Since 2019, Dr. Dugan has served as dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pikesville in Kentucky. Earlier in her career, Dr. Dugan served on the political science faculty at Randolph College in Lynchburg, Virginia.
The honorees are Juanita Johnson-Bailey of the University of Georgia, Rae Silver of Barnard College, Maria Harrison of Cornell University, Lois Zook-Gerdau of Muskingum University, Barbara E. Hagler of Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, and Wanda Heading-Grant of the University of Vermont.