Tag: Georgia Southern University

Nalanda Roy Honored for Lifetime Achievement in Global Affairs Research

The Society of Translational Academic Research has recognized Nalanda Roy, professor at Georgia Southern University, for her outstanding research on South and Southeast Asian maritime security and conflicts.

Four Women Professors Selected for New Academic Positions

The faculty members taking on new duties are Pamela Bourland-Davis of Georgia Southern University, Chaoran Ma of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Courtney Schultz at Colorado State University, and Sylvia Biscoveanu at Princeton University in New Jersey.

Holley Roberts to Oversee Academic Affairs at Georgia College & State University

Dr. Roberts brings nearly two-decades of experience as an educator and administrator at Georgia College and State University to her new role. She will begin her new position on August 19.

A Dozen 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].

New Dean Appointments for a Dozen Women Scholars

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

Seven Women Selected for Administrative Positions 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].

Georgia Southwestern State University Appoints Teresa MacCartney as Interim President

MacCartney currently serves as chief operating officer for the University System of Georgia. She previously served as chief financial officer for the State of Georgia.

Annie Mendenhall Honored with 2024 Outstanding Book Award from the Conference on College Composition and Communication

"It is a major career achievement and a huge honor to be recognized by the CCCC with this award and to have my work included with so many other outstanding scholars who have won this award in the past," said Dr. Mendenhall, associate professor of English at Georgia Southern University.

In Memoriam: Gale Aileen Harrison, 1945-2023

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

New Administrative Duties for Six Women in Higher Education

Taking on new administrative roles are Margaret Lo at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, Pat Kendrick at Xavier University in New Orleans, Angela Abbott at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Alejandra “Ale” Sosa Pieroni at Georgia Southern University, Alexis A. Antracoli at the University of Michigan, and Brittney Johnson at Florida A&M University.

Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions at State Universities

The new deans are Kathryn Sloan at the University of Arkansas, Emily Frazier at North Dakota State University, Joi Spencer at the University of California, Riverside, Michelle Clare at the University of Cincinnati, Ethel Scurlock at the University of Mississippi, Whitney Nash at Georgia Southern University, Lisa Owens-Jackson at North Carolina A&T State University, and Elizabeth Yakel at the University of Michigan.

New Duties or Titles for Six Women Scholars in Higher Education

Taking on new roles are Sonya Alemán at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Jennifer Swann at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Asli Aslan at Georgia Southern University, Ruth Opara at Syracuse University in New York, Michelle Miley at Montana State University, and Renée Lynn Beard at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.