The new deans are Soojung Kim at the University of North Dakota, Kesha James at Miles College in Alabama, Amanda Morgan at Greenville Technical College in South Carolina, Terri Hasseler at Bryant University in Rhode Island, Elizabeth Haller at Northern State University in South Dakota, Susan Hagness at Case Western Reserve University in Ohio, Gina Craft at the University of Louisiana-Monroe, and Sharon Beard at Pepperdine University in California.
The scholars who have been selected for endowed faculty appointments are Sharon Tucker at the University of Central Florida, Sarah Allred at Rutgers University-Camden, and Judith Wolfe at Boston College.
The new provosts are Elizabeth Burroughs at Montana State University, Jennifer Dearden at Hartwick College in New York, Mary Pearson at Southern Utah University, and Alyssa Kiesow at Texas A&M University-Victoria.
The women who were promoted are Nadia Kouraytem in mechanical and aerospace engineering, Cassandra McCall in engineering education, and Sierra Young in civil and environmental engineering.
Joy Castro, Xia Hong, Jena Asgarpoor, Manda Williamson, and Bonita Sharif were appointed to named professorships at the flagship campus of the University of Nebraska.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty 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.
The new deans are Kristin Eschenfelder, Gena Southall, Tracey Gregory, Ceridwyn King, Anne Stevens, Melanie Landon-Hays, Melanie Bloom, Carolyn Pepper, Deborah Farringer, and Kirsten Hokeness.
The women who have been appointed to endowed faculty positions are Lisa Abendroth at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, Laura Reina at Florida State University, Elizabeth Craig at the University of New Hampshire, and Karin Pfeiffer at Michigan State University.
Jennifer Hunt, who has been serving as interim dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine, has been appointed dean of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. She will be the first woman to lead the Ivy League medical school in its 229-year history.
The four women scholars who were promoted in the College of Science and Technology at Chapman University in Orange, California, are Rosalee Hellberg in food science, Kate Hill in biology, Richelle Tanner in environmental science and policy, and Lindsay Waldrop in biological sciences.
The six women appointed to endowed chairs at Vanderbilt University in Nashville are Nicole Allen, Christina Edwards Bailey, Jennifer Elizabeth Below, Misook Chung, Melissa Collins Duff, and Alyssa Wise.
