The Pew Charitable Trusts recently announced that 21 researchers are joining the Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences. These early-career scientists will receive four years of funding to explore cutting-edge research uncovering insights into human health and disease. Seven of the new Pew Scholars are women.
For the past four years, Dr. Young was dean of her alma mater, the Dental College of Georgia at Augusta University. She had been a faculty member at the college since 2012.
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.
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.
Currently provost at The Citadel in South Carolina, Dr. Selden previously worked for the University of Lynchburg for 18 years, ultimately serving as provost. She is slated to return to the university as president on July 1.
Karen Kopera-Frye of New Mexico State University was appointed to a four-year term as editor-in-chief of Gerontology & Geriatrics Education and Jessica Maddox of the University of Georgia was named the inaugural editor-in-chief of Creator and Influencer Studies.
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.
Dr. Kiick taught materials science and engineering at the University of Delaware for 23 years. During her tenure, she had stints as deputy dean of the College of Engineering and chair of the department of biomedical engineering.
Dr. Ragan recently retired from her role as director of the Center for Public and Corporate Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech, where she worked for the past 16 years. She previously spent nearly two decades as a veterinary epidemiologist for the United States Department of Agriculture.
The new deans are Ayana Allen-Handy at Hofstra University in New York, Margaret Meserve at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, Michelle Hayes at Talladega College in Alabama, and Carolyn Clevenger at the University of Georgia.
“Women are expected to have to behave in a pliant way, so for female leaders, we found it’s more difficult for them to engage in instruction, to set expectations and to tell others what they need to do because of these stereotypes,” said Dr. Joanna Lin of the University of Georgia. “If we don’t fix this, there will be fewer women leaders and less effective workplaces.”
"I have been a university faculty member for decades, and nothing has provided me with more satisfaction and pride – more pure, unbridled joy – than my students’ myriad successes these 39 years," said Dr. Edenfield, a Georgia Southern University professor and the 2025 recipient of the Arts and Humanities Faculty Mentor Award from the Council on Undergraduate Research.
