Dr. Heilman taught brand management, marketing, and consulting courses at the University of Virginia for more than two decades. In addition to her academic work, she served as the university's faculty athletics representative for several years.
Dr. Peña brings over three decades of higher education experience to her new role as president and CEO of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education. Her background includes key leadership roles with several universities across the country.
The women who have been selected for endowed faculty positions are Xiumin Martin at Washington University, Suzanne Bart at Purdue University, Vida Praitis at Grinnell College, Erica Edwards at Yale University, Christian Cipriano at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Padma Gulur at Washington University.
Originally trained as a chemist, Dr. Wilson held a wide range of academic and administrative roles at several universities before becoming president of Radcliffe College in 1989. She retired in 1999 when the merger of Radcliffe College with Harvard University was completed.
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 contact@WIAReport.com.
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.
