Dr. Wendland previously spent five years as provost at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. She will serve in the same capacity at West Virginia University beginning July 1.
The National Society of Genetic Counselors has honored Martha Dudek for her leadership and contributions to the discipline. At Vanderbilt University, she founded a master's degree program and a graduate-level certificate in genetic counseling, as well as a fellowship in genomics research.
The appointments are Nichole Zehnder at Washington University, Mary Elise Sarotte at Yale University, Camille Robcis at Columbia University, Narcisa Pricope at Mississippi State University, and Pearl Dowe at Emory University in Atlanta.
Eva Aagard of Washington University, Laura Mathews of John Wood Community College, Jackie Mercer of Youngstown State University, and Ruth Ochia of Temple University received promotions. Jennifer Adamski joined the Case Western Reserve University faculty and the University of California Davis' Marisa Ames was elected president of the American Heartworm Society.
The women taking on new faculty positions are Tori Young at Vanderbilt University, Sarah Font at Washington University, Lizette Zietsman at Virginia Tech, Kristina Bowdrie at Case Western Reserve University, Ana Daugherty at Wayne State University, Swetha Regunathan at Haverford College, and Andrea Hickerson at the University of Mississippi.
The appointments are Catherine Dulac at Harvard University, Catherine Lang at Washington University in St. Louis, Talia Young at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, Boel Fransson at Washington State University, Flora Cassen at Brandeis University in Massachusetts, and Allison McLarty at Stony Brook University in New York.
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new academic positions throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].
The appointments are Yiyun Li at Princeton University, Verity Harte of Yale University, Pavithra Prabhakar at the University of New Mexico, Sarah Bilston at Trinity College in Connecticut, Linda Tropp at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Christina Ramos at Washington University in St. Louis, and Terry Kind at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
Susan Wente became the first woman president of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in July 2021. A biochemist by training, she previously served as the first woman provost of Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
The appointments are Marie Johns at Howard University, Jennifer Jennings at Princeton University, Sarah Reisman at the California Institute of Technology, Jeanne Gillespie at the University of Southern Mississippi, and Diana Montaño at Washington University.
Deanna M. Barch of Washington University and Brenda Major of the University of California, Santa Barbara have both received the Association of Psychological Science's William James Fellow Award, which honors lifetime achievement in psychology research.
The women taking on new academic roles are Meng Zhu at Virginia Tech, Sara Roccabianca at Washington University, Ayako Kano at the University of Pennsylvania, Vicky Lai at the University of Arizona, Jennifer Hunter at the University of Kentucky, Laura Machia at Syracuse University, Allison Koenecke at Cornell University, Tamara Caspary at Emory University, Nukhet Sandal at Ohio University, and Debbie Fleming at Central Baptist College.
