Currently serving as a professor of rhetoric and writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Dr. McCauley studies the intersection of writing and emerging technologies, such as generative AI.
The professors who have received new appointments are J. Camille Hall at Missouri State University, Desirée Garcia at Dartmouth College, Tracey George at Vanderbilt University, Achala Vagal at the University of Cincinnati, Elizabeth Chen at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Viveka Vadyvaloo at Washington State Universiy, and Jimin Nam at MIT.
Since 1997, Dr. Ray-Degges has taught interior design at North Dakota State University. She was recently honored by the International Association of Top Professionals for her career accomplishments as an educator, scholar, and leader in her field.
As dean of the Graduate College at Missouri State University, Julie Masterson has overseen a significant period of growth in the university's graduate enrollment and retention, degree offerings, and external partnerships.
Dr. Perryman is an associate professor of counselor education and the founding director of the Office of Play Therapy Research and Training at the University of Arkansas. She has over two decades of combined experience in education, school counseling, professional counseling, and play therapy.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed dean at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].
Dr. Whalen has been serving as vice president of academic services at Las Positas College in Livermore, California. She also serves in a statewide role as vice president of the California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers Association. Dr. Whalen will become president of Foothill College on March 31.
Mollie Rose Molnar was a former professor and chair of the department of music at what is now Missouri State University in Springfield. Both of her parents serve in the Arkansas House of Represenatives
Camilla O’Neal, professor emerita of English and education at Missouri State University, died on July 24, 2020 at the home of her son in Columbia, Missouri.
Dr. Snider began her career at the University of Delaware in 1983. She was a longtime professor and extension food safety and nutrition specialist who retired in January 2019.
Dr. Lawler was an adjunct faculty member at Missouri State University from 1984 to 2002. She joined the staff at Ozarks Technical Community College in 1997 and rose to the rank of provost and vice chancellor for academic and student affairs.
