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A Quartet of Women Who Have Been Appointed Deans
The new women deans are Tracy Mulvaney at the school of Education at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Jelani Jefferson Exum at the St. Johns University School of Law in Queens, New York, Rachel Davis Mersey in the College of Communication at the University of Texas, and Amy Adamson at the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
A Change in Leadership at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey
Dr. Passerini has served as provost and executive vice president at Seton Hall since June 2020. Previously, she served as the Lesley H. and William L. Collins Distinguished Chair and dean of the Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional Studies at St. John’s University in Queens, New York. Earlier, she was dean of the Albert Dorman Honors College at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark.
Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions at Universities
The four women appointed to dean positions are Anne Y. F. Lin at St. John University in Queens, New York, L. Ebony Boulware at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Shelly Blunt at the University of Southern Indiana, and Margaret I. Kanipes at North Carolina A&T State University.
Former Law School Professor Named President and Director-Counsel of the Legal Defense Fund
Janai Nelson has served as associate director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund for the past eight years. Earlier, she spent nearly 10 years in academia as a full professor and high-level administrator and dean at St. John’s University School of Law in New York.
In Memoriam: Faye Elizabeth Coleman, 1940-2019
Faye Elizabeth Coleman joined the faculty at Old Dominion University in Norfilk, Virginia, in 1978 as an assistant professor. In 1980, she became director for the graduate program in medical laboratory sciences for students in several diagnostic professions. She retired in 2016.
Political Scientist at the University of Nebraska Omaha Wins Book Award
Lana Obradovic, an assistant professor of political science at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, has won the Best Book Award from the European Research Group on Military and Society. Her book examines the status of women in the military of 24 NATO countries.
Former University President Launches Campaign to Fight Global Poverty
The goal of the President’s Pledge is to have at least 100 college and university presidents pledge 5 percent of their earnings to combat global poverty.
