The women who have been selected for new academic roles are Colleen Murphy at the University of Illinois, Nathalia Jaramillo at Wayne State University, Amy Rector at Virginia Commonwealth University, Jennifer Detlor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Lan Luo at the University of Southern California, Stephanie Bonnes at the University of New Haven, and Tracy Fasolino at Kennesaw State University.
On August 10, Dr. Bloebaum became the chief academic officer at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She had been serving as dean of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at Kent State University in Ohio for the past eight years.
The women taking on new administrative roles are Michelle McGown at South Georgia Technical College, Sonia Chawla at Wayne State University, Lindsay Stadler at Pomona College, Heather Pieper-Olson at St. Cloud State University, Melissa Rockwell-Hopkins at Washington University, and Christa Racine at Haverford College.
Laurel Smith-Doerr is a Provost Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Lindsey Welch was promoted to full professor at Cedar Crest College, and Liza Stepanova joined the faculty of the University of Cincinnati. Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi of Purdue University and Jennifer Olmsted of Wayne State University have been promoted to head of their departments.
Dr. Scarlatta has led the University of Michigan-Dearbon on an interim basis for the past year. Pending approval from the board of regents, she is slated to become the university's permanent leader on May 22.
The women who have been appointed to new positions are Heidi Pecoraro at North Dakota State University, Lauren Grabowski at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, Dana Gill at Wayne State University in Detroit, Laquetta Jones Bigelow at North Carolina A&T State University, and Alexis Ehrhardt at Virginia Commonwealth University.
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 contact@WIAReport.com.
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.
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 contact@WIAReport.com.
Three years before the end of her five-year contract, Wayne State University's first woman president, Kimberly Andrews Espy has resigned from her post. Although she says she resigned for personal reasons, a source told Bridge Michigan she had clashed with the board and faculty members who expressed concerns regarding her respect and personnel decisions.
The women faculty who are taking on new roles are Kisha Cunningham Aites at Savannah State University in Georgia, Melissa Morris at the University of Wyoming, Wei-Zen Wei at Wayne State University in Detroit, Shannon Wanless at the University of Pittsburgh, Lynne McLandsborough at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Katherine McDonald at Syracuse University in New York.
Dr. Mimms served as a faculty member at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, for two decades, including 10 years as the founding director of the college's Tacoma campus.
