Rebecca Rozelle-Stone, Rachel Navarro, and Diane Darland have been named Chester Fritz Distinguished Professors at the University of North Dakota. The professorship is considered the university's highest academic honor.
A full professor of business, Dr. Gruhlke has held several leadership roles over the course of her 17-year-tenure with Dickinson State University, including chair of the School of Business and Administration and dean of the College of Education, Business, and Applied Sciences.
In a survey of early-career scientists who applied to an assistant professor position between 2019 and 2022, over two-thirds of women received at least one job offer, compared to around half of their male peers.
The new holders of endowed faculty positions are Kelden Pehr at the University of North Dakota, Susan Park at Boise State University, Luna Magpili at Washington State University, Theresa Anderson at Carnegie Mellon University, E. Binney Girdler at Kalamazoo College, and Valerie Vaughn at the University of Utah.
The six women appointed to endowed chairs are Julia Ernst \at the University of North Dakota, Amanda Thompson at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Erin Gibson at the University of Pennsylvania, Jennifer McIntosh at the University of Arizona, Britt Tevis at Syracuse University in New York and Amanda Ashley at Boise State University in Idaho.
The women appointed to endowed faculty positions are Joanna Ryan at the University of North Dakota, Mary-Hunter McDonnell at the University of Pennsylvania, Vahideh Manshadi at Yale University, and Cynthia Fraga Rizo at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Newwly appointed to endowed chairs are Naima Kaabouch at the University of North Dakota, Emily Barrett at Rutgers University, Jenn Jacobs at Northern Illinois University, Jessica Fay at Oklahoma City University, Kristin Goss at Duke University, and Mila Getmansky Sherman at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Dr. Miller, director of choral activities at North Dakota State University for the past 35 years, has received the Weston J. Noble Lifetime Achievement Award from the Midwest Region of the American Choral Directors Association.
The new deans are at the University of Scranton, Jean Giddins at the University of Kansas, Bessie Rigakos at Saint Joseph's College at Marian University in Indiana, and Shelbie Witte at the University of North Dakota.
Thew new deans are Nadya Mason at the University of Chicago, Lisa Gardner at Florida A&M University, Kimberly Reeve at Saint Peter's University in Jersey City, New Jersey, Janice Kaushal at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Cheryl Hunter at the University of North Dakota, and Eboni Zamani-Gallaher at the University of Pittsburgh.
The four women named to endowed professorships are Lilian Garcia-Roig at Florida State University, Pamela K. Woodard at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Kathryn Rand at the University of North Dakota, and Monica Swahn at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.
