Professor Wessells founded the department of dance and choreography at Virginia Commonwealth University. She also held teaching positions with the University of Richmond and Sweet Briar College.
Originally trained as an attorney, Ann Gill taught at Colorado State University for over 30 years. She served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts for more than a decade.
The new study investigated the efficacy of MomCare, a program that provides simple, brief interpersonal psychotherapy for expecting mothers. Participants who enrolled in MomCare were more likely to have longer pregnancies, resulting in healthier babies.
The women appointed to endowed positions are Zhabiz Golkar at Voorhees University in South Carolina, Eimear Clowry Delaney at the University of Notre Dame Dublin, and Henrika McCoy at the University of Denver.
On June 7, Dr. Pardis Mahdavi announced her immediate resignation as president of the University of La Verne in California, after holding the position for less than a year. She was the second woman to serve in the role.
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 Association of University Programs for Health Administration has honored Kimberly Enard, associate professor at Saint Louis University, with the 2024 John D. Thompson Prize, making her the first African-American to receive the award.
Dr. Riley has been provost and chief academic officer at Regis University in Denver, Colorado, since 2021. Before joining Regis University. she was dean of the College of Education at the University of Denver from 2014 to 2021. She will become president of Slippery Rock University on July 1.
Dr. McCall has been serving as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. Prior to coming to Xavier in 2016, Dr. McCall was dean of the Harpur College of Arts and Sciences at Binghamton University in New York.
The appointments went to Eva Skuka at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Martha Glass at Virginia Tech, Michelle Knight-Manuel at the University of Denver, Ingrid S. Fulmer at the University of Illinois, Shannon Hader at American University, Susan C. Alberts at Duke University, and Amy Murtha at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
The women appointed to dean posts are Michelle Knight-Manuel at the University of Denver, Victoria Rosner at New York University, Melanie B. Jacobs at the Louis D. Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville, Kathy J. Wolfe has been named vice president of academic affairs and dean at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia.
