Emory University's Ruby Lal was selected for a research appointment at the Library of Congress and Wendy Parker was appointed chair of the philosophy department at Virginia Tech. Cynthia Rayner, Siwei Cheng, and Vicky Mogollón Montagne are new faculty members at Vanderbilt University, Princeton University, and Boston University, respectively.
Dr. Edwards is an assistant professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. She was recently honored by the American Sociological Association for her latest book, Fueling Development: How Black Radical Trade Unionism Transformed Trinidad and Tobago.
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.
Sarah Bruhn, Jessica Ghai, and Sara Harvel recently joined the faculty of the teaching & learning department in the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development at Boston University.
In an analysis of two large datasets from the U.S. Department of Education, a new study has found students with below-average grades and test scores in high school are more likely to major in a discipline where their gender is overrepresented.
Dr. Amos served as dean of the College of Nursing at the University of Utah for two decades. During her long tenure, she also served as associate vice president for health sciences and as founding chair of the Presidential Commission on the Status of Women.
Emily Rothman of Boston University, Stephanie Beavers of Mercer University, and Parisa Saboori of Manhattan University have been selected for academic leadership roles at their institutions. Jennifer Hunter and Shaundra Daily have joined the faculties of Virginia Commonwealth University and the University of Tennessee, respectively.
Nadya Mason of the University of Chicago and Alison Mackey of Georgetown University are taking on vice presidential roles at their institutions. Colleen Galambos and Fayron Epps were appointed to associate dean posts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Georgie State University, respectively. Ngozi Okidegbe was promoted to full professor at the Boston University.
Dr. Geneco comes to her new role from Tufts University in Massachusetts, where she has served as provost for the past four years. She is slated become the University at Buffalo's first woman president on August 10.
The deans are Lynne Allen at Boston University, Hilary Smith Risser at the University of Montana Western, Pamela Swett at the University of Rhode Island, Amy S. Thompson at Montclair State University in New Jersey, and Kandice Chuh at the City University of New York Graduate Center.
The new deans are Lynn O'Brien Hallstein at Boston University, Elizabeth Gordon at Fitchburg State University, Megan Dallianis at Midwestern University, Rosemarie Allen at Metropolitan State University of Denver, Lara Galloway at Whitworth University, Jules Bruck at the University of Georgia, Tala Awada at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Aimee Edmondson at Ohio University.
The appointments are Aviva Abosch at Baptist Health Miami Neuroscience Institute, a clinical partner of Florida International University, Margarita Guillory at Boston University, and Karen Thole at Pennsylvania State University.
