The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has announced four finalists for the position of associate vice chancellor for research/research development. All four finalists will visit the Knoxville campus by May 5 for interviews and public presentations. Two of the four finalists are women.
Janet E. Nelson is the director of business development for URS Corporation in Germantown, Maryland. She has spent 25 years in scientific research and research portfolio administration. Dr. Nelson is a magna cum laude graduate of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, where she majored in chemistry. She holds a Ph.D. in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology.
Chitra Rajan is associate vice president for research at Iowa State University in Ames. She has held this post since 2006. Earlier in her career she held administrative and/or faculty posts at Siena College in Albany, New York, and the Albany Medical College. Dr. Rajan earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Poona in India. She earned a second master’s degree and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Ottawa.
Dr. Weir is a senior lecturer of global affairs at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. She was recently named the inaugural executive director of the Jackson School's new Center for Peace and the Global Good, a hub for scholars and students working to address challenges in human rights and global health.
Dr. Maggioni comes to her new role with more than 15 years of teaching and leadership experience in higher education. Most recently, she was assistant provost at Massachusetts Bay Community College
Dr. Blankenbaker has served as president of the Tarrant County College Northwest campus since 2017. She recently assumed additional responsibilities as the chief academic officer for the community college's online and in-person campuses.
Most recently, Dr. Hooyman was vice president of academic affairs and provost of Northwest Missouri State University. She was the first woman to serve in that role.
Born and raised in Alaska, Dr. O'Hara previously spent more than two decades with the College of Education at California State University, Sacramento. More recently, she was executive director of Sierra College's Nevada County Campus.
The UCLA Department of Psychology invites applications for a full-time Assistant Professor of Teaching who will contribute to the development and teaching of undergraduate courses in the newly established Youth Behavioral Health undergraduate minor.
The Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, anticipates offering a number of postdoctoral or more senior research positions in theory, observation, and instrumentation, including (but not limited to): the Lyman Spitzer, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellowship; the Henry Norris Russell Postdoctoral Fellowship; The Vera C. Rubin Observatory Data Management Team; and positions in research related to exoplanet theory, interstellar medium/star formation, plasma astrophysics, and supernovae.
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the tenure track.
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure clinician educator track.
The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago invites applications for tenure-track faculty positions in Economics at the Assistant Professor level.