The new deans are Janet Eckerson at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, Jennifer Schroeder at Georgia Southern University, Melanie Landon-Hays at Western Oregon University, Mingyan Liu at the University of Michigan, Christine Foreman at Montana State University, Tammy Webster at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Annette O'Connor at Kansas State University, and Candace Kuby at Georgia State University.
The new provosts are Elizabeth Burroughs at Montana State University, Jennifer Dearden at Hartwick College in New York, Mary Pearson at Southern Utah University, and Alyssa Kiesow at Texas A&M University-Victoria.
Eight women scholars affiliated with higher educational institutions in the United States were recently presented with awards at the 139th annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago.
Dr. Dunlop is a professor of history and philosophy at Montana State University. Her latest book, The Mistral: A Windswept History of Modern France, has been twice recognized by the American Historical Association as an outstanding publication on European history.
The academic women taking on new roles are Beatriz Lorenzo, Elizabeth Wyles, Megan Case, Lacie Peterson, Stephanie Payne, Sarah Stoneback, Lisa McNair, Cynthia Sides, Amy Landis, Andrea Page-McCaw, Jess Hartshorn, and Lesley Reid.
The new endowed professors are Courtney Suess at Oklahoma State University, Chelsea Comadoll at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Kansas, and Flynn Murray at Montana State University.
Michelle B. Larson, an astrophysicist and experienced academic professional, has spent the past decade leading The Adler Planetarium in Chicago. She is slated to become Clarkson University's first woman president on April 1.
Stacey Sherwin has been appointed interim president of Salish Kootenai College in Montana following the resignation of former interim president Michael Munson, who is taking on a new role with Washington State University.
Following her retirement as president of Montana State University at the end of this academic year, Dr. Cruzado will step in as president of the APLU, an organization dedicated to supporting public and land-grant institutions across North America.
The American Society for Legal History and the American Historical Association have both honored Dr. Yannakakis for her book, Since Time Immemorial: Native Custom and Law in Colonial Mexico.
The faculty appointments are Candice Batton at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, Kristina Booth at the University of Oklahoma, Elizabeth Rink of Montana State University, and Ela Austin at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia.
