The women faculty appointed to new roles are Jennifer Cochran at Stanford University, Sekyung Jang at the University of Cincinnati, Rebecca Puhl at the University of Connecticut, Cristina Bodea at Michigan State University, Paula Lemons at the University of Georgia, Allison Rice at the University of Notre Dame, Betsy Sinclair at Washington University, and Angela Hosek at Ohio University.
Dr. Mast, the first woman to serve as dean of Fordham University's Fordham College at Rose Hill, is slated to become the first woman president of Seattle University in Washington on September 1.
The five women appointed to chair academic departments at the University of Notre Dame are Ying ‘Alison’ Cheng in psychology; Emilia Justyna Powell in political science; Marisel Moreno in romance languages and literatures; Anne GarcÃa-Romero in film, television, and theatre; and Dianne Pinderhughes in Africana studies.
Dr. Pfluger has spent the past year as Bakersfield College's interim president. She previously served as vice chancellor of educational services and student success at the Kern Community College District.
The women who have been appointed to endowed positions are Zhewei Dai at Alma College in Michigan, Brooke Maslo at Rutgers University in New Jersey, Holly Kuzmich at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, and Julia Hellwege at the University of South Dakota.
Jennifer Tank has served as a professor of biological sciences at the University of Notre Dame for more than 25 years. She has conducted extensive research on the ecology and biogeochemistry of streams.
The appointments are Tracy Kijewski-Correa at the University of Notre Dame, Jenifer Shafer at Colorado School of Mines, Wendy Berry Mendes at Yale University, and Emily Cherry Oliver at the University of North Dakota.
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.
As director of the Institute for Black Catholic Studies at Xavier University of Louisiana, Dr. Phelps challenged the Catholic Church to better understand itself through the voices and experiences of Black Catholics and those on the margins.Â
Dr. Carlson has led the University of Delaware on an interim basis for the past six months. Prior to her interim appointment, she was the university's provost for three years.
Dr. Daut, professor of French and of Black studies at Yale University, was honored for her newest book, The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe, which examines the complex political and intellectual life of early nineteenth-century Haiti.
The new deans are Ayana Allen-Handy at Hofstra University in New York, Margaret Meserve at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, Michelle Hayes at Talladega College in Alabama, and Carolyn Clevenger at the University of Georgia.
