Marie McDemmond was the first woman to lead Norfolk State University and the first African-American woman to serve as president of a four-year college in Virginia.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Bonnie Cramond is a professor of gifted and creative education in the department of educational psychology in the College of Education at the University of Georgia. She received the Lifetime Achievement Award for her research and contributions to the betterment of society.
Since 2013, Dr. Bordelon has been serving as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Governors State University in University Park, Illinois. Earlier, she was dean of the College of Education at the university.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Dr. Mann taught at the University of New Orleans for more than 30 years. There, she was one of the founders of the women's studies program and the University of New Orleans Women's Center.
Diana Nemergut was an associate professor of biology at Duke University. She came to Duke in 2014 after teaching in the department of environmental studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Rebecca Basham, a playwright and an associate professor of English at Rider University in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Her plays were performed around the country including at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
Some 22 new faculty members have been hired under the new Dual Career Assistance Program and the Strategic Hiring Initiatives. Over the past year the number of women and underrepresented faculty in STEM fields has tripled.
