Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (10/20/2017)

Chief executives

Appointments

Clarence (Clay) Armbrister, president of Girard College, a preparatory boarding school in Philadelphia, was appointed president of Johnson C. Smith University, effective January 1. He will replace Ronald L. Carter, who will step down in December.

Seth Bodnar, senior executive for strategy and transformation at GE Transportation, will become president of the University of Montana on January 1. This will be his first position in higher education. The previous president, Royce Engstrom, stepped down last December.

Connie Ledoux Book, provost at the Citadel, will become the first female president of Elon University on March 1, 2018. The current leader, Leo Lambert, will return to the faculty and serve as president emeritus after a year’s sabbatical.

Billie Jo Kipp, president of Blackfeet Community College, in Browning, Mont., for the past six years, was named president of California Tribal College. She will lead the nonprofit institution, which began offering programs in 2015, in its efforts to establish a campus, develop curricula, and earn accreditation.

Polly Peterson, executive vice president at the University of Jamestown, was promoted to president. She will take over for Robert Badal, who will retire in February after serving as president since 2002.

Frederick Roegge, a former commander of submarine forces in the U.S. Pacific Fleet, has been named president of National Defense University.

Cliff Wightman, interim president of Tennessee College of Applied Technology at Crossville since May, and a former assistant director of the college, was appointed president on a permanent basis.

Resignations

Janet Dudley-Eshbach, president of Salisbury University, says she will step down in June, after 18 years at the helm. She plans to return to a faculty position.

Nathaniel Glover Jr., president of Edward Waters College since 2011, will step down from the job in May 2018.

Retirements

Arthur Dunning, president of Albany State University, in Georgia, since 2013, will retire, effective January 31.

Gilbert H. Stork, superintendent and president of Cuesta College since 2012, says he will retire on June 30. He has worked at the college in various roles for almost 50 years.

Chief academic officers

Appointments

Kimberly Holmes, vice president for organizational effectiveness and strategic initiatives at Albany State University, in Georgia, has been named interim provost and vice president for academic affairs. She succeeds Tau Kadhi, who has resigned after one year.

John Netland, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Union University, was named provost.

Noel Wilkin, interim provost at the University of Mississippi, has been appointed to the post permanently.

Other top administrators

Appointments

Jeffrey Brown, senior vice president and associate professor of education at the College of Saint Joseph, to interim vice president for new business development at New England College.

Lisa Calvert, vice chancellor for institutional advancement and chief operating officer of the foundation board of Texas Tech University, to vice president for advancement at Washington State University and chief executive of the WSU Foundation.

Marion Fedrick, vice chancellor for human resources at the University System of Georgia, to interim executive vice president of Albany State University.

Travis Grantham, director of hospital development at the University of South Alabama, to vice president for advancement at the University of Mobile.

John Keller, dean of the Graduate College and associate provost at the University of Iowa, to interim vice president for research and economic development.

Marie Muhvic, a major-gifts officer at Fairfield University, to vice president for advancement at New England College.

Carol Thomas, vice president for information technology at Columbus State Community College, to vice president for technology and marketing communications at New England College.

Kimberly M. Verstandig, interim vice president for advancement at Skidmore College, to vice president for college advancement at Connecticut College.

Deans

Appointments

Lisa Krissoff Boehm, founding dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and a professor of history at Manhattanville College, to dean of the College of Graduate Studies at Bridgewater State University.

Robert Bruce Jr., director of the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education and director of the Carolina Office for Online Learning at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, to dean of the Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies at Rice University.

Lisa Mohanty, associate vice president for institutional effectiveness and new programs at Trident University International, to dean of its University College.

Neal Rosenburg, dean of the College of Nursing at the Nevada State College, to dean of the College of Health Professions and McAuley School of Nursing at the University of Detroit Mercy.

Retirements

Gail Agrawal, dean of the College of Law at the University of Iowa, will retire at the end of the 2017-18 academic year.

Department chairs

Appointments

Nasheli Juliana Ortiz-González, an assistant professor of fashion design at Lindenwood University, to department chair of fashion design at Moore College of Art and Design.

Other administrators

Appointments

Jason F. Arnold, fellow of clinical and translational research ethics at Medical University of South Carolina, to director of special projects and strategic initiatives at New York University’s College of Global Public Health.

Paul Atchley, a professor of cognitive science and a former associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Kansas, to senior associate vice president and dean of undergraduate studies.

Ian Bogus, curator of preservation at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, to executive director of the Research Collections and Preservation Consortium at Princeton University, effective November 13.

Dave Brewer, assistant and interim director of housing operations at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, to director of building services for infrastructure planning and facilities at Michigan State University.

Michael Campbell, deputy director of the University of Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics, to director of the lab.

Charles C.M. Kellom, director of multicultural student affairs at Northwestern University, to assistant dean for multicultural student affairs at Ohio Wesleyan University.

Sherry Kollmann, senior associate dean of undergraduate business programs at Southern New Hampshire University, to associate vice president for strategic online and business-partnership programs at New England College.

Christopher Maynard, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Alabama, to associate vice provost at Sam Houston State University.

Dorene Medlin, an associate professor in the College of Education at Albany State University, in Georgia, to director of the university’s Center for Faculty Excellence.

Luis Paris, an instructor of international business and new-venture creation in the School of Business Administration at Stetson University, to assistant director of the university’s Joseph C. Prince Entrepreneurship Program.

Mariann R. Piano, a professor and head of the department of biobehavioral health science at the University of Illinois College of Nursing, in Chicago, to senior associate dean for research at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing.

Christopher Plowe, founding director of the Institute for Global Health at the University of Maryland’s School of Medicine, to director of the Duke Global Health Institute at Duke University, effective in January.

Gus Ridgel, retired vice president for finance and administration at Kentucky State University, has returned to serve as senior adviser to the president.

Michael Salvador, professor and chair of the communication-studies department at California State University at San Bernardino, to associate dean on the Palm Desert Campus.

Alan Scheller-Wolf, head of the Ph.D. program at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Business, to senior associate dean of faculty and research at the Tepper School.

Thomas Sokolowski, a consultant and former director of the Andy Warhol Museum, in Pittsburgh, to director of Rutgers University’s Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum.

Sevin Yeltekin, a professor in the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, to senior associate dean of education at the Tepper School.

Tenure awards

The following professors were awarded tenure at their institutions. Those listed whose names are followed by the discipline alone are being promoted to the rank of associate professor. The changes take effect on varying dates.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Hannes Buelow, professor of genetics

Kartik Chandran, professor of microbiology and immunology

Luciano D’Adamio, professor of microbiology and immunology

Antonio DiCristofano, professor of developmental and molecular biology

Ganjam Kalpana, professor of genetics

Jose Pena, professor of neuroscience

Michael Ross, professor of medicine and chief of the renal division

Ulrich Steidl, professor of cellular biology

Yousin Suh, professor of genetics

Bin Zhou, professor of genetics

Bucknell University

Doug Allen, professor of management

Marcellus Andrews, economics

Tulu Bayar, professor of art and art history

Michelle Oswald Beiler, civil and environmental engineering

Paul Botelho, music

Claire Campbell, history

Isabel Cuñado, professor of Spanish

Emily Dryden, professor of mathematics

Bill Flack, professor of psychology

Kevin Gilmore, civil and environmental engineering

Will Kerber, chemistry

Stephanie Larson, professor of classics and ancient Mediterranean studies

Sheila Lintott, professor of philosophy

Peter McNamara, professor of mathematics

Kevin Myers, professor of psychology

Khalil Saucier, Africana studies

Mala Sharma, professor of mechanical engineering

James Mark Shields, professor of comparative humanities and Asian thought

Nate Siegel, mechanical engineering

G.C. Waldrep, professor of English

Wendelin Wright, professor of mechanical engineering and chemical engineering

Zhiqun Zhu, professor of political science and international relations

DePaul University

Monu Bedi, law (continuing at rank of associate professor)

Doug Bruce, health sciences

Jason Bystriansky, biological sciences

Blair Davis, communication

Lisa Dush, writing, rhetoric, and discourse

Bill Johnson González, English

Verena Graupmann, psychology

Max Helveston, law (continuing at rank of associate professor)

Christopher Wendell Jones, music

Caitlin Karver, chemistry

Julie Lawton, clinical professor of law

Grace Lemmon, management

Michael Lewanski, music

Jason Martin, communication (continuing at rank of associate professor)

Daniel Morales, law (continuing at rank of associate professor)

Sanjukta Mukherjee, women’s and gender studies

Savvas Paritsis, cinematic arts

Lisa Poirier, religious studies

Doris Rusch, game development

Brian Schrank, game development

Frédéric Seyler, philosophy

Cary Martin Shelby, law (continuing at rank of associate professor)

Hamilton College

Robert Knight, art

Chinthaka Kuruwita, mathematics

Scott MacDonald, professor of art history

Xavier Tubau, Hispanic studies

Seton Hall University

Gerard Babo, education leadership, management and policy

Fortunato Battaglia, professor of neuroscience and clinical neurology

Constantine Bitsaktis, biological sciences

Jennifer-Brooke Condon, professor of law and social justice

Anca M. Cotet-Grecu, economics and legal studies

Corinne Datchi, professional psychology and family therapy

Karen Gevirtz, professor of English

Sean Harvey, history

Anne Hewitt, professor of interprofessional health sciences and health administration

Mark Molesky, professor of history

Brittany Persson, law

Carolyn Sattin-Bajaj, education leadership, management and policy

Donovan Sherman, English

Zheng Wang, professor of diplomacy and international relations

Yeshiva University

Catherine Eubanks, psychology

Shu Han, information systems

David Lavinsky, English

Avraham Leff, professor of computer science

Deborah Pearlstein, professor of law

Ran Shao, economics

Josefa Steinhauer, biology

Promotions in rank

Faculty members’ new ranks are listed below.

Palm Beach Atlantic University

Fred J. Browning, professor of physics

Keysha L. Bryant, associate professor of pharmacy practice

Victor A. Copan, professor of ministry, leadership, and biblical studies

Marsha Guntharp, professor of mathematics

Justin Hardin, professor of biblical and theological studies

Paul Hauptmann, assistant professor of English

Philip Henry, professor of counseling

Gary R. Poe, professor of history

Alex M. Wainer, professor of communication and media studies

Seton Hall University

Richard Boergers, associate professor of athletic training

Eric Johnston, associate professor of theology

Yeshiva University

Jeffrey Gonzalez, professor of psychology

Daniel Rynhold, professor of Jewish philosophy

Organizations

Appointments

Dianne S. Harris, dean of the College of Humanities and a history professor at the University of Utah, to senior program officer in higher education and scholarship in the humanities at the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Michelle Weise, chief innovation officer for the Sandbox Collaborative at Southern New Hampshire University, to senior vice president for work-force strategies and chief innovation officer at the Strada Education Network.

Resignations

Pauline Abernathy, executive vice president at the Institute for College Access & Success, has resigned. She will become chief strategy officer at Benefits Data Trust, in Philadelphia.

Earl Lewis, president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will resign in March after five years at the helm. He plans to create a new institute, the Center for Social Solutions, that will focus on race and diversity, water, and the future of work.

Fellowships

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has selected the following 39 doctoral students to receive its 2017 Gilliam Fellowships for Advanced Study. The fellowships recognize scholars who have the potential to be leaders in their fields and the desire to advance diversity and inclusion in the sciences.

Marie Adomako, University of California at San Diego

Lindsey Backman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Juan Barajas, Ohio State University

Shawna Battle, Case Western Reserve University

Sherry Bermeo, University of Washington

Giancarlo Bruni, University of Colorado at Boulder

Kyle Card, Michigan State University

Mariexcel Davatolhagh, University of Pennsylvania

Christopher Duncan-Lewis, University of California at Berkeley

Sara Espinosa, University of Colorado at Denver Anschutz Medical Campus

Samantha Francis Stuart, University of California at Davis

Carlos Gonzalez, Stanford University

Nicole Hernandez, University of Pennsylvania

Brittany Jenkins, University of Georgia

Rose Larios, University of California at San Francisco

Lina Leon, University of California at San Francisco

Christine Liu, University of California at Berkeley

Vayu Maini-Rekdal, Harvard University

Allatah Mekile, the Johns Hopkins University

Matthew Mendoza, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Marco Mravic, University of California at San Francisco

Eric Nealy, University of Washington

Kavin Nunez, Brown University

Titilayo Omotade, Yale University

Gloria Ortiz, University of California at Berkeley

Sébastien Ortiz, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Alan Pacheco, Boston University

Carlos Paz, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Brian Perez, Stanford University

Michael Rale, Princeton University

Ericka Reed, Pennsylvania State University at University Park

Christina Roman, University of Chicago

Barbara Romero Duenas, University of Delaware

Gabriel Romero, Oregon Health and Science University

Luis Schachner, Northwestern University

DeQuantarius Speed, University of Chicago

Phillip Thomas, New York University School of Medicine

Alfredo Valencia, Harvard University

Shawn Williams, Brown University

Awards

MacArthur Awards

Fifteen of the 24 recipients of the 2017 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation fellowships are academics. Each will receive an unrestricted cash prize of $625,000 over five years.

Sunil Amrith, a professor of South Asian studies and history at Harvard University, and a director of the Harvard Center for History and Economics who studies migration issues in South and Southeast Asia.

Annie Baker, a playwright and master-artist-in-residence and co-associate chair in the master’s program in fine arts in playwriting at the City University of New York Hunter College, whose plays portray blue-collar workers in rural Vermont.

Regina Barzilay, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who is developing multilingual processes that will enable computers to interpret and analyze large amounts of human-language information.

Dawoud Bey, a professor of photography at Columbia College Chicago who is known for his photographs of marginalized people in Birmingham, Ala., and New York’s Harlem neighborhood.

Emmanuel Candès, a professor of mathematics and statistics and a professor of electrical engineering at Stanford University whose research focuses on compressed sensing, a technique for predicting and replacing missing information from sounds and images.

Jason De León, an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Michigan and a faculty associate of its Latina/o Studies Program who studies Latin American migrants to the United States who cross through Arizona’s treacherous Sonoran Desert.

Viet Thanh Nguyen, a professor of English, American studies and ethnicity, and comparative literature at the University of Southern California who is known for his 2015 novel, The Sympathizer, about a double agent in the Vietnam War.

Kate Orff, an associate professor and director of the urban-design program in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University, and a landscape architect who wrote the 2016 book Toward an Urban Ecology.

Betsy Levy Paluck, a professor of psychology and public affairs and deputy director of the Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science and Policy at Princeton University who specializes in the ways social networks and norms affect interpersonal relationships.

Derek Peterson, a professor of history and Afro-American and African studies at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, who studies the African experience of Western colonialism.

Damon Rich, an urban planner who has taught architecture and planning courses at Harvard University, Barnard College, Syracuse University, and Columbia University.

Stefan Savage, a professor of computer science and engineering, co-director of the Center for Evidence-Based Security Research, and co-director of the Center for Networked Systems at the University of California at San Diego who develops solutions to cybercrime and security breaches.

Tyshawn Sorey, an assistant professor of music at Wesleyan University, and a percussionist and composer who specializes in jazz and other improvised and experimental music genres.

Gabriel Victora, a biomedical researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as an assistant professor and head of the Laboratory of Lymphocyte Dynamics at Rockefeller University, whose research centers on the immune system’s responses to infection.

Jesmyn Ward, an associate professor of English at Tulane University who has written three novels and a memoir, all set in marginalized black communities in Mississippi’s Gulf Coast region. She won a 2017 National Book Award for her novel Sing, Unburied, Sing.

Nobel Memorial Prize

Richard H. Thaler, a professor of behavioral science and economics at the University of Chicago, has received the 2017 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his work in behavioral economics. His research focuses on how people make decisions and how those decisions affect the markets, as well as why people have such a hard time with long-term commitments to their budgets or New Year’s resolutions.

Deaths

Seymour Herbert Levitt, 89, a professor emeritus of therapeutic radiology at the University of Minnesota Medical School, died on September 30.

William F. Miller, 91, provost at Stanford University from 1971 to 1979, died on September 27. He was among the founding faculty members of Stanford’s computer-science department, which was spun off from the mathematics department in 1965.

William R. Monat, 93, president of Northern Illinois University from 1978 to 1984, died on September 23.

Carl J. Peter, professor emeritus and a former chair of the health-sciences department at Western Illinois University, died on September 14. He was 92.

S. Charles Schulz, 72, a former professor and former chairman of the department of psychiatry at the University of Minnesota Medical School, died on October 2. He did research on the treatment of schizophrenia.

Hermann Viets, 74, retired president of the Milwaukee School of Engineering, died on September 30. He led the university from 1991 until his retirement, in 2015, and joined its Board of Regents that year.

Vladimir Voevodsky, 51, a professor in the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study, died on September 30. He won a Fields Medal in 2002, at the age of 36, for his work in developing cohomology theories for algebraic varieties.