The five promotions went to Yunkyoung L. Garrison in psychology, Lisa R. Gilson and Seulgie Claire Lim in politics, Zhenzhen Lu in Chinese, and Sarah B. Lynch in classical and medieval studies and history.
The appointments are Betty Kim at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Stacey Connaughton at Purdue University, Jennifer Vonk at Oakland University in Michigan, Sheila Browne at the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Amy Grunden at North Carolina State University.
The appointments are Laila Khreisat at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Tracy DeLiberty at the University of Delaware, Alicia Purvis at William Carey University, Angie Bos at Occidental College, Debbie Dailey at the University of Central Arkansas, and Jodi Price at the University of Alabama at Huntsville.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Karen Kopera-Frye of New Mexico State University was appointed to a four-year term as editor-in-chief of Gerontology & Geriatrics Education and Jessica Maddox of the University of Georgia was named the inaugural editor-in-chief of Creator and Influencer Studies.
Bowdoin College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Brunswick, Maine, has announced the promotion of four women to the rank of associate professor: Ireri Elizabeth Chávez-Bárcenas, Samia Shabnam Rahimtoola, Mary Rogalski, and Maron Wein Sorenson. The four faculty members were also granted tenure.
The women taking on new academic positions are Vanessa Rose at Mount Holyoke College, Joan DerHovsepian at Rice University, Pamela Vayda at Mississippi State University-Meridian, M. Diane Burton at Cornell University, Laura W. Perna at the University of Pennsylvania, Jennifer Glover Konfrst at Drake University.
The appointments are Yvette Huet at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Alison Renee Webel at the University of Michigan, Patricia Sánchez Abril at the University of Miami, Amy Cossentino at Youngstown State University, and Kneka P. Smith at A.T. Still University of Health Sciences.
Breana M. Ware is the inaugural general counsel at Spelman College. Dianne Pledger was named director of Winston-Salem State University's Diggs Art Gallery and Shontel Grumhaus was appointed senior vice president for development and external affairs at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Carmala Garizone of the University of Arizona, Janet Currie of Yale University, Cecilia Diniz Behn of the Colorado School of Mines, Kimberly Noble of Columbia University's Teachers College, and Holly Harris of the Fred Hutch Cancer Center that is affiliated with the University of Washington, have all been named to endowed faculty positions at their institutions.
