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Ayana Allen-Handy to Lead the Hofstra University School of Education

Dr. Allen-Handy, professor of urban education at Drexel University, is slated to become dean of Hofstra University's School of Education on January 1. She is a leading scholar on the social foundations and social contexts of education.

Five Black Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Faculty Positions

The appointments are Stephanie Boddie at Baylor University in Texas, Marie Johns at Howard University in Washington, D.C., King Britt at the University of California, San Diego, Del Wright, Jr. at Louisiana State University, and Ibraheem Karaye at Hofstra University in New York.

Danielle Holley Will Be the Twentieth President of Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts

In 2014, President-elect Holley was named dean and a professor of law at the Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C. Previously she was associate dean and a professor of law at the University of South Carolina Law School. Earlier in her career, she taught at the Hofstra University School of Law in New York.

Two Women Scholars Named to Lead National Organizations

Mina Jones Jefferson, of the University of Cincinnati, was named president-elect of the National Association of Law Placement and Tomeka Robinson, of Hofstra University, was named president-elect of the Pi Kappa Delta National Honorary Society.

Yale Medical School Scholar Named to State Mental Health Post

Miriam E. Delphin-Rittmon, an assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale Medical School, has been appointed commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.

Former New York Governor David Paterson to Teach at Touro College

Paterson, the only African American governor in the history of New York State, will serve as a distinguished professor of health care and public policy at the Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harlem.

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Julius Edwards Named President of Eastern Maine Community College

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Dr. Edwards has been serving as vice chancellor of academic affairs at Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana. He is slated to become the new president of Eastern Maine Community College on April 1.

Olympia Ross Duhart Appointed Dean of Nova Southeastern University’s Law School

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Duhart has been a faculty member with the Shepard Broad College of Law at Nova Southeastern University in Florida for over two decades. An expert in legal writing, Duhart recently completed a second term as co-president of the Society of American Law Teachers.

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