All Entries in the "Leadership" Category
Tanuja Singh Selected to Lead the University of Indianapolis
Dr. Singh currently serves as the provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at Loyola University New Orleans. Previously, she served at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas, where she was the dean of the Greehey School of Business for 11 years. Earlier, she served in various roles including department chair and professor of marketing at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb for 13 years.
Anita Thomas Will Be the First Woman President of North Central College in Illinois
Dr. Thomas is currently the executive vice president and provost at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. Prior to arriving at St. Catherine University in 2019, she was the founding dean of the College of Applied Behavioral Sciences at the University of Indianapolis. Earlier in her career, Dr. Thomas taught counseling psychology and school counseling at Loyola University Chicago.
After 236 Years, the University of Pittsburgh Names Its First Woman Chancellor
Since 2019, Joan T. A. Gabel was been serving as president and chief executive of the University of Minnesota System and the Twin Cities campus. From 2015 to 2019, she was the executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of South Carolina. Previously, she served as dean of the University of Missouri’s Trulaske College of Business.
Andreia Nebel Will Be the Eighth President of Clarkson College in Omaha, Nebraska
For the past eight years, Dr. Nebel has served as vice president for academic affairs at the college. She joined the college’s faculty 20 years ago. The vast majority of students at the college are studying in a healthcare discipline.
Southern University Shreveport Names Alumna Aubra Gantt to the Post of Chancellor
Dr. Gantt currently serves as a clinician at various hospitals in Phoenix, Arizona. She began her professional educational career at Southern University Shreveport as an educational counselor. She later served as dean of enrollment management at Scottsdale Community College in Arizona and vice president for academic outreach and student success at the Tarrant County College campus in Fort Worth, Texas.
Kara Freeman Appointed CEO of the National Association of College and University Business Officers
NACUBO, founded in 1962, is a nonprofit professional organization representing chief administrative and financial officers at more than 1,700 colleges and universities across the country. Freeman will take office on June 1. She has been serving as the senior vice president and chief operating officer at the American Council of Education.
Suzanne Smith Appointed the Eighteenth President of SUNY-Potsdam
Dr. Smith has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Georgia Southwestern State University since July 1, 2018. She is also a tenured professor in the department of psychology and sociology. Earlier, Dr. Smith was an administrator at Washington State University Vancouver from 1997-2018.
KerryAnn O’Meara Named Provost at Teachers College of Columbia University
Dr. O’Meara currently serves as a professor of higher education and as special assistant to the provost for strategic initiatives, at the University of Maryland. Before joining the University of Maryland, Dr. O’Meara held academic appointments at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The Next Chancellor of the University of Alaska Southeast
Aparna Dileep-Nageswaran Palmer currently serves as a vice president at Front Range Community College in Westminster, Colorado. Earlier she was the assistant vice president for academic affairs and a professor of biology at Colorado Mesa University in Grand Junction.
Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman to Lead the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Dr. Gyamfi-Bannerman specializes in obstetric complications with a primary focus on preterm birth prevention. She became chair of the department of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences at the medical school in 2021. She holds the Samuel SC Yen Endowed Chair. Earlier, she was a professor at Columbia University in New York City.
A Change in Leadership at Scripps College in California
Suzanne Keen, who has served as president of Scripps College in Claremont, California, for less than a year, has resigned from her post. No explanation was given for the decision. The board of trustees appointed Amy Marcus-Newhall as acting president. She is a professor of psychology at Scripps.
Cheryl McConnell Is the First Woman President of St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia
Dr. McConnell has served as interim president since June 2022. Earlier, she was provost and chief academic officer for three years. Before her arrival at Saint Joseph’s in 2019, Dr. McConnell held several leadership positions at Rockhurst University, a Jesuit institution in Kansas City, Missouri.
Susan Athey Elected President of the American Economics Association
Dr. Athey began her academic career in 1995 as an assistant professor of economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 2001 to 2006, Dr. Athey taught at Stanford University before joining the economics faculty at Harvard University. In 2013, she returned to Stanford.
Ann Cudd Will Be the Next President of Portland State University in Oregon
Dr. Cudd has served as provost at the University of Pittsburgh since 2018. Before that she worked as the dean of arts and sciences at Boston University and as a professor and dean of undergraduate studies at the University of Kansas.
Janelle Scott to Serve as President of the American Educational Research Association
Janelle Scott is a professor and the Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities in the School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Scott joins the AERA Council in 2023–2024 as president-elect. Her presidency begins at the conclusion of the association’s 2024 annual meeting.
Susan Hatto Chosen to Lead the Athens Campus of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology
Hatto is currently dean for industrial education and workforce training at Montcalm Community College in Sidney, Michigan, where she has worked since 2002. She has completed the coursework and a comprehensive exam toward a doctorate in strategic leadership at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Safa Zaki Will Be the First Women to Lead Bowdoin College Since Its Founding in 1794
Currently, Dr. Zaki is dean of the faculty and the John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy Professor of Psychology at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She joined the faculty at Williams in 2002 as an assistant professor of psychology and was promoted to associate professor in 2005 and to full professor in 2010.
Laura Rosenbury Selected to Be the Ninth President of Barnard College in New York City
Laura Rosenbury – a leading women and gender legal theorist with expertise that spans reproductive rights, children’s rights, and sexual harassment and abuse – currently serves as the first woman dean at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law. From 2002 to 2015, Professor Rosenbury served on the faculty at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis.
Deborah Ford Named Chancellor of Indiana University Southeast in New Albany
Dr. Ford currently serves as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, a role she has held since 2009. Before joining the University of Wisconsin System, Dr. Ford served as vice president for student affairs at the University of West Florida, and vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Spalding University in Kentucky.
Elayne Hayes-Anthony Is the New Leader of Jackson State University in Mississippi
The board of trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning in Mississippi has placed Thomas Hudson, president of Jackson State University, on administrative leave with pay, effective immediately. No reason was given for the decision to relieve Hudson of his duties. Elayne Hayes-Anthony, a professor of journalism and media studies was named acting president.
Katie McLaughlin to Lead the University of Oregon’s Ballmer Institute
The Ballmer Institute, made possible by a $425 million gift from Steve and Connie Ballmer, seeks to address the growing crisis in children’s behavioral health and well-being. The clinical institute will strive to effect change across family, community, and school aspects of children’s lives.
Hyaeweol Choi Joins the Leadership of the Association of Asian Studies
Hyaeweol Choi has been elected to serve as vice president of the international nonprofit Association of Asian Studies. She will be the first Korean-born vice president of the organization since its founding in 1941. In this role, will join the line of succession to become president of the organization in 2024.
Sonya Christian Appointed Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
Since 2021, Dr. Christian has been serving as chancellor of the Kern Community College District. In 2013, she was appointed the tenth president of Bakersfield, College, a campus of the Kern Community College District.
JuliAnn Mazachek Is the First Woman President in the 158-Year History of Washburn University in Kansas
Dr. Mazachek is returning to Topeka after serving as president of Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, since last May. Prior to her time at Midwestern State, Dr. Mazachek spent 30 years at Washburn University in various leadership roles, most recently as vice president for academic affairs, chief academic officer, and associate professor.
Linda Mills Appointed the Seventeenth President of New York University
Dr. Mills has been serving as vice chancellor and senior vice provost for global programs and university life at NYU. Dr. Mills is also the Lisa Ellen Goldberg Professor of Social Work, Public Policy, and Law and has served as the executive director of the NYU Center on Violence and Recovery. Dr. Mills’ principal areas of scholarly focus are trauma, bias, and domestic violence.
Laurie Joyner Will Be the First Woman President of St. Norbert College in Wisconsin
Since 2017, Dr. Joyner has been president of St. Xavier University in Chicago. Prior to St. Xavier, Joyner served as president of Wittenberg University in Ohio and in multiple vice presidential and dean roles at Rollins College in Florida. Earlier, Dr. Joyner served on the faculty and held administrative positions of increasing responsibility at Loyola University New Orleans.
Michelle W. Krause Is the New Leader of University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Health
In this role, Dr. Krause will be responsible for UAMS Health’s 535-bed hospital, outpatient clinics in central Arkansas, digital health services and clinics at eight regional campuses across the state. She serves as chair of the board of directors of the Baptist Health-UAMS Accountable Care Alliance and is also a professor in the UAMS College of Medicine.
Misaki Takabayashi Will Be the Next Chancellor of Kapiʻolani Community College in Honolulu
Dr. Takabayashi is a marine scientist specializing in coral reef molecular ecology. She has been serving as the associate vice president/vice dean of the graduate school at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University in Japan.
Lori Kloos Appointed President of St. Cloud Technical & Community College in Minnesota
Kloos has been serving as interim president of the college since July 2022. From 2000 to 2022, Kloos served as vice president of administration and chief financial officer at St. Cloud Technical and Community College. She also served as SCTCC’s interim president from 2017 to 2018 and as acting president in 2005 and 2022.
Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, New York, Appoints Susan L. Parish as Its New President
Currently, Dr. Parish is dean of the College of Health Professions and Sentara Professor of Health Administration at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Prior to joining the faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University, she served as dean of Bouvé College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University in Boston.
Danielle Holley Will Be the Twentieth President of Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts
In 2014, President-elect Holley was named dean and a professor of law at the Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C. Previously she was associate dean and a professor of law at the University of South Carolina Law School. Earlier in her career, she taught at the Hofstra University School of Law in New York.
Bonita Brown Is the New Leader of Northern Kentucky University in Highland Heights
Since 2019, Brown had been serving as vice president and chief strategy officer at the university. Prior to her role at NKU, Brown served as the vice president for network engagement at Achieving the Dream, a national nonprofit leader that champions evidence-based institutional improvement in community colleges across the country.
Marta Yera Cronin Will Be the Next President of Delaware County Community College in Media, Pennsylvania
Dr. Cronin is currently the president of Columbia Gorge Community College in The Dalles, Oregon. Prior to becoming president of Columbia Gorge Community College in 2018, she served in various administrative and faculty roles at Indian River State College in Fort Pierce, Florida, including vice president of academic affairs, dean of the School of Education, department chair, and full professor.
Ingrid Thompson-Sellers Is the New President of Atlanta Metropolitan State College
In 2017, Dr. Thompson-Sellers was appointed president of South Georgia State College in Douglas. Previously, she was a professor of business information systems at Georgia State University in Atlanta and had served as senior associate dean at the university. Earlier she taught at Georgia Perimeter College in Decatur and at what is now Iona University in New Rochelle, New York.
Michigan State University’s Felicia Wu to Lead the Society for Risk Analysis
Felicia Wu is a John A. Hannah Distinguished Professor in the department of food science and human nutrition and the department of agricultural, food and resource economics at Michigan State University. Her research examines the national and global burden of foodborne disease, how improved nutrition can counteract the harmful effects of toxins, and how cost-effective strategies can improve food safety.
