The new deans are Morgan Turpin at McNeese State University, Barbara Shinn-Cunningham at Carnegie Mellon University, and Aviva Abramovsky at the University of Idaho.
The new deans are Emily Swain at Fairmont State University in West Virginia, LaVie Leasure at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, Meghan Olinger at McNeese State University in Louisiana, and Jen Schneider at Boise State University in Idaho..
Paddio served as vice president for student affairs at Talladega College in Alabama from 2008 to 2015. During her tenure, enrollment at the college quadrupled.
Erin Entrada Kelly, a professor in the graduate program in creative writing at Rosemont College, is the recipient of the John Newbery Medal. The award is the highest honor given out by the American Library Association for a children's book.
