Transitions: Walsh U. Selects New Chief, New Provost at National-Louis U.

Chief executives

Appointments

Timothy J. Collins, chief government-relations officer at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, became president of Walsh University on August 5. He succeeded Richard Jusseaume, who has retired.

Rolando Montoya, former provost and trustee at Miami Dade College, has been named interim president. He replaces Eduardo J. Padrón, who stepped down at the end of August. Padrón announced his plan to retire in February.

Sheryl Van Gruensven, vice chancellor for business and finance at the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, will become interim chancellor on October 1. She will replace Gary Miller, who has been named president of the University of Akron.

Resignations

Dawood Farahi, president of Kean University since 2003, plans to step down in 2020.

John M. McCardell Jr., vice chancellor (and chief executive) of Sewanee: The University of the South since 2010, plans to step down in July 2020.

Chief academic officers

Appointments

Donnie Auvenshine, dean of the School of Christian Studies at Howard Payne University, has been named vice president for academic affairs.

Saib Othman, vice provost for academic affairs at Marian University, in Indiana, has been named provost at National-Louis University.

Charles F. Zukoski, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University at Buffalo, will become provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Southern California on October 1.

Other top administrators

Appointments

Ramona Allen, assistant dean for human resources in the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will become the institute’s vice president for human resources on October 1.

Dawn Alston, assistant vice president for business and financial affairs at Spelman College, has been named chief financial officer and vice president for business and financial affairs.

Scott Briell, vice president for enrollment management at Graceland University, in Iowa, has been named vice president for enrollment management and marketing at Notre Dame of Maryland University.

Jose Cantu, vice president for strategic partnerships at New Reach Media, a marketing firm that works with small colleges, has been named vice president for enrollment management at the University of Houston-Victoria.

Stephanie Delaney, dean of academic programs at South Seattle Community College, has been named vice president for instruction at Renton Technical College.

John DellaContrada, interim vice president for university communications at the University at Buffalo since September 2018, has been named to the post permanently.

Maureen Dumas, vice president for experiential education and career services at Johnson & Wales University, in Rhode Island, has been named vice president for advancement and university relations.

Joseph J. Greene, chief financial officer and treasurer at Johnson & Wales University, in Rhode Island, has been named vice chancellor for finance and administration.

Jason Harmon, vice president for enrollment management at Marian University, in Wisconsin, has been named vice president for enrollment management at Clarke University.

Hannah Peters, associate dean of development and external relations at the Harvard Divinity School, will become vice president for development at Brandeis University on September 4.

M.L. (Cissy) Petty, dean of student experience at George Washington University, has been named vice president for student affairs and dean of students.

Rashmi Radhakrishnan, vice president for digital strategy and infrastructure and chief information officer at Albright College, has been named vice president and chief information officer at Arcadia University.

Fatiah Touray, assistant dean of diversity and international students at New York University, will become vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion and special assistant to the president at Sarah Lawrence College on September 16.

Jorge Zeballos, executive director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Kellogg Community College, has been named chief equity and inclusion officer.

Deans

Appointments

Kevin Bechard, chair of the department of business, paralegal and technology at Manchester Community College, in Connecticut, has been named dean of business and outreach at Berkshire Community College.

Janelle Chiasera, senior executive associate dean in the School of Health Professions at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been named dean of the School of Health Sciences at Quinnipiac University.

Vivek Choudhury, associate dean of strategic initiatives and a professor in the School of Business at George Washington University, has been named dean of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.

Robin Côté, associate dean for the division of physical sciences and graduate studies in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Connecticut, has been named dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at University of Massachusetts at Boston.

Kathy Dunning, associate dean in the School of Business at the University of Mobile, has been named dean of the school.

Brian A. Ellison, director of the master of public administration program and a professor of politics and public administration at the University of Idaho, has been named dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the American University of Armenia.

Lauren Goodman, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Berkshire Community College, has been named dean of teaching and learning innovation.

Laurie Gordy, dean of academic affairs and interim chief academic officer at Newbury College, has been named dean of humanities, and behavioral and social sciences at Berkshire Community College.

Gary Gramling, director of Christian-studies graduate programs and a professor of Christian studies at Howard Payne University, has been named dean of the School of Christian Studies.

Kendra L. Harris, an associate professor of marketing at Alabama A&M University, has been named dean of the School of Business and a professor of marketing at the University of the Virgin Islands.

Jerri A. Haynes, an associate professor and assistant dean of the College of Education at Fort Hays State University, has been named dean of the College of Education at Tennessee State University.

Andrew Polaniecki, director of campus ministry at Holy Cross College, has been named dean of students and director of residence life and housing.

Sandra Russ, a professor of psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Case Western Reserve University, has been named interim dean of the college.

Paul Steger, director of the School of Performing Arts at Virginia Tech, has been named dean of the Leigh Gerdine College of Fine Arts at Webster University.

Justin G. Tilghman, associate dean of public safety and emergency management at Lenoir Community College, has been promoted to dean of public safety and emergency management.

David Allen Wehr, chair of piano at Duquesne University, has been named dean of the Mary Pappert School of Music.

John W. Weidner, a professor and chair of the department of chemical engineering at the University of South Carolina at Columbia, has been named dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Cincinnati.

Resignations

Robert M. Dammon, dean of the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, plans to step down and return to the faculty.

Department chairs

Appointments

Margaret (Peggy) Goodell, a professor of pediatrics and molecular and human genetics and co-leader of the Cancer Cell and Gene Therapy Program at Baylor College of Medicine, will become chair of the department of molecular and cellular biology on October 1.

Antonia R. Sepulveda, vice chair for translational research and director of the division of gastrointestinal pancreas and liver pathology in the department of pathology and cell biology at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, has been named chair of the department of pathology and a professor of oncology in the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at George Washington University.

Other administrators

Appointments

Nadia Clifton, a graduate research assistant for the Rare Book Collection, Technical Services, and Special Collections Research and Instructional Services in the Wilson Special Collections Library at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named special-collections-engagement librarian in the Wilson Library.

Betti-Sue Hertz, director of visual arts at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, has been named director and chief curator of the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery at Columbia University.

Kristin Hoffman, special-education lead teacher and local-screening committee chair for Fairfax County Public Schools, in Virginia, has been named director of the Autism Center in the College of Health Sciences and Education at Misericordia University.

Jhumpa Lahiri, author of Interpreter of Maladies (Houghton Mifflin, 1999) and a professor of creative writing at Princeton University, has been named director of the university’s program in creative writing in the Lewis Center for the Arts.

Marie A. Longo, chief advancement officer at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, has been named director of development and external relations at the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University.

Ryan Rowberry, an associate professor and co-director of the Center for the Comparative Study of Metropolitan Growth in the College of Law at Georgia State University, has been named associate dean of academic affairs for the college.

Daryl Shreve, assistant director of competitive sports at Illinois State University, has been named director of recreational services at Berkshire Community College.

Kelli Shuman, vice president for human resources at South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, will become associate vice president for human resources and chief human resources officer at Elon University on October 15.

Pamela J. Suzadail, director of online programs in the Raymond A. Mason School of Business at College of William & Mary, has been named associate dean of programs and executive director of the school’s Center for Online Learning.

Bev Watford, associate dean of academic affairs in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been named associate dean of equity and engagement for the college.

Faculty

Appointments

Rayid Ghani, director of the Center for Data Science and Public Policy and a research associate professor of computer science at the University of Chicago, has been named a professor with a joint appointment in the Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.

Matthew McConaughey, an actor and producer known for Dallas Buyers Club and the first season of True Detective, has been named a professor of practice in the department of radio-television-film at the University of Texas at Austin’s Moody College of Communication.

Organizations

Appointments

Kerry Murphy Healey, former president of Babson College, has been named president of the Center for Advancing the American Dream at the Milken Institute, in Washington, D.C. The center will focus on education and the educator, among other issues.

Michelle Ruble, executive director of student life and athletics at the College of Southern Maryland, has been named president of the National Alliance of Two-Year College Athletic Administrators.

Deaths

John H. McArthur, a professor emeritus of administration at Harvard University, died on August 20. He was 85. McArthur joined the faculty of Harvard Business School in 1962 and also served as dean from 1980 until 1995.

Barry Stroud, a professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of California at Berkeley, died on August 9. He was 84. Stroud joined the faculty at Berkeley in 1961 as an assistant professor of philosophy. He wrote several books on philosophy and philosophers, including Hume (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1977) and The Significance of Philosophical Skepticism (Oxford University Press, 1984).

Immanuel Wallerstein, senior research scientist in the department of sociology at Yale University, died on August 31. He was 88. Wallerstein taught at Columbia University, McGill University, and Binghamton University, and served as president of the International Sociological Association from 1994 to 1998.

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