Dr. Wade-Gayles taught English and women's studies at Spelman College in Atlanta for over four decades. Her scholarship centered on African American women's literature.
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.
The appointments are Lisa Clough at North Carolina A&T State University, Stephanie Monastra Wilder at Walsh University in Ohio, Christie Torruella Smith at Alfred University in New York, Heather Woods at Smith College in Massachusetts, Dana Bodine at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York, and Laura Fultz at Emory Healthcare in Atlanta.
The appointments are Nichole Zehnder at Washington University, Mary Elise Sarotte at Yale University, Camille Robcis at Columbia University, Narcisa Pricope at Mississippi State University, and Pearl Dowe at Emory University in Atlanta.
L'Oréal USA has revealed the 2025 For Women in Science awardees, providing five women postdoctoral scientists grants in order to advance their research.
Amy Hietapelto is dean of the College of Business at Eastern Michigan University. Molly McGehee is interim dean of Emory University's Oxford College and Taviare Hawkins is dean of the School of Science at Hampton University in Virginia.
“As provost, I will advance Emory's academic mission by enhancing the conditions in which our students thrive and our faculty produce life-changing, life-saving scholarship and research,” said Dr. Ahad.
The women selected for new positions in academia are Eugenia Vasileiadou, Amey Victoria Adkins-Jones, Shannon Wiltsey-Stirman, Amanda Kaltenberg, Federica Brandizzi, Debra Sullivan, Leslie Appiah, and Shaniece Bickham.
The women taking on new academic roles are Meng Zhu at Virginia Tech, Sara Roccabianca at Washington University, Ayako Kano at the University of Pennsylvania, Vicky Lai at the University of Arizona, Jennifer Hunter at the University of Kentucky, Laura Machia at Syracuse University, Allison Koenecke at Cornell University, Tamara Caspary at Emory University, Nukhet Sandal at Ohio University, and Debbie Fleming at Central Baptist College.
Dr. Range, associate professor of English at Lawrence University, was honored for her new poetry collection, Printer's First, which tells the story of the U.S. abolitionist movement with a particular focus on its print culture.
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.
