The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, has announced that 12 faculty members have been promoted from associate professor to full professor. Four of the new full professors are women.
Dorothy E. Finnegan was promoted to full professor of education. Dr. Finnegan has been on the faculty at the college since 1993. She is a graduate of William Penn College in Oskaloosa, Iowa. She holds a master’s degree from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and doctorates from Western Colorado University and Pennsylvania State University.
Anne K. Rasmussen is a new full professor of music. She is a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Dr. Rasmussen earned a master’s degree from the University of Denver and a Ph.D. in music from the University of California at Los Angeles.
Kimberly J. Smith was promoted to full professor at the Mason School of Business at William and Mary. She is a graduate of Fairmont State University in West Virginia. She earned a master’s degree at West Virginia University and a Ph.D. in accounting at the University of Maryland.
Patty Zwollo was named a full professor of biology. She has taught at the College of William and Mary since 1997. Previously, she served on the faculty at Occidental College and the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Zwollo holds bachelor’s, master’s, and Ph.D. degrees, all from the University of Utrecht in The Netherlands.
Although it was initially founded as school for women, the University of Montevallo has never had a woman president. Now the university has reached a historic milestone and selected selected Michelle R. Johnston to serve as its next president.
The women who are taking on new leadership roles with professional academic organizations are Yasmeen Shorish of James Madison University in Virginia, Elena Carbone of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Shelley Lusetti of New Mexico State University, Oona Hathaway of Yale Law School, and Keisha Blain of Brown University.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a national program run by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. Dr. Yelick, a computer scientist and longtime UC Berkeley faculty member, will become the laboratory's next director on July 1.
The selected candidate should have expertise and experience in theoretical models in labor and public economics as well as in microeconometrics and programming.
The University of Arizona School of Music seeks a visionary and collaborative Director to lead its comprehensive music program through a time of opportunity and transformation.