The Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver has appointed two women to important positions.
Barbara Jackson was named the director of the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management. She is a former professor in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo.
Dr. Jackson holds a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a Ph.D. in construction management from Colorado State University.
Sharon Alvarez was appointed to the Koch Chair in Entrepreneurship in the department of management. She was an associate professor of management and entrepreneurship and academic director for the Center for Entrepreneurship at Ohio State University.
Professor Alvarez holds a bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the University of Denver.
Jennifer Gaither, a lawyer by training, has been a Sullivan University faculty member for the past 25 years. She most recently served as the university's associate provost.
Dr. Crowley has served as provost at Ohio Wesleyan University since 2020. She is slated to become the nineteenth president of Kalamazoo College on July 1.
The three women named to provost positions are Nancy Marchand-Martella at the University of Northern Colorado, Lise Youngblade at Colorado State University, and Randi Storch at Western Oregon University.
Although it was initially founded as school for women, the University of Montevallo has never had a woman president. Now the university has reached a historic milestone and selected selected Michelle R. Johnston to serve as its next president.
The selected candidate should have expertise and experience in theoretical models in labor and public economics as well as in microeconometrics and programming.