The new deans are Holly Mercer at the University of Maryland, Holly Lisanby at Arizona State University, Rene Love at Old Dominion University in Virginia, Kelley Bolden Bailey at Florida A&M University, Ayanna Thomas at Tufts University in Massachusetts, and Susan Stone at the University of California, Berkeley.
The new faculty appointments are Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha at Tufts University, Christina Henson at the University of Oklahoma, Christine Richardson at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Kristin Arola at Michigan State University, and Katherine-Marie Conover at Simmons University in Boston.
The women appointed to dean positions are Bárbara Brizuela at Tufts University in Massachusetts, Debra L. Haggins at Hampton University in Virginia, Diane Foster at the Woods Hold Oceanographic Institute in Massachusetts, Hannah Brenner Johnson at Southern Illinois University, Sara Schwerdtfeger at Emporia State University in Kansas, and Amy Fleischer at Boise State University in Idaho.
The new deans are Michelle Scherer at Michigan Technological University, Carolyn Lawrence-Dill at Colorado State University, Kelly Sims Gallagher at Tufts University, Libby Thorson at the University of Wyoming, Ellia Sablan-Zebedy at Wenatchee Valley College, and Francine Staba at Alfred State College.
Chamberlain spent nearly four decades as a faculty member and athletic coach at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She taught courses in the departments of physical education and physical therapy, and co-founded five women's athletics teams over the course of her tenure.
Dr. Español was honored for her outstanding scholarship and teaching influence at higher education institutions in the United States and Argentina. She currently serves as an assistant professor at Arizona State University.
After serving as interim president for the past year, Dr. Dillion has been selected to serve as Whittier College's sixteenth president. She has nearly 40 years of experience in higher education.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed dean at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].
Dr. Coleman currently serves as the inaugural senior vice president for global inclusion and strategic innovation at New York University. She will assume the presidency of Adler University in September.
Dr. Coleman currently serves as the inaugural senior vice president for global inclusion and strategic innovation at New York University. She will assume the presidency of Adler University in September.
In 2014, Dr. Berger-Sweeney became the first African American and first woman president of Trinity College since its founding in 1823. Over the past decade, the college has experienced growth in enrollment and graduation rates, hired more diverse faculty, and improved campus infrastructure.
