Angela Wilson has been appointed vice president for research at Texas A&M University. She comes to her new role from Michigan State University, where she holds the titles of John A. Hannah Distinguished University Professor and University Distinguished Professor. Previously, Dr. Wilson was director of the division of chemistry at the National Science Foundation. Her research centers on the development and understanding of computational methodologies in chemistry.
Dr. Wilson holds a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Washington University and a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota.
Michelle Heck was named director of the School of Plant and Environmental Sciences in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech. Previously, Dr. Heck was a lead scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service. She has also taught as an adjunct professor of plant pathology and plant-microbe biology at Cornell University and the Boyce Thompson Institute. Drawing from expertise in molecular genetics, virology, and crop protection, Dr. Heck’s research centers on plant-pathogen interactions and vector biology.
Dr. Heck received her Ph.D. from the School of Biological Sciences at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Long Island, New York.
Fenaba R. Addo has been promoted to full professor in the department of public policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Before joining the university’s faculty, Dr. Addo taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the co-author of A Dream Defaulted: The Student Loan Crisis Among Black Borrowers (Harvard Education Press, 2022).
Professor Addo is a graduate of Duke University, where she majored in economics. She earned a Ph.D. in policy analysis and management at Cornell University.
Abby Storrs is the new director of nursing at Southern State Community College in Hillsboro, Ohio. A faculty member at the college since 2022, Storrs has over 10 years of experience in nursing education and clinical practice. In addition to teaching, she is a family nurse practitioner at West Main Urgent Care and Campbell Family Practice in Ohio.
Storrs holds a master’s degree in nursing from Ohio University. She is currently completing her doctor of nursing practice degree at Northern Kentucky University.