Appointments, Resignations, Deaths (3/9/2018)

New chief executives

Domenico Grasso, a professor of public policy and administration and of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Delaware who stepped down as provost there in October, will become chancellor of the University of Michigan at Dearborn on August 1. He will succeed Daniel Little, who was at the helm for 18 years.

David R. Harris, provost and senior vice president at Tufts University since 2012, will become president of Union College, in New York, on July 1. He will succeed Stephen C. Ainlay, who plans to step down after having been at the helm for 12 years.

Katherine A. Rowe, provost and dean of the faculty at Smith College, will become president of the College of William & Mary on July 1. She will succeed W. Taylor Reveley III, who plans to retire on June 30. Rowe will be the first woman to hold the presidency of the college in its 325-year history.

Jane Wood, vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college at Mount Marty College, in South Dakota, will become president of Bluffton University on July 1. She will succeed James M. Harder, who will retire in June after 12 years at the helm.

Resignations

Daniel Little, chancellor of the University of Michigan at Dearborn since 2000, will step down on July 31. He will remain a member of faculty.

Retirements

Glenn F. Boyce, commissioner of higher education for Mississippi since 2015, says he plans to retire on June 30.

Zorica Pantic, president of Wentworth Institute of Technology since 2005, says she plans to retire on May 31, 2019.

Stephen C. Scott, president of Wake Technical Community College since 2003, says he will retire on August 31.

Chief academic officers

Appointments

Lynn H. Cohick, a professor of New Testament and interim dean of humanities and theological studies at Wheaton College, in Illinois, to provost and dean of Denver Seminary, effective July 1.

Joyce Griggs, vice president and director of the Center for Innovative Musicianship at Cleveland Institute of Music, to executive vice president and provost of Manhattan School of Music, effective July 1.

Joshua Hamilton, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Rhode Island College, to provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of New England, effective April 15.

Deborah T. Kochevar, dean of the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University, to provost ad interim, effective following David Harris’s departure to lead Union College, in New York, in July.

Benjamin E. Rusiloski, interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at Delaware Valley University, to permanent status.

Sue Westbrook, dean of the College of Nursing and Allied Health at Nicholls State University, to an additional role as interim provost and vice president for academic affairs.

Resignations

Lynn Gillette, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Nicholls State University, stepped down from that role and became special assistant to the president.

Other top administrators

Appointments

Vin Cipolla, executive director of the David Geffen Hall redevelopment campaign, a partnership of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and the New York Philharmonic, to chief philanthropy officer of Marymount Manhattan College.

Guillermo (Will) de Veyga, associate vice president for academic affairs at New Jersey City University, to chief of staff.

Richard Duffett, vice president for administration and finance and for university advancement and marketing at Ferris State University, to interim vice president for operations at Central Washington University.

Joseph K. Han, vice president for operations at Central Washington University, to chief operating officer of the University of Louisville.

Sarah Kottich, vice president for finance and administration at the College of Saint Mary, in Omaha, to the newly created position of executive vice president for operations and planning.

Richard J. Michal, associate vice president for facilities and chief facilities officer at Butler University, to vice president and chief facilities officer of the Purdue Research Foundation.

Carol Morey Viventi, deputy director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and former secretary of the Michigan Senate, to vice president and special counsel to the president of Michigan State University.

Emily Watrous, executive vice president for human resources at Southern First Bank, to chief human-resources officer at Clemson University.

Joseph M. Wiegand, vice president for finance and operations, general counsel, and dean of the Michael Sattler School of Public Service at Truett McConnell University, in Georgia, to chief financial officer and legal counsel of the University of Mobile, effective June 18.

Elisabeth H. Young, interim vice president for health affairs and interim dean of the College of Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University, to permanent status.

Kristine Zayko, deputy general counsel of Michigan State University, to acting vice president for legal affairs and general counsel.

Deans

Appointments

Laurie Badzek, professor and director of the School of Nursing in the College of Health and Human Services at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, to dean of the College of Nursing at Pennsylvania State University, effective July 1.

Christina Bloebaum, interim chair of the department of aerospace engineering and a professor of aerospace engineering at Iowa State University, to dean of the College of Aeronautics and Engineering at Kent State University, effective August 1.

April Boulton, interim dean of the Graduate School at Hood College, to permanent status.

Other administrators

Appointments

Tracy Ariel, director of Advanced Manufacturing Centers in the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities system, to executive director of Tunxis@Bristol, a satellite location of Tunxis Community College.

Anthony M. Avellino, chief executive of OSF Healthcare Illinois Neurological Institute, to assistant provost for student health, wellness, and safety at Michigan State University, and chief medical officer of the university’s HealthTeam.

Paige Bardolph, associate curator at the Autry Museum of the American West, to director of the new Global Museum at San Francisco State University.

Tineke Battle, director of human resources for the talent-management program and the Division of Instructional Innovation and Technology at Georgia State University, to assistant vice provost for faculty affairs–human resources at Pennsylvania State University at University Park.

Norman J. Beauchamp Jr., dean of the College of Human Medicine at Michigan State University, to associate provost and assistant vice president for health affairs.

Sarah Booth, interim director of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Center for Research on Aging at Tufts University, to permanent status.

Lisa Day, associate professor in the School of Nursing at Duke University, to vice dean for educational innovation in the College of Nursing at Washington State University.

John Eason, interim athletic director at Florida A&M University, to permanent status.

Thomas Foster, professor of history at DePaul University, to associate dean for faculty affairs in the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of history at Howard University.

Renardo Hall, assistant vice president and dean of University College at Mississippi Valley State University, to associate vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Millersville University of Pennsylvania.

Rob Hallford, associate director of the Office of Licensing and Ventures at Duke University, to director of Duke New Ventures, a program to pair “mentors in residence” at the university with faculty startups.

Sheila R. Johnson-Willis, interim associate vice president and chief equal-opportunity and Title IX officer at Syracuse University, to permanent status.

Ashley Jost, higher-education reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, to senior adviser on critical issues in higher education for the University of Missouri system and its flagship campus.

Katy J. Kranson, co-director of the autistic program at the summer camp of the Jewish Community Center in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., to program coordinator for the Autism Lifelong Learning Program in the College of Health Sciences and Education at Misericordia University.

Kim Michelle Lewis, associate head and associate professor of physics, applied physics, and astronomy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, to associate dean for research and graduate programs and professor of physics at Howard University.

Missy Matella, assistant general counsel at the University of Oregon, to senior director of employee and labor relations in the Office of Human Resources.

Rachel McBride-Praetorius, executive director of Four Winds of Indian Education, in Chico, Calif., to a newly created position as director of tribal relations at California State University at Chico.

Nathan Miller, senior director of student success and financial aid at Columbia College, in Missouri, to associate vice president for adult higher education.

Michele Moses, professor of education at the University of Colorado at Boulder, to associate vice provost for faculty affairs.

Allen S. Parrish, professor and founding chair of the department of cyberscience at the U.S. Naval Academy and former associate vice president for research at the University of Alabama, to associate vice president for research and professor of computer science and engineering at Mississippi State University.

Dean Stewart, dean of corporate training and economic development at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, to executive director of the Center for Exceptional Leadership at St. Norbert College.

Darrylinn Todd, executive administrator in the Office of Academic, Faculty and Student Affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, to an additional role as interim associate vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment services.

Michael White, associate controller in the Office of Financial Affairs at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, to associate vice chancellor for finance and treasurer.

Robert P. Young, a lawyer in the Lansing office of the law firm Dickinson Wright, former chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, and adjunct professor in the College of Law at Michigan State University, to lead counsel assigned to coordinate the investigations into the university’s handling of the Larry Nassar sexual-abuse case and the Title IX lawsuits that have been filed against the university.

Resignations

Sherri Geldin, director of the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University since 1993, says she will step down from the position at the end of this year.

Retirements

John M. Carfora, associate provost for research advancement and compliance at Loyola Marymount University, plans to retire on June 1.

Jean Schook, associate vice chancellor for finance and treasurer of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, plans to retire on March 31.

Faculty

Appointments

Steven R. Brant, professor of medicine, director of the Harvey M. and Lyn P. Meyerhoff Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, and principal investigator of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics Research Center at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, to professor of medicine and chief of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology in the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Rutgers University and adjunct professor in the department of genetics in the university’s Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, effective last September.

Bradley Golden, adjunct professor of naval architecture at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and president, naval architect, and business-development manager of Tritec Marine LLC, to assistant professor of naval architecture at the Webb Institute.

Lynne C. Lancaster, professor and chair of the department of classics and world religions at Ohio University, to professor in charge of the humanities at the American Academy in Rome for a three-year term that will begin on August 1.

Duffy Robbins, professor of youth ministry at Eastern University, to professor of Christian ministries at Grove City College.

Bruce Schulman, professor of history at Boston University, has been invited to hold a professorship of American history at the University of Oxford for the 2020-21 academic year.

Retirements

K. Douglas Henderson, a Manatee County Court judge, retired in November from his job as an instructor in the criminology program at the University of South Florida-Sarasota/Manatee. He had taught part-time there since 1978, just three years after the satellite campus was founded. He remains in his position as a judge.

Tenure awards

The following professors were awarded tenure at their institutions. If a faculty rank is not included, the faculty member is being promoted to the rank of associate professor. The changes take effect on varying dates.

Cabrini U.

Dawn M. Francis, communication

Michelle Szpara, graduate education, retaining rank of associate professor

Carleton College

Laska Jimsen, cinema and media studies

Elizabeth Yoon Hwa Raleigh, sociology

Jeffrey Snyder, education studies

DePaul U.

Monu Bedi, law, retaining rank of associate professor

Douglas Bruce, health sciences

Jason Bystriansky, biological sciences

Joseph Chen, School for New Learning

Blair Davis, communication

Lisa Dush, writing, rhetoric, and discourse

Bill Johnson González, English

Verena Graupmann, psychology

Max N. Helveston, law, retaining rank of associate professor

Christopher Wendell Jones, music

Caitlin E. Karver, chemistry

Sara Kimble, School for New Learning

Julie D. Lawton, law, with promotion to full clinical professor

Michael Lewanski, music

Jason Martin, communication, retaining rank of associate professor

Daniel Morales, law, retaining 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, retaining rank of associate professor

Gretchen Wilbur, School for New Learning, retaining rank of associate professor

Macalester College

Lesley Lavery, political science

Michael McGaghie, assistant professor of music and director of choral activities

Kari Shepherdson-Scott, assistant professor of art history.

St. Norbert College

Katie Garber, chemistry, retaining rank of assistant professor

Eric Hagedorn, philosophy

Anna Herrman, communication and media studies

Changes in faculty rank

Faculty members’ new ranks are listed below.

Cabrini U.

Nicholas Rademacher, chair and associate professor of religious studies, to professor.

Nova Southeastern U.

Robert Hill, associate professor of higher education in the Abraham S. Fischler College of Education, to professor emeritus.

St. Norbert College

Linda Klein Cook, assistant professor of music, to emerita status.

David Duquette, professor of philosophy, to emeritus status.

Marti Lamar, assistant professor of history, to emerita status.

John Neary, professor of English, to emeritus status.

Sandra Odorzynski, professor of economics, to emerita status.

Marcie Paul, professor of modern languages and literatures and director of honors program, to emerita status.

Free-speech fellows

The University of California’s National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement has chosen an inaugural class of 10 fellows who will spend a year doing research intended to help educational institutions and communities better understand and protect free speech. The nine such fellows who are faculty members or are connected to universities as current or past students are listed below.

Robert Cohen, professor of history and social studies at New York University, will compare free-speech crises at the University of California at Berkeley in 2017 and the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1967, then develop related curriculum materials.

Carlos E. Cortés, professor emeritus of history at the University of California at Riverside, will explore the history of diversity efforts on campuses and how they affected views on free speech.

Justin McClinton, Ph.D. candidate in education policy and leadership studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara, will develop a tool kit that helps university administrators prepare incoming students for challenging ideas and civil engagement.

Candace McCoy, professor of criminal justice at the City University of New York Graduate Center and director of policy analysis in the Office of the Inspector General of the New York Police Department, will study changing police practices in handling protests when groups riot or threaten violence.

Elizabeth Meyer, associate dean for undergraduate and teacher education and associate professor of educational foundations, policy, and practice at the University of Colorado at Boulder, will work to demystify free speech, harassment, and nondiscrimination in school and university settings, in part by surveying educators on challenging acts of expression in their classrooms.

William Morrow, former student-body president at the University of California at Berkeley, will create a guide for student leaders on how to handle the politics, legal restrictions, community relations, and media communications involved in expressing opposition to controversial speakers.

Gamelyn Oduardo-Sierra, legal counsel to the chancellor at the University of Puerto Rico, will develop online resources, podcasts, and educational guides about the rights of assembly, public forums, and civic participation as avenues of social conciliation.

Carlin Romano, professor of philosophy and humanities at Ursinus College, lecturer in the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, and critic at large for The Chronicle of Higher Education, will set up debates on controversial topics at as many as eight colleges. He will write a series of articles connected to these debates, examining when and why conventional viewpoints tip into being unacceptable.

Keith E. Whittington, professor of politics at Princeton University, will develop model guidelines for campus free speech.

NAS awards

The National Academy of Sciences will honor the following 19 people at its annual meeting in April with awards recognizing their scientific achievements. The awards carry cash prizes and/or research support of $15,000 to $100,000.

James P. Allison, chair of the department of immunology at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, will receive the Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal for important medical discoveries related to the body’s immune response to tumors.

Silvia Arber, professor of neurobiology and cell biology in the Biozentrum, a center for molecular life sciences at the University of Basel, and a group leader in the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, in Switzerland, will receive the Pradel Research Award for her research on the organization and function of circuits regulating motor behavior.

Rodolphe Barrangou, an associate professor of food science at North Carolina State University, will receive the NAS Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences for his discovery of the genetic mechanisms and proteins driving Crispr-Cas systems.

Adriaan Bax, chief of the Biophysical Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Section of the Laboratory of Chemical Physics at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, will receive the NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing for contributions in the field of structural biology.

Howard Y. Chang, professor of cancer genomics and of genetics at Stanford University School of Medicine, will receive the NAS Award in Molecular Biology for the discovery of long noncoding RNAs and the invention of genomic technologies.

Marlene R. Cohen, assistant professor of neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh, is one of two recipients of the Troland Research Awards. She is honored for her studies of how neurons in the brain process visual information.

Barbara Dosher, professor of cognitive sciences at the University of California at Irvine, is one of two recipients of the Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences. She is recognized for her work on human memory, attention, and learning.

Jennifer A. Doudna, professor of chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley, will receive the NAS Award in Chemical Sciences for co-inventing the technology for efficient site-specific genome engineering using Crispr/Cas9 nucleases.

Mark E. Hay, professor of biological sciences at the Georgia Institute of Technology, will receive the Gilbert Morgan Smith Medal for his research on algae that has implications for imperiled coral reefs.

David M. Kreps, professor of management at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, is one of three recipients of the John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science for the use of game theory to help solve real-world problems.

Josh McDermott, assistant professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is one of two recipients of the Troland Research Awards. He is recognized for research into how humans hear and interpret sound.

Kevin D. McKeegan, professor of earth, planetary, and space sciences at the University of California at Los Angeles, will receive the J. Lawrence Smith Medal for discoveries related to the oxygen isotopic composition of the sun.

Paul R. Milgrom, professor of humanities and sciences and of management science and engineering at Stanford University, is one of three recipients of the John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science for the use of game theory to help solve real-world problems.

Dean Roemmich, professor of oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California at San Diego, will receive the Alexander Agassiz Medal for his leadership in understanding the ocean’s roles in climate variability and change.

Richard M. Shiffrin, professor of psychological and brain sciences at Indiana University at Bloomington, is one of two recipients of the Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences. He is honored for his contributions to the investigation of memory and attention.

Etel Solingen, professor of peace studies at the University of California at Irvine, will receive the William and Katherine Estes Award for pathbreaking work on nuclear proliferation and reducing the risks of nuclear war.

Ewine F. van Dishoeck, professor of molecular astrophysics at the Leiden Observatory at Leiden University, in the Netherlands, and an external scientist for the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, in Germany, will receive the James Craig Watson Medal for improving the understanding of how molecules, stars, and planets form.

Günter P. Wagner, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at Yale University, will receive the Daniel Giraud Elliot Medal for his book Homology, Genes, and Evolutionary Innovation, which explains the evolution of complex organisms.

Robert B. Wilson, professor of management emeritus at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, is one of three recipients of the John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science for the use of game theory to help solve real-world problems.

Deaths

William T. O’Hara, who led two colleges in the eastern United States, died on January 16. He was 85. From 1972 to 1976, he led Mount Saint Mary College, in New York. He then became president and a professor of management at Bryant College (now Bryant University), in Rhode Island, which he led from 1976 to 1989. After being designated as president emeritus, he continued as a professor and became founding executive director of the university’s Institute for Family Enterprise.

Sister Jane Scully, former president of the institution that became Carlow University, died on February 17. She was 100. When Sister Scully took the helm, in 1966, the institution was called Mount Mercy College; she oversaw its name change to Carlow College three years later. During her presidency, which ended in 1982, she became the first female member of the board of Gulf Oil Corporation.