At the University of California, Davis, Chen-Nee Chuah will co-direct the AI Center in Engineering, Chimène Keitner will direct the Center for International Law and Policy, and Afra Afsharipour will lead the Center for Business Law and Society.
The new endowed professors are Leslie Edgar at the University of Idaho, Beth Belmont at Washington and Lee University in Lexngton, Virginia, and Amanda Thomas at the University of California, Davis.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new dean positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].
The new deans are Ana González at Hartnell College in Salinas, California, Aneika Simmons at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, Terri Rebmann at George Mason University in Virginia, and Susan Murin at the University of California, Davis.
A faculty member for the past three decades, Dr. Boor has led graduate studies at Cornell University for the past four years. She will step down from her role on June 30.
A faculty member at the University of California, Davis for nearly 30 years, Dr. Gilbert was a scholar of feminist literature. She was the author of numerous poetry books, memoirs, and academic publications.
The new faculty appointments are Stephanie Hampton at the University of California, Davis, Katherine Ladetto at Simmons University in Boston, Talia Sanders at Jarvis Christian University in Hawkins, Texas, and P. Karen Murphy at Pennsylvania State University.
Dr. DuVal is a longtime professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her award-winning book, Native Nations: A Millennium in North America, discusses the history of the continent's Indigenous peoples over the past 1,000 years.
The Melina Mercouri International Prize from UNESCO-Greece honors individuals who champion human rights through creative expression. Dr. Sepúlveda is a scholar of Latin American and Spanish literature and the author of 17 books that span several creative disciplines.
Prior to taking on her current role in 2019, Dr. Folt served as chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from July 2013 to January 2019. Her career in higher education began as a professor at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, where she served as a faculty member in biological sciences.
Currently, Jenna Burton serves as an associate professor of veterinary oncology at Colorado State University and an oncologist with the Flint Animal Cancer Center.
Dr. Galli current serves as a professor in the School of Molecular Engineering and department of chemistry at the University of Chicago and conducts research as a senior scientist with the Argonne National Laboratory
