Tag: University of Oklahoma

A team of researchers led by the University of Minnesota has identified several hundred components of human milk that are determined by women's genetic differences. Many of these genes were found to affect infant gut microbiomes.

Dr. Shotton currently serves as acting dean of students and the inaugural vice president of diversity affairs at Fort Lewis College. Prior to assuming her current role in 2022, she spent 14 years as a faculty member and administrator with the University of Oklahoma.

The new department chairs are Natalie Sowell at Spelman College in Atlanta, Jennifer Sacheck at Brown University in Rhode Island, Christine Chung at the University of California, San Diego, and Isabella Grumbach at the University of Oklahoma.

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 [email protected].

Kathleen Poorman Dougherty was appointed Interim president of Marietta College in Ohio. Since July 1, 2023, she has served as provost and dean of the faculty at the college. She was the provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Alma College in Michigan from 2018 to 2022.

The new faculty appointments are Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha at Tufts University, Christina Henson at the University of Oklahoma, Christine Richardson at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Kristin Arola at Michigan State University, and Katherine-Marie Conover at Simmons University in Boston.

The faculty appointments are Candice Batton at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, Kristina Booth at the University of Oklahoma, Elizabeth Rink of Montana State University, and Ela Austin at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Julie Jones has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association for her lifetime achievements in photojournalism. Dr. Jones currently serves as a lecturer at the University of Oklahoma.

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 [email protected].

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 [email protected].

Dr. Wang, endowed professor at the University of Oklahoma, was honored for her research that has advanced the predictability of global hurricane and convective-scale models.

A member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, Dr. Minthorn is the first Indigenous person to serve as president in the history of the Association for the Study of Higher Education.