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Faculty & Staff

Regents Want Pay Gap Suit from Former SDSU Professor Tossed

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. ― The South Dakota Board of Regents is asking a judge to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a former South Dakota State University professor who claims she was paid less than colleagues who were not Black and female. The Argus Leader reports the board’s lawyers in the response to the lawsuit from […]

May 23, 2016

Students

Professors Group Faults Firing of Missouri Professor

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― An investigation by a national professors group has found that the University of Missouri Board of Curator likely bowed to political pressure when it fired an assistant professor over her role last year in a race-related student protest. The American Association of University Professors said a three-member investigating committee of professors from […]

May 19, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Diversity Lacking Among Professoriate’s Elite Positions

A new study examines the importance of diversifying chairs and professorships in academia.

May 10, 2016

Students

Missouri House Passes Bill to Allow Guns at College Campuses

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ― The Missouri House has passed a bill with a number of provisions aimed at expanding access to guns. Members voted 101-28 Thursday to pass the proposal, which was amended to allow fulltime employees to carry guns on college campuses, with some exceptions. The changes mean the bill heads back to the […]

May 5, 2016

Faculty & Staff

Princeton Professor Posts Resume of Failures

A Princeton University professor provided a unique take on the resume by sharing a document that compiled the failures he experienced throughout his career rather than the successes. Johannes Haushofer shared his “CV of Failures” chronicling programs and academic positions he was not chosen for as well as grants and awards that he did not […]

May 4, 2016

Faculty & Staff

JUAN ARMANDO ROJAS JOO

JUAN ARMANDO ROJAS JOO has been appointed associate dean for diversity and inclusion at Ohio Wesleyan University. Rojas is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages at Ohio Wesleyan. Rojas earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Texas at El Paso, and a doctorate from the University of Arizona.

May 4, 2016

Faculty & Staff

JAYATI GHOSH

JAYATI GHOSH has been appointed dean of the School of Business Administration and a professor of international business at Widener University. She was associate dean of the Barowsky School of Business at Dominican University of California. Ghosh earned a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Calcutta in India, a master’s from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada, and a doctorate from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

May 4, 2016

Faculty & Staff

LATANYA BUCK

LATANYA BUCK has been named dean for diversity and inclusion at Princeton University, effective in August. She was founding director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Washington University in St. Louis. She holds a bachelor’s and a master’s from the University of Central Missouri, and a doctorate from Saint Louis University.

May 4, 2016

Faculty & Staff

MARIA MARTINEZ ITURRIAGA

MARIA MARTINEZ ITURRIAGA has been named executive director of the Berklee College of Music campus in Valencia, Spain. She was associate dean of enrollment and career development at Berklee. Iturriaga earned a bachelor’s from the Real Conservatorio Superior de Música in Spain, a bachelor’s from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, also in Spain, and a master’s from New York University.

May 4, 2016

Faculty & Staff

MOHAMED LACHEMI

MOHAMED LACHEMI has been appointed president and vice chancellor of Ryerson University. He was interim president and vice chancellor of Ryerson. Lachemi earned a bachelor’s from l’Université des Sciences et de la Technologie d’Oran in Algeria, and a master’s and a doctorate from L’Université de Sherbrooke, also in Algeria.

May 4, 2016

Faculty & Staff

KENDRICK T. BROWN

KENDRICK T. BROWN has been named dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Redlands, effective July 1. He is associate dean of the faculty at Macalester College. Brown earned a bachelor’s from Mount Union College, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

May 4, 2016

Faculty & Staff

UC Davis Chancellor Says Politics Driving Action Against Her

SAN FRANCISCO ― The chancellor of the University of California, Davis says politics are driving a state decision to put her on paid leave amid an uproar over her service on corporate boards and the school’s hiring of image consultants after campus police used pepper spray against protesters. Melinda Guzman, an attorney for Chancellor Linda […]

April 28, 2016