The new deans are Veena Misra at North Carolina State University, Susan Davies at Tulane University, Angela Johnson at Dillard University, Marci Maple at Bemidji State University, Molly McGehee at Emory University, Erin White at Fayetteville State University, and Sarah Westberg at Bethel University.
Here is this week’s roundup of women scholars who have been appointed to new positions in the academic world. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Oregon State University has honored Natasha Trethewey of Northwestern University for her literary achievements. A Pulitzer Prize-winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, Professor Trethewey is the author of five poetry collections, one monograph, and a memoir.
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.
