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New Administrative Roles for 19 Women at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Six Women Scholars Presented With Prestigious Honors or Awards
The honorees are Dawn Elliot at the University of Delaware, Jean Dickinson Gibbons at Virginia Tech, Gina Brown of Wichita State University, Danielle Walsh of East Carolina University, Marie Chisholm-Burns at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and Valerie Polakow of Eastern Michigan University.
Coppin State University in Baltimore Names Its Next President
Since 2011, Maria Thompson has been serving as provost and vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York at Oneonta. Previously, she was an administrator at Tennessee State University in Nashville.
Seven Women in New University Faculty Posts
The women in new teaching roles are Suzanne C. Segerstrom at the University of Kentucky, Cynthia A. Toth at Duke, Khiaria M. Bridges at Boston University, Anita Berrizbeitia at Harvard, Veerle Keppens at the University of Tennessee, Maureen McHugh at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Gian Turrigiano at Brandeis.
Three Women Engineering Graduates From the University of Tennessee Heading to NASA
This spring three women graduates of the department of mechanical, aerospace, and biomedical engineering at the University of Tennessee have all received job offers from NASA’s Johnson Spaceflight Center in Houston.
Three Women Scholars in New Teaching Roles at U.S. Universities
Kathleen Scaler Scott was promoted at Misericordia University in Pennsylvania. Winifred E. Newman was named chair of the department of architecture at the University of Arkansas and Susan Groenke was named director of a new doctoral program at the University of Tennessee.
Thirteen Women Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
Here we present this week’s roundup of news that includes the appointments of 13 women who have been named to administrative posts at colleges and universities across the United States.
Four Women Leaving High-Level Executive Posts in Academia
Sally McMillan at the University of Tennessee and Carol Simpson at Old Dominion University are returning to teaching. Lynn Gangone, of the University of Denver, is taking a job with the American Council on Education and JoAnne Podis at Ursuline College in retiring.
Three Women Announce They Are Leaving Their University Posts
The women who announced they are stepping down are Susan Buckley at the University of Iowa, Emily Ballew Neff of the University of Oklahoma, and Cynthia Griggs Fleming at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
Four Women Appointed to Dean Positions
The new deans are Fiona Doyle at the University of California, Berkeley, Deidre Sato at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Melanie D. Wilson at the University of Tennessee College of Law and Mary Farmer-Kaiser at the University of Louisiana Lafayette.
Two Women Among the Five Finalists for Dean of the University of Tennessee’s College of Law
The two women finalists for dean are Brenda V. Smith, a professor at the Washington College of Law at American University in Washington, D.C., and Melanie Wilson, a professor of law and associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Kansas.
Three Women With Ties to U.S. Universities Named Fellows of AMS International
The American Society for Metals was founded in 1913. Now known as ASM International, the society is the world’s largest association of metals-focused materials scientists and engineers. Four of the its 26 new fellows are women, three of whom hold current affiliations with American universities.
Four Women Named Chairs of Academic Departments at Major Universities
The new department chairs are Teresa Waters at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Lisa Marie Assante at the University of West Florida, J. Catherine Scott-Moncrief at Purdue University, and Jacqueline Goldsby at Yale University.
A Dozen Women Named to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
The women in new administrative jobs are Kedra Ishop, Linda Oldham, Rosalie Richards, Karen Burg, Sandra Oerly-Bennett, Kimberly Johnson, Teresa Reeve, Stephanie Kit, Isabel Scarinci, Sandy Barbour, Caroline Levander, and LLJuna Weir.
Seventeen Women in New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The appointees are Keri Swaby, Rosetta Clay, Rhoberta Haley, Karen A. Dowling, Michelle Piekutowski, Jennifer Lodge, Heather Lindkvist, Anne Sauer, Kelley Coffeen, Michele Kiely, Gabriela C. Weaver, Katrina Oliver, Lillian C. Wichinsky, Lauren Richards, Bonnie Richley, Julia Czerniak, and Vicki McNeil.
Ten Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The women administrators taking on new roles at colleges and universities are Romy Riddick, Courtney Burkholder, Shawnboda Mead, Ruth R. Faden, Maggie Williams, Sue Whorton, Trisha Long Paschal, Debra Williams, Valerie Simons, and Janet Nelson.
New Administrative Duties for Seven Women in Academia
The women in new administrative posts at colleges and universities are Marta Caminero-Santangelo, W. Cherry L-Bugg, Kristine Miller, AnnaLisa Nash, Meredith Weenick, Kim Taylor, and Rhonda Reger.
Three Women in New Teaching Roles
Robin Autenrieth was named chair of the department of civil engineering at Texas A&M University. Kathy Brown has joined the faculty at the University of Tennessee and Elise Boxer is a new assistant professor at the University of South Dakota.
Two Women Candidates for Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Tennessee
The two women finalists are Janet E. Nelson, the director of business development for URS Corporation in Germantown, Maryland, and Chitra Rajan, associate vice president for research at Iowa State University.
New Administrative Roles for Nine Women in Higher Education
The women taking on new administrative assignments are Harriet Frink Davis, Kristine Anderson, Mary E. Benjamin, Cheryl Harrelson, Virginia Evans, Taimi Olsen, Kimberly Glassman, Barbara Bryson, and Catherine Blake.
In Memoriam: Marva Odessa Lane Rudolph, 1949-2014
Marva Rudolph, associate vice chancellor and director of the Office of Equity and Diversity at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, died on February 6. She was 67 years old.
Three Women in the Running for Dean Positions
Mary Ellen Poole is a finalist for dean of the College of Music at the University of Colorado. Sevil Sonmez is a candidate for a deanship at the University of Hawaii and Annette Ranft is in the running for dean of the College of Business at the University of Georgia.
University of Tennessee Study Finds Marijuana Use in Men Is Not a Factor in Domestic Violence
The study found that men under the influence of alcohol are more likely to engage in physical or psychological sexual misconduct with their partners. But this was not the case for men who used marijuana.
Eight Women in New Higher Education Administrative Posts
The new women appointees taking on new administration positions are Chandra Alston, Leah Kraus, Beverly Reigle, Carol A. Padden, Karen McGlathery, Shea Kidd Houze, Kimberly Causey-Gomez, and Kara Keenan.
Eight Women Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Women taking on new administrative roles are Martha S. Shull, Joan Darden, Julie Beckman, Harriet Frink Davis, Charlotte Song, Bleuzette Marshall, Cheryl Selinsky, and Kathleen Schmidlkofer.
Appointments of Women to Teaching Positions
The six women in new university teaching roles are Rainu Kaushal, Sunshine Lahmers, Jena J. Steinle, Gertrude Fraser, Ellen Velie, and Marisha L. Humphries.
In Memoriam: Maureen Ann Nalle, 1952-2013
She was an assistant professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Nalle also served in the U.S. Army, reaching the rank of major.
In Memoriam: Kathleen Lawler Row, 1947-2013
Dr. Row taught psychology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville for 30 yers. In 2006, she left Knoxville to become and chair of the psychology department at East Carolina University. She retired from teaching in 2012.
A Dozen Women in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Here is this week’s summary of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities across the United States.
Seventeen Women Named to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Here is this week’s listings of announcements of the appointments of women to key administrative positions at college and universities across the United States or in other organizations that deal with higher education or research.
Ten Women Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
The new appointees are Melody Tankersley, Tonjanita Johnson, Lysa Salsbury, Ashley Schumaker, Jacqueline Edmondson, Tina Kunzer-Murphy, Joan C. Dunbar, Martha Escutia, Sarah Case-Price, and Martha Warren Bidez.
Six Women in New Faculty Roles
The women in new teaching posts are Kathleen Bieschke at Penn State, Linda Pescatello at the University of Connecticut, Alexis Abramson at Case Western Reserve University, Michaele Whelan at Emerson College, Jennifer Bloxam at Yale University, and Tricia Stuth at the University of Tennessee.
Ten Women in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
The women with new administrative roles are Liliana Rodriguez, Emily Engleschall, Treby Williams, Kari Alldredge, Julie Graves, Fran Hagstrom, Amy Chasteen Miller, Nicole Raimondi, Lesa Hatley Major, and Katherine Aiken.
The President of the University of Memphis Announces Her Retirement
Shirley C. Raines, president of the University of Memphis, has announced that she will step down from her post on June 30. She was named the 11th president of the university in 2001. She is the only woman to have held the position.
Six Women Named to Endowed Chairs
The women appointed to named professorships are Melanie Cooper at Michigan State, Angela Smith at Washington and Lee, Kezia Page at Colgate, Carol Tenopir at the University of Tennessee, France Belanger at Virginia Tech, and Wendy Silverman at Yale.
