Stacy Ryan-Pettes is a new associate professor in the department of psychological sciences at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Earlier, she was an assistant professor at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. Her research centers on advancing evidence-based interventions for adolescent substance use.
Dr Ryan-Pettes holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, all from Emory University in Atlanta.
Keidrick Roy is a new assistant professor of government at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. He teaches courses on the history of American political thought and researches the evolution of core concepts, including the Enlightenment, liberalism, nationalism, and conservatism. Dr. Roy is the author of American Dark Age: Racial Feudalism and the Rise of Black Liberalism (Princeton University Press, 2024).
Dr. Roy earned his bachelor’s degree from the United States Air Force Academy. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Arizona and Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Kalenda Eaton has been appointed associate dean of the University of Oklahoma Honors College. Dr. Eaton, a professor in the university’s Clara Luper Department of African & African Studies, brings over 20 years of experience in academic leadership, interdisciplinary research, and student-centered program development to her new role.
Dr. Eaton earned a bachelor’s degree in English and Spanish from Dillard University in New Orleans and a doctorate in English from Ohio State University.
Richard Mtisi has been named the Kermit O. and Jane E. Hanson Professor in History at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa. A faculty member at the college since 2005, Dr. Mtisi currently teaches as an associate professor of Africana studies and history. His scholarship centers on African history, Latin America and the Caribbean, and environmental history.
Dr. Mtisi earned his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in economic history from the University of Zimbabwe in Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Iowa.
