Linda Marie Golian-Lui will be the new dean of university libraries at Florida Atlantic University and Stephanie Walker has been appointed as the new dean of University Libraries at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Lori E. Harris will lead the University of Cincinnati Libraries and Donna L. Hayward has been appointed interim university librarian and dean of libraries at the University of Michigan.
Dr. Thompson has served as dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Boston since 2017 and previously held a similar position at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. Earlier, she served as provost and vice-chancellor at North Carolina A&T State University and dean of nursing at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.
Dr. Grant currently serves as Senior Administrative Fellow for Civics and Social Justice, leading the Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice and serving as Co-Chair of the President’s Special Task Force on Racial Justice at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts.
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
The Distinguished Scientist Award for Geriatric Oral Research from the International Association for Dental Research is reserved for individuals who have conducted original and important research in any of the basic, clinical or epidemiological sciences associated with geriatric oral research.
Dr. Diener was the first woman to serve as dean at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She later served as provost at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and was a professor at the business school at Barry University in Florida.
