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Four Women Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Leadership Positions

Christina V. Tran has been named executive associate dean of the forthcoming College of Veterinary Medicine at Roseman University of Health Sciences in Nevada. With over 20 years of experience in veterinary practice, education, and leadership, Dr. Tran has held various positions at Portland Community College in Oregon, Purdue University in Indiana, and the University of Arizona. Most recently, she was the founding dean of the veterinary school at Hanover College in Indiana.

A graduate of the University of California, Davis, Dr. Tran earned her doctor of veterinary medicine degree from the University of Illinois.

Amanda Boyd is the new executive director of Native American programs at Washington State University, where she teaches as a professor in the Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine and is an affiliated faculty member in the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. She also serves as co-director of the university’s Institute for Research and Education to Advance Community Health, an initiative focused on health care equity for Indigenous and rural populations.

A member of the Métis Nation of Alberta, Dr. Boyd earned her Ph.D. in communication studies from the University of Alberta in Canada.

Angela Lewellyn has been appointed assistant provost for academic excellence and integrity at Elon University in North Carolina. Since joining the Elon faculty in 1999, she has served in a series of key leadership roles, including coordinator of the women’s and gender studies program and chair of the department of sociology and anthropology. Currently, she is an associate professor of social justice and senior associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.

Dr. Lewellyn earned her bachelor’s degree from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in sociology from North Carolina State University.

Kristi Lewis is the new director of the bachelor’s degree program in public health at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia. Before her new role, she spent over two decades teaching epidemiology and health statistics in the department of health sciences at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. During her tenure there, she served as program director for the health studies concentration for seven years.

Dr. Lewis earned her bachelor’s degree in biology, a master of public health degree, and a doctorate in research and evaluation from Virginia Commonwealth University.

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