Eight Women Named Dean at Colleges and Universities in the U.S.

Beryl McEwen is the new dean of the School of Business and Economics at North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro. Since 2012, Dr. McEwen has served as vice provost for strategic planning and institutional effectiveness at the university. Earlier she was associate dean of the business school. Dr. McEwen joined the faculty at the university in 1995 as chair of the department of business education.

Dr. McEwen is a graduate of the University of Technology in Jamaica. She earned a master’s degree and a doctorate in business education from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

Caroline Rivera was appointed dean of students at Richard Bland College in Petersburg, Virginia. She was the chief academic dean at the Norfolk campus of Tidewater Community College.

Dr. Rivera is a graduate of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, where she majored in anthropology. She earned a master’s degree in anthropology at New Mexico State University, and a second master’s degree and a doctorate in community college leadership from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.

Merith Cosden was named acting dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Dr. Cosden is a professor of education at the university and has served on the faculty since 1988. She is a former chair of the department of counseling, clinical, and school psychology.

Professor Cosden received her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of New Mexico.

Andrea E. Evans was named dean of the College of Education at Governors State University in University Park, Illinois. She was an associate professor of educational policy studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Previously, she served as chair of the department of educational administration and higher education at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

Dr. Evans holds a bachelor’s degree in biological science and a doctorate in educational policy studies from the University of Illinois at Chicago. She earned a master’s degree in curriculum and program development from DePaul University in Chicago.

Terri Camesano was appointed dean of graduate studies at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts. She is a professor of chemical engineering at the university. She joined the faculty at WPI in 2000.

Dr. Camesano is a graduate of the University of Rochester in New York, where she majored in chemical engineering and environmental science. She holds a master’s degree in environmental engineering from the University of Arizona and a Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

Donna J. Wagner is the new interim dean of the College of Health and Social Sciences at New Mexico State University. Since 2011, she has served as associate dean of academic affairs at the college.

Before coming to New Mexico State, Dr. Wagner was a professor of gerontology and health science at Towson University in Maryland. She holds a Ph.D. in urban affairs from Portland State University in Oregon.

Arletha McSwain was named dean of the Online College and professor of education at Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. She was dean of extended learning and professor of education at Norfolk State University in Virginia.

Professor McSwain holds a doctorate in early childhood special education from the University of Missouri at Columbia.

Linda Malone-Colon was appointed dean of the School of Liberal Arts at Hampton University in Virginia. She has been serving as a tenured associate professor and chair of the department of psychology at the university. She also is the founder and executive director of the National Center for African American Marriages and Parenting at Hampton.

Dr. Malone-Colon holds a master’s degree in clinical psychology and a Ph.D. in personality psychology from Howard University in Washington, D.C.