Tag: Social Sciences: Page 11

Faculty & Staff

Flores Joining Faculty at New York University

Dr. Stella Flores’ research focuses on the impact that state and federal policies have on college access and completion rates for low-income and underrepresented populations.

May 20, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Black Professor Regrets Comments Critical of White Students

An incoming Boston University professor who called “White college males” a “problem population” and was publicly criticized by the university’s president said late Tuesday she regrets making the remarks.

May 13, 2015

Sports

Willie Lanier Funding Endowed Lectureship at Morgan State

Pro Football Hall of Famer Willie Lanier is giving $500,000 to Morgan State University, his alma mater, to establish the Willie E. Lanier, Sr. Endowed Lectureship in Business Ethics.

May 13, 2015

Leadership & Policy

RUFUS MONTGOMERY

RUFUS MONTGOMERY has been named chair of Florida A&M University’s Board of Trustees. Montgomery is president and CEO of The Cascon Group and a partner with CurtMont Global. He holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from Florida A&M.

May 5, 2015

Students

Depression Among Graduate Students is Real

As those of us who have gone through such an experience are well aware, for a number of people graduate school can be a long, lonely experience at times.

April 29, 2015

Students

Emory Law School Gets Gift to Honor John Lewis

Emory University’s law school has received $1.5 million to fund a professorship named after civil rights icon and U.S. Rep. John Lewis.

April 22, 2015

HBCUs

BETH WALKER

BETH WALKER has been appointed dean of the Colorado State University College of Business, effective July 1. She was chair of the marketing department at the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. Walker earned a bachelor’s from Virginia Tech and received a master’s and a doctorate from The Pennsylvania State University.

April 20, 2015

Faculty & Staff

MARIE LYNN MIRANDA

MARIE LYNN MIRANDA has been named provost of Rice University, effective July 1. She was the Samuel A. Graham Dean and a professor in the School of Natural Resources and Environment and a professor of pediatrics and of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan. Miranda earned a bachelor’s from Duke University, and a master’s and a doctorate from Harvard University.

April 20, 2015

Faculty & Staff

GRETCHEN HOLBROOK GERZINA

GRETCHEN HOLBROOK GERZINA has been appointed dean of the Commonwealth Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, effective July 15. She was chair of the department of African and African-American studies, a professor of English and Kathe Tappe Vernon Professor of Biography at Dartmouth College. Gerzina earned a bachelor’s from Marlboro College, a master’s from Simmons College and a doctorate from Stanford University.

April 20, 2015

Community Colleges

HOUSSAM TOUTANJI

HOUSSAM TOUTANJI has been named dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Western Michigan University, effective July 1. He was a professor and chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Alabama at Huntsville. Toutanji earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from Northeastern University and a doctorate from Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

April 19, 2015

Faculty & Staff

MIA TUAN

MIA TUAN has been appointed dean of the College of Education at the University of Washington. She was a professor of education studies and former interim dean of the College of Education at the University of Oregon. Tuan earned a bachelor’s from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of California, Los Angeles.

April 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

NANCY TARGETT

NANCY TARGETT has been appointed interim president of the University of Delaware. She was dean of and a professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment at Delaware. Targett earned a bachelor’s from the University of Pittsburgh, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Maine.

April 18, 2015