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Joyce Buckner-Brown Appointed Provost of Alcorn State University

Joyce Buckner-Brown Appointed Provost of Alcorn State University

Dr. Buckner-Brown brings over two decades of experience in higher education and public health to her new role. She has recently served as Alcorn’s interim provost and associate provost for undergraduate education and success.

New Administrative Appointments for Thirteen Women in Higher Education

New Administrative Appointments for Thirteen Women in Higher Education

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.

New Administrative Appointments for Nine Women in Higher Education

New Administrative Appointments for Nine Women in Higher Education

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.

New Faculty Positions for a Dozen Women in Higher Education

New Faculty Positions for a Dozen Women in Higher Education

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.

Betty Stewart Appointed Executive Vice President and Provost of Hampton University

Betty Stewart Appointed Executive Vice President and Provost of Hampton University

“I hope to cultivate a culture of care and support within our university community, advocating for the success and happiness of students, faculty, and staff alike,” said Dr. Stewart. She will assume her position as provost of Hampton University on July 1.

Linda Holloway Receives Anti-Oppression Award From the American Counseling Association

Linda Holloway Receives Anti-Oppression Award From the American Counseling Association

The Dr. Mary Smith Anti-Oppression Award from the American Counseling Association recognizes counselors and counselor educators who challenge oppression within the counseling field and their local communities.

Michelle Johnston Appointed President of Georgia Southwestern State University

Michelle Johnston Appointed President of Georgia Southwestern State University

Dr. Johnston was president of the College of Coastal Georgia. Previously, she served as president of the University of Rio Grande in Ohio and held administrative and faculty positions with the University of Montevallo in Alabama, the University of Louisiana Monroe, and Mississippi State University.

Eight Women Appointed to New Faculty Positions

Eight Women Appointed to New Faculty Positions

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.

Thirteen Women Appointed to Higher Education Administrative Positions

Thirteen Women Appointed to Higher Education Administrative Positions

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.

New Faculty Positions for Seven Women Scholars

New Faculty Positions for Seven Women Scholars

Appointments include Anna Harris at the University of Arkansas Pine Bluff, Natalie Manginsay at Mississippi State University, Carly Camplain at Lehigh University, Deanna Sellnow at Clemson University, Laura Smithers at the University of Nevada Reno, Jennifer Newsome Martin at the University of Notre Dame, and Frances Liger at Texas A&M University

Study Shows That Girls' and Women's Sports Are More Popular Than Most People Realize

Study Shows That Girls’ and Women’s Sports Are More Popular Than Most People Realize

In August 2023, 92,003 packed the football stadium on the campus of the University of Nebraska to view a women’s volleyball match. This is generally considered to be the  largest crowd to ever watch a women’s sporting event. This is just one sign that women’s sports in the U.S. are becoming increasingly popular.

Mississippi State University Scholar Honored for Community Engagement by the PCI Foundation

Mississippi State University Scholar Honored for Community Engagement by the PCI Foundation

Alexis Gregory, an associate professor in the School of Architecture at Mississippi State University, is the recipient of the 2023 Community Engagement Award from the Chicago-based Precast Concrete Industry Foundation. Since 2001, the PCI Foundation has focused on providing curriculum development grants to schools of architecture, engineering and construction management.

Six Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties

Six Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties

The women scholars in new roles are Jennifer Hookstra at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Karyn Brown at Mississippi State University, Jamila Michener at Cornell University, Jaime Sand at Boise State University in Idaho, Felicis Jefferson at the University of Nevada Reno, and Brynja Kohler at Utah State University.

Mississippi State University Scholar Named Editor-in-Chief of the <em>Journal of Applied Remote Sensing</em>

Mississippi State University Scholar Named Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Applied Remote Sensing

Qian “Jenny” Du is the Bobby Shackouls Professor at Mississippi State University. Before joining the faculty at Mississippi State in 2004, Dr. Du was an assistant professor in the department of electrical engineering and computer science at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, from 2000 to 2004.

Five Women Who Have Been Selected to Serve as Deans

Five Women Who Have Been Selected to Serve as Deans

The five women appointed to dean positions are Azita Emani at the Yale School of Nursing, Mary W. Stewart at Mississippi State University-Meridian, Mary Werner at Madisonville Community College in Kentucky, Natasha Hutson at Alcorn State University in Mississippi, and Leah Cohn at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri.

Ashley Miller Recognized for Her Efforts to Boost University Research

Ashley Miller Recognized for Her Efforts to Boost University Research

Ashley Miller, a senior contract and grant specialist in the College of Arts and Sciences at Mississippi State University, is being recognized by the Society of Research Administrators International for her contributions to the advancement of research with a ‘Future of the Field’ award.

Colleges and Universities Appoint Eight Women to Administrative Positions

Colleges and Universities Appoint Eight Women to Administrative Positions

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.

Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Assuming New Duties at Universities

Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Assuming New Duties at Universities

Taking on new duties are Lynne McLandsborough at the University of Massachusetts, Melanie E. Loehwing at Mississippi State University, Saida Grundy at Boston University, Linda C. Samuels at Washington University in St. Louis, Beth Belmont at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, Bonnie Dow at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and Taryn Loyd at the University of Arkansas.

Universities Announced the Appointment of Eight Women to New Administrative Positions

Universities Announced the Appointment of Eight Women to New Administrative Positions

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.

Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs

Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs

The three women appointed to endowed chairs are Beth Karlan at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, LaQuandra S. Nesbitt at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C., and Susannah J. Ural at Mississippi State University.

Seven Women Who Have Been Selected for New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Seven Women Who Have Been Selected for New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

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.

Eight Women Who Will Be Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education

Eight Women Who Will Be Taking on New Administrative Duties in Higher Education

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.

Nine Women Who Are Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

Nine Women Who Are Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education

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.

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Eight Women to Administrative Positions

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Eight Women to Administrative Positions

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.

Seven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties at Universities

Seven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties at Universities

Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.

A Dozen Women Who Have Been Assigned New Administrative Duties in Higher Education

A Dozen Women Who Have Been Assigned New Administrative Duties in Higher Education

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.

Eight Women Scholars Who Have Been Given New Assignments in Higher Education

Eight Women Scholars Who Have Been Given New Assignments in Higher Education

Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.

Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments

Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments

Taking on new roles are Moni Guo at the University of Cincinnati, Ella Atkins at Virginia Tech, Ju Yon Kim at Harvard University, Alison Harmon at Montana State University, Tiffiny Tung at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Jessie Juarez at South Dakota State University, and Devon Brenner at Mississippi State University.

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Eleven Women to Administrative Positions

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Eleven Women to Administrative Positions

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.

Ten Women Taking on New Administrative Duties at Colleges and Universities

Ten Women Taking on New Administrative Duties at Colleges and Universities

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.

Three Women Scholars Selected to Serve as Presidents of National Organizations

Three Women Scholars Selected to Serve as Presidents of National Organizations

Hyeyoung Lim, 0f the University of Alabama at Birmingham has been named president of the Korean Society of Criminology in America. Talitha Washington of Clark Atlanta University will lead the Association for Women in Mathematics and Kathy M. Sherman-Morris of Mississippi State University is the new president of the National Weather Association.

Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Faculty Assignments

Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Faculty Assignments

Taking on new roles are Ruth McCelland-Nugent at Augusta University in Georgia, Marisa Anne Pagnattaro at the University of Georgia, Janice Nicholson at Mississippi State University, Danielle Dick at Rutgers University in New Jersey, and Sierra Young at Utah State University.

Seven Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Seven Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education

Taking on new duties are Amy B. Kweskin at Washington Univerity in St. Louis, Rachelle Feldman at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Valeda F. Dent at Emory University in Atlanta, Erin Rongers at the University of Arkansas, Maria Rios at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Lacey Gordon at Mississippi State University, and Melanie E. Jones at Grambling State University in Louisiana.

New Assignments for Five Women Faculty Members at Universities

New Assignments for Five Women Faculty Members at Universities

taking on new roles are Sandra Ryeom at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, Dana Franz at Mississippi State University, Melissa Bilec at the University of Pittsburgh, D’Jaris Coles-White at Western Michigan University, and Mary McKay at Washington University in St. Louis.

A Quartet of Women Who Have Been Named to Dean Positions at Universities

A Quartet of Women Who Have Been Named to Dean Positions at Universities

Lis Pankl was appointed dean of libraries at Mississippi State University and Arlene J. Montgomery is the new interim dean of nursing at Hampton University. Eileen Hogan is the new interim dean of business at New Mexico State University and Kimberly Moorehead is dean of the University College at Dillard University in New Orleans.