The new deans are Stephanie Pilat, Courtney Catledge, Kala Burrell-Craft, Marieke Van Puymbroeck, Jean VanderGheynst, Marty Sexton, Sarah Jane Rhoads, and Melissa E. Trego.
In 1970, Dr. Maxwell-Roddey became the second African-American to be hired as a full-time faculty member at the University of North Carolina Charlotte. One year later, she became the founding director of the university's Africana studies department.
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
