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Diverse: Issues In Higher Education highlights 40 outstanding women during Women’s History Month.
FAIRFAX, Va. — Diverse will kickoff Women’s History Month with its 13th annual special report recognizing the contributions of women in higher education.
To be circulated at several national higher education meetings, the Feb. 29 edition honoring Diverse’s 40th anniversary will highlight 40 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. Featured on the cover will be Dr. Bettina L. Love, the William F. Russell Professor at Teachers College at Columbia University.
The 2024 class of leading women in higher education are in no particular order:
1. Dr. Bettina L. Love, the William F. Russell Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University.
2. Dr. Crystal Eufemia Garcia, assistant professor of educational administration, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
3. Dr. Tenyo Pearl, campus director of the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance and Program Coordinator, Nonprofit Leadership Program, Coppin State University
4. Dr. Melissa Shivers, senior vice president for student life, The Ohio State University
5. Dr. Elizabeth Dooley, professor of exceptional student education in the School of Teacher Education, University of Central Florida
6. Dr. Dawn Person, director of the Center for Research on Educational Access and Leadership, California State University Fullerton
7. Dr. Ida Jackson Woods, chief diversity officer, Educational Testing Service (ETS)
8. Dr. Susan Gaulden, vice president for strategic initiatives, Passaic County Community College
9. Dr. Michelle A. Williams, Joan and Julius Jacobson Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, Harvard University
10. Dr. Peiyin Hung, assistant professor of health services policy and management, University of South Carolina
11. Dr. Pamela Anne Quiroz, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, University of Houston
12. Dr. Sian Leah Beilock, president, Dartmouth College
13. Dr. Rae Matsumoto, dean of the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, University of Hawaiʻi, Hilo
14. Dr. Winnifred Brown-Glaude, professor of African American studies and sociology, The College of New Jersey
15. Dr. Dietra Trent, executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs
16. Dr. Blair LM Kelley, Joel R. Williamson Distinguished Professor of Southern Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
17. Nikole Hannah-Jones, Knight Chair in Race and Journalism, Howard University
18. Dr. Marjorie Hass, president, Council of Independent Colleges
19. Dr. Irene Mulvey, president, American Association of University Professors
20. Ms. Gloria L. Blackwell, president, American Association of University Women
21. Dr. Vanessa Miller, assistant professor of education law, Indiana University
22. Dr. Lauren Lassabe Shepherd, professor, University of New Orleans
23. Charlotte Smith, Head Women’s Basketball Coach, Elon University
24. Dr. Sandra Kurtinitis, president, Community College of Baltimore
25. Dr. Maria Klawe, president, Math for America (former president of Harvey Mudd College)
26. Dr. Diane Reese, associate professor of counseling, George Mason University
27. Dr. Shantay R. Grays, provost and executive vice president, Howard Community College
28. Dr. Toneyce Randolph, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs, Morris Brown College
29. Dr. Valerie Kinloch, president, Johnson C. Smith University
30. Dr. Joanne Li, chancellor, University of Nebraska at Omaha
31. Dr. Brandi P. Jones, research professor at the Rossier School of Education and at the Race & Equity Center, University of Southern California
32. Dr. Nadrea R. Njoku, assistant vice president of the Frederick D. Patterson Research Institute, United Negro College Fund
33. Dr. Ellen M. Granberg, president, George Washington University
34. Dr. Emily Bouck, associate dean for research, Michigan State University
35. Dr. Sheneka Williams, professor and chair of the Department of Educational Administration, Michigan State University
36. Dr. Cynthia Tyson, professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning, The Ohio State University
37. Tracie N. Ransom, assistant dean for equity, diversity and inclusion, Tulane Law School
38. Dr. Anna Gonzalez, vice chancellor for student affairs, Washington University in St. Louis
39.Dr. Ana Martinez-Aleman, professor and associate dean of faculty and academics, Boston College
40. Carmina Taylor, director of campus and community engagement, Thomas Jefferson University
For four 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.
