired both the mathematics and statistics department and the division of natural sciences.

Dr. Johnson received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley and her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.

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