Dr. Harrison began her teaching career at Floyd Junior College in Rome, Georgia, which is now Georgia Highlands College. In the late 1980s, she joined the political science department at what is now Georgia Southern University in Statesboro
The five women appointed to dean posts are Virginia Roach at Fordham University, Tiffani Blake at the College of New Rochelle, Leslie Johnson at Georgia Highlands College, Pamela Jeffries at George Washington University, and Cristen Kromm at Columbia University.
The appointees are Barbara D. Chernow at Brown University, Diane C. Anci at Kenyon College, Almeta E. Cooper at the Morehouse School of Medicine, Eleanor Nelson at Virginia Tech, Hilary Parker at Princeton University, and Mary Transue at Georgia Highlands College.
