Susan Wente became the first woman president of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in July 2021. A biochemist by training, she previously served as the first woman provost of Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
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.
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 [email protected].
"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.
The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender has recently presented its Lifetime Achievement Award to Diana Maury Robin, a widely-published author and professor emerita of classics at the University of New Mexico.
The new deans are Patricia Kinser at Virginia Commonwealth University, Julie Baldwin at Central Washington University, Jaqueline Burger at Bucks County Community College in Pennsylvania, Saba Rasheed Ali at the University of Iowa, Krystyna Puć at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Mandy Hart at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, and Brigitte Vittrup at Texas Woman's University.
A scholar of nutrition and dietetics, McDonald served as a longtime faculty member with the University of Missouri. She was the institution's third-ever African American professor.
Susan Richmond of Georgia State University, Saba Rasheed Ali of the University of Iowa, Jinoos Yazdany of the University of California, San Fransisco, and Shivaani Kummar of Oregon Health & Science University have been appointed to new academic positions at their institutions.
A Western Illinois University administrator for nearly three decades, Dr. Mindrup has served as interim president since April. Her official appointment makes her the university's first-ever woman president.
After over a year of service as interim provost, Dr. Blunt has been officially appointed provost at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville. A scholar of organic chemistry, she has been a faculty member with the university since 1999.
Dr. Radesky was a scholar of United States history and women's and gender studies. She held teaching appointments at the University of Iowa, Harvard University, and Simmons University in Boston.
