Lisa Marsh Ryerson has been named the sixth president of Southern New Hampshire University. Her presidency began on July 1.
Southern New Hampshire University is a primarily online university with a physical campus in Manchester. According to the most recent Department of Education data from 2022, the university enrolls over 140,000 undergraduate students and 23,000 graduate students. Women represent 63 percent of the undergraduate population.
For the past eight years, Ryerson has served as a leader for the SNHU community. She spent six years as a member of the board of trustees, and assumed the role of provost in 2022. Prior to her provost appointment, she spent nine years as president of the AARP Foundation. Her longest tenured position was with Wells College in Aurora, New York, where she served as university president and chief executive officer for 18 years. In this role, she increased enrollment by 45 percent and established the endowed Center for Business and Entrepreneurship.
Ryerson is a first-generation college graduate, earning her bachelor’s degree in English from Wells College in Aurora, New York. She holds a master’s degree in education and literacy from the State University of New York at Cortland, as well as four honorary doctorates from SUNY Cortland, SNHU, the University at Albany, and Dickinson College.
Lindsey Simon-Jones has been selected to serve as interim chancellor and chief academic officer of Pennsylvania State University-Fayette. She will serve in this role through the end of 2024, as Penn State completes a restructuring of administrative leadership on their satellite campuses.
Christine Hammond has been appointed interim president of the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She assumed her new role on July 1.
Mary-Lou Pardue, professor emerita of biology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, died on June 1. She was 90 years old.
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Taneka S. Miller has been named vice president for government, community, and corporate relations. Her new appointment marks a return to the University of the District of Columbia, where she previously served as executive director for state and local affairs. Most recently, she served as deputy general counsel for general practice with the D.C. Public Schools.
Maria Byrd has been appointed vice president for innovation and transformation. Since 2016, she has served as the university’s associate vice president in the Office of Planning and Institutional Effectiveness. Prior to her current role, she served as the office’s project management unit manager for five years.
Ellen Jefferson has been named interim vice president for human resources. For more than 20 years, she has served as a senior human resources consultant with PRM Consulting. Throughout her career, she has held human resources leadership roles with educational, private, and public organizations.
LeKisha M. Jordan has been named associate vice president for educational outreach and partnerships. She has significant experience in public service roles, most recently serving as the senior policy advisor to the D.C. Council Committee of the Whole. Previously, she held multiple policy analyst and administrative positions with the North Carolina Governor’s Office.
Lillian Bridwell-Bowles, professor emerita of English at Louisiana State University, passed away on June 24. She was 76 years old.
Ana Mari Cauce, president of the University of Washington, has announced her plans to retire at the end of the 2024-2025 academic year. She is the university’s first woman, first Latina, and first openly gay person to serve as president. During her nine-year presidency, the university expanded its STEM research capabilities, established new financial aid initiatives, and transitioned to a new athletic conference.
S. Georgia Nugen has officially retired from her role as the first woman president of Illinois Wesleyan University. She became the university’s interim president in August 2019, and received her official appointment three months later. Under her leadership, the university experienced significant growth in its academic offerings through the establishment of the School of Business and Economics and the School of Nursing and Health Sciences. She also organized the university’s first chief diversity officer position, various residential hall renovations, and partnerships with several community colleges.
Rochelle L. Ford has stepped down from her role as president of Dillard University in Louisiana. Over the past two years, Dr. Ford has overseen the university’s first-ever cohort of graduate nursing students, millions of dollars in fundraising campaigns, and a significant expansion of STEM, business, and social justice programming and initiatives.
The American Medical Association has announced its dedication to including women and sexual and gender minority (SGM) populations in clinical pharmacology trials, thereby ensuring medications are safe and effective for their use.
Nikki Hoskins has been appointed as an assistant professor in religion and ecology at Harvard Divinity School. She comes to her new role from the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, where she has taught as an assistant professor of theology and religious studies for the past three years. Her research focuses on Christian histories of colonial, race, and environmental domination.
MK Ford has joined the faculty in the School of Music, Dance, and Theatre at Arizona State University as a clinical assistant professor of dance and media design. Ford is a creative artist whose performative and choreographic work features elements from dance, film and media studies, digital humanities, queer theory, and visual arts.
Julie Heath has been appointed interim director of the Raptor Research Center at Boise State University. She has been with the university since 2007, currently serving as a professor in the department of biological sciences.
Deborah Fuller has been selected to serve as interim director of the Washington National Primate Research Center at the University of Washington. For the past three years, she has served as the center’s associate director of research. She has over three decades of experience in infectious disease research, currently serving as a professor of microbiology at the University of Washington.
Cora de Leon has been named director of the master of social work degree program at New York University. She serves as a clinical associate professor in the New York University Silver School of Social Work and has directed the school’s undergraduate program for the past three years.
Emma Teitelman has been named assistant professor of global labor and work in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. She most recently served as an assistant professor at McGill University in Montreal. Previously, she spent two years at Pennsylvania State University, serving as an assistant research professor and associate director of the Richards Civil War Era Center.
Fotini Christia has been appointed director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She currently serves MIT as the Ford International Professor of Social Sciences in the department of political science and the director of the Sociotechnical Systems Research Center. In addition to numerous scholarly papers and articles, she is the author of 
Kim Whitehead has been named the inaugural director of the Women’s College at Mississippi University for Women. Prior to her new appointment, she served the university as director of the Ina E. Gordy Honors College. She is a professor of English and religion and teaches courses centered around women’s studies.
Brooke Hull has joined the faculty at Pennsylvania State University as an assistant professor in the department of graphic design in the Stuckeman School in the College of Arts and Architecture. Hull most recently served as a teaching assistant and co-creator of a design technologies course at the University of Florida.
Lara Dodds has been officially named head of the department of English at Mississippi State University. She has held the role on an interim basis for the past year. As a professor, she teaches early modern British literature, early modern women’s writing, and research methods. She is the author of 
Tanya LeRoith has been named director of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. She has been a faculty member with Virginia Tech for nearly two decades. Currently, she serves as a clinical professor and director of the Virginia Tech Animal Laboratory Service.
Laura Machia has been named associate dean for academic initiatives and curriculum in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University. In her 12-year career with Syracuse University, she has served as a professor of psychology, director of the social psychology Ph.D. program, director of undergraduate studies in psychology, and associate chair of the psychology department.
Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor in the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies at the University of Maryland and professor at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, has received the American Society for Microbiology Lifetime Achievement Award.
Kjerstin Thorson has been appointed dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Colorado State University, where she will serve as a professor in the department of journalism and media communication. She comes to her new role from Michigan State University, where she served as the Brandt Endowed Professor of Political Communication and associate dean for strategic initiatives in the College of Communication Arts & Sciences.
Casilde Isabelli has been named the permanent dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Nevada Reno. She is a professor of Hispanic linguistics and has served as interim dean for the past two years. A faculty member since 2000, she has served in numerous academic roles including chair of the department of world languages and literatures and director of the basic Spanish-language program.
Joyce Inman has been officially named dean of the Honors College at the University of Southern Mississippi, after holding the position on an interim basis for the past year. She has been with the university since 2012, currently serving as an associate professor of English and director of the composition program. Prior to her interim dean appointment, she served as associate dean of the Honors College for two years.
Sarah Diem has been selected to serve as interim dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Missouri. She currently serves the university as professor and chair of the department of educational leadership and policy analysis. She holds faculty affiliations with the Harry S. Truman School of Government and Public Affairs and the qualitative inquiry program.
Maria Lane has been named the permanent dean of graduate studies at the University of New Mexico. She is a professor in the department of geography and environmental sciences and has served as interim dean since last summer. Since joining the University of New Mexico faculty in 2006, she has held positions such as chair of her department and director of the R.H. Mallory Center for Community Geography. She has authored multiple publications, including the forthcoming 
Sarah Gordon has been appointed dean of the Jackson College of Graduate Studies at the University of Central Oklahoma. She comes to her new role from Arkansas Tech University, where she has served as dean of the Graduate College and associate professor of educational leadership.
Sarah Cole has been officially named dean of the School of Arts at Columbia University after holding the position in the interim for the past year. She most recently served as dean of humanities for Columbia University’s faculty of arts & sciences. She previously served as chair of the department of English and comparative literature. She has authored three books, most recently 
Gabrielle Esperdy has been promoted from interim dean to permanent dean of the College of Architecture and Design at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. She has taught architecture at the college for more than two decades, serving on numerous advisory and search committees.
Jennifer Kellner has been appointed dean of STEM, health, and education at Central Wyoming College. A member of the college community for more than two decades, she currently serves as a professor of mathematics. In this role, she helped to expand the mathematics curriculum, developing courses such as college algebra, calculus, and business calculus.
Mary Frances Luce has been selected to serve as interim dean of the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University. She currently serves as the Robert A. Ingram Professor of Business Administration. Over the course of her two-decades-long career with Duke University, she had stints as associate dean and senior associate dean of faculty.
Randi Martin, the Elma Schneider Professor of Psychological Sciences at Rice University in Texas, has received the 2024 Clifford T. Morgan Distinguished Leadership Award from the Psychonomic Society. The honor is presented to individuals who are committed to advancing scientific research in the experimental study of cognition.
Elizabeth White has been appointed chief of staff at the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. She has 10 years of experience with the Institute, serving in roles such as research associate, operations manager, and programs and business manager. She previously held several industrial engineering positions with PepsiCo.
Cateatra Mallard has been named student activities director at Florida A&M University. She has held several student affairs and campus activities positions with Virginia State University, Radford University, Syracuse University in New York, and Jackson State University in Mississippi.
Autumn Spicher has been named director of development and strategy for Fulbright College at the University of Arkansas. She has served in multiple leadership roles with the university, most recently as director of development for the Honors College.
Sara Segerlin has been appointed director of the Gregg Museum of Art & Design at North Carolina State University. For the past six years, she has served as director of community engagement at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas.
Jamie Wire has been named director of the Gender and Sexuality Center at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. She comes to her new role from Roger Williams University in Rhode Island, where she served as assistant director of the Queer and Trans Resource Advocacy Center. Earlier in her career, she worked with the Gender and LGBTQ+ Center at Elon University in North Carolina.
Santiba Campbell has been selected to serve as interim vice president of academic affairs at Bennett College in North Carolina. She is an associate professor of psychology, holding numerous academic and administrative roles with the college over the past 12 years.
Tarice L.S. Gray has been appointed executive communications director at Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York. She most recently served as corporate communications leader at Momentive, a multinational additives manufacturing corporation. Earlier in her career, she served as chief storyteller at Kyndryl, an information technology infrastructure services provider.
Hannah Jones has been named director of the K.C. Potter Center for LGBTQI Life at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She has an extensive background in youth development, sexuality, and social justice education, most recently working with Corning Community College in New York.
Claudia Neuhauser has been named vice president for research at the University of Houston and vice chancellor of the University of Houston System. She has been with the university for the past six years. Prior to her new appointment, she served in roles such as associate vice president for research and technology transfer and director of the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute.
Kristi Clemens has been named executive director of the Dialogue Project at Baylor University, an initiative aiming to foster conversations that bridge political and personal divides. She has been with Baylor University in Waco, Texas, for the past 15 years, most recently serving as assistant vice president and Title IX coordinator, as well as director of student and staff initiatives for the Dialogue Project.
Jessica Grant has been appointed interim director of the Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, making her the first woman to ever lead the institute. She has been serving as the institute’s associate director of research and director of the certificate in survey science program.
Melissa Choi has been promoted to director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lincoln Laboratory. She first joined the laboratory in 1999 as a technical staff member. For the past five years, she has served as the laboratory’s assistant director.
Lisa Elliott has been appointed vice president of student access and success at Paris Junior College in Texas. She has extensive experience in community college administration, previously serving as director of continuing education at National Park Community College in Arkansas and director of marketing and communications at McLennan Community College in Texas.
Melissa Swann has been appointed director of the study-abroad Heidelberg Program at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. She most recently served as assistant director of global education for the College of William & Mary in Virginia. Earlier in her career, she served as assistant director of European programs at Lipscomb University in Tennessee.
Jennifer King has been promoted to assistant athletic director for academic services and senior woman administrator at Eastern Illinois University. She has spent the past four years as assistant director of academic services with the university’s athletic department. She also has extensive experience coaching collegiate volleyball.
Jaqueline Beatty, assistant professor of nutrition at Simmons University in Boston, has received the 2024 Margene Wagstaff Award for Innovation in Dietetics Education from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Foundation. The honor is presented to individuals who inspire early-career dietetics professionals to pursue professional values.
Julie Lundquist has been named the Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science and Wind Energy at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland. She most recently served as a professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder. In addition to her new role, she will retain a current appointment with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Sarah Knott has been appointed the Hillary Rodham Clinton Professor of Women’s History at the University of Oxford In England. For the past two decades, she has served as the Salley M. Reahard Professor of History at Indiana University and a senior research fellow with the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction. Her research in social and cultural history and feminism led her to authoring 
Sara Coffey has been named the Anne & Henry Zarrow Endowed Leadership Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences. She has been a faculty member with the university since 2017. In addition to her academic career, she has spent the past five years as director of clinical operations for the Oklahoma Department of Human Services Child Welfare Division.
Marjan Boerma has been named to the J. Thomas May Distinguished Endowed Chair in Oncology in the College of Pharmacy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She has been a faculty member with the university since 2006, currently serving as director of the division of radiation health and associate director of basic science at the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute.
Judith Byfield has been appointed the Stephen ’59 and Madeline ’60 Anbinder Professor at Cornell University. She is a professor of history and holds appointments with the Africana Studies and Research Center and the feminist, gender, and sexuality studies program. She has conducted extensive research on women’s social and economic history in Nigeria and authored 
Sabrina Kizzie, doctoral lecturer in the department of communications studies at Baruch College in New York City, was recently inducted into the American Marketing Association’s Hall of Fame and received the association’s prestigious Choice Award.
Mary H. Bonderoff has been appointed president of the State University of New York at Delhi. She has led the college on an interim basis since May 2022. She assumes her official presidency immediately.
Lois Agnew has been named interim vice chancellor and provost at Syracuse University in New York.
Georgina Dopico has been appointed provost of New York University, after holding the position on an interim basis for the past two years.
Michelle Kiec has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Commonwealth University in Pennsylvania.
Heather Shipley has been officially appointed provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She was named interim provost last summer.
Regina Stovall Robinson has been selected to serve as interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Jarvis Christian University in Texas.
Andrea Stewart has been selected to serve as interim chancellor of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
Margaret Jane Slaughter, long-time professor of history at the University of New Mexico, passed away on June 4. She was 82 years old.
A team of researchers at the University of Texas Medical Branch and Texas A&M University has received a $7.5 million grant from the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences. The funding will be used to establish a research center dedicated to studying women’s and pregnancy health. The initiative plans to utilize a new emerging technology – microphysiological systems – to replicate female reproductive organs and develop drugs to advance medical science in women’s health.
Spelman College, a women’s college in Atlanta, has received a $1 million grant from Google’s Cybersecurity Clinics Fund to establish the Spelman SPEAR (Security Plan, Education, Assessment, and Remediation). The program will provide students with hands-on learning opportunities in cybersecurity and AI through helping local businesses and organizations with their cybersecurity efforts.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received a $1.58 million grant from Gilead Sciences, Inc., a California-based pharmaceutical company. The funds will support research into the sociocultural and structural factors that cause cancer disparities among Black women in the southern United States.
A collaborative project between scholars at West Virginia University, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Maine has received a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to support self-employment and entrepreneurship among women and Black people in rural areas. Both groups significantly lag behind rural White men’s rate of entrepreneurship. The study aims to investigate why these disparities exist and help rural regions establish initiatives that facilitate successful entrepreneurship in their communities.
Doris Y. Wilkinson, the first Black woman to serve in a full-time faculty position at the University of Kentucky, passed away on June 22. She was 88 years old.
Leymah Gbowee, executive director of the Institute on Gender, Law, and Transformative Peace at the City University of New York, has been selected by Melinda French Gates to distribute $20 million to organizations dedicated to advancing women’s health and well-being.
Christina L. Boyd has joined the faculty at Washington University in St. Louis as a professor of law. She most recently served as a professor of political science and the Thomas P. and M. Jean Lauth Public Affairs Professor in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. Her academic research led her to co-authoring 
Sonya Smith has been named executive director of the Research Institute Autonomy at Howard University in Washington, D.C. She joined the faculty at Howard University in 1995, and became the first woman tenured professor in the university’s department of mechanical engineering. In addition to her teaching appointment, she serves as director of the Atmospheric Sciences Program within the College of Engineering and Architecture.
Jeanie Murphy has been promoted to full professor of Spanish and Latin American studies at Goucher College in Baltimore. Her faculty position includes an affiliation with the Center for Hispanic and Latinx Studies. She teaches a wide range of courses on Latin American history, gender studies, cultural studies, and literature.
Christine Julien has been named head of the department of computer science at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Since 2004, she has served on the faculty at the University of Texas, where she held the title of Annis & Jake Bowen Professor in Engineering. She also served as the associate dean for broadening participation in engineering for the Cockrell School of Engineering and director of the Mobile and Pervasive Computing Group.
Kim Grainger has been promoted to senior vice provost for faculty excellence at North Carolina State University. She has been with the university since 2021, serving as the associate vice provost for academic personnel and policy. Previously, she was the assistant vice president of academic administration at the New College of Florida.
Kelly Lester has been named associate vice provost for faculty success at the University of Southern Mississippi. She has been with the university for 16 years, serving as a professor of dance, the inaugural director of the Center for Faculty Development, and associate vice provost for teaching and learning.
Kathleen Gallagher has been appointed director of the Early Childhood Education Institute at the University of Oklahoma. She comes to her new position from the University of Nebraska System, where she served as chair and professor of education and director of research and evaluation for the Buffet Early Childhood Institute.
Sara Seagar was honored with a Kavli Prize in Astrophysics for her research into the discovery of exoplanets and the characterization of their atmospheres. Her work pioneered the theoretical study of planetary atmospheres and predicated the presence of atomic and molecular species detectable by transit spectroscopy.
Nancy Kanwisher was awarded a Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for being first scientist to prove a specific area in the human neocortex is dedicated to recognizing faces, which has since been named the fusiform face area. Her discovery has paved the way for future research on the relationship between visual information processing and cognitive functions.
Doris Ying Tsao was awarded a Kavli Prize in Neuroscience for building on Dr. Kanwisher’s discovery of the fusiform face area through mapping six distinct brain regions, known as the face patch system. Her research identified how the face patches work together to identify a face through specific cellular coding.
Stacey Harris has been appointed associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She has over two decades of experience in student affairs operations, most recently serving as dean of students at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
Stacy Kula has been promoted to dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Science at Azusa Pacific University in California. She currently serves as an associate professor and chair of the department of educational leadership. Additionally, she is the director of the department’s educational doctorate program.
Carolyn Lawrence-Dill has been named dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University. She comes to her new role from Iowa State University, where she currently serves as associate director of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station and associate dean for research and discovery in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Annette Hux has been selected to serve as interim dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Science at Arkansas State University. She has been with the university since 2009, currently serving as chair of the department of educational leadership, curriculum, and special education.
Tara Kent has been appointed dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Felician University in New Jersey. She has served as the associate dean of undergraduate studies in the Heavin School of Arts, Sciences, and Technology at Thomas Edison State University in New Jersey for the past five years.
Angel Coaston has been named the inaugural dean of the School of Nursing in the College of Health Science at Pepperdine University in California. She has extensive experience in clinical and educational settings, currently serving as associate dean of clinical academic practice partnerships and associate professor of nursing at California Baptist University.
Rosario Ceballo has been named dean of the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. She comes to her new position from Georgetown University, where she served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of psychology. Her new role at the University of Michigan includes faculty appointments in psychology and women’s and gender studies.
Kathryn Anthony has been named the permanent dean of the University of Southern Mississippi Graduate School. She has held the position on an interim basis for the past year. She has been with the university for the past decade, serving as a faculty member with the School of Media and Communication.
Julie B. Olson-Buchanan, dean of the Craig School of Business at California State University, Fresno, has been honored with the 2024 Humanitarian Award from the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Jasmin Patel has been named vice president of strategy in the new Office of Strategy & Innovation at Boston University. She most recently served as associate vice president for research and chief of staff to the vice president for research and partnerships at St. Louis University in Missouri.
Michelle Goncalves has been promoted to chief of staff at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has been with the university for nearly two decades. She has been serving as deputy chief of staff and executive director of the UMass Women into Leadership program. Earlier in her tenure, she was director of administration and research for the department of political science.
Danisha Williams has been promoted to executive director of enrollment management at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. She has served as the university’s director of admissions for the past two years. Earlier in her career, she held admissions and enrollment positions with Mississippi Valley State University and Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Gretchen Ritter has been appointed vice president for civic engagement and education at Syracuse University in New York. She has served as the university’s vice chancellor, provost, and chief academic officer for the past three years. Prior to assuming her position at Syracuse University in 2021, she served as executive dean and vice provost for the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State University.
Mary Lucal has been named vice president and chief human resources officer at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She has previously served as the chief human resources officer for both George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and the University of Tennessee. Earlier in her career, she worked in human resources at Harvard University.
Felicia Washington has been appointed vice president of human resources at the University of Pennsylvania. For the past five years, she has served as senior vice president of human resources at the University of Southern California. Earlier, she was the vice chancellor for workforce strategy, equity, and engagement at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Sandra F. Powers has been named executive assistant to the chancellor at North Carolina Central University. She currently holds the same position at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina and has nearly three decades of experience in administrative support roles.
Becca Bradley has been appointed senior director of development for the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas. Most recently, she has served as the senior director of corporate and foundation relations for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. She has also served as associate director of development for the university’s Sam M. Walton College of Business.
Shalanda Baker has been named the inaugural vice provost for sustainability and climate action at the University of Michigan. She currently serves as the director of the Office of the Energy Justice and Equity and the secretarial adviser on equity at the United States Department of Energy. Previously, she served as the Department of Energy’s chief diversity officer.
Sabrina Ram has been appointed vice president of marketing and communications at Bowie State University in Maryland. She has over two decades of marketing experience in both corporate and higher education settings. She previously held marketing leadership roles with Arcadia University, Walden University, and Drexel University Online.
Kristie Perryman, associate professor of counselor education at the University of Arkansas, has received the Counselor Educator Advocate Award from the Association for Child and Adolescent Counseling. The award is presented to a counselor educator who has demonstrated excellence in advocacy, outreach, and mentorship within the field.
Elisaveta Slevitch has been appointed as the Charles W. Lanphere Professor of Hospitality and Tourism Management at Oklahoma State University. She began her career with the university in 2005 as a graduate instructor and teaching assistant. In addition to her teaching position, she serves as the graduate coordinator for the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management.
Stacy Dean has been named the inaugural Carbonell Family Executive Director of the Global Food Institute at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She most recently served as deputy under secretary for the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services.
Kristin G. Cloyes has been named the Elnora E. Thomson Distinguished Professor in the School of Nursing at the Oregon Health & Science University. She currently serves as director of the School of Nursing’s Ph.D. program. Prior to her current position, she held several faculty roles with the University of Utah College of Nursing.
Xie Chen has been appointed as the Eddleman Professor of Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology. She first joined the Caltech faculty in 2014 as an assistant professor in the department of physics, and achieved the rank of full professor in 2019. Her research focuses on novel phases and phase transitions in quantum condensed matter systems.
Becky Bahe has been named the inaugural President Dean L. Bresciani Endowed Chair in Leadership at North Dakota State University. With two decades of experience in higher education student affairs, she currently serves the university as director of the career and advising center.