Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
“As we navigate a transformative era for higher education in America, Brown’s model — open, collaborative, curiosity-driven and student-centered — is more essential than ever. It is the right time for a new Brown president who will have the distinct privilege and pleasure of leading a university that is exceptionally well positioned for impact in the years ahead,” said Dr. Paxon.
In 1971, Schmertz co-founded the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Later in life, she became the first woman to serve as a senior vice president at American Express.
Dr. Dinnerstein joined the University of Arizona in 1975 as founding director of the women's studies program. Four years later, she became founding director of the Southwest Institute for Research on Women.
Dr. Newkirk was the first faculty member of color in the College of Home Economics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where served as chair of the department of home economics education for 20 years. Dr. Newkirk was also the first African American elected president of the American Home Economics Association.
The appointments are Katrina Armstrong at Columbia University, Melissa Schwartzberg at Princeton University, R.F. Kuang at the College of the Holy Cross, Khadijah Ali-Coleman at Coppin State University, Stacey Saunders-Adams at Ohio University, Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and Jess Jones at the University of Pennsylvania.
The women who are taking on new administrative roles in higher education are Susan Monagan, Sherria N. King, Amanda Canales, Jamie Steiger, Talibah M. Bayles, Ellen Herbst, Janny Manasse, Traevena Byrd, Nicole J. Sakraida, Sarah Sussman, Michelle McDonald, and Gita Manaktala.
Dr. Vunjak-Novakovic, University Professor and the Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences at Columbia University, was honored for her pioneering work in human tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Dr. Scherban taught chemistry in Portland Community College for 10 years. Since her retirement in 2019, she has organized an American Chemical Society symposium focused on women in science.
Professor Painter has been awarded for her distinguished scholarship in American history. Currently a professor emerita at Princeton University, she has authored nine books throughout her career.
Dr. Vacca currently serves as the Gevork M. Avedissian Associate Professor of Armenian History and Civilization at Columbia University. She is a historian of early Islam working on the caliphal provinces of Armenia and Caucasian Albania.
