During the 2025 Cascais World Food Summit in Portugal, Sabine O’Hara, distinguished professor of architecture and urban sustainability at the University of the District of Columbia, received the first prize in food security for her latest book, Food Justice in American Cities: Stories of Health and Resilience (Routledge, 2023).
The award-winning monograph documents food insecurity in urban America and examines whether emerging food and agricultural initiatives can address the food security needs of urban communities throughout the country.
At the University of the District of Columbia, Dr. O’Hara teaches in the Ph.D. program in urban leadership and entreprenuership. She previously directed the program and served as founding dean of the College of Agriculture, Urban Sustainability, and Environmental Sciences. Additionally, she holds an affiliate faculty appointment with Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany.
As a scholar of agricultural and environmental economics, Dr. O’Hara’s research centers on sustainable urban food systems, circular economies, and environmental justice. She has authored several books, including Higher Education in Africa: Equity, Access, Opportunity (Institute of International Educaiton, 2010).
Dr. O’Hara received her bachelor’s degree in agricultural and life sciences, her master’s degree in agricultural economics, and her Ph.D. in environmental economics from the University of Göttingen in Germany.
Alison Barkoff has been named the Harold and Jane Hirsh Association Professor of Health Law and Policy in the Milken Institute School of Public Health at George Washington University. A faculty member since October 2024, she also serves as the director of the Hirsh Health Law and Policy Program. Her legal expertise centers on disability rights, federal policy, and public health law.
Gillian Hadfield has been named the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of AI Alignment and Governance at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She comes to Johns Hopkins from the University of Toronto in Canada, where she was a faculty member in the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society. In her research, she aims to reimagine how systems can evolve to meet the demands of a changing world and emerging technologies.
Tamara Taggart has been named the inaugural Perry N. Halkitis Endowed Chair for Advancing LGBTQ+ Public Health at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She will also hold an appointment as an associate professor of urban-global public health. She has been serving as an associate professor at George Washington University. Her research focuses on developing and implementing interventions to improve HIV-related outcomes and reduce substance use and abuse.
Rhesa Ledbetter has been named the Waldean C. McIntire Distinguished Professor in Biological Sciences at Hastings College in Nebraska. Prior to joining the Hastings faculty, she taught at Idaho State University. As an environmental microbiologist, she has conducted research on science communication, thermal systems, and microorganisms that transform nitrogen.
Claire E. Daviss has joined the department of organizational behavior as an assistant professor of human resource studies. Her research focuses on hiring inequities and how the structural elements of the hiring process moderate the influence of gender, race, and other biases in hiring decisions. Dr. Daviss is a graduate of Yale University, where she majored in ethics, politics, and economics. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in sociology from Stanford University.
Justine Modica is a new assistant professor in the department of global labor and work. Dr. Modica has spent the past three years as a Klarman Postdoctoral Fellow in History at Cornell’s College of Arts & Sciences. She is writing a book on the history of childcare labor in America. Dr. Modica is a graduate of Darmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in history. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in history from Stanford University.
Dionne Pohler was appointed the David and Alexandra Lipsky Professor of Dispute Resolution in the department of global labor and work. She also serves as the associate director of the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution. She was an associate professor and head of the human resources and organizational behavior department at the University of Saskatchewan Edwards School of Business. Earlier, she taught at the University of Toronto. She is co-editor of 
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Before taking on her interim presidency, Dr. Whitaker was the college’s executive vice president and chief of staff. A faculty member since 2011, she previously held the David and Lucile Packard Professorship in the department of education. Her extensive research on social and political issues in education has led to numerous articles, book chapters, and books, including 
Lori M. Gonko has been named interim president of Henry Ford College in Dearborn, Michigan. According to the most recent federal data, the school enrolls over 11,000 students, 56 percent of whom are women.
Lena Tran, president of Columbia College in Sonora, California, has been appointed interim chancellor of Yosemite Community College District in Modesto, California. The district oversees Columbia College and Modesto Junior College. Combined, the institutions enroll nearly 20,000 students.
Laura Treanor is the new president of Virginia Western Community College. At its campus in Roanoke, Virginia, the college enrolls over 6,100 students, 56 percent of whom are women.
Anne Alexander has been selected to serve as interim provost of the University of Wyoming.
Pamela Bacon has been appointed provost of Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
Catherine Edmonds has been named interim provost of North Carolina A&T State University.
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Smith College, a women’s liberal arts undergraduate and co-ed graduate institution in Northampton, Massachusetts, has been hit with a federal civil rights complaint that claims the college’s admissions and campus policies discriminate against women.
Patricia Washington McGraw, a longtime Arkansas-based professor, passed away on June 25. She was 90 years old.
Anna Harvey has recently stepped down as president of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), a nonprofit organization that connects stakeholders in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors to social and behavioral scientists working to address pressing societal challenges.
An expert on community economic development, affordable cooperative housing, social entrepreneurship, and cooperative enterprises, Elizabeth L. Carter will launch a new transactional community economic development clinic at Seton Hall Law. Earlier, Professor Carter was a visiting professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago in their Community Enterprise and Solidarity Economy Clinic.
Anjali Deshmukh joins Seton Hall Law’s health law faculty and will teach food and drug law and administrative law. Earlier, Professor Deshmukh was an assistant professor of law at Georgia State University. She is also a board-certified pediatrician.
Amy Saji will launch a new medical legal partnership (MLP) clinic at Seton Hall Law School. The clinic will collaborate with healthcare providers to address legal barriers negatively impacting the health and well-being of families. Before joining Seton Hall, she served as a supervising attorney and clinical teaching fellow in the Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.
Marion English Broome, dean emerita of the Duke University School of Nursing, passed away on June 23. She was 74 years old.
Dorothy P. Schafer has been named the Molly McGovern Chair in Biomedical Research at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School. She has been a faculty member with the school’s department of neurobiology since 2015. In her research, she aims to advance the understanding of the role of microglia in synaptic remodeling, memory, and neuroinflammation.
Tamara Mix has been named the Laurence L. and Georgia Ina Dresser Professor in Rural Sociology at Oklahoma State University. A faculty member since 2002, she previously served as head of the department of sociology. Her scholarship centers on environmental sociology; environmental inequality; race, class, and gender inequality; social movements; social justice; and qualitative research methods.
Ann A. O’Connell has been named the Charles A. DeMarzo and Keith N. Lamb Endowed Chair in Educational Equity at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She currently teaches as a professor of educational statistics, measurement, and evaluation in the university’s Graduate School of Education. Throughout her career, her research has focused on multilevel and generalized linear models, the use of research evidence and evidence-based interventions, and evaluation of interventions in health and education.
Cassie Miura has been named the inaugural Henri and Tomoya Takahashi Distinguished Chair in Nikkei Studies at San Francisco State University. She is slated to join the university’s faculty this fall as an assistant professor of Asian American studies. Her research and teaching interests include Okinawan diasporic identity and Japanese American and Nikkei literature.
Jessica Henry has been named the Lawrence and Jeannette James Distinguished Professor in Communication Arts at Hastings College in Nebraska. She first joined the college’s faculty in 1999 and currently serves as a professor and chair of the department of communication studies and political science.
Marla Miller, distinguished professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has received the 2025 Distinguished Artist Award from the St. Botolph Club Foundation in Boston. The annual award is presented to a New England-based individual for their exceptional diversity of accomplishments and outstanding contributions as a teacher, mentor, or activist in their field. Dr. Miller is the first-ever historian to receive the honor.
Nancy S. Kirkpartick has been named dean of libraries at Smith College, a liberal arts educational institution for women in Northampton, Massachusetts. Her background includes decades of experience in library administration. Most recently, she was dean of university libraries at Florida International University in Miami. Earlier, she was executive director and CEO of OhioNet, a consortium supporting public, academic, and special libraries.
Michelle Froese has been promoted from interim dean to permanent dean of students at the University of Missouri. Prior to her interim appointment, she served as the university’s associate dean of students. Earlier in her tenure, she was assistant director of the dean of students office.
Niki Callison has been selected to serve as interim dean of the division of extended studies at Boise State University in Idaho. She has been with the division since 2015 and has served as associate dean for the past two years. Earlier, she worked in admissions at Boise State for over a decade.
Diane Reich has been appointed dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communications at Brigham Young University in Utah. She currently serves as a professor of voice and director of the university’s School of Music. Earlier, she served as director of opera at Central Washington University.
Jennifer Chatman has been promoted from interim dean to permanent dean of the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley. A faculty member since 1993, she currently holds the title of Paul J. Cortese Distinguished Professor of Management. As a scholar, she has conducted extensive research on workplace culture.
Alexia Hudson-Ward has been named university librarian and dean of the library at Georgetown University. For the past five years, she has served as the associate director for research and learning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries. Earlier this year, she was appointed president-elect of the Association of College and Research Libraries.
Julie Thornton has been appointed dean of students at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. With over two decades of higher education experience, she most recently served as the Title IX coordinator for the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. Earlier, she worked in human resources for the University of Kansas.
Mukta Panda has been named regional dean for the Chattanooga, Tennessee campus of the Morehouse School of Medicine. Previously, she was a professor of medicine and assistant dean for well-being and medical student education at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine. She is the author of several books, including 
Sharmila Anandasabapathy has been appointed dean of the faculty of medicine and vice president of health at the University of British Columbia in Canada. She comes to her new role from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, where she has been serving as a professor of medicine in gastroenterology and vice president and senior associate dean of global programs. She also holds an adjunct appointment in bioengineering at Rice University.
Jodi Mills has been named dean of the College of Adult and Professional Studies at Mount Vernon Nazarene University in Ohio. Prior to her new role, she was chair of undergraduate and licensure programs in the School of Integrated Learning and Development at Indiana Wesleyan University.
Jewel Bronaugh has been selected to serve as interim dean of the College of Agriculture at Virginia State University. She previously served as the college’s dean from 2011 to 2015 before transitioning to leadership roles at the state and federal level. In 2021, she became the first Black woman appointed as the United States Deputy Secretary of Agriculture. Most recently, she served as president and CEO of the 1890 Universities Foundation.
Tamara Sumner has been named interim dean of university libraries at the University of Colorado Boulder. She is a professor of computer and cognitive science and director of the university’s Institute of Cognitive Science. Her research examines how computational tools can improve teaching practice, learning outcomes, and learner engagement in STEM fields.
Pia Gupta has been appointed associate dean of undergraduate studies for the College of Business Administration at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Currently, she is a professor and chair of the department of finance at California State University, Long Beach, where she has taught since 2006.
Wanda Blanchett has been named a University Professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. A distinguished professor in the department of learning and teaching, she previously served as dean of the Rutgers Graduate School of Education, special advisor to the chancellor, and interim provost. Her scholarship focuses on race and equity in education, special education, and urban teacher preparation.
Christine Kelleher Palus has been named senior vice provost for academics at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. A faculty member since 2006, she most recently served as dean of the university’s College of Professional Studies. As a full professor of public administration, she studies state politics and local government.
Allison Rank has been named a professor of political science and the founding director of the Center for Civic Education at the University of Northern Iowa. She comes to the university from the State University of New York at Oswego, where she was an associate professor and chair of the department of political science. Her scholarship focuses on the role of youth in politics, civic engagement, and pop culture and politics.
Amelia Kraehe has been appointed associate vice president of organizational excellence and impact for the Arizona arts division at the University of Arizona. A faculty member with the university since 2018, she previously served as associate vice president for equity in the arts. As a scholar, she focuses on the development of professional identities and organizational capacity within educational and cultural institutions.
Emily Jones has been selected to serve a one-year term as interim director of the Center for Integrated Professional Development at Illinois State University. She is a professor in the university’s School of Kinesiology and Recreation. Before joining the Illinois State faculty in 2017, she taught at West Virginia University for seven years. Her research focuses on school and community-based wellness initiatives.
Kelly Jordan-Sciutto has been promoted to vice provost for graduate education at the University of Pennsylvania. She currently serves as associate dean for graduate education and director of biomedical graduate studies for Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine. She is also a full professor and associate dean for organizational effectiveness in the School of Dental Medicine. Her research centers on the cellular and molecular responses to inflammation in the brain.
Pernilla Wittung-Stafshede has joined the faculty at Rice University in Houston as a full professor in the department of chemistry. She previously taught at the university from 2004 to 2008 as an associate professor of biosciences. Since 2015, she has been a professor in the chemical biology division at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden. Her research investigates the molecular mechanisms of disease, particularly the role of copper-binding proteins in cancer metastasis.
Renee Boyer has been appointed assistant dean for graduate research programs in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She first joined Virginia Tech in 2006 as a professor and extension specialist. For the past five years, she has served as head of the department of food science and technology. In addition to her extension work, she researches pre- and post-harvest interventions to enhance the safety of fresh and fresh cut fruits and vegetables.
Sally Davis has been named a distinguished professor at the University of New Mexico. The designation is the university’s highest faculty honor. A full professor in the department of pediatrics, Dr. Davis currently serves as chief of the university’s division of prevention and population sciences. She also holds a second appointment in the department of family and community medicine and directs the Prevention Research Center.
A native of Santa Cruz, Bolivia, Dr. Colanzi is well-known for her speculative fiction. She is the author of three short-story collections, most recently 
Tiera Williams has been named director of residence life and housing at South Carolina State University. She brings over a decade of experience in higher education to her new role. Previously, she oversaw housing operations and coordinated summer camp programs at Savannah State University in Georgia. More recently, she was director of housing at East Georgia State College.
Debra Clark Jones has been selected to serve as interim executive vice president for institutional advancement at Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina. She previously served as acting president at the college. More recently, she was associate vice president for community health at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
Karen Cole has been appointed interim director of the Collins Center for Arts at the University of Maine. For the past decade, she has served as the center’s associate director. Earlier in her career, she served as business manager for the university’s School of Performing Arts.
Samantha Hutchinson has been appointed vice president for business and finance at Savannah State University. Her background includes nearly two decades of experience in finance in public, private, and nonprofit sectors. She has been serving as assistant vice president and controller at Fort Valley State University in Georgia.
Natalie Oswalt has been named vice president of instruction at Panola College in Carthage, Texas. She has been an administrator with the community college for more than two decades. Most recently, she served as dean of career and technical programs. Her previous roles at Panola include dean of arts, sciences, and technology; dean of professional and technical programs; and director of Shelby County operations.
Rachel Erkkila has been appointed vice president for strategic enrollment and equity at Riverland Community College in Austin, Minnesota. With nearly 30 years of higher education experience, she previously served as associate provost and dean of enrollment management and guided pathways at Des Moines Area Community College in Iowa.
JaeEun Joo has been named associate provost of adult education and online learning at St. Catherine University, an undergraduate women’s and co-ed graduate institution in St. Paul, Minnesota. She brings 25 years of experience in online education to her new role. Most recently, she was executive director of online learning at Metropolitan State University of Denver in Colorado.
Rachana Kamtekar was appointed the Bryce & Edith M. Bowmar Professor in Humanistic Studies. Her research is focused on ancient philosophy – primarily ethics, politics, and moral psychology. She is the author of 
Eun-Ah Kim was named the Hans A. Bethe Professor in the department of physics. Her research interests lie in the theoretical study of the collective phenomena condensed matter systems exhibit, and in understanding how such phenomena emerge from microscopic physics.
Jun “Kelly” Liu is the Robert J. Appel Professor of Molecular and Cell Biology. She has been on the faculty at the university since 2001. She focuses on understanding how pluripotent precursor cells divide to produce multiple differentiated cell types. She also seeks to discover new players in a highly conserved signaling pathway, the BMP (bone morphogenetic protein) pathway.
Michelle Smith was named the Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences and serves as the Ann S. Bowers Professor in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology. She also serves as senior associate dean for undergraduate education. Dr. Smith’s research focuses on what classroom techniques help students learn, how to effectively assess learning, and how to support faculty who implement change.
Joyce Ester has been named the seventh president of Governors State University in Illinois. She succeeds the late 
R. May Lee has been named the third president of Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts. The college enrolls about 400 undergraduate students, 46 percent of whom are women. Dr. Lee is slated to take the helm of Olin College on August 18.
Teresa Hardee has recently assumed the role of interim president of Bennett College, a historically Black liberal arts educational institution for women in Greensboro, North Carolina. The college enrolls some 200 women undergraduates.
The U.S. Mint has recently released a quarter into nationwide circulation that features the late Vera Rubin, a renowned astrophysicist and longtime researcher at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C. The coin is part of the Mint’s American Women Quarters series, which honors notable American women who made significant contributions in a variety of fields. Dr. Rubin joins an elite group of women who have been recognized in the series, such as Sally Ride, Bessie Coleman, and Eleanor Roosevelt.
A native of Philadelphia, Rubin graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1948. She was the only astronomy major in her graduating class. Seeking to obtain a Ph.D. in astronomy at Princeton University, Rubin was denied admission due to her gender. Instead, she went on to earn a master’s degree at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and a Ph.D. at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
Julia Alexander, former museum curator and art historian at Yale University, died unexpectedly on May 4 of a heart attack. She was 57 years old.
Lynda Goldstein, chancellor and chief academic officer of Pennsylvania State University Wilkes-Barre, has retired.
Yvette Murphy-Erby, longtime faculty member and administrator at the University of Arkansas, passed away on May 25. She was 62 years old.
Kisha Cunningham Aites has been named associate dean of the College of Education at Savannah State University in Georgia. A faculty member since 2013, she currently teaches as a professor of engineering technology. She has chaired her department on an interim basis since 2019. Earlier in her tenure, she was coordinator of interdisciplinary studies.
Melissa Morris has been named director of the Wyoming Institute for Humanities Research at the University of Wyoming. She joined the university in 2018 and currently teaches several courses within the department of history. As a scholar, she specializes in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century American and Caribbean histories.
Wei-Zen Wei has earned the title of Distinguished Service Professor at the Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan. A faulty member since 1983, she currently serves as the Herrick Endowed Chair of Cancer Research, a professor of oncology, and a member of the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute. Her medical research centers on breast cancer.
Shannon Wanless has been named director of the University Center for Social and Urban Research at the University of Pittsburgh. She joined the Pitt faculty in 2011 and was named executive director of the Office of Child Development in the School of Education in 2018. Before her tenure at Pitt, she conducted research at the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning at the University of Virginia.
Lynne McLandsborough has been appointed director of the Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment and assistant vice chancellor for research and engagement in the College of Natural Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. A food microbiologist, she has taught at the university since 1995. Her research focuses on food safety, including biofilm formation of pathogenic and spoilage organisms in the food processing environment and how to remove them.
Katherine McDonald has been appointed associate vice president for research at Syracuse University in New York. She currently serves as a professor of public health and senior associate dean for research and administration in Syracuse’s David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics. She has held several roles with Syracuse since joining the faculty in 2011, including chair of the public health department. In her research, she aims to understand and promote the inclusion of individuals with disabilities.
Angie Hodge-Zickerman, associate professor of mathematics and statistics at Northern Arizona University, was honored for her contributions to mathematics education. Currently, she serves as co-principal investigator for the “NAU Noyce Scholars Programs: Educating the STEM Teacher for Recruitment to Induction,” which supports the professional development of STEM educators. At Northern Arizona University, Dr. Hodge-Zickerman serves as chair of the department of educational specialities.
Yvonne Lai, the Milton E. Mohr Professor and Graduate Chair of Mathematics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was awarded for her contributions to mathematics education and teacher preparation. Her current research seeks to improve the education of secondary mathematics teachers and early mathematics majors by bridging disciplinary perspectives from mathematics and education. A national leader in her field, she is the founding chair of MAA’s Special Interest Group on Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching, an organization that supports mathematics faculty invested in teacher education.
Bonnie R. Rush has been named dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at Texas A&M University. She currently serves as the Hodes Family Dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Kansas, where she has taught for more than three decades. Throughout her long tenure as a professor of equine internal medicine, she has had stints as department head and hospital director. Her scholarship centers on respiratory diseases in horses, as well as clinical teaching methods.
Courtney Anderson has been promoted from interim dean to permanent dean of the College of Law at Georgia State University. She has been a faculty member with the university for over a decade, holding appointments in the College of Law, the School of Public Health, and the Urban Studies Institute. Before her interim appointment, she was associate dean for academic affairs. A scholar of housing, public health, and social equity, she studies how legal frameworks impact marginalized communities.
Kirsten Martin has been named the H. John Heinz III Dean of the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. She comes to her new role from the University of Notre Dame, where she is the William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of Technology Ethics. From 2021 to 2023, she was director of the Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center. In her scholarly work, she examines the ethical implications of emerging technologies and the role of business in ensuring responsible innovation.
Jessica Brooks has been been selected to serve as interim dean of the College of Natural and Health Sciences at Virginia State University. A faculty member for nearly eight years, she most recently served as the college’s associate dean. Earlier in her tenure, she served as associate director of clinical training for the doctoral program in clinical psychology and as coordinator of the master’s degree program in the same discipline. As a psychologist, her research centers on cognitive and social-emotional development.
Jilian Trabulsi has been appointed interim dean of the College of Health Sciences at the University of Delaware. She currently serves as chair of the university’s department of health behavior and nutrition sciences. Her tenure with the university began in 2010, following a decade of service as a clinical dietitian. As a scholar, she studies how diet influences energy balance, growth, nutrition, gut microbiota, and gene expression, as well as how these factors affect healthy people, clinical populations, and those with chronic diseases.
Elise Wilson has been selected to serve as interim executive director of development and alumni at Mississippi University for Women. She will continue to serve in her current role as director of the Career Services and Professional Development Center. Before joining the university in 2023, she was a manager with Dutch Oil Company.
Sydney Burt has been promoted to vice president of enrollment, career services, and student success at Martin University in Indianapolis. For the past year, she has served as the university’s executive director of student experience. Earlier in her tenure, she served as director of career development.
ClarLynda Williams-DeVane has been named director of the Center for Health Disparities in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. While taking on her new role, she will continue to serve as chief deputy and deputy secretary for operational excellence at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Earlier in her career, she was the founding chair of data science and bioinformatics at Fisk University in Nashville.
Sandra Cano has been appointed director of industry relations for the University of Rhode Island Foundation and Alumni Engagement. She comes to her new role after serving as the New England regional administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration. From 2018 to 2024, she represented District 8 in the Rhode Island Senate.
Christie Denniston has been named vice president of advancement and alumni engagement at Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas. With over three decades of professional experience, she most recently served as associate vice president of strategic engagement at Utah Valley State University. Earlier in her career, she held leadership roles in marketing at Simpson College in Iowa and Weber State University in Utah.
Tracy Peery has been named division director of human resources for the advancement division at Virginia Tech. Prior to her new role, she was assistant vice president for risk management and human resources at Emory & Henry University in Virginia. Earlier in her tenure with Emory & Henry, she was director of human resources.