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New Administrative Posts in Higher Education for Six Women
The six women who have been appointed to administrative posts are Sarah Chinniah at the University of Missouri, Carrie Castille at the University of Tennessee, Amikaeyla Gaston at the California Jazz Conservatory. Jana Rosinski at Syracuse University, Micki Kidder at the University of Notre Dame, LaNiece R. Tyree at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Selected to Serve as Endowed Professors
Saba Siddiki has been named the Chapple Family Professor at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University in New York. Cristina Archer was appointed to the Unidel Howard Cosgrove Career Development Chair in Environment at the University of Delaware and Barbara Valent was named to the Biosecurity Research Institute Endowed Professorship at Kansas State University.
Syracuse University’s Gwendolyn Pough to Lead the Rhetoric Society of America
Gwendolyn Pough, dean’s professor of the humanities and professor of women’s and gender studies in the College of Arts and Sciences at Syracuse University in New York, will serve a six-year term as president-elect, president, and past-president, of the Rhetoric Society of America, beginning in July.
New Assignments in Higher Education for Five Women Scholars
Taking on new duties are Lainie Rutkow at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Marilyn J. Cipolla at the University of Vermont, Salamishah Tillet at Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey, Sharon Hall at Arizona State University, and Marcelle Haddix at Syracuse University in New York.
Syracuse University Scholar Wins Book Prize for Her Study of Non-Governmental Organizations in Egypt
Catherine E. Herrold, associate professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in New York, has been awarded the Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Book Prize from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action.
Deborah Stanley to Lead the State University of New York System
Stanley has been serving as president of the SUNY-Oswego campus. She had announced this past June that she would be stepping down as president after leading the university for 26 years. She had served on the staff at SUNY-Oswego for 44 years.
Four Women Faculty Members Who Will Be Taking on New Duties at Colleges and Universities
The four women scholars who are taking on new roles are Angela Frey at Alverno College in Milwaukee, Jamie Winders, at Syracuse University in New York, Nicole Holt has recently joined the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia, and Mary Emery at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
A Group of Five Women Academics Who Are Taking on New Assignments at Major Universities
The five women scholars appointed to new positions are Chie Sakakibara at Syracuse University in New York, Jen Ames Stuart at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Lisa M. Anderson at Arizona State University, Radhika Nagpal at Princeton Univerity in New Jersey, and Nancy Freitag at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Colleges and Universities Have Announced the Appointment of Three Women to Endowed Professorships
Pamela R. Jeffries has been named to the Valere Potter Distinguished Chair in Nursing at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.Regina Stevens-Truss was named to the the Dorothy H. Heyl Senior Endowed Chair in Chemistry at Kalamazoo College in Michigan and Jillian Scheer has been named the inaugural Cobb-Jones Professor of Clinical Psychology at Syracuse University in New York.
Six Women Who Have Been Selective to Serve in Higher Education Administrative Positions
Taking on new administrative duties are Nadine Wong at Duke University, Jamilyn Penn at Highline College in Des Moines, Washington, Stephanie Droker at the Peralta Community College District in Oakland, California, Liudmila Sergeevna Mainzer at the University of Wyoming, Leslie Rodriguez-McClellon at Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Melissa Yuen at the Syracuse University Museum of Art.
New Duties or Titles for Six Women Scholars in Higher Education
Taking on new roles are Sonya Alemán at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Jennifer Swann at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Asli Aslan at Georgia Southern University, Ruth Opara at Syracuse University in New York, Michelle Miley at Montana State University, and Renée Lynn Beard at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Named to New Positions in the Academic World
Taking on new assignments are at the University of Wisconsin, Julie Wolter at the University of Montana, Janet Chen at Princeton University in New Jersey, Jennifer Karas Montez at Syracuse University in New York, and Kathy Yelick at the University of California, Berkeley.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Seven Women to New Faculty Roles
Taking on new assignments are Clara Sousa-Silva at Bard College in New York, LeConté Dill at Michigan State University. Jaqueline Lees at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Deidra Hodges at Florida International University, Beth A. Ferri at Syracuse University in New York, Esther Schor at Princeton University in New Jersey, and Emily Masghati aat the University of Northern Iowa.
Spelman College President Mary Schmidt Campbell Will Step Down at the End of the Academic Year
Dr. Campbell became president of Spelman College in Atlanta on August 1, 2015. She is dean emerita of the Tisch School of the Arts and University Professor of art and public policy at New York University. Early in her career she was the director of the Studio Museum in Harlem and was cultural affairs commissioner for the City of New York. She joined the faculty at New York University in 1991 and served as dean for two decades.
Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Major Universities
The four women scholars who were named to endowed professorships are Yelena Yesha at the University of Miami in Florida, Elyshia Aseltine at Towson University in Maryland, Willemien Otten a the University of Chicago Divinity School, and Srividya Ramasubramanian at Newhouse School of Communication of Syracuse University in New York.
Universities Announce the Appointment of Three Women to Diversity Positions
Taking on new duties relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion are Katrice A. Albert at the University of Kentucky, Cerri A. Banks at Syracuse University in New York, and Wanda B. Knight at Pennsylvania State University-Harrisburg.
Syracuse University in New York Has Selected Gretchen Ritter as Its Next Provost
Since 2019, Dr. Ritter has been serving as executive dean and vice provost for the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State University. In 2013, Dr. Ritter was appointed the 21st dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. She was the first woman to hold the position.
New Administrative Roles for Six Women at Colleges and Universities
Taking on new administrative duties are Debbie Snell at Hawai‘i Pacific University, Karissa Morehouse at Merced College in California, Enku Gelaye at Emory University in Atlanta, Elizabeth Boluch Wood at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, Stephanie B. Frost at Bowdoin College in Maine, and Virginia C. Robbins at Syracuse University.
Norma Riccucci Wins Award for Her Contribution to the Scientific Study of Bureaucracy
Norma Riccucci is a Board of Governors Distinguished Professor on the Newark campus of Rutgers University in New Jersey. She received the Herbert Simon Award from the Midwest Political Science Association for her research on street-level bureaucracy and representative bureaucracy.
New Assignments for Eight Women Scholars at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
In Memoriam: Wynetta Devore, 1929-2020
Dr. Devore began her academic career at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. She then taught at Rutgers University before joining the faculty at Syracuse University’s School of Social Work in 1980. She retired in 1999.
Eight Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
In Memoriam: Nancy E. Suchman, 1957-2020
Nancy Suchman was an associate professor of psychiatry at Yale Medical School. She devoted her career to the study of parenting as a critical issue in the lives of mothers, and fathers, affected by drug addiction.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Positions in Higher Education
Maysa Akbar of Yale University was named chief diversity officer for the American Psychological Association. Lorie Johnson-Osho is the new director of faculty diversity and development at the Univerity of Pittsburgh and Eboni Britt was named executive director of strategic communications in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Syracuse University.
Christa Kelleher Wins Early Career Award From the Geological Society of America
Dr. Kelleher, who holds degrees from Lafayette College and Pennsylvania State University, is the first faculty member from Syracuse Univerity to win the early career award in hydrogeology, which is presented each year to only one scientist in the United States.
The New President of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse
President Mahoney joined the staff at the college in 2018 as the chief operating officer. She is the former Chief executive of Onondaga County in New York. Earlier, she was both a private attorney and a criminal prosecutor for Onondaga County’s district attorney’s office.
Theresa B. Felder Selected as the Tenth President of Harford Community College in Maryland
Dr. Felder comes to Harford Community College from Clark State Community College in Springfield, Ohio, where she most recently served as the senior vice president for student success. Prior to this position, she was the vice president of student affairs and administrative dean for Clark State’s largest branch campus.
Eight Universities Announce the Appointments of Women to Administrative Positions
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Kate Coddington Honored by the American Association of Geographers
Kate Coddington, an assistant professor of geography and planning at the University at Albany of the State University of New York System, was honored for making an innovative, original contribution to the conceptual and/or methodological embrace of political geography.
Penn State’s Lorraine Dowler Honored by the American Association of Geographers
Lorraine Dowler, a professor of geography and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Pennsylvania State University, was recognized as “a geographer who has made an outstanding service contribution to women in geography and/or feminist geography.”
Melissa Holloway Honored by the National Association of College and University Attorneys
Since May 2019, Mellissa Holloway has been general counsel for legal affairs at North Carolina A&T State University in East Greensboro. Earlier, she was deputy general counsel at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and general counsel at North Carolina Central University in Durham.
Lori Varlotta Will Be the First Woman to Lead California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks
Dr. Varlotta comes to Cal Lutheran having served as president of Hiram College in Ohio since 2014. Earlier, she spent 11 years at Sacramento State University, ultimately serving as senior vice president of planning, enrollment management, and student affairs.
Mitchell College in New London, Connecticut, Names Tracy Epsy as its Eighth President
Dr. Epsy currently serves as provost and vice president of academic affairs at Pfeiffer University, which operates three campuses in Charlotte, Raleigh, and Misenheimer, North Carolina. She has been on the staff at Pfeiffer University for more than two decades.
Syracuse University Scholar Honored by the American Anthropological Association
Sandra D. Lane, the Laura and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Public Health and Anthropology at Syracuse University in New York, was presented with the George Foster Award for Practicing Medical Anthropology from the American Anthropological Association.
Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
Cathy Eng was named to the David H. Johnson Chair in Surgical and Medical Oncology at Vanderbilt University. M. Lisa Manning has been named the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Physics at Syracuse University and Tara Leigh Grove will join the University of Alabama School of Law in August as the Charles E. Tweedy, Jr. Endowed Chairholder in Law.
