Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Posts in Higher Education

M. Cristina Alcalde is the new vice president for institutional diversity and inclusion at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She also will be a tenured full professor in the department of global and intercultural studies at the university. She has been serving as a professor of gender and women’s studies and the Marie Rich Endowed Professor at the University of Kentucky.

Dr. Alcalde holds a master’s degree in Latin American studies and a Ph.D. in anthropology from Indiana University.

Vicki T. Sapp was appointed chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer at the State University of New York-Fredonia. She will begin her new duties on July 15, 2021. She has been serving as director of student engagement, diversity, and inclusion, and as an assistant professor in the department of medical education at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Dr. Sapp earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in student personnel administration at Buffalo State College in New York. She holds a Ph.D. in higher education leadership and policy from the University of Rochester in New York.

Teresa Ramey was named vice president of community, diversity, and inclusion at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. She most recently served as vice president for regional and community programs at Francis Marion University in Florence, South Carolina. Ramey will begin her new duties on August 2.

Ramey holds a bachelor’s degree in speech communications from Western Kentucky University and a master’s degree in instructional development from Jacksonville State University in Alabama. She is completing work on a doctorate in higher education administration from Northeastern University.

Kia Lilly Caldwell has been appointed vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity at Washington University in St. Louis. She has been serving as a professor of African, African American, and diaspora studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Caldwell will be a professor in the department of African and African-American studies at Washington University.

Professor Caldwell earned a bachelor’s degree in Spanish literature and civilization from Princeton University in 1992. She earned a master’s degree in Latin American studies and a doctorate in social anthropology, both from the University of Texas at Austin.