The appointments are Kamau Siwatu at Texas Tech University; Courtney Anderson at Georgia State University; Michael Bolden at the University of California, Berkeley; Jide Wintoki at the University of Kansas; and Marla Peppers at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Kisha Cunningham Aites and Archie Williams have been selected for associate dean roles at Savannah State University and Alcorn State University, respectively. Bracy Martin has been appointed interim director of bands at Elizabeth City State University.
Olaoluwatoni Alimi and Francis Tsiboe have joined the faculties of Princeton University and North Dakota State University, respectively. Barbara McCaskill has been promoted to distinguished research professor at the University of Georgia.
Brian Brown will lead the School of Business at Virginia Commonwealth University, Ronald Hickman was appointed dean of the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and Kala Burrell-Craft was named dean of the College of Education at Grambling State University in Louisiana.
The academics taking on new positions are Percy Mack at South Carolina State University, Ronett Jacobs at Alverno College in Milwaukee, and Stephen Philip Harvey at Salisbury University and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore's joint public radio station.
Edward Hill, Jr. of Talladega College, George Johnson of South Carolina State University, Melissa Bonds of Alverno College in Milwaukee, and Lee Baker of Duke University have received new appointments at their institutions.
Brandon Hasbrouck has been selected for an endowed professorship at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. Kelvin Lesene is the new director of Delaware State University's aviation program and Phokeng Dailey, a communications professor at Ohio Wesleyan University, will serve as the institution's vice president of marketing.
Duke University in Durham, North Carolina has appointed Jasmine Nichole Cobb, Tamika Nunley, and Phia Salter to named professorships under the Bass Fellow program.
With an extensive background in HBCU academics and administration, Dr. Scott has served as dean of the College of Natural and Health Sciences at Virginia State University and as director of the Center for Health Disparities at Delaware State University.
The new deans are Judette Louis at Old Dominion University in Virginia, Kimberly Poole at Clemson University in South Carolina, Matthew Johnson-Roberson at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, MarQuita Barker at Davidson College in North Carolina, Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz at Barnard College in New York City, and Yarneccia Dyson at the University of Houston.
The appointments are Beatrice Adams at Princeton University in New Jersey, Patricia Poitevien at Brown University in Rhode Island, Tony Brown at Rice University in Houston, and Najja Baptist at the University of Arkansas.
Chawne Kimber has been named dean of faculty at Pitzer College in California and Anita Thomas has been named provost of Meredith College in North Carolina.
Trina Fletcher and Maurice Mangum are taking on associate dean positions at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff and Bloomfield College, respectively. Courtney Patterson-Faye has received a promotion at Wesleyan University.
Eric Deggans is taking on a new role at Washington and Lee University. Royette Dubar of Wesleyan University and Heidi Cruz-Austin of Muhlenberg College have received promotions.
Tanya Walker at the University of Arkansa at Pine Bluff, Nicole Hall at the University of Virginia, Kimberly Moffitt at Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Charles Smith at Gordon State College in Barnesville, Georgia, have been appointed to dean positions.
K. Paige Carmichael has been promoted to University Professor at the University of Georgia and Boise State University Instructor Michael Strickland has been selected to represent higher education on the Serve Idaho Commission.
The faculty appointments are Natalie Sowell at Spelman College in Atlanta, Cheryl Jenkins at Talladega College in Alabama, and Isaiah Wooden at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania.
The new assistant professors for the Africana studies program at the University of San Diego are Toyo Aboderin in the department of history and Kyle Books and Matthew Vega in the department of theology and religious studies.
The faculty members taking on new roles are Siobahn Day Grady at North Carolina Central University, D’Jaris Coles-White at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland, Shameka Shelby at Florida Southern College, Otis Brown III at the University of Rochester in New York, and Pamlea Brady at Talladega College in Alabama.
The new endowed professors are Eddie Chambers at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Stefanie Dunning at the University of Rochester in New York, and Kizzmekia Corbett-Helaire at Harvard University.