Two Women Scholars Appointed to Dean Positions

Lora Taub-Pervizpour has been appointed dean for digital learning at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She has served as associate dean for digital learning since 2013 and is a professor of media and communication.

Dr. Taub-Pervizpour holds a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and Ph.D. all in communications from the University of California, San Diego.

Tiffany L. Steinwert has been named dean for religious life at Stanford University, effective February 2019. She currently serves as dean of religious and spiritual life at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. Prior to that, she was dean of Hendricks Chapel at Syracuse University in New York.

Dr. Steinwert holds a bachelor’s degree from Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and a master of divinity degree and a Ph.D. in practical theology from Boston University.

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