Transitions: U. of California System Names First Black President

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Appointments

Kenneth Adams, dean of work-force and economic development at the City University of New York’s Bronx Community College, has been named president of CUNY’s LaGuardia Community College. He will succeed Paul Arcario.

Kirk Calhoun, president of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler, has been named president of the combined University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler and University of Texas at Tyler.

Michael V. Drake, a former president of Ohio State University, has been named president of the University of California system. Its first Black president, he will succeed Janet Napolitano, who will step down on August 1.

Wade Dyke, a former vice president of higher and professional education at Kaplan Higher Education, will become president of he American Public University system on August 12.

Berenecea Johnson Eanes, interim president of he City University of New York’s York College since August 2019, has been named to the post permanently.

Kathleen E. Harring, interim president of Muhlenberg College since June 2019, has been named to the post permanently. She is the first woman to lead the college.

Stephen Kolison Jr., executive vice president and provost at the University of Indianapolis, will become president of the State University of New York at Fredonia on August 17.

Christine Mangino, provost at the City University of New York’s Hostos Community College, has been named president of CUNY’s Queensborough Community College. She will succeed Timothy G. Lynch.

Anthony E. Munroe, president of Essex County College, in New Jersey, has been named president of the City University of New York’s Borough of Manhattan Community College. He succeeds Karrin E. Wilks, who has served as interim president since September 2018.

Nicole Pride, vice provost for academic strategy and operations at North Carolina A&T State University, has been named president of West Virginia State University. She will replace R. Charles Byers, who has served as interim president since May.

Alisa White, president of Austin Peay State University, has been named sole finalist for the presidency of Sam Houston State University. She would succeed Dana Hoyt, who plans to retire.

Sophie Zdatny, interim chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges, has been named the post permanently. She became interim chancellor in April, after the resignation of Jeb Spaulding.

Resignations

Jane K. Fernandes, president of Guilford College since 2014, plans to step down in July 2021.

Ronald K. Machtley, president of Bryant University since 1996, plans to step down on June 30.

Retirements

Richard M. Englert, president of Temple University since 2012, plans to retire in December.

Scott Knapp, president of Central Maine Community College, will retire on August 31.

CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS

Appointments

Marshall T. Fulbright III, dean of instruction in the School of Arts and Humanities and the School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Norco College, has been named vice president for academic affairs at Grossmont College.

Mary Pedersen, interim provost at California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo, will become provost and executive vice president at Colorado State University on August 1.

OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS

Appointments

Yolanda Bevill, chief public-affairs officer at Prairie View A&M University, has been named vice president for university communications at Colorado State University.

Robert Clark, chief compliance officer and chief audit executive at Clark Atlanta University, has been named chief compliance officer at Howard University.

Tabbetha A. Dobbins, an associate professor in the department of physics and astronomy at Rowan University, has been named vice president for research and dean of the Graduate School.

Cheryl Gittens, an assistant vice provost in the Division of Diversity, Equity, and Educational Achievement at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has been named interim deputy vice chancellor and chief diversity officer.

Robyn S. Hoffman, philanthropy lead at the Green Sports Alliance, has been named vice president for philanthropy at St. Thomas University.

Charles L. Howard, university chaplain at the University of Pennsylvania, will become vice president for social equity and community on August 1.

Kedra Ishop, vice provost for enrollment management at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, has been named vice president for enrollment management at the University of Southern California.

John Sisko, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and the Wayland H. Cato Jr. School of Education at Queens University, in North Carolina, will become vice president and dean of faculty at Ripon College on August 10.

Chris Spilling, vice provost for graduate studies and research at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, has been named vice chancellor for research and economic and community development.

Tanisha Stevens, director of the Office of Academic Integrity and interim director of the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the University of Missouri at St. Louis, has been named its first vice chancellor for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Zauyah Waite, vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Chatham University, has been named vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Hampshire College.

Retirements

Diane Campbell, vice president for student affairs at Mercer County Community College, retired on June 30.

DEANS

Appointments

Oscar Barton Jr., a professor and founding chair of the department of mechanical engineering in the Volgenau School of Engineering at George Mason University, will become dean of the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. School of Engineering at Morgan State University on August 17.

Cynthia Carter Ching, a professor and associate dean in the School of Education at the University of California at Davis, has been named interim vice provost and dean of undergraduate education.

Genevieve Durham DeCesaro, vice provost for academic affairs at Texas Tech University, will become interim dean of the J.T. & Margaret Talkington College of Visual & Performing Arts on September 1.

Mary E. Earick, director of the Holmes Center for School Partnerships and Educator Preparation at Plymouth State University, has been named dean of the School of Education at New Mexico Highlands University.

Thomas K. Frazer, chief science officer in the state of Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection, has been named a professor and dean in the College of Marine Science at the University of South Florida.

Barbara Hong, special assistant to the vice president for access, inclusion, diversity, and equity at Brigham Young University-Hawaii, has been named dean of the University College and a professor of special education at Texas A&M International University.

William Hubbard, a lawyer and partner in the Columbia, S.C., office of Nelson Mullins and former president of the American Bar Association, will become dean of the School of Law at the University of South Carolina on August 1.

Faiza Khoja, senior associate vice president for academic affairs, has been named dean of the College of Business Administration at Texas A&M University-Central Texas.

Veena Parboteeah, assistant dean in the College of Business and professor in information systems at Eastern New Mexico University, has been named dean of the School of Business, Media, and Technology at New Mexico Highlands University.

Daniel Pollack, a professor of mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington, has been named dean of the college’s division of natural sciences.

Jason S. Schupbach, director of the Design School at Arizona State University, has been named dean of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design at Drexel University.

Carissa Schively Slotterback, associate dean of the Humphrey School of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, will become dean of the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh on October 1.

John A. Williams, dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of New Orleans, has been named dean of the Charlton College of Business at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth.

Resignations

David Bridel, dean of the School of Dramatic Arts at the University of Southern California, has resigned after the revelation that he dated a student while he was a faculty member there in 2009.

Kathryn Chval, dean of the College of Education at the University of Missouri at Columbia, has stepped down and returned to the faculty.

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS

Appointments

Shlomo Engelson Argamon, a professor of computer science at Illinois Institute of Technology, has been named chair of the department of computer science.

Lisa Bulawsky, a professor of art at Washington University in St. Louis, has been named chair of the M.F.A. program in visual art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.

Terry-Ann Jones, an associate professor of sociology and anthropology and director of the international-studies program at Fairfield University, will become director of the Africana-studies program in the College of Arts and Sciences at Lehigh University on August 15.

OTHER ADMINISTRATORS

Appointments

Mike Drish, deputy director of undergraduate admissions at the University of California at Los Angeles, has been named director of first-year admissions at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Mariana Figueiro, a professor of architecture and biological sciences at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will become director of the new Center for Healthy Aging at the Institute for Health, and chief of the new division of sleep and circadian medicine in the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Department of Medicine at Rutgers University at New Brunswick on September 1.

Cinnamon Hillyard, associate vice chancellor for undergraduate learning at the University of Washington at Bothell, has been named associate vice chancellor for student success.

Wayne James, deputy superintendent for regional law enforcement and chief diversity officer in the Indiana University Police Department, has been named assistant vice president and deputy superintendent for law-enforcement operations, diversity, and community engagement.

Lia Logio, a professor and chair of the department of medicine in the College of Medicine at Drexel University, has been named vice dean for medical education in the School of Medicine at Case Western Reserve University.

Noah Pittman, assistant dean of enrollment in the Honors College at the University of Arkansas, has been named associate dean of enrollment.

Kathryn Stieber, assistant university secretary at DePaul University, has been named secretary of the university.

Resignations

Mark Auslander, director of the Michigan State University Museum, has resigned after a committee found that he had committed research misconduct.

ORGANIZATIONS

Appointments

Andrew Flagel, vice president for advancement and member engagement at the Association of American Colleges and Universities, has been named president and chief executive of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area.

Retirements

Bob Conn, president and chief executive at the Kavli Foundation, plans to retire at the end of December.

John Swofford, commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference since 1997, plans to retire in June 2021.

DEATHS

Perry Adkisson, a former chancellor of the Texas A&M University system, died in June. He was 91. Adkisson served as chancellor from 1986 until 1990. He retired in 1994 as a professor of entomology.

Stephen Glickman, a professor emeritus of psychology and integrative biology at the University of California at Berkeley, died of pancreatic cancer on May 22. He was 87. Glickman, who joined the faculty in 1968, was known for his work with a hyena colony in the university’s Field Station for the Study of Behavior, Ecology and Reproduction.

Lester Grinspoon, an associate professor emeritus of psychiatry at Harvard University, died on June 25. He was 92. He published research on marijuana in Scientific American, and wrote Marihuana Reconsidered in 1971.

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