Transitions: Johnson C. Smith U. Names New President; U. of California at Berkeley Chancellor to Retire

CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Appointments
Michael Bernstein, former provost and senior vice president for academic affairs and interim president of Stony Brook University, has been named interim president of the College of New Jersey.

Deborah Casey, vice president for student affairs at Green River College, in Washington, has been named president of Wor-Wic Community College, in Maryland.

Christopher Davis, a member of the Board of Trustees for LeMoyne-Owen College, has been named interim president. He replaces Vernell A. Bennett-Fairs, who has resigned.

Kristine Dillon, a senior adviser for higher education at Huron Consulting and a former member of the Board of Trustees at Whittier College, has been named interim president of Whittier College.

Amanuel Gebru, vice president for instruction at Moorpark College, has been named president of Los Angeles City College.

Kayla Hale, vice president for university advancement and alumni engagement at the University of Tulsa, has been named president of the University of Science & Arts of Oklahoma.

Tony Hawkins, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, continuing education, and work-force development at Frederick Community College, in Maryland, has been named president of the State University of New York Broome Community College.

Stacia Haynie, a professor in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and former executive vice president and provost at Louisiana State University, has been named the sole finalist for president of Midwestern State University.

Valerie Kinloch, dean of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh, has been named president of Johnson C. Smith University.

Julie Kornfeld, vice provost for academic programs at Columbia University, will become president of Kenyon College, in Ohio, in October.

Lester Edgardo Sandres Rápalo, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the City University of New York Bronx Community College, has been named president of Rockland Community College.

Mary Evans Sias, a member of the Board of Regents for Texas Southern University, has been named interim president of the university.

Resignations
Ty Stone, president of Cleveland State Community College, has resigned after a year in the role.

Retirements
Carol Christ, chancellor of the University of California at Berkeley since 2017, plans to retire next year.

Marc Nigliazzo, president of Texas A&M University-Central Texas, will retire on August 31.

Kevin Satterlee, president of Idaho State University, will retire at the end of this calendar year.

CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS
Appointments
J. Scott Angle, senior vice president for agriculture and natural resources at the University of Florida, has been named interim provost.

Prabu David, vice provost for faculty and academic staff development, interim vice provost for teaching and learning innovation, and dean of the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University, has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Ana Hunt, interim provost and former interim chancellor of the University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College, has been named provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs.

Leamor Kahanov, provost and vice president for academic affairs and chief academic officer at Stockton University, has been named senior vice president and provost at Alvernia University.

Joan Saab, a professor of art history and executive vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Rochester, has been named executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Richmond.

Pamela E. Scott-Johnson, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Monmouth University, has been named provost at Spelman College.

Resignations
Alicia Bertone, provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, has stepped down.

Retirements
Chuck Taber, provost and executive vice president at Kansas State University, will retire at the end of the 2023 fall semester.

OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Nicole Albo-Lopez, interim vice chancellor for educational programs and institutional effectiveness for the Los Angeles Community College District, has been named to the post permanently.

Shantay Bolton, executive vice chancellor for administration and chief administrative officer at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named executive vice president for administration and finance and chief business officer at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Dedric Carter, vice chancellor and chief commercialization officer and a professor of practice in the McKelvey School of Engineering and Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named vice chancellor for innovation, entrepreneurship, and economic development and chief innovation officer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Joel Curran, vice president for public affairs and communications at the University of Notre Dame, has been named senior vice president and chief communications officer at the University of Southern California.

Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, director of the Institute for Policy Research and a professor of human development and social policy at Northwestern University, has been named senior adviser to the president for academic excellence and associate provost at the University of Florida.

Geraldine Sullivan, associate vice president for human resources in the School of Medicine at Yale University, has been named chief human resources officer at the University of Richmond.

Resignations
Phyllis Carter, associate vice chancellor and chief financial officer for the Contra Costa Community College District, in California, has resigned after being placed on administrative leave.

DEANS
Appointments
Bruce W. Berdanier, dean of the Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering at South Dakota State University, has been named dean of the College of Engineering and Sciences at Purdue University Northwest.

Cathy J. Bradley, associate dean of research at the Colorado School of Public Health and deputy director of the University of Colorado Cancer Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, has been named dean of the School of Public Health.

Stephanie B. Caulder, dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts at Radford University, in Virginia, has been named founding dean of the College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.

Steven Dubinett, who has served as the interim dean of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles since 2021, has been named to the post permanently.

Melissa Falk, dean of admission and financial aid at Muhlenberg College, has been named associate vice president and dean of admission at the University of Richmond.

Roland Faller, executive associate dean in the College of Engineering at the University of California at Davis, has been named dean of the Edward E. Whitacre Jr. College of Engineering at Texas Tech University.

Mary Margaret Frank, senior associate dean of faculty development at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business, has been named dean of the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

José García-León, dean of academic affairs and assessment at the Juilliard School, in New York, has been named dean of the School of Music at Yale University.

Bertie Greer, associate dean of the Mike Ilitch School of Business at Wayne State University, has been named dean of the Manning School of Business at the University of Massachusetts at Lowell.

Marcus Hayes, a professor and chair of the department of theater and dance at Austin Peay State University, in Tennessee, has been named dean of the new Creative School at DePauw University, in Indiana.

Michelle Jackson, associate dean of academic affairs at Broward College, has been named dean of liberal arts at Wake Tech Community College.

Ashish K. Jha will return to his post as dean of the School of Public Health at Brown University after serving as White House COVID-19 response coordinator.

Barbara Jones, associate dean of health affairs in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work and chair of the department of health social work in the Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin, has been named dean of the School of Social Work at Boston University.

Deanna Kennedy, associate dean of academics in the School of Business at the University of Washington at Bothell, has been named dean of the College of Business and Economics at Western Washington University.

Anuj Mehrotra, dean of the School of Business at George Washington University, has been named chair and dean of the Scheller College of Business at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Sam Panarella, a professor of law and executive director of the Max Baucus Institute at the University of Montana, has been named dean of the School of Law at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.

Ah-Hyung (Alissa) Park, a professor of climate change and chair of the department of earth and environmental engineering at Columbia University, has been named dean of the Samueli School of Engineering at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Christopher Schuh, a professor of materials science and engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has been named dean of the Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science at Northwestern University.

Monika Williams Shealey, senior vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion at Rowan University, has been named dean of the College of Education and Human Development at Temple University.

Cameron B. Wesson, a professor of anthropology and special adviser to the president at Franklin & Marshall College, has been named dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at La Salle University.

Heather Woofter, director of the College of Architecture and the Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin.

OTHER ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Derrick Brooms, associate department head of Africana studies and a professor of Africana studies and sociology at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, has been named executive director of the Black Men’s Research Institute at Morehouse College.

Brittini Brown, associate vice president for student affairs at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, has been named associate vice provost for student engagement and dean of students at the Johns Hopkins University.

Leah P. Hollis, a faculty member in the department of advanced studies, leadership, and policy at Morgan State University, has been named associate dean of access, equity, and inclusion in the College of Education at Pennsylvania State University.

Anthony Abraham Jack, a sociologist and assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, has been named an associate professor of higher-education leadership in the Wheelock College of Education and Human Development at Boston University and faculty director of its Newbury Center.

Tiffany Mfume, associate vice president for student success and retention at Morgan State University, has been named associate vice provost for student success and retention initiatives at the Johns Hopkins University.

Jacqueline M. Reese, associate director of student-access services at Emory University, has been named ombuds at Bowdoin College.

Retirements
Alice Griffin, director of curriculum review and program assessment at the University of Arkansas, retired on June 30 after almost 20 years at the university.

Jodi Koste, university archivist and senior curator for health sciences in the Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries, has retired.

DEATHS
David M. Bartley, a former president of Holyoke Community College, in Massachusetts, died on June 13. He was 88.

David Calleo, a professor emeritus of European and Eurasian studies at the Johns Hopkins University, died on June 15. He was 88. Calleo also taught at Brown and Yale Universities.

John B. Goodenough, a professor at the University of Texas at Austin, died on June 25. He was 100. Goodenough is known for the development of the lithium-ion battery and received the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

Harry M. Markowitz, a professor of finance in the Rady School of Management at the University of California at San Diego, died on June 22. He was 95. Markowitz received the 1990 Nobel Prize in economic science, shared with Merton H. Miller and William F. Sharpe, while he was a professor at Baruch College of the City University of New York.

Henry Petroski, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University, died on June 14. He was 81.

Catherine Pope, associate vice chancellor for strategic operations and planning at the University of Pittsburgh and the university’s first full-time Title IX coordinator, died of colon cancer on May 23. She was 49.

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