Dr. Yu taught language courses at Middlebury College in Vermont for two decades. From 2006 to 2008, she served as president of the newly established Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey.
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.
“As provost, I will advance Emory's academic mission by enhancing the conditions in which our students thrive and our faculty produce life-changing, life-saving scholarship and research,” said Dr. Ahad.
For nearly three decades, Dr. Stevens has taught undergraduate microbiology courses at Virginia Tech. Earlier in her tenure, she was a key stakeholder in developing the university's bachelor's degree program in microbiology.
Overall, women are more likely than men to respond with empathy and engage in bystander intervention after observing workplace harassment. However, in organizations that are highly intolerant of harassment, this gender gap disappears, providing evidence that training programs centered on empathy can create safer workplace environments for everyone.
Dr. Griggs spent three decades on the faculty of the University of Illinois, where she was the first African American to be promoted through the ranks to full professor and the first woman to serve as dean of a college.
For over three decades, Dr. Terry was an academic and administrative leader at community colleges in Michigan. She was also a champion for civil rights in Detroit.
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 dean 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. Harris has served as a professor of poetry and poetics at Illinois State University for the past 15 years. Her teaching and academic interests include poetry writing, poetics, and African American literature.
Dr. Cantor says she is "eager to collaborate with communities across New York City to highlight how higher education can answer the call of what the public needs, now and going forward."
The new endowed chairs include Klara Nahrstedt, a professor of computer science, D. Fairchild Ruggles, a professor of landscape architecture, Cynthia Oliver, a professor of dance, and Chrystalla Mouza, a professor and dean of the College of Education.
