Transitions: U. of Saint Francis, in Indiana, Selects New Chief, MacArthur Fellows Named

Chief executives

Appointments

Jack Bagwell, vice president for academic affairs at Piedmont Technical College, will become president of College of the Albemarle in December. He will replace Travis Twiford, who has served as interim president since Robert Wynegar stepped down in June.

David W. Boshart, executive conference minister for Central Plains Mennonite Conference of Mennonite Church USA and an associate professor in the School of Education at Andrews University, will become president of Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary on January 1.

Paula Langteau, a principal consultant for Academic Game Changers Consulting LLC, will become interim president of Presentation College on October 1. She will replace Maggie Huber, who plans to retire.

Julian Z. Schuster, provost, senior vice president, and chief operating officer at Webster University, has been named president.

Elizabeth J. Stroble, president of Webster University, has been named chancellor.

Shelley White, vice president for economic and workforce development/continuing education at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, will become president of Haywood Community College on January 1. She will succeed Barbara Parker, who plans to retire.

The Rev. Eric Albert Zimmer, an associate teaching professor in the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame, will become president of University of Saint Francis, in Indiana, on July 1, 2020. He will succeed Sister M. Elise Kriss, who plans to retire next year after 27 years at the helm.

Resignations

Arnold M. Eisen, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America since 2007, plans to step down at the end of this academic year and return to the faculty.

Peter P. Mercer, president of Ramapo College of New Jersey since 2005, plans to step down on June 30, 2021.

Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California system since 2013, plans to step down in August 2020.

Retirements

Leroy Morishita, president of California State University-East Bay since 2011, plans to retire at the end of this academic year.

Chief academic officers

Appointments

Chad Dull, dean of the learner-support and transition division at Western Technical College, in Wisconsin, has been named vice president for academics at Minnesota State College Southeast.

Tonjanita Johnson, executive vice president and chief operating officer at the University of Tennessee system, has been named senior vice chancellor for academic and student affairs at the University of Alabama system.

Resignations

Ralph J. Hexter, provost and executive vice chancellor at the University of California at Davis, plans to step down at the end of the academic year.

Other top administrators

Appointments

Hernan Bucheli, provost and senior vice president at Notre Dame de Namur University, will become vice president for enrollment management at Albion College on October 1.

Kimberly Chestnut, associate vice president and dean of students at the University of Wyoming, has been named acting vice president for student affairs.

Alexa Deaton, director of accounting for the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, has been named associate commissioner and chief financial officer.

Therol Dix, dean of arts and humanities at Montgomery County Community College, has been named vice president of the West Campus in Pottstown.

Holly Duncan, director of brand marketing for the Harlem Globetrotters, has been named chief communications officer at Converse College.

Allana R. Hamilton, president of Jackson State Community College, has been named vice chancellor for academic affairs at the Tennessee Board of Regents.

Annalisa Holcombe, vice president and chief advancement officer at Westminster College, in Utah, has been named president of WGU Advancement at Western Governors University.

Mary-Alice Ozechoski, vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at Cedar Crest College, has been named vice president for enrollment management at Alvernia University.

Dave Roberts, special adviser to the president at the University of Southern California, has been named interim athletic director.

Melony Sacopulos, an assistant professor of accounting and law and former general counsel at Indiana State University, will become vice president for finance and business at Monmouth College on December 1.

Charles Weatherford, interim vice president for research and associate vice president for research at Florida A&M University, has been named vice president for research.

Christine M. Wilson, assistant vice president for student affairs and director of student activities at the University of Connecticut, has been named vice president for student affairs at the University of Maine at Farmington.

Deans

Appointments

David Iwasa, director of university housing and conventions/guest services and graduate-student-association sponsor at Andrews University, has been named assistant vice president for student life and dean of students at Walla Walla University.

Barbara Schwartz-Bechet, interim dean and professor in the College of Education and Rehabilitation at Salus University, has been named dean of the College of Health Sciences and Education at Misericordia University.

Sherril Soman, interim dean of the College of Education at Grand Valley State University since July 2018, has been named to the post permanently.

John Tarduno, a professor of geophysics and chair of the department of earth and environmental sciences at the University of Rochester, has been named dean of research in arts, sciences, and engineering.

Michelle Young, director of libraries and an associate professor at Clarkson University, has been named dean of libraries.

Resignations

Mary Elizabeth Moore, dean of the School of Theology at Boston University, plans to step down at the end of this academic year.

Department chairs

Appointments

April Few-Demo, interim chair of the department of human development and family science, has been named to the post permanently.

Patricia (Sue) Grigson, interim chair of the department of neural and behavioral sciences at Pennsylvania State University-Milton S. Hershey Medical Center College of Medicine, has been named to the post permanently.

Other administrators

Appointments

Jared Baeten, vice chair of the department of global health at the University of Washington, has been named vice dean of strategy, faculty affairs, and new initiatives in the School of Public Health.

Edward Blumenthal, associate dean for research and graduate affairs in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University, has been named Marquette’s interim director for the 2019-20 academic year of the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute, in partnership with the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

Sarah Cave, associate director of the master of health administration program at the University of Washington School of Public Health, has been named director of the program.

Jim Clardy, associate dean for graduate medical education at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, has been named director of the Center for Graduate Medical Education.

Erin Clark, director of Title IX coordination for Chicago Public Schools, has been named Title IX coordinator for Harvard College at Harvard University.

Willard H. Dere, interim associate vice president for research at University of Utah Health, has been named to the post permanently.

Carey Farquhar, associate chair for academic programs in the department of global health at the University of Washington, has been named vice dean for education in the School of Public Health.

Michael Kelley, director of development for university research at Northwestern University, has been named director of development for the Discovery Partners Institute, a research institute led by the University of Illinois System.

Lisa Manhart, a professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington, has been named associate dean for research in the School of Public Health.

Purush Papatla, the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee’s interim director of the Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute, in partnership with Marquette University, has been named to the post permanently.

Tracy Peterson, diversity and outreach programs director in the College of Engineering at the University of Iowa, has been named director of multicultural engineering programs in the Center for Engineering Outreach and Inclusion at Pennsylvania State University at University Park.

Eric Scott, dean of students and campus life at the University of Alaska-Southeast, has been named associate vice president for student affairs and enrollment management at Boise State University.

Colby Shank, assistant commissioner for financial and student support services for the Indiana Commission for Higher Education, has been named associate commissioner for student financial aid.

Retirements

William Madia, vice president for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Stanford Linear Accelerator Center National Accelerator Laboratory at Stanford University, plans to retire.

Macarthur foundation Fellowships

Of the 26 recipients of this year’s MacArthur grants, 20 are in academe. They are listed below with their institution.

Elizabeth Anderson, a professor of philosophy and women’s studies at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Lynda Barry, an associate professor of interdisciplinary creativity at the University of Wisconsin at Madison

Danielle Citron, a professor of law at Boston University

Annie Dorsen, a visiting assistant professor of practice with the Committee on Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Chicago

Andrea Dutton, a visiting associate professor of geoscience at the University of Wisconsin at Madison

Jeffrey Gibson, an artist-in-residence in the studio arts program at Bard College

Mary Halvorson, an instructor in the College of Performing Arts at New School

Saidiya Hartman, a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University

Walter Hood, a professor of landscape architecture and environmental planning and urban design at the University of California at Berkeley

Zachary Lippman, a professor of genetics in the Watson School of Biological Sciences at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

Valeria Luiselli, a writer-in-residence at Bard College

Kelly Lytle Hernández, a professor of history, African American studies, and urban planning and director of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles

Jeffrey Alan Miller, an associate professor of English at Montclair State University

Jerry X. Mitrovica, a professor of geophysics at Harvard University

Emmanuel Pratt, a visiting lecturer in the environmental and urban studies program at the University of Chicago

Vanessa Ruta, an associate professor at Rockefeller University

Joshua Tenenbaum, a professor of brain and cognitive sciences and a research leader in the Center for Brains, Minds, and Machines at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Jenny Tung, an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology and biology at Duke University

Ocean Vuong, an assistant professor in the master-of-fine-arts program for poets and writers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Emily Wilson, a professor of classical studies and comparative literature and literary theory at the University of Pennsylvania

Awards

American Political Science Association

Brooke A. Ackerly, a professor of political science at Vanderbilt University, is the recipient of the Victoria Schuck Award for best book on women and politics for Just Responsibility: A Human Rights Theory of Global Justice (Oxford University Press, 2018).

Michael G. Hanchard, a professor of Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania, is the recipient of the Ralph J. Bunche Award for best book on ethnic and cultural pluralism for The Spectre of Race: How Discrimination Haunts Western Democracy (Princeton University Press, 2018).

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, an assistant professor of international and public affairs at Columbia University, is the recipient of the Gladys M. Kammerer Award for best book on United States national policy for Politics at Work: How Companies Turn Their Workers into Lobbyists (Oxford University Press, 2018).

J. Edward Kellough, a professor of public administration and policy at the University of Georgia, is the recipient of the John Gaus Award for scholarship in political science and public administration.

Jan Leighley, a professor of government at American University, is the recipient of the Frank J. Goodnow Award for distinguished service to the profession and the association.

Kristina Miler, an associate professor of government and politics at the University of Maryland at College Park, is the recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for best book on government, politics, or international affairs for Poor Representation: Congress and the Politics of Poverty in the United States (Cambridge University Press, 2018).

Pippa Norris, a lecturer in comparative politics at Harvard University and a professor of government and international relations at the University of Sydney, in Australia, is the recipient of the Charles Merriam Award for contributions to government through social science research.

Marion Orr, a professor of political science and urban studies at Brown University, is the recipient of the Hanes Walton Jr. Career Award for contributions to racial and ethnic politics.

Philip Pettit, a professor of politics and human values at Princeton University, is the recipient of the Benjamin E. Lippincott Award for work that is considered significant after 15 or more years since publication for Republicanism: A Theory of Freedom and Government (Oxford University Press, 1997).

Samuel Popkin, a professor emeritus of political science at the University of California at San Diego, is the recipient of the Ithiel De Sola Pool Award for research in political theory, political behavior, political communication, science and technology policy, and international affairs.

Stephanie J. Rickard, a professor of government at London School of Economics, is the recipient of the APSA-IPSA Theodore J. Lowi Award for best first book showing promise of having a substantive impact for Spending to Win: Political Institutions, Economic Geography, and Government Subsidies (Cambridge University Press, 2018).

Arthur Svenson, a professor and chair of political science at University of Redlands, is the recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award for contributions to undergraduate and graduate teaching.

Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists

The Blavatnik Family Foundation and the New York Academy of Sciences announced the 2019 national laureates, who are honored for their work in life sciences, physical sciences and engineering, and chemistry. This year is the first time all three laureates are women.

Emily Balskus, a professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard University, has been named the laureate in chemistry for her work on the chemistry of the gut microbiome and its role in human health and disease.

Heather J. Lynch, an associate professor of ecology and evolution at Stony Brook University, has been named the laureate in life sciences for her work with penguin colonies to predict the effects of climate change on population.

Ana Maria Rey, an associate research professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been named the laureate in physical sciences and engineering for her work in the field of theoretical atomic, molecular, and optical physics.

Other awards

Mateo Arteaga, director of the Education Opportunity Centers at Central Washington University, received the Walter O. Mason TRIO Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council for Opportunity in Education.

Deaths

David R. Colburn, a professor of history, director of the Bob Graham Center for Public Service, and provost emeritus at the University of Florida, died on September 18. He was 76. Colburn arrived at the university in 1972 and served in many administrative roles. He also published 14 books, including The African American Heritage of Florida (University Press of Florida, 1995), co-edited with Jane Landers.

N. Dean Evans, the first president of Burlington County College, now know at Rowan College at Burlington County, died on September 10. He was 94. Evans served as president of the college from 1967 until 1976. He was also the founding president of Warren County Community College in 1981.

Annette Kolodny, a former professor of American literature and culture and dean of the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona, died on September 11. She was 78. Kolodny was a leader in the field of ecofeminism and wrote extensively on the subject, including The Lay of the Land: Metaphor as Experience and History in American Life and Letters (University of North Carolina Press, 1975) and The Land Before Her: Fantasy and Experience of the American Frontiers, 1630—1860 (University of North Carolina Press, 1984). She also taught at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University of British Columbia, the University of Maryland at College Park, and Yale University.

Edward H. Peeples, a civil-rights activist and associate professor emeritus of preventive medicine and community health at Virginia Commonwealth University, died on September 7. He was 84. Peeples taught at Virginia Commonwealth from 1968 until 1995, was the first scholar in residence for the university’s honors program, and helped found the African American studies program. He also served on the Commission on Human Relations for the City of Richmond and received the Civil Rights Unsung Hero award from the Richmond branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 2015.

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