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Six Women Scholars Taking on New Faculty Assignments
The women faculty in new roles are Anne Marie Lennon at the University of Pittsburgh, Michelle Richardson at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Jane Freedman at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Jallicia A. Jolly at Amherst College in Massachusetts, Kristala L. J. Prather at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Michelle Olsen at Virginia Tech.
Coppin State University in Baltimore Chooses Pamela Richardson Wilks as Its Next Provost
Dr. Wilks joins Coppin State University from Edward Waters University in Jacksonville, Florida, where she most recently served as associate provost for academic operations, programs, and institutional planning, research, and effectiveness. Earlier, Dr. Wilks was an administrator and associate professor of English at Shaw Univerity in Ralegh, North Carolina.
In Memoriam: Genevieve Madeline Knight, 1939-2021
Dr. Knight taught at Hampton University in Virginia from 1963 to 1966 and from 1970 to 1985. She then taught mathematics at Coppin State University in Baltimore for more than two decades.
Coppin State University President Maria Thompson to Step Down at the End of the Academic Year
Maria Thompson,the first woman president of Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland, has announced she will retire at the end of the academic year after overcoming recent health challenges. She became president of Coppin State University in 2015.
In Memoriam: Julia Blanche Anderson, 1951-2017
Julia B. Anderson was the founding director of the Institute for Racial and Ethnic Health Studies at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Later, she was a special assistant to the deputy director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Coppin State University in Baltimore Names Its Next President
Since 2011, Maria Thompson has been serving as provost and vice president for academic affairs at the State University of New York at Oneonta. Previously, she was an administrator at Tennessee State University in Nashville.
Jessica Bailey to Lead Fort Valley State University
Jessica Bailey will serve as acting president of Fort Valley State University in Georgia until July 1 when current president Ivelaw Griffith leaves office. On July 1, Dr. Bailey will become interim president of the university.
Two Women Candidates for the Presidency of Central State University
Cynthia Jackson-Hammond and Helen E. Jones-Kelley are two of the four finalists to lead the historically Black university.
