The new deans are Tomiko Brown-Nagin at Stanford University in California, Katherine Reeves at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Wendy N. Nembhard at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, MiSchelle A. Edwards at Jarvis Christian University in Texas, Marie Ripoll at the University of Pittsburgh, and Erika C. Burt at Oakton College in Illinois.
Janis Terpenny of George Mason University is president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Corine Tachtiris of the University of Massachusetts Amherst is president of the American Literary Translators Association and Mengmeng Gu of Colorado State University is president-elect of the American Society for Horticultural Science.
The women who have been selected for endowed faculty appointments are Emily Patterson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Julie Jessop at Mississippi State University, and Lora Iannotti at Washington University in St. Louis.
The women who are taking on new leadership roles with professional academic organizations are Yasmeen Shorish of James Madison University in Virginia, Elena Carbone of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Shelley Lusetti of New Mexico State University, Oona Hathaway of Yale Law School, and Keisha Blain of Brown University.
Laurel Smith-Doerr is a Provost Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Lindsey Welch was promoted to full professor at Cedar Crest College, and Liza Stepanova joined the faculty of the University of Cincinnati. Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi of Purdue University and Jennifer Olmsted of Wayne State University have been promoted to head of their departments.
Pilar Garcés-Conejos Blitvich of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Ozzie Abaye of Virginia Tech were appointed to prestigious faculty ranks at their institutions, Hannah Pollin-Galay was awarded tenure at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Dora Epstein Jones was named chair of the architecture department at the University of Colorado Denver.
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.
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 appointments are Katie Tarr at Bryn Mawr College, Sheena Cobrand at North Carolina A&T State University, Xiran Yuan at Colorado State University, Amber Burdge at Western Colorado University, Ally Palmer at Western Wyoming Community College, Sarah Custer at Clemson University, Kate Dorrity at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Brittany Kicklighter at Western Carolina University.
The University of Massachusetts Amherst and Princeton University have launched a new partnership with the Hip-Hop Education Center to advance scholarship on women in hip-hop. Under the new initiative, both universities will develop courses, conferences, and other events showcasing women's contributions to the music genre.
Oregon State University has honored Natasha Trethewey of Northwestern University for her literary achievements. A Pulitzer Prize-winner and former Poet Laureate of the United States, Professor Trethewey is the author of five poetry collections, one monograph, and a memoir.
The women who have been selected for endowed faculty positions are Xiumin Martin at Washington University, Suzanne Bart at Purdue University, Vida Praitis at Grinnell College, Erica Edwards at Yale University, Christian Cipriano at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Padma Gulur at Washington University.
