Diverse: Issues In Higher Education highlights 25 outstanding women during Women’s History Month

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Diverse: Issues In Higher Education highlights 25 outstanding women during Women’s History Month

FAIRFAX, Va. — In honor of Women’s History Month, Diverse will publish its 12th annual special report recognizing the contributions of women to higher education.

To be circulated at several annual higher education meetings, the March 3, 2023 edition will highlight 25 women who have made a difference in the academy by tackling some of higher education’s toughest challenges, exhibiting extraordinary leadership skills, and making a positive difference in their respective communities.

The 2023 class of leading women in higher education are (in alphabetical order by institution):

1. Dr. Monica Parrish Trent, chief program and network officer, Achieving the Dream
2. Dr. Narcisa A. Polonio, former executive vice president of education, research and board leadership services, Association of Community College Trustees
3. Dr. Marva M. Craig, vice president for student affairs, Borough of Manhattan Community College
4. Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes, commissioner, Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
5. Dr. Joann W. Haysbert, chancellor and provost, Hampton University
6. Dr. Kizzmekia “Kizzy” S. Corbett, assistant professor of immunology and infectious diseases, Harvard University
7. Dr. Claudine Gay, president-elect, Harvard University
8. Vanessa E. Wyche, director, NASA’s Johnson Space Center
9. Dr. Claudia V. Schrader, president, Kingsborough Community College of CUNY
10. Dr. Robin Holmes-Sullivan, president, Lewis & Clark College
11. Dr. Susan D. Johnson, director of grants administration, Lumina Foundation
12. Dr. Sally Ann Kornbluth, president, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
13. Dr. Joy Buolamwini, research assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and founder, Algorithmic Justice League
14. Dr. Malou C. Harrison, executive vice president and provost, Miami Dade College
15. Dr. Elsa Gonzalez, program director, National Science Foundation; associate professor, University of Houston
16. Dr. Cathy O’Neil, founder and CEO, ORCAA
17. Dr. Jayathi Murthy, president, Oregon State University
18. Dr. Janelle Jennings-Alexander, assistant professor of English and interim associate vice president of academic affairs, Saint Augustine’s University
19. Dr. Tina M. King, president, San Diego College of Continuing Education
20. Dr. Julianna M. Asperin Barnes, chancellor, South Orange County Community College District
21. Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young, president, Texas Southern University
22. Dr. Vanessa B. Beasley, president, Trinity University
23. Dr. Radenka Maric, president, University of Connecticut
24. Dr. Tana Fitzpatrick, associate vice president of tribal relations, University of Oklahoma
25. Dr. Katalin Karikó, adjunct professor of neurosurgery, University of Pennsylvania

For more than three decades, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education has been the premier source of timely news, provocative commentary, insightful interviews and in-depth special reports on diversity in higher education. Savvy individuals who appreciate the crucial and ever-changing role that higher education plays in the lives of students, professionals, their families, and their communities make reading Diverse a regular habit.