Following more than a year of interim service, Alicia M. Alvero has been named executive vice chancellor and university provost at the City University of New York (CUNY). She is the system’s first Latina to serve in this capacity.
Dr. Alvero has over two decades of experience at CUNY, including both faculty and administrative roles. Before her interim provost appointment, she was vice chancellor for academic affairs. Earlier, Dr. Alvero served as a professor of organizational behavior management and associate provost for academic and faculty affairs at Queens College in New York. She frequently speaks and writes about applying organizational behavior management to solve challenges and enhance leadership in higher education.
Dr. Alvero earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Florida International University and both her master’s degree in industrial/organizational psychology and her Ph.D. in applied behavior analysis from Western Michigan University.
Gwen Cash-James was appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at North Idaho College. She will begin her new role on June 1.
Most recently, Dr. Cash-James was vice provost and dean of academic affairs at Eastern Washington University. Earlier, she was dean of arts and sciences at Spokane Community College in Washington and a tenured English faculty member with Washington’s community colleges. Her academic expertise centers on faculty development, leadership, sensemaking and sensegiving, and accreditation and assessment. Since 2012, Dr. Cash-James has been an evaluator for the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
Dr. Cash-James holds a master of fine arts degree in creative writing from Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon, a master’s degree in English from Eastern Washington University, and a doctorate in higher education administration from Northeastern University in Boston.
Julie Gorlewski was named provost and vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York (SUNY) Fredonia. Her appointment begins in July.
Dr. Gorlewski comes to SUNY Fredonia from Hunter College in New York, where she has been serving as the Klara and Larry Silverstein Dean of the School of Education. Previously, she was senior associate dean for teacher education and academic affairs in the Graduate School of Education at the University at Buffalo. Dr. Gorlewski has also taught at Virginia Commonwealth University and SUNY New Paltz. Her scholarship focuses on instructional practice, teacher education, and educational policy.
Dr. Gorlewski is a graduate of SUNY Buffalo State University, where she majored in secondary English education. She holds a master’s degree in elementary education and a Ph.D. in the social foundations of education from the University at Buffalo.