Tag: Howard University

In Memoriam: Jeanne Craig Sinkford, 1933-2025

Dr. Sinkford was the first woman to ever lead a dental school in the United States, serving as dean of her alma mater, the College of Dentistry at Howard University, from 1975 to 1991.

Five Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Faculty Positions

The appointments are Marie Johns at Howard University, Jennifer Jennings at Princeton University, Sarah Reisman at the California Institute of Technology, Jeanne Gillespie at the University of Southern Mississippi, and Diana Montaño at Washington University.

Andrea Hayes Dixon Is the New President of the American Pediatric Surgical Association

Dr. Dixon has had a pioneering career in pediatric surgery and academic medicine. In 2004, she became the first Black woman in the United States to become board-certified in pediatric surgery. For the past three years, she has served as the first Black woman dean of the Howard University College of Medicine.

New Administrative Roles for Eight Women 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].

Seven Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Universities

The new deans are Ginger Gummelt at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Kimberly Smith at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania, Zaryab Iqbal at Old Dominion University in Virginia, Kimberly Jones at Howard University in Washington, D.C., Sophia Sotilleo at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, Angela Branch-Vital at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, and Liz Wuorinen at Northern Michigan University.

New Dean Appointments for Eight Women at Colleges and Universities

Raquel Monroe, Fatma Mili, Sharon Tucker, Mary McGriff, RoSusan D. Bartee, Marie-Anne de Graaff, Heather Phipps, and Melissa Delikat are taking on new dean positions at educational institutions across the country.

A Dozen Women With Academic Affiliations Elected to Membership in the American Philosophical Society

The American Philosophical Society (APS), the oldest learned society in North America, has announced the election of 38 new members. Of the 28 new members from the United States, 12 are women with current ties to the academic world.

Nine Women Appointed to Administrative Roles in the Academic World

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].

Gina Spivey-Brown Named President of Oakwood University in Alabama

Upon assuming her new role on July 1, Dr. Gina Spivey-Brown will become the first woman to lead Oakwood University. She has served as dean of Howard University's College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences for the past decade.

Eight Women Appointed to Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities

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].

Seven Women Scholars Appointed to New Dean Positions

The new deans are Pearl Sandick at the University of Utah, Mo Zell at the University of Hawaiʻi, Rebecca Bott-Knutson at Virginia Tech, Jessica Lang at Fordham University, Kimberly R. Moffitt at Howard University, Kate Murphy at California Polytechnic State University, and Sarah Clark at Brigham Young University.

In Memoriam: Joycelyn Nicole Wilson, 1975-2025

A senior instructor of mathematics at Spelman College in Atlanta, Wilson was found deceased on February 9 at Lake Oconee after an empty boat was found circling the lake.