The new provosts are Elizabeth Dumont at the University of California, Merced, Marguerite Giguette at Xavier University in New Orleans, and Margaret Brown Marsden at Midwestern State University in Texas.
Zulema Valdez has been selected to serve as associate vice chancellor for equity, justice, and inclusive excellence at the University of California, Merced. Stephanie Akunvabey has been named chief diversity officer at Pace University in New York and Lois V. Greene is the new senior vice president of wellness, diversity, equity, and inclusion at Rutgers's University Hospital in Newark, New Jersey.
Claudia Swan has been named the to the Mark Steinberg Weil Professor of Art History and Archaeology at Washington University in St. Louis. Rebecca Ryals was named to the Presidential Chair in Climate Change at the University of California, Merced and Danielle Benoit was named to the Lorry Lokey Chair in the department of bioengineering at the University of Oregon.
The women appointed to named chairs are Anamika Dubey in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University, Sarah Kurtz in the School of Engineering at the University of California, Merced, Ange-Marie Hancock at Ohio State University, and Sharon Werning Rivera at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.
Delia Saenz was named vice chancellor and chief diversity officer at the University of California Merced. Anya Dani is the new director of community engagement and inclusive practice in the conservation of cultural heritage at UCLA and Francellis Quiñones has been selected as the first chief officer of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion for Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
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.’
The four women scholars appointed to endowed posts at colleges and universities are Rola El-Serag at Rice University in Houston, Catherine Peters at Princeton University in New Jersey, Thelma Hurd at the University of California, Merced, and Valerie Barr at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.
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, have been assigned new duties, or have been promoted.
The Society of Behavioral Medicine honored Dr. Wiebe of the University of California, Merced for a lifetime of dedication to the pursuit of outstanding high-quality research, mentoring, and teaching in the field of child and family health.
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.
Asmeret Asefaw Berhe holds the Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology and is associate dean of the graduate division at the University of California, Merced. The main focus of her research is to understand the effect of changing environmental conditions on vital soil processes.
The four women appointed to endowed professorships are Susannah Ottaway at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, Robin R. Means Coleman at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, Lynn Meskell at the University of Pennsylvania, and Whitney Pirtle at the University of California, Merced.
