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United States Department of Agriculture Honors Ozzie Abaye for Excellence in Teaching
Ozzie Abaye, the Thomas B. Hutcheson Jr. Professor of Agronomy at Virginia Tech, has received with the 2023 Excellence in College and University Teaching Award for Food and Agricultural Sciences. Dr. Abaye states, “Teaching is not what I do for a living, but what I do to live.”
Six Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Megan Nagel Is the New Chancellor of the Greater Allegheny Campus of Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Nagel joined Penn State Greater Allegheny in 2010 as an assistant professor of chemistry. She earned tenure and was promoted to associate professor of chemistry in 2018. Dr. Nagel has served as interim chancellor since June 2022.
Universities Announce the Appointments of Five Women to Dean Positions
The women appointed as dean are Tonya L. Peeples at Pennsylvania State University, Kathryn (Katie) Cardarell at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, Emma Savage-Davis at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, Sarah Ades at the University of Texas at Austin, Cynthia Nance at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville School of Law.
Six Women Appointed to Administrative Posts at Universities
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.
Margo DelliCarpini Selected to Lead the Commonwealth Campuses of Pennsylvania State University
Dr. DelliCarpini has been serving as chancellor and dean of Pennsylvania State University Abington. Earlier, she was vice provost for strategic educational partnerships and dean of the College of Education and Human Development at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She previously served as professor and dean of the College of Education at Morehead State University in Kentucky
Carey McDougall Is the New Leader of the Penn State Beaver Campus in Monaca
McDougall has served as the chief academic officer at the Beaver campus since 2014. Before coming to Penn State Beaver, she was an associate professor of art at the Stark campus of Kent State University in Ohio.
Universities Announce the Hiring of Seven Women to High-Level Administrative Posts
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.
New Assignments for Seven Women Faculty Members in Higher Education
The faculty in new roles are Meng Zhao at North Carolina A&T State University, Lucia Unrau at Oklahoma State University, Kimberly Cornaggia at Pennsylvania State University, Karen Keaton Jackson at North Carolina Central University, Elizabeth Topp at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Berit Bangoura at the University of Wyoming, and Penny Gordon-Larsen at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Positions in Higher Education
Taking on new roles relating to diversity are Haley Morgan Smith at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, Lynette Yarger at the Schreyer Honors College at Pennsylvania State University, and Nicole Del Castillo at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Five Women Who Have Been Appointed to University Dean Positions
Taking on new roles as deans are Eun-Ok Im at the University of Texas at Austin, Andrea Tapia at Pennsylvania State University, Cindy Juntunen at California State University, Monterrey Bay, Nikesha Nesbitt at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, and Molly Land at the University of Connecticut.
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed Deans at Universities
The women appointed dean are Karen Kim at Pennsylvania State University, Donna LaVoie at Saint Louis University in Missouri, Badia Ahad at Emory University in Atlanta, Loretta Griffy at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, and Patricia Timmons-Goodson at North Carolina Central University.
Kimberly Rogers Appointed the Fifteenth President of Contra Costa College in California
Before being named acting president of the college in 2022, Dr. Rogers was vice president for instruction. Earlier in her career, she held academic appointments at the University at Buffalo of the State University of New York System, the University of Massachusetts Boston, and the Université de Haute-Alsace in France.
Six Women Scholars Who Have Been Assigned to New Positions or Duties
Taking on new roles are Christine Kim Garcia in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, Jamie Waters at Boston College, Dana R. Fisher at American University in Washington, D.C., Caterina Scoglio at Kansas State University, Ann Marie Stanley at Pennsylvania State University, and Sanya Carley at the University of Pennsylvania.
Radha Pyati Will Be the Next Chancellor of Pennsylvania State University-Berks
Since 2018, Dr. Pyati has been serving as the dean of the College of Sciences and Mathematics at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. Prior to her role at West Chester, Dr. Pyati worked at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.
Three Women in New University Roles Relating to Diversity
Taking on new roles relating to diversity are Jeanine Staples-Dixon at Pennsylvania State University, Emily Babb at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and Noura Allen in the College of Professional Studies at Syracuse University in New York.
Katie McLaughlin to Lead the University of Oregon’s Ballmer Institute
The Ballmer Institute, made possible by a $425 million gift from Steve and Connie Ballmer, seeks to address the growing crisis in children’s behavioral health and well-being. The clinical institute will strive to effect change across family, community, and school aspects of children’s lives.
Penn State’s Denise Okafor Wins the Mason Award for Women in the Chemical Sciences
First awarded in 2015, the Mason Award is a highly competitive award that attracts applications from the very best early-career female chemists across the country. Dr. Okafor’s research focuses on understanding how protein function is regulated.
Maureen Perry-Jenkins Honored for Lifetime Achievement in Feminist Family Studies
Professor Perry-Jenkins’ research focuses on the ways in which socio-cultural factors such as race, gender, and social class shape work-family processes and are related to the quality of family relationships and the well-being of parents and their children.
Naydeen González-De Jesús Will Be the Thirteenth President of San Antonio College in Texas
Dr. González-De Jesús has been serving the executive vice president of student success at Milwaukee Area Technical College in Wisconsin. Prior to her position at Milwaukee Area Technical College, Dr. Gonzalez-De Jesus served as the public diplomacy officer for the U.S. embassy in Argentina.
Harriet B. Nembhard Will Be the Next President of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California
A nationally respected leader in the field of industrial and operations engineering, Dr.Nembhard currently serves as dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Iowa. Before coming to Iowa in 2020, Dr. Nembhard was the Eric R. Smith Professor of Engineering and head of the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University.
Three Woman Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Posts in Higher Education
Melissa González, has agreed to serve as interim chief diversity officer for the 2023-24 academic year at Davidson College in North Carolina. Emily Glodzik was named coordinator of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Scranton campus of Pennsylvania State University and Aja Rodriguez is the new director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Maryville College in Tennessee.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed Diversity Officers in Higher Education
Jessica Funes is the inaugural coordinator for inclusion in the Office of Veterans Affairs at the City University of New York. Jennifer Hamer was appointed special adviser to the president of Pennsylvania State University for institutional equity and Sandra Mitchell will become the inaugural senior diversity officer at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s University in St. Joseph, Minnesota.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Nine Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts in Higher Education
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.
Penn State’s Felecia Davis Honored for Her Work in Digital Design
Felecia Davis, an associate professor of architecture in the College of Arts and Architecture’s Stuckeman School at Pennsylvania State University, has been named the winner of the 2022 Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum National Design Award in the Digital Design category for her work that explores the use of computational textiles.
Nancy Tauna of Pennsylvania State University Was Honored by the International Society for Environmental Ethics
A trained “philosopher of science,” Dr. Tuana has focused much of her research on ethical concerns in climate science and climate policy, with a particular emphasis on highlighting critical issues of gender, racial and socio-economic justice. Currently, she’s collaborating with scientists on an NSF project targeting communities in New York, New Jersey, and the Philadelphia area that are adapting to rising sea levels.
Seven Women Faculty Members Who Have Been Given New Roles or Duties
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Lynda Goldstein Is the New Chancellor of the Wilkes-Barre Campus of Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Goldstein, who is also an associate professor of English and women’s studies, has served as interim chancellor at the campus since March. She has simultaneously held the role of the associate chief academic officer since 2018. Dr. Goldstein has served in a variety of roles at Penn State Wilkes-Barre since she was hired as an instructor in the English department in 1991.
Six Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties
The six women scholars taking on new duties are Ana López at New Mexico State University, Cynthia Reinhart-King at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Norrisa Haynes at Yale Medical School, Amy Millicent Morris at the University of Nebraska Omaha, Lara B. Fowlerat Pennsylvania State University, and Jennifer Schaller at the University of New Mexico.
In Memoriam: Marilyn Louise Fogel 1952-2022
Professor Fogel pioneered the use of different forms of the same chemical element, called isotopes, to understand the life history of organisms, both modern and ancient. In so doing, she helped develop biogeochemistry as a new field of science with many seminal papers in the field and earned herself the moniker ‘isotope queen.’
Universities Announce the Appointment of Nine Women to Administrative Posts
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.
In Memoriam: Carol Lazzaro-Weis, 1949-2022
Carol Lazzaro-Weis was a professor emerita of French and Italian studies at the University of Missouri. She served as president of the American Association of Italian Studies from 2009 to 2016.
New Women Leaders for Two Regional Campuses of Pennsylvania State University
Elizabeth J. Wright, an associate professor of English and associate dean was appointed chancellor of the Hazleton campus of Pennsylvania State University. Megan Nagel will serve as interim chancellor and chief academic officer for the coming academic year at Penn State Great Allegheny in McKeesport.
The University of Southern Maine in Portland Names Its Next President
Since 2017, Dr. Edmondson has been the chancellor and chief academic officer of Penn State Greater Allegheny. Earlier, she was a tenured professor and associate dean in the College of Education and later associate vice president and associate dean for undergraduate education.
