Ariel James was awarded tenure at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is a cognitive psychologist whose research interests include measuring and predicting individual differences in language processing, replication, and meta-analysis. She joined the faculty at the college in 2019.
A native of Chicago, Dr. James holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Stanford University and a master’s degree and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana‑Champaign.
Michael Morgan is the associate dean for research in the College of Letters & Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A full professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences, Dr. Morgan previously served as chair of his department’s undergraduate program. His research focuses on the analysis, diagnosis, prediction, and predictability of mid-latitude and tropical weather systems.
Dr. Morgan earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and a Ph.D. in meteorology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Maria Rosario Jackson has returned to the Arizona State University faculty as a University Professor of Creativity and Social Impact. In 2022, while Dr. Jackson was teaching at The Design School at ASU, President Joe Biden appointed her as head of the National Endowment for the Arts. Earlier in her career, she founded ASU’s Studio for Creativity, Place, and Equitable Communities.
Dr. Jackson holds a master of public administration degree from the University of Southern California and a doctorate in urban planning from the University of California, Los Angeles.
