The American Society of Criminology's Division of Feminist Criminology has honored Dr. Nicole Rader for her book, Teaching Fear: How We Learn to Fear Crime and Why It Matters, which analyzes how society teaches young girls to be afraid of crime.
As director of in vivo and behavioral pharmacology at the Vanderbilt University Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Rook’s research focus over the past 10 years has been on developing treatments for the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Zora Mulligan has been serving as chief of staff for the president of the University of Missouri System. She has served in that role since 2014. From 2010 to 2014, she was the executive director of the Missouri Community College System.
Professors Protima Roy at Drury University in Springfield, Missouri, and Joan Berzoff at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, are retiring. In addition, Ellen Robertson Green, a vice president at Amarillo College in Texas, has resigned.
