The women selected for endowed faculty positions are Sarah Feldstein Ewing at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Megan Hershey at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, and Karla Erickson at Grinnell College in Iowa.
The women who have been selected for new faculty appointments are Allison Shorten, Jonli Tunstall, Nancy Deringer, Rachel Stanley, Maxine Burkett, Elena Karahanna, Nadine Kabengi, Melanie Leuty, and Zena Herrera.
The women appointed to endowed professorships are Lesa Hoffman at Clemson University in South Carolina, Aiyin Chen at Oregon Health & Science University, Carmen Alvarez at the University of Pennsylvania, and Danielle Luciano at the University of Connecticut.
Dr. Sterbing taught undergraduate courses in psychological and brain sciences, behavioral biology, and neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore for over a decade.
Dr. Lloréns has conducted extensive research on structural inequality and community health among Latinx populations. She is a professor of anthropology and gender and women's studies at the University of Rhode Island and is currently serving as the 2025-2026 Cornille Distinguished Visiting Professor at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty 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.
A University of Connecticut faculty member since 2011, Dr. Lu currently serves as associate director of the university's Center for Pharmaceutical Processing Research. Leveraging innovative nanotechnologies, she researches pharmaceutical strategies that target difficult-to-treat cancers.
“I am deeply honored to accept the position of president of Binghamton University and to join the distinguished SUNY system,” said Dr. D’Alleva. “Binghamton has a remarkable tradition of academic excellence, research innovation and community engagement, and I am inspired by the dedication of its faculty, staff, and students."
A distinguished professor at the University of Connecticut, Dr. Hurley is a leading authority in skeletal biology. Her current research aims to advance scientific knowledge of sickle cell disease and its related bone loss.
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.
Dr. Ehrich has been a faculty member with Virginia Tech since 1980. Her scientific discoveries have influenced broader research on how neurotoxic organophosphates harm humans.
