Tag: Dartmouth College

New Faculty Appointments for Eight Women in Academia

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

In Memoriam: Marysa Navarro-Aranguren, 1934-2025

Dr. Navarro-Aranguen taught at Dartmouth College for over four decades. While there, she founded what are now the programs in women's, gender, and sexuality studies and Latin American, Latino, and Caribbean studies.

Miya Qiong Xie Wins First Book Prize From the Modern Language Association

Dr. Xie has taught comparative East Asian literature at Dartmouth College for the past seven years. Her award-winning book, Territorializing Manchuria: The Transnational Frontier and Literatures of East Asia, examines how the frontier of Manchuria influenced literature throughout East Asia.

Yanna Yannakakis Wins Two National Awards for Her Book on Colonial Mexico

The American Society for Legal History and the American Historical Association have both honored Dr. Yannakakis for her book, Since Time Immemorial: Native Custom and Law in Colonial Mexico.

Three Women Selected for Endowed Professorships With the Dartmouth College Faculty of Arts and Sciences

The Dartmouth College Faculty of Arts and Sciences has appointed Sienna Craig, Laura Edmondson, and Heidi Williams to endowed professorships.

Three Women Selected for Endowed Professorships in STEM Disciplines

The women appointed to endowed chairs are Yashi Ahmed at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Jalene LaMontagne at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and Beverly Magda at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

University of Southern California President Carol Folt Announces She Will Step Down Next Summer

Prior to taking on her current role in 2019, Dr. Folt served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from July 2013 to January 2019. Her career in higher education began as a professor at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, where she served as a faculty member in biological sciences.

Nine Women Appointed to Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities

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 [email protected].

New Administrative Appointments for Fifteen Women in Higher Education

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 [email protected].

New Dean Appointments for Four Women Leaders in Academia

The new deans are Kim Jones at Union University in Jackson, Tennessee, Dena Evans at East Tennessee State University, Denise Seachrist at Kent State University at Salem in Ohio, and Kathryn Bezella at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.

Andrea Hayes Dixon Named Chair of Federal Scientific Management Review Board

The Scientific Management Review Board supervises and reviews the operation of all scientific research programs within the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Dr. Hayes Dixon will serve as board chair through June 2026.

Fifteen Women Appointed to Administrative Roles in Higher Education

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 [email protected].