The five women named to dean positions are Tuba Özkan-Haller at Oregon State University, Neporcha Cone at Middle Tennessee State University, Kelly Chandler-Olcott at Syracuse University in New York, Julie M. Aultman at Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown, and Letitia Williams at Morgan State University in Baltimore.
The five women appointed to dean posts are Helen Boucher at the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Karlene Burrell-McRae at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, Toddi Steelman at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, Leah Tolbert Lyons at Middle Tennessee State University, and Patricia Rhynders at Trident University International in Chandler, Arizona.
Bonnie Slatton began her tenure in the then women’s physical education department at the University of Iowa in 1964, where she served as a faculty member and a coach of tennis and badminton. She earned a Ph.D. in physical education from the University of Iowa in 1970.
The three winners are Kathy Roberts Forde, a professor of journalism at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Katherine A. Foss, a professor of media studies at Middle Tennessee State University, and Melita M. Garza, an associate professor of journalism in the College of Communication at Texas Christian University.
Dr. Williamson joins the University of Arkansas at Little Rock from the University of Missouri–Kansas City, where she served as the Victor and Caroline Schutte/Missouri Professor of Urban Affairs and director of the L.P. Cookingham Institute of Urban Affairs. Earlier, she taught at the University of Texas at San Antonio and the University of Alabama.
Dr. Puryear joined the University of Tennessee System in 1994. In 2012, she was named associate vice chancellor for instruction and special projects for the colleges of applied technology. In 2017, Dr. Puryear was promoted to vice chancellor of economic and community development for the Tennessee Board of Regents.
Julie Hoff will serve as dean of the Fran and Earl Ziegler College of Nursing of the University of Oklahoma's Health Science Center in Oklahoma City. Beverly Keel is the new dean of the College of Media and Entertainment at Middle Tennessee State University and Amy Sueyoshi was appointed dean of the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University.
Since March 2016, Monks has been assistant director of the Shelbyville campus. Earlier, Monks had a 23-year career at Motlow State Community College in Tullahoma, Tennessee, including stints as dean of students and director of athletics.
Dr. Barlow had been serving as director of the mathematics and science education doctoral program at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. Earlier in her career, Dr. Barlow held faculty posts at the University of Mississippi and the University of West Georgia.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
