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. Albarracín 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.
At the University of Florida, Riché Barnes is the new director of the African American studies program, Marianne Vernetson is interim director of the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, and Natalia Aleksiun is interim director of the Bud Shorstein Center for Jewish Studies.
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.
The appointments are Jill Drouillard at Mississippi University for Women, Carrie Geiger at the University of Florida, Renata Engel at Pennsylvania State University, Cicilia Yudha at the University of Nevada-Reno, Jami Fukui at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, and Allison Harris at Illinois State University.
Currently serving as chair of the department of opthlamology and visual sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Dr. Grant uses stem cell research to understand and address a wide range of retinal diseases.
