A scholar of American urban history, Dr. Boehm has previously held academic leadership roles at Bridgewater State University, Manhattanville College, and Worcester State University. She will begin her new position with Saginaw Valley State University in January.
Dr. Wolff served as a professor of humanities at MIT for more than two decades. She was a scholar of 19th- and 20th-century American women writers, authoring biographies on Emily Dickinson and Edith Wharton.
In 1973, Dr. Charles was appointed assistant dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame just a year after women were first admitted. In 1976, she became the first woman to serve as a dean at the University of Notre Dame. In 1982 Dr. Charles was appointed assistant provost and director of international studies at Notre Dame.
Elizabeth J. McCormack served as president of Manhattanville College in Harrison, New York, from 1966 to 1974. During her tenure, she led the transformation of Manhattanville from an elite Catholic women’s institution to a non-denominational, co-educational center of higher education.
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Karen Polonko was a University Professor of sociology and criminal justice at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She had taught at the university since 1983.
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
Molly Easo Smith, the former president of Manhattanville College, believes that more women need to be at the table where presidential decisions are made.
