Gabriella Blum has been appointed interim dean of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute. The interdisciplinary research center evolved from the former Radcliffe College, a women’s college that merged with the Ivy League university in 1999. Professor Blum is the Rita E. Hauser Professor of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and faculty director of the program on international law and armed conflict at Harvard Law School. Her scholarship specializes in public international law, international negotiations, the law of armed conflict, and counterterrorism.
Professor Blum received bachelor’s degrees in law and economics from Tel Aviv University. She holds a master of laws degree and a doctor of juridicial science degree from Harvard.
Following more than a year of interim service, Anne Mason has been officially named dean of the College of Nursing at Washington State University. A faculty member since 2002, Dr. Mason previously served as the college’s associate dean for academic affairs. She is a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner whose research centers on the mental health of adolescents, tele-behavioral health, depression care, and nursing education and workforce.
Dr. Mason earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nursing from Washington State University Tri-Cities. She holds a doctor of nursing practice degree from the University of Colorado Denver.
Melissa L. Gruys has been named dean of the Nistler College of Business & Public Administration at the University of North Dakota. Dr. Gruys comes to her appointment from Cleveland State University, where she serves as a professor of management in the Monte Ahuja College of Business. Throughout her career, she has held key faculty and administrative roles at Cleveland State, Purdue University Fort Wayne, Wright State University in Ohio, and Washington State University Vancouver.
A first-generation college graduate, Dr. Gruys received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota Morris. She holds a Ph.D. in human resources and industrial relations from the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management.