Tiffany Momon has been appointed director of the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University. Dr. Momon comes to her new role from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, where she was a tenured associate professor of history. A scholar, curator, and public historian, Dr. Momon focuses her research on the experiences of Black craftspeople and their contributions to the decorative arts, architecture, and material culture of the early American South. Her most recent book is Fighting for Freedom: Black Craftspeople and the Pursuit of Independence (University of North Carolina Press, 2025).
Dr. Momon holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Tennessee State University, a second bachelor’s degree in African and African American studies from the University of Memphis, and both a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in public history from Middle Tennessee State University.
Nadia Vossoughi is a new assistant professor of psychology at Middlebury College in Vermont. She is an intergroup relations researcher who studies the processes that contribute to and the consequences of intergroup inequality, as well as the formation of alliances that challenge existing systems and lead to collective action.
Dr. Vossoughi is a graduate of the University of Kansas, where she majored in psychology and sociology. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan.
Rachel Ceballos was appointed director of the Utah Area Health Education Center at the University of Utah. Dr. Ceballos, an associate professor of family medicine and public health, serves as senior director of community outreach and engagement for the university’s Huntsman Cancer Institute and holds a Huntsman Cancer Institute Endowed Chair in Cancer Research. Her work focuses on understanding the psychological and social impacts of cancer, particularly among communities experiencing health disparities, as well as advancing the science of community engagement in cancer prevention and control.
A graduate of Skyline College in California, Dr. Ceballos earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from California State University, Long Beach. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in bio-behavioral health from Pennsylvania State University.
Karen Pearson is a new assistant professor and clinical relations veterinarian at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore School of Veterinary Medicine. A veterinarian with more than two decades of experience, Dr. Pearson most recently served as director of university relations at Community Veterinary Partners. As part of her new role, she will serve as the primary liaison between the veterinary school and affiliated veterinary practices, speciality hospitals, industry partners, government agencies, and approved clinical training sites.
Dr. Pearson earned her bachelor’s degree from Virginia Tech and her doctor of veterinary medicine degree from the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia.