Sarah Bruhn, Jessica Ghai, and Sara Harvel recently joined the faculty of the teaching & learning department in the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development at Boston University.
Melissa Napolitano is the inaugural dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia. Mahalley Allen was appointed interim dean of the College of Communication and Education at California State University, Chico and Valentina Salotti was named dean of the John M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.
The appointments are Caroline Nobo at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, Felicia Ellzy-Smith at Dutchess Community College in New York, and Atia Garrett-Washington at Dillard University in New Orleans.
Camille A. Brown was named the Claude and Alfred Mann Endowed Artist in Dance at the University of Southern California. Lauren Massimo is the Anthony Buividas Chair in Gerontology at the University of Pennsylvania and Ashley Valanzola is the David P. Angel Endowed Professor in Holocaust Pedagogy and Antisemitism Studies at Clark University.
Ellen Ziliak now serves as the university-wide dean of faculty. There are three new assistant provosts: Julie Cowgill, Olga Lambert, and Cheryl Mascarenhas.
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions in the academic world. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
The new deans are Bethany Cieslowski at the George Mason University School of Nursing, Irma Medina at Holyoke Community College, Susan English at Wor-Wic Community College, and Raida Abuizam at the Honors and University College of Purdue University Northwest
The appointments are Lara Hodgson at Georgia Tech, Marla A. Vickers at Georgia State University, Chidi Blyden at Harvard University, Lindsay Gavin at Townson University, Lindsey Hunter at Langston University, Renee Craig-Marius at the California Community Colleges system, and Terri L. Winfree at Gogebic Community College.
The women who have been selected for endowed positions are Yuehwern Yih at Purdue University in Indiana, Dominique Somda at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, Abigail Swingen at Yale University, Erika Consoli at the University of Idaho, and Melanie Kornides at the University of Pennsylvania.
Indiana University has named three women scholars to lead implementation of the Chicago Principles on their campuses. The Chicago Principles are a statement of values that emphasize the role of universities as places to freely examine, debate and challenge ideas in the pursuit of knowledge.