Since 2014, Dr. Lynch has been the associate vice chancellor for educational development and technologies for the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system. She has been selected to serve as interim president of the system's Central Lakes College beginning on July 1.
Dr. Balidemaj-Basha has been a member of the RIT Kosovo community for nearly two decades. Most recently, she served as dean of faculty. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Dr. Balidemaj-Basha earned her Ph.D. from Clemson University in South Carolina.
Pardis Dabashi was promoted to associate professor at Bryn Mawr College. Haley Duschinski, Rachel Roberts, Cynthia Carnes, and Liz Legerski are taking on new academic leadership roles at Ohio University, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Minnesota, and the University of North Dakota, respectively.
The new deans are Saba Rasheed Ali at the University of Iowa, Beth Meyerand at the University of Rhode Island, Carolyn Henry at Lyon College in Arkansas, Libby Metcalf at the University of Montana, Carol Bradford at the University of Minnesota, and Stephanie Kirschmann at Huntingdon College in Alabama.
Dr. Hughes served as the first woman and first African American president of California State University, Stanislaus from 1994 to 2005, making her the university's longest-serving president. She then became the first woman president of Dillard University in Louisiana, where she oversaw major recovery efforts after the university's campus was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
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.
As head of the University of Southern California's Medical and Analytical Device Laboratory, Dr. Mousavi develops integrated electrochemical sensors for at-home and point-of-care medical testing, with a focus on addressing health disparities through accessible and affordable technologies.
The Living Legends are Dyanne Affonso of the University of Toronto, Connie Delaney of the University of Minnesota, Judith Haber of New York University, Christine Miaskowski of the University of California, San Francisco, and Phyllis Sharp of Johns Hopkins University.
According to a new study led by the University of Minnesota, current autism diagnostic practices do not account for sex-based differences in social and language skills found in the general population. Therefore, by measuring autism symptoms, such as poor eye-contact, with equal thresholds for boys and girls, many girls go undiagnosed in early screenings.
The new provosts are Gretchen Ritter at the University of Minnesota, Preselfannie E. Whitfield McDaniels at Jackson State University in Mississippi, Ann Huff Stevens at the University of Colorado Boulder, and Maggy Tomova at Augusta University in Georgia.
A new study has found women between the ages of 18 and 25 who use cannabis are more likely to engage in binge eating behaviors. However, the study did not find the same association between young male cannabis users.
On June 1, Dr. Freed is slated to become the twentieth president of the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in Minnesota. An adjunct professor and former administrator at the University of Minnesota, she has an extensive background in higher education, the arts, and nonprofit leadership.
