The four women scholars who have been promoted at Muhlenberg College are Kathleen Bachynski in public health, Heidi Cruz-Austin in dance, Mirna Trauger in Spanish, and Leah Wilson in neuroscience.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].
Valerie Smith, president of Swarthmore College, and Kathleen Harring, president of Muhlenberg College, have both received contract extensions through June 2027 and June 2028, respectively.
Taking on new roles relating to diversity in higher education are Jonencia Wood at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, Karen Nelson at Herzing University, which is based in Milwaukee, Brooke Vick at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Pamela Ross-McClain at Delta College in Frankenlust Township, Michigan, and Adrienne Morgan at the University of Rochester in New York.
Thelathia “Nikki†Young was appointed vice president for institutional equity and access at Haverford College in Pennsylvania. Emanuela Kucik was named faculty fellow for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Annie McGowan is the new vice president in the Office of Diversity at Texas A&M University.
Muhlenberg College, a selective liberal arts educational institution in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has announced the promotion of eleven faculty members to the rank of associate professor with tenure. Four of these promotions went to women: Kassandra Hartford. Elena FitzPatrick Sifford, Rebecca Lustig, and Sahar Sadeghi.
Taking on new administrative roles are Janelle Neubauer at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Massachusetts, Yolanda Smith at Tufts University in Massachusetts, Andrea Bordeau at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Virginia McMath at Parkland College in Illinois, Alanna Shanahan at the University of Pennsylvania, and Carey Anne Zucca at Skidmore College in New York.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Dr. Hass has been president of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, since 2017. Prior to that role, Dr. Hass was president of Austin College in Sherman, Texas. Earlier, she spent more than 16 years as a member of the faculty and administration at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, rising to the rank of provost.
Melinda Arnold has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs for Texas A&M University-Texarkana and Laura Furge was named provost at Muhlenberg College, a liberal arts educational institution in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Taking on new duties or positions are Tina Hernandez-Boussard at Stanford University. Kristina Douglass at Pennsylvania State University, Diana Tamir at Princeton University in New Jersey, Yuri “Lily†Funahashi at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Sarah Runcie at Mihlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Hannah Hazard-Jenkins at West Virginia University.
Dr. Harring as served as interim president since last summer. In 2017, she was named provost at the college. Dr. Harring has been on the faculty in the college's psychology department since 1984.
