Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee, has appointed Deborah Boyd as interim dean of the College of Education. She will also serve as director of the Ayers Institute for Teacher Learning and Innovation. She has been serving as associate dean and director of graduate studies at the university.
Dr. Boyd holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro and an educational doctorate from Tennessee State University.
Nina Morel was named interim dean of the College of Professional Studies. She has been serving as associate dean at the school and directs the college’s integrated studies and adult degree programs. She is a former professor of education at the university.
Dr. Morel is a graduate of Lipscomb University and holds a master’s degree in education and an educational doctorate from Tennessee State University.
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.