Karen Kopera-Frye of New Mexico State University was appointed to a four-year term as editor-in-chief of Gerontology & Geriatrics Education and Jessica Maddox of the University of Georgia was named the inaugural editor-in-chief of Creator and Influencer Studies.
Charlotte Connop, Danielle Howard, and Yi Qun Xu are new assistant professors at Bates College, Clemson University, and the University of Denver, respectively. Sarah Olsen of Williams College in Massachusetts and Karen Kopera-Frye of New Mexico State University are taking on academic leadership roles with their institutions.
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 contact@WIAReport.com.
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 contact@WIAReport.com.
Last year, a student at New Mexico State University filed a civil lawsuit against the institution, claiming the university did not take sufficient action following her report of being raped in her dorm room in 2022. In addition to a $1 million settlement, NMSU will require all students to complete a consent and sexual assault training course at the beginning of every academic year going forward.
The new deans are Malini Suchak at Loyola University Chicago, Kristin McCauliff at Ball State University in Indiana, Dana Davis at Gadsden State Community College in Alabama, Leslie Edgar at the University of Idaho, Alexa Doig at New Mexico State University, Shreerekha Pillai at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and Elizabeth Gmitter at Valparaiso University in Indiana.
The Society for Public Health Education has presented its 2025 M. Elaine Aud Horizon Award to Sarah Ruiz, assistant professor at New Mexico State University, for her contributions to the public health profession and education.
The five women faculty members taking on new duties are Chadrhyn Pedraza at New Mexico State University, Jennifer Ross at Syracuse University in New York, Christi Maldonado at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, Katie Crawford at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and Izabela Ragan at the University of Wyoming.
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.
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 contact@WIAReport.com.
The Association of Information Systems has awarded Dr. Shindi with their Volunteer of the Year Award. She currently teaches as an assistant professor at New Mexico State University, where she oversees the university's Association of Information Systems student chapter.
A research team led by New Mexico State University has found women with concurrent depression and breast cancer diagnoses are significantly more likely to die than both women without either diagnosis and those with only one of the two diagnoses.
