The new deans are Geeta Swamy at Boston University's Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Ashley S. Dukes at the Americus campus of South Georgia Technical College, and Merritt McAlister at the University of Florida's Levin College of Law.
Dr. Heafner has worked for Horry-Georgetown Technical College for the past two decades, most recently serving as vice president for academic affairs. She will become the college's next president on January 4.
Gilbert is managing director of Loyola Marymount University's Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of Los Angeles, a comprehensive research center focused on civic life, governance, and quality-of-life trends in Los Angeles County.
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.
Dr. Weir is a senior lecturer of global affairs at the Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs. She was recently named the inaugural executive director of the Jackson School's new Center for Peace and the Global Good, a hub for scholars and students working to address challenges in human rights and global health.
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
Most recently, Dr. Hooyman was vice president of academic affairs and provost of Northwest Missouri State University. She was the first woman to serve in that role.
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Melissa Mazan and Amanda Durik are taking on interim dean appointments at the Tufts University Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine and the Northern Illinois University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, respectively. Jenn Snow is dean of the Phyllis J. Washington College of Education at the University of Montana.
Prior to her new role, Dr. Walsh was dean and campus director of the University of Maine at Machias. Before that, she spent more than a decade with St. Bonaventure University in New York.
The new deans are Julie Akers at Washington State University, Leslie Rissler at the University of Montana, Rhonda L. Mingo at Presbyterian College in South Carolina, Leigh Giles-Brown at Lincoln Land Community College in Illinois, Jasmin Feimster at Pitt Community College in North Carolina, and Kayla Caron at Middlesex Community College in Massachusetts.
"I have seen firsthand the difference technical education can make for our students, their families, and the businesses and industries that depend on a skilled workforce," said Amanda Foreman, the new interim president of Coastal Pines Technical College in Georgia.
