Sherryl Byrd, vice president of student affairs at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, has announced her retirement. She has been on the staff for 12 years. Earlier, she was assistant vice chancellor for student affairs at the Montgomery campus of Auburn University in Alabama.
Dr. Byrd holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Tennessee Technological University. She earned a doctorate in higher education administration from the University of Alabama.
Nancy Ammerman, a professor of sociology of religion and associate dean of the faculty for the social sciences at Boston University, will be stepping down from teaching at the end of the academic year. She will stay on at the university to advise doctoral students and conduct research. Dr. Ammerman has been on the faculty at the university for 15 years. Earlier, she taught at the Hartford Institute for Religion Research and Emory University.
Professor Ammerman is graduate of Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Louisville and a second master’s degree and a Ph.D. in sociology from Yale University.
Ann Connor, an associate clinical professor in the School of Nursing at Emory University in Atlanta is retiring. She joined the staff at the School of Nursing in 1980 as an instructor and was made an assistant professor in 1989.
Dr. Connor holds a bachelor’s degree in nursing, a master’s degree in community health and a doctor of nursing practice degree, all from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Marion Ehrich has been named professor emerita of pharmacology and toxicology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia. She has been a member of the university community since 1976 and was co-director of the Laboratory for Neurotoxicity Studies.
Professor Ehrich holds a master’s degree from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from the University of Connecticut.
Since 2021, Dr. Raver has been serving as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. She will begin her new duties at the University of Michigan on December 1.
Dr. Rhine comes to her new presidency with nearly four decades of leadership experience in higher education. Most recently, she was president and chief executive officer of Yavapai College in Prescott, Arizona.
On August 10, Dr. Bloebaum became the chief academic officer at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She had been serving as dean of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at Kent State University in Ohio for the past eight years.
Dr. Barkley is slated to become the first woman president of Spoon River College on August 31. She comes to her new role from John Wood Community College in Quincy, Illinois, where she serves as vice president of academic and student affairs.
Dr. Konan, a professor of economics and dean of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, has been selected to serve as the university's interim provost. A faculty member for more than 30 years, she previously served as interim chancellor.
The University of Chicago, Division of the Social Sciences, Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure track position at the rank of assistant professor of American Politics for an initial 4 year renewable term.
The Department of Economics at Michigan State University in East Lansing invites applications for a tenure-system Assistant Professor in microeconomic theory with an anticipated start date of August 16, 2027.
Princeton University is searching for a faculty member at the level of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in the Program in Plasma Physics of its Department of Astrophysical Sciences, to begin in fall 2027.
The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics at the University of Chicago invites applications for a full-time Research Associate for a three-year term starting in the 2026-2027 academic year.
The Department of Theater and Performance Studies at Stanford University seeks applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor. The area of specialization is open.