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Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

scottMonica C. Scott was named director of admission and chair of the enrollment management committee at Lane College in Jackson, Tennessee. She has been serving as interim director of admission since 2014.

Dr. Scott is a summa cum laude graduate of Lane College. She holds an MBA from Bethel University in McKenzie, Tennessee, and a doctorate in educational leadership from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee.

Barkett-Pamela-STEVENSON-UNIVERSITYPamela L.A. Barkett was appointed vice president of human resources at Stevenson University in Stevenson, Maryland. She was assistant vice president for human resources and Title IX coordinator at Furman University in South Carolina.

Barkett is a graduate of Towson University in Maryland and earned a master’s degree in organizational development and human resources from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

mncube-barnesFatima M. Mncube-Barnes is the new executive director of the Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library at Howard University in Washington, D.C. She was associate vice president of instructional technologies and an assistant professor in graduate and research studies at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee.

Dr. Mncube-Barnes is a graduate of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She holds master’s degrees from Harvard University, the University of Tennessee, and the University of Illinois. Dr. Mncube-Barnes earned an educational doctorate from Tennessee State University.

Eileen_OconnorEileen O’Connor was appointed vice president for communication at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. She was deputy assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia. She is the former White House correspondent for CNN.

O’Connor holds bachelor’s and law degrees from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. and has a postgraduate diploma in world politics from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

BeanJoanna Bean was named assistant director of university communications and media relations at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. She was editor and vice president of content for The Gazette, a daily newspaper in Colorado Springs.

Bean has been with The Gazette since 1990. She holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Colorado State University.

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