Laya Khademibami is an assistant research professor of sustainable bioproducts at Mississippi State University. In her research, she focuses on improving the long-term performance of structural insulated panels.
The appointments are Deana Warner at Southwest Minnesota State University, Jane Chadwick at Virginia Tech, Kizzy N. Lea at Livingstone College in North Carolina, Katreshia Louis-Verett at North Carolina A&T State University, Becky Hall Frenkel at Rice University in Texas, and Katelynn Potter at Mississippi State University.
The women who have been selected for endowed faculty appointments are Emily Patterson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Julie Jessop at Mississippi State University, and Lora Iannotti at Washington University in St. Louis.
The women who have recently received awards for their new books are Julia Elliott of the University of South Carolina, Min Kyung Lee of Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, and Anne E. Marshall at Mississippi State University.
The women who have been appointed to new academic leadership roles are Kyna Shelley, Michelle Gray, Christi Brookes, Shirley Clark, Ruth Varner, Janette Kim, Amy Eyler, Stephanie King, and Rima Nakkash.
Although it was initially founded as school for women, the University of Montevallo has never had a woman president. Now the university has reached a historic milestone and selected selected Michelle R. Johnston to serve as its next president.
Julie Sanford of the University of Alabama, Eileen Boris of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Itohan Osayimwese of Brown University, Jane Grant-Kels of the University of Connecticut, and Rani Sullivan of Mississippi State University have been appointed to leadership positions with professional organizations in their academic fields of study.
The women who have been selected for endowed positions are Tiffany Heng-Moss at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, SaMin Han at Mississippi State University, Emily Bernhardt at Cornell University, and Melanie Joy at the University of Colorado Anschutz.
Dr. Chambers is the William L. Giles Distinguished Professor in the Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine, where she has taught for the past five decades. She was recently honored by the Society for Toxicology for career-long dedication to advancing the field of toxicological science.
Here is this week’s roundup of women scholars who have been appointed to new positions in the academic world. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Dr. Rader was recognized for her book, Teaching Fear: How We Learn to Fear Crime and Why It Matters (Temple University Press, 2023), which examines the social learning process that teaches young girls to be more afraid of crime and how these guidelines carry into adulthood.
The appointments are Nichole Zehnder at Washington University, Mary Elise Sarotte at Yale University, Camille Robcis at Columbia University, Narcisa Pricope at Mississippi State University, and Pearl Dowe at Emory University in Atlanta.
