Transitions: U. of North Carolina System Names New President; U. of Alaska President Steps Down

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Appointments

Scott Cowen, a former president of Tulane University, has been named interim president of Case Western Reserve University. He will replace Barbara R. Snyder, who has been named president of the Association of American Universities.

Peter Hans, president of the North Carolina Community College system, will become president of the University of North Carolina system on August 1. He will replace Bill Roper, who has served as interim president since January 2019.

Kathleen S. Jagger, acting president of Thomas More University, in Kentucky, has been named president of Newman University, in Kansas. She will succeed Noreen Carrocci, who retired in December.

Brian L. Johnson, vice president and senior campus administrator at Mercy College, in New York, has been named president of Warner Pacific University. He will succeed Andrea Cook in August.

Robert E. Johnson, chancellor of the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, has been named president of Western New England University. He will succeed Anthony S. Caprio on August 15.

David L. Kaufman, a former chief executive of Encova Insurance, has been named interim president of Capital University, in Ohio. He replaces Elizabeth L. Paul, who will become president of Nazareth College, in New York.

Don C. Killingsworth, interim president of Jacksonville State University, in Alabama, since October 2019, has been named to the post permanently.

Gregory Postel, a former interim president of the University of Louisville, has been named interim president of the University of Toledo. He replaces Sharon L. Gaber, who will become chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Glenn Roquemore, a former president of Irvine Valley College, has been named president of California Southern University.

Melody Rose, a former president of Marylhurst University, in Oregon, will become chancellor of the Nevada System of Higher Education on September 1. She will succeed Thom Reilly.

Roy H. Saigo, president of Southern Oregon University, has been named interim president of Westfield State University. He will replace Ramon S. Torrecilha, who plans to retire in August.

Tommy Thompson, a former governor of Wisconsin, has been named interim president of the University of Wisconsin system after Jim Johnsen withdrew his candidacy.

Antonio Tillis, dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Houston, has been named interim president of University of Houston-Downtown. He replaces Juan Sánchez Muñoz, who will become chancellor of the University of California at Merced.

Resignations

Jim Johnsen, president of the University of Alaska system since 2015, plans to resign.

Retirements

Conrado Gempesaw, president of St. John’s University, in New York, plans to retire in June 2021. He became the first layperson to lead the university in 2014.

CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS

Appointments

Jill M. Baren, a professor of emergency medicine, pediatrics, and medical ethics in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, has been named provost and vice president for academic affairs at University of the Sciences in Philadelphia.

Celia Cook-Huffman, assistant provost at Juniata College, has been named vice president for academic affairs at Manchester University.

Mary Croughan, a professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas and a former executive director of the Research Grants Program Office at the University of California, will become provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California at Davis on July 1.

Ian Lapp, dean of the Undergraduate School at Babson College, has been named senior vice president for academic affairs and provost at Wentworth Institute of Technology.

Karen An-Hwei Lee, vice provost for assessment and institutional effectiveness at Point Loma Nazarene University, has been named provost at Wheaton College, in Illinois.

Katia Passerini, chair and dean of the Lesley H. and William L. Collins College of Professional Studies at St. John’s University (N.Y.), has been named provost and executive vice president at Seton Hall University.

Patrick J. Sims, deputy vice chancellor for diversity and inclusion and vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, has been named executive vice chancellor and provost at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

Molly Smith, interim provost at Stonehill College, in Massachusetts, has been named the first provost at Thomas More University.

John Volin, vice provost for academic affairs at the University of Connecticut, will become executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Maine at Orono on August 14.

Leah Zuidema, vice president for online and graduate education at Dordt University, in Iowa, has been named vice president for academic affairs.

Retirements

Bruce Barnhart, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at California University of Pennsylvania, plans to retire on July 3.

OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS

Appointments

Laura Bishop, vice president for advancement at Oral Roberts University, has been named executive vice president for advancement at Palm Beach Atlantic University.

Lorenzo Boyd, assistant provost for diversity and inclusion and director of the Center for Advanced Policing at the University of New Haven, has been named vice president for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer.

Akirah J. Bradley, interim vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Colorado at Boulder since January, has been named to the post permanently.

Anna Spain Bradley, assistant vice provost for faculty development and diversity at the University of Colorado at Boulder, will become vice chancellor for equity, diversity, and inclusion at the University of California at Los Angeles on September 1.

Andrea Cortinas, chief legal officer at the University of Texas at El Paso, has been named vice president and chief of staff.

The Rev. Kevin DePrinzio, an assistant professor of theology at Villanova University, has been named vice president for mission and ministry.

Victoria Dowling, senior vice president at McKendree University, in Illinois, has been named vice president for institutional advancement at Carroll University, in Wisconsin.

Karen Ferguson Fuson, associate vice president for marketing and digital strategy and chief marketing officer at Indiana University at Bloomington, has been named vice president for communications and marketing.

Maurice Gipson, vice chancellor for diversity and community engagement at Arkansas State University at Jonesboro, has been named vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity, and equity at the University of Missouri at Columbia.

Rakin Hall, executive director of foundation relations at the University of Utah, has been named vice president for enrollment management at Arcadia University, in Pennsylvania.

Tom Jennings, vice president for university advancement and president of the FSU Foundation at Florida State University, has been named vice president for university advancement at Washington and Lee University.

Trudy Lee, interim vice president for university advancement and executive director of the Southeast Missouri University Foundation, has been named to the post permanently.

Josiah Litant, dean of students at Minnesota State College Southeast, has been named vice president for student affairs.

Karnell McConnell-Black, vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Westminster College, in Utah, will become vice president for student life at Reed College on August 1.

Yohlunda Mosley, assistant vice president for enrollment management at Portland State University, has been named vice chancellor for enrollment management and student affairs at Purdue University Northwest.

Pablo Guillermo Reguerín, associate vice chancellor for student achievement and equity innovation at the University of California at Santa Cruz, has been named vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of California at Davis.

Tim Ridgway, a staff physician and director of gastrointestinal endoscopy at the Royal C. Johnson Veterans Affairs Hospital, in Sioux Falls, S.D., will become vice president for health affairs and dean of the Sanford School of Medicine at the University of South Dakota on September 1.

Schvalla R. Rivera, assistant to the president for diversity and inclusion at Southern Utah University, will become chief diversity officer and associate vice president for diversity and inclusion and senior adviser to the president at Grinnell College on July 1.

Crystal J. Rodriguez, chief of staff to the president at Buffalo State College (SUNY), has been named chief diversity officer.

Karl Smith, associate vice chancellor for enrollment services and director of admissions at the University of Washington at Tacoma, has been named vice president for student affairs at Tacoma Community College.

Erik L. Thompson, vice president for capital assets and real estate at the University of the District of Columbia, will become vice president for campus operations at Goucher College on July 6.

Michael Todd, chief operating officer in the School of Engineering at the University of Virginia, will become vice president for finance and administration at Franklin & Marshall College on July 27.

Resignations

Stephen Hsu, senior vice president for research and innovation at Michigan State University, plans to resign on July 1. This follows calls from students for his removal over controversial statements.

DEANS

Appointments

Jasmine Alinder, a professor of history and associate dean of the humanities in the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, will become dean of the Humanities Division of the University of California at Santa Cruz on August 15.

Cheryl Anderson, a professor and interim chair of the department of family and public health at the University of California at San Diego, has been named founding dean of the Wertheim School of Public Health there. She will become the university’s first Black female dean.

Kathryn Boor, dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and a professor of food science at Cornell University, has been named dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate education.

Michele Cruse, associate dean of student affairs and experiential education at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, has been named vice president and dean of student affairs.

Chris Garvin, director of the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia, has been named dean of the College of the Arts at the University of South Florida.

Melanie Hatch, associate provost at Albany State University, in Georgia, has been named dean of the College of Art and Sciences.

E. Patrick Johnson, chair of African American studies and a professor of performance studies and African American studies at Northwestern University, will become dean of the School of Communication. He will be the first African American to lead the school.

Robert C. Knoeppel, dean of the College of Education at the University of South Florida, has been named dean of the School of Education at the College of William & Mary.

Michael H. Murphy, director of e-learning and academic technology at Central Oregon Community College, has been named dean of online learning at Bristol Community College, in Massachusetts.

Jorge Oliver, interim dean of the School of Art at Pratt Institute, has been named to the post permanently.

Rummy Pandit, executive director of the Lloyd D. Levenson Institute of Gaming, Hospitality, and Tourism at Stockton University, has been named dean of the College of Hospitality Management at Johnson & Wales University (R.I.).

Jo Ann R. Regan, vice president for education at the Council on Social Work Education, has been named dean of the National Catholic School of Social Service at the Catholic University of America.

Ophelie Rowe-Allen, associate dean of students and director of residence life at Fairfield University, has been named dean of students and chief student-affairs officer at the University of New Haven.

Harris Smith, chair of the department of theater at the University of Utah, will become dean of the College of Fine Arts at the University of New Mexico on August 1.

Thomas W. Smith, a professor in the department of humanities and director of the honors program at Villanova University, has been named dean of the School of Arts & Sciences at the Catholic University of America.

DEPARTMENT CHAIRS

Appointments

Christopher Raebel, a professor in the department of civil and architectural engineering and construction management at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, has been named chair of the department.

Russell Schwartz, a professor in the departments of computational biology and biological sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, has been named head of the computational-biology department as of July 1.

Mark A. Widdowson, interim head of the department of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech, has been named to the post permanently.

OTHER ADMINISTRATORS

Appointments

Nwando Achebe, a professor of history at Michigan State University, will become associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at its College of Social Science on August 16.

Ella Bouriak, annual-fund manager at the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University, has been named director of development at Rollins College.

Andrea Burrows, an associate professor in the School of Teacher Education at the University of Wyoming, has been named associate dean for undergraduate programs in the College of Education.

Michael A. Fox, director of the Center for Neurobiology Research at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech Carilion, has been named director of the School of Neuroscience in Virginia Tech’s College of Science.

Marita Gilbert, dean of institutional equity and inclusive excellence at Juniata College, has been named associate dean of diversity and campus inclusion in the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Michigan State University.

Monique Guillory, vice president for academic affairs at the College of Saint Elizabeth, has been named chief of staff and chief administrative officer at Morehouse School of Medicine.

Kevin Holcomb, an associate professor in clinical obstetrics and gynecology at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been named associate dean of admissions.

Farida Jalalzai, a professor and head of the department of political science at Oklahoma State University, has been named associate dean of global initiatives and engagement in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech.

Emily Jones, a research-and-education informationist and an instructor at the Medical University of South Carolina Libraries, has been named health-sciences librarian in the Health Sciences Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Jessica Peña, an assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, has been named assistant dean of admissions.

FACULTY

Appointments

Hilton Als, a Pulitzer Prize-winning theater critic and an associate professor of writing at Columbia University’s School of the Arts, will become one of the first presidential visiting scholars at Princeton University this fall.

Joshua Rowe, an assistant professor of anatomy at Lincoln Memorial University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, has been named an associate professor of anatomy in the Texas Tech University School of Veterinary Medicine, in Amarillo.

ORGANIZATIONS

Appointments

Lorelle Espinosa, vice president for research at the American Council on Education, has been named director of programs for diversity in STEM higher education at the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Greg Gunderson, president of Park University, has been elected president of the Independent Colleges and Universities of Missouri.

DEATHS

Thomas E.H. Conway Jr., a former chancellor of Elizabeth City State University, died on May 15. He was 70. Before his appointment as interim chancellor, he served in many roles at North Carolina State University, including vice provost for enrollment management and services and dean of the Division of Undergraduate Academic Affairs.

Antoinette Iadarola, president emerita of Cabrini University, died on May 23. She was 80. Iadarola was the first lay president of then-Cabrini College, serving from 1992 to 2008. The university’s Antoinette Iadarola Center for Science, Education, and Technology is named in her honor.

Joel Kupperman, a professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Connecticut, died on April 8. He was 83. As a child, he appeared on the radio-and-television program Quiz Kids. He later wrote several books on philosophy, including Six Myths About the Good Life: Thinking About What Has Value (2006).

Norman Lamm, a former president of Yeshiva University, died on May 31. He was 92. Lamm became president in 1976 and resigned as chancellor in 2013.

Clifford H. Spiegelman, a professor of statistics at Texas A&M University, died on May 14. He was 71. Spiegelman arrived at the university in 1987 as an associate professor and became a leader in statistical and environmental forensics.

Albert Nathaniel Whiting, a former president and the first chancellor of North Carolina Central University, died on June 4. He was 102. Whiting became president of North Carolina College at Durham in 1966, and retired in 1983 as chancellor emeritus after the college became a university and joined the University of North Carolina system.

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