CHIEF EXECUTIVES
Appointments
Rodney D. Bennett, a former president of the University of Southern Mississippi, has been named the priority candidate for the next chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
Amy Bosley, vice president for institutional planning, development, and chief of staff at Valencia College, in Florida, has been named president of Northwest Vista College, in Texas.
Elizabeth R. Cantwell, senior vice president for research and innovation at the University of Arizona, has been named president of Utah State University.
Torie Jackson, interim president of West Virginia University at Parkersburg, has been named to the post permanently.
Todd G. Lamb, a former lieutenant governor of Oklahoma, has been named president of the University of Central Oklahoma.
Ming-Tung (Mike) Lee, has been named president of Sonoma State University, in California, after serving as interim president since August.
Elder Alvin (Trip) F. Meredith III, president of the Utah Salt Lake City South Mission, has been named president of Brigham Young University-Idaho.
Salvador Hector Ochoa, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at San Diego State University, has been named president of Texas A&M University at San Antonio.
Stephen Perez, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University at Chico, has been named president.
Kimberly Rogers, has been named president of Contra Costa College, after serving as acting president of the California college since June 2022.
J. Luke Wood, vice president for student affairs and campus diversity and chief diversity officer at San Diego State University, has been named president of California State University at Sacramento.
Resignations
Venkat Reddy, chancellor of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, will step down and return to the faculty after serving for the next year as an adviser for special projects to the University of Colorado president.
Roderick Smothers, president of Philander Smith College, will step down after eight years leading the Arkansas college.
Ivy Taylor, president of Rust College, in Mississippi, left the position after less than three years.
Jack Thomas, president of Central State University, in Ohio, will step down in June. He will join the faculty after a sabbatical.
Retirements
Algie Gatewood, president of Alamance Community College, in North Carolina, plans to retire on July 1.
Elsa M. Núñez, president of Eastern Connecticut State University since 2006, will retire.
David Wippman, president of Hamilton College, in New York, will retire next year.
CHIEF ACADEMIC OFFICERS
Appointments
Carol Ash, dean of the School of Health, Wellness, and Public Safety at Central New Mexico Community College, has been named vice president for academic affairs and work-force development at Southwest Tennessee Community College.
Lance Nail, dean of the Robert C. Vackar College of Business and Entrepreneurship at the University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, has been named provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Alan Sams, has been named as provost and vice president for academic affairs for the Texas A&M University system after serving as interim provost.
Tricia Serio, provost and senior vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, has been named provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Washington.
Resignations
Jeffrey Duerk, executive vice president for academic affairs and provost at the University of Miami, in Florida, will step down in July.
OTHER TOP ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Joel Costa, senior vice president for investment management at UnitedHealthcare, has been named chief financial officer and vice president for administration at Bethel University, in Minnesota.
Denise J. Jamieson, a professor and chair of the department of gynecology and obstetrics at Emory University’s School of Medicine and chief of gynecology and obstetrics for Emory Healthcare, has been named vice president for medical affairs and dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine at the University of Iowa.
Lori Seager, associate vice president for finance at Colorado College, has been named vice president for finance and chief financial officer.
Charles A. (Chuck) Wright III, chief development officer for the hunger-relief organization Philabundance, in Philadelphia, has been named vice president for development and vice chancellor for advancement at Rutgers University at Camden.
Resignations
Ruth Johnston, vice chancellor and chief operating officer at New Mexico State University, will step down at the end of June.
DEANS
Appointments
Badia Ahad, vice provost for faculty affairs and a professor of English at Loyola University Chicago, has been named dean of Oxford College of Emory University.
Matthew Ando, associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio University.
Jeff Borden, vice provost for learning experience at National University, in California, has been named dean of the School of Leadership Studies at Gonzaga University, in Washington.
Juan Casas, interim dean of graduate studies at University of Nebraska at Omaha, has been named to the post permanently.
Laura Curran, vice provost for faculty affairs at Rutgers University at New Brunswick, has been named dean of the School of Social Work at the University of Connecticut.
Azim Eskandarian, department head and professor of mechanical engineering in the College of Engineering at Virginia Tech, has been named dean of the College of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Patrick Fox, head of the department of civil and environmental engineering in the College of Engineering at Pennsylvania State University at University Park, has been named dean of the Russ College of Engineering and Technology at Ohio University.
Kenn Gaither, interim dean of the School of Communications at Elon University, in North Carolina, has been named to the post permanently.
Grant Gosselin, director of undergraduate admission at Boston College, has been named dean of undergraduate admission and financial aid.
Cathy Horn, interim dean of the College of Education at the University of Houston, has been named to the post permanently.
Susan Kelly-Weeder, associate dean for graduate programs in the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College, has been named dean of the School of Nursing at George Washington University.
Andrew R. Klein, interim chancellor of Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis and executive vice president at Indiana University, has been named dean of the Wake Forest University School of Law.
Sheryl Long, dean of graduate and professional studies and director of teacher education and graduate studies in education at Salem College, has been named dean of the School of Education, Health, and Human Sciences at Meredith College. Both colleges are in North Carolina.
Benjamin J. Lough, a professor of social work with an appointment as a professor of business administration in the Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, has been named dean of the School of Social Work.
Farzin Madjidi, who has served since August 2022 as interim dean of the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University, in California, has been named to the post permanently.
Celia Marshik, has been named dean of the Graduate School and vice provost for graduate and professional education at Stony Brook University, part of the State University of New York, after serving in the post in an interim capacity since May 2022.
Pamela McCauley, associate dean of academic programs, diversity, equity, and inclusion in the Wilson College of Textiles at North Carolina State University, has been named dean of the School of Engineering at Widener University, in Pennsylvania.
Ryan F. Morgan, an associate professor and department head for chemistry, geosciences, and physics at Tarleton State University, in Texas, has been named dean of graduate studies and the School of Business, Math, and Science at Chadron State College, in Nebraska.
Deborah Nelson, chair of the department of English language and literature at the University of Chicago, has been named dean of the Division of Humanities.
Keith Russell, chair of the department of health and human development at Western Washington University, has been named dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Nicole S. Sampson, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Stony Brook University, part of the State University of New York, has been named dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Rochester.
Matt Skillen, dean of faculty and associate provost for student learning at Elizabethtown College, in Pennsylvania, has been named assistant provost and dean of faculty at McPherson College, in Kansas.
Patricia Timmons-Goodson, co-chair of the board of the North Carolina Justice Center and a retired associate justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court, has been named dean of the School of Law at North Carolina Central University.
Resignations
Jamal J. Rossi, dean of the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, will step down after the 2023-24 academic year.
OTHER ADMINISTRATORS
Appointments
Becky Bangs, director of equal-opportunity investigations and deputy Title IX coordinator in the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access at Oregon State University, has been named executive director of the Office of Equal Opportunity and Access and Title IX coordinator.
Josh Dunn, chair of the department of political science at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, has been named the first executive director of the Institute of American Civics at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
Doug Lombardi, an associate professor in the department of human development and quantitative methodology in the College of Education at the University of Maryland at College Park, has been named associate dean for faculty affairs.
Sheena Stewart, director and assistant clinical professor in the department of educational foundations in Auburn University’s College of Education, has been named director of professional development for the university’s Graduate School.
Ryan Zerr, an associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Dakota, has been named associate vice president for strategy and implementation.
Resignations
Mike Bohn, athletics director at the University of Southern California, has resigned after criticism of his management of the department in addition to complaints over his comments about female colleagues.
DEATHS
Sister Candace Introcaso, president of La Roche University, in Pennsylvania, died on May 22. She became president of the university in 2004.
Brian R. Judd, a professor emeritus of physics and astronomy at the Johns Hopkins University, died on April 8. He was 92.
Robert E. Lucas Jr., a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Chicago, died on May 15. He was 85. In 1995, Lucas received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Rosalie M. Mirenda, president emerita of Neumann University, in Pennsylvania, died on May 13. She was 85.
Robert J. Zimmer, chancellor emeritus and former president of the University of Chicago, died on May 23. He was 75. Zimmer led the college from 2006 to 2021, when he transitioned to the role of chancellor.
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