The new deans are Patricia Kinser at Virginia Commonwealth University, Julie Baldwin at Central Washington University, Jaqueline Burger at Bucks County Community College in Pennsylvania, Saba Rasheed Ali at the University of Iowa, Krystyna Puć at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Mandy Hart at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, and Brigitte Vittrup at Texas Woman's University.
Dr. Rich has spent the past 18 years as vice president for administrative services at Yakima Valley College. She will begin her new role as interim president on August 1.
Faiza Khoja is the new dean of the College of Business at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. Sandy J. Wayne has been named dean of the University of Illinois Chicago College of Business Administration and Tao-Hsien "Dolly" King was appointed interim dean of the Belk College of Business at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
For the past five years, Dr. Robertson has been serving as a professor of history and provost and vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York at Geneseo. Earlier, she served as dean of the College of Arts and Humanities at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington.
The new deans are Paula S. Bontempi at the University of Rhode Island, Ophelie Rowe-Allen at the University of New Haven in Connecticut, Kathryn Boor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Shelley Johnson at Florida A&M University, Laurie Maffly-Kipp at Washington University in St. Louis and Heidi Henschel Pellett at Central Washington University.
Each year, the award is presented by the American Educational Studies Association to an individual "who has published significantly influential works, excels in mentorship, provides leadership and growth to the academic field and has a reputation in educational foundations."
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Dr. Frank has been serving as vice president of academic innovation and professor of English at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. From 2016 to this past summer. Dr. Frank was provost and vice president of academic and student life.
Cynthia B. Dillard is the Mary Frances Early Professor of Teacher Education in the department of educational theory and practice of the College of Education at the University of Georgia. Dr. Dillard was honored at the association's annual conference in Baltimore earlier this month.
Connie Thorngren came to Boise State in 1970 as the head coach for women's basketball. She continued to lead the basketball program after being named director of women's athletics in 1974.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
The women in new faculty roles are Teresa Francis at Central Washington University, Anette Hosoi at MIT, Margarita Blush at the University of Connecticut, Carolyn Rude at Virginia Tech, Eno Ebong at Northeastern University, and Donna Alberston at New York University.
