January Gill O’Neil was appointed assistant professor of English at Salem State University and executive director of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, which is held in Salem, Massachusetts. O’Neil is the author of a book of poetry entitled, Underlife (CavanKerry Press, 2009).
O’Neil holds a master of fine arts degree from New York University. She is the author of the blog, Poet Mom.
Diane Swanson was named to the Edgerley Family Chair in Business Administration at Kansas State University. The appointment is effective on July 1. Currently she is a professor of management in the university’s College of Business Administration.
Dr. Swanson holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Missouri at Kansas City and a doctorate in business administration from the University of Pittsburgh.
Elena Grigorenko is the inaugural Emily Fraser Beede Associate Professor for Development Disabilities at Yale University. Dr. Grigorenko joined the Yale faculty a decade ago and is affiliated with the department of psychology, the department of epidemiology, and the Yale Child Study Center.
Dr. Grigorenko holds a Ph.D. from Moscow State University in Russia and a second doctorate from Yale.