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A Dozen Women Appointed to Administrative Roles in Higher Education

A Dozen Women Appointed to 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.

Three Women to Be Honored by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Three Women to Be Honored by the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology announced today the winners of its annual awards. Among the honorees are Hao Wu, a professor at Harvard Medical School, Margaret Phillips, chair of the biochemistry department at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and Shana Stoddard, an associate professor of chemistry, at Rhodes College in Memphis.

Rhodes College Chemist Honored for Undergraduate Mentoring and Research Efforts

Rhodes College Chemist Honored for Undergraduate Mentoring and Research Efforts

Shana Stoddard, an associate professor of chemistry at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, is the 2023 recipient of the Council on Undergraduate Research’s Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Award. The award recognizes original and insightful research work by a young investigator working with undergraduates.

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.

Jennifer Collins Appointed President of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee

Jennifer Collins Appointed President of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee

Collins has served since 2014 as the Judge James Noel Dean and professor of law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She was appointed to the law faculty at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 2003 and was named associate provost for academic and strategic initiatives in 2010 and vice provost in 2013. She will become president of Rhodes College on July 1.

Three Women Who Have Been Appointed Diversity Administrators in Higher Education

Three Women Who Have Been Appointed Diversity Administrators in Higher Education

Taking on new roles relating to diversity, equity, and inclusion are Jazmine Rodriguez at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, Kristie A. Ford at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and Shavonne Shorter at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Majorie Hass Will Be the First Woman to Lead the Council of Independent Colleges

Majorie Hass Will Be the First Woman to Lead the Council of Independent Colleges

Dr. Hass has been president of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee, since 2017. Prior to that role, Dr. Hass was president of Austin College in Sherman, Texas. Earlier, she spent more than 16 years as a member of the faculty and administration at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, rising to the rank of provost.

Katherine Clay Bassard Will Be the Next Provost at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee

Katherine Clay Bassard Will Be the Next Provost at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee

Dr. Bassard currently serves as a professor of English and interim senior associate dean for faculty affairs in the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University. Earlier, she was senior vice provost for faculty affairs at VCU.

Seven Women Scholars Appointed to Positions as Deans

Seven Women Scholars Appointed to Positions as Deans

The new deans are Amy Jasperson at Rhodes College in Memphis, Andrea D. Jackson at Howard University, Ida M. Moore at the University of Arizona, Jean Harvey at the University of Vermont, Lily T. Garcia at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Gillian R. Hayes at the University of California, Irvine, and Lisandra R. Carmichael at Georgia Southern University.

Five Colleges and Universities Appoint Women to Dean Positions

Five Colleges and Universities Appoint Women to Dean Positions

The five women appointed to new positions as dean are Alison Cullen at the University of Washington, Katherine Traylor Schaftzin at the University of mMemphis, Yolanda Cooper at Emory University in Atlanta, Natalie Person at Rhodes College in Memphis, and Joan R.M. Bullock at Texas Southern University in Houston.

Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities

Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities

The new deans are Marjorie Jenkins at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Greenville, Allyson L. Watson at Florida A&M University, Stephanie G. Adams at the University of Texas at Dallas and Alicia Golston at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.

Mary Beth Walker Named Provost at California State University, Northridge

Mary Beth Walker Named Provost at California State University, Northridge

Dr. Walker currently serves as interim president of Georgia Gwinnett College and as associate provost for strategic initiatives and innovation at Georgia State University. She will begin her new duties at California State University, Northridge in July.

New Administrative Positions for 10 Women in American Higher Education

New Administrative Positions for 10 Women in American 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.

Eight Women Named to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Eight Women Named to New Administrative Positions 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.

Notre Dame Law Professor Nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals

Notre Dame Law Professor Nominated for the U.S. Court of Appeals

Amy Coney Barrett is the Diane and M.O. Miller II Research Chair in Law and Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame. She has been nominated by President Trump to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which is based in Chicago.

Marjorie Hass to Be the First Woman President of Rhodes College in Memphis

Marjorie Hass to Be the First Woman President of Rhodes College in Memphis

Since 2009, Dr. Hass has been serving as president of Austin College in Sherman, Texas. She also serves as chair of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities. She will become the first woman president in the 168-year history of Rhodes College on July 1.

The New President of the College of Idaho

The New President of the College of Idaho

When she takes office in July 2015, Charlotte Borst will be the first woman to serve as president in the 124-year history of the College of Idaho. Currently, she is vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Whittier College in California.