Dr. Aiken is the founding director of the the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She has conducted extensive research on nurse's education and work environments, providing the foundation for modern staffing policies around the world.
Dr. Gary's career as a nurse, scholar, and educator spanned over five decades, including 23 years at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Her work centered on child and adolescent health, health disparities, and domestic violence.
Dr. Taylor, clinical professor and associate dean at the University of Memphis School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, has received the Council of Academic Programs in Communications Sciences and Disorders's Honors of the Council Award, which is considered the organization's highest honor.
Dr. Youngblade has been selected to serve as interim provost at Colorado State University, where she has served as dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences since 2019.
The three women scholars who have been promoted to new leadership roles are Mina Sartipi at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Pei-Fang Hung at California State University, Long Beach, and Nam-Kyu Park at the University of Florida.
Lucinda Lavelli worked in arts education for over two decades, ultimately serving as dean of the College of the Arts at the University of Florida for 12 years. In this role, she led several initiatives focused on integrating the arts into scientific research and innovation.
A faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania for over two decades, Dr. AlbarracÃn is a renowned scholar in the fields of attitudes, communication, and behavior. Over the course of her career, her scholarly publications have received more than 20,000 citations.
Chapman was a longtime faculty member of Vanderbilt University's School of Nursing and served as its interim dean in the early 1980s. Later in her career, she focused on emergency medicine, promoting the discipline to nurses, medical students, and physicians.
The appointments are DeNeia Thomas at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, Lakisha Sanders at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Somiah Lattimore at Virginia Tech, Melissa Allen at Schreiner University in Texas, Jamie Grillo at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, and Mary Kane at the University of Florida.
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.
The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities has recently honored Sarah Mathias for her contributions to government relations in higher education. She has served as the assistant vice president for federal government relations at the University of Florida for the past six years.
