Three Women Scholars Announce That They Are Stepping Down From Faculty Posts

Susan A. MacManus, a distinguished professor of government and international affairs at the University of South Florida in Tampa is retiring. She joined the faculty at the university in 1987 and is an expert in Florida state politics

Dr. MacManus holds a bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D. from Florida State University. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Michigan.

Mary Miller, the Sterling Professor of History of Art at Yale University will step down from her faculty post in December to become director of the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Dr. Miller also serves as director of the Institute for the Preservation of Cultural Heritage at Yale and was the first woman to serve as dean of Yale College. She joined the faculty at Yale in 1981.

Professor Miller is a graduate of Princeton University in New Jersey. She earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. at Yale University.

Jennifer W. Foster, an associate professor in the School of Nursing at Emory University, is retiring. She joined the Emory faculty in 2007 after teaching at the University of Massachusetts and serving as a nurse in Guatemala for the Peace Crops.

Dr. Foster is a graduate of the University of Rochester in New York. She earned a master of public health degree from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and a Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of Massachusetts.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Related Articles

Latest News

Michelle R. Johnston Named the First Woman President of the University of Montevallo

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.

Katy Ho to Lead Portland Community College in Oregon

Dr. Ho is the new acting president of Portland Community College. Prior to her new role, she was the college's executive vice president.

Five Women Scholars Selected to Lead Professional Organizations in Their Fields

The women who are taking on new leadership roles with professional academic organizations are Yasmeen Shorish of James Madison University in Virginia, Elena Carbone of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Shelley Lusetti of New Mexico State University, Oona Hathaway of Yale Law School, and Keisha Blain of Brown University.

Katherine Yelick to Direct Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a national program run by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. Dr. Yelick, a computer scientist and longtime UC Berkeley faculty member, will become the laboratory's next director on July 1.

Two Women Selected for Key Interim Leadership Roles with the Universities of Wisconsin

Renée Wachter, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Superior, has been selected to serve as interim president of the Universities of Wisconsin. Maria Cuzzo, provost of UW-Superior, will serve as the university's interim chancellor while Dr. Wachter assumes her new responsibilities.

President

The next president will lead one of the most successful and well-respected community colleges in the country.

Research Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics

The selected candidate should have expertise and experience in theoretical models in labor and public economics as well as in microeconometrics and programming.