Appointments

Ronald Hickman, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FNAP, FADLN, FAAN, dean of Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and the Ruth M. Anderson Endowed Professor, has been re-elected to the American Academy of Nursing Leadership team as secretary.Hickman is an advanced practice nurse and nurse scientist whose…

Daniela Calvetti, the James Wood Williamson Professor in the Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, and Statistics, has been named to the editorial board of Mathematical Biosciences, a peer-reviewed scientific publication published by the Elsevier company.According to the journal’s…

Walt Hunter, senior associate dean for faculty academic affairs, was recently named the Samuel B. and Virginia C. Knight Professor in Humanities. His research and teaching explore poetry, prose and how writers engage with political and social issues through literary form, with expertise in American…

Molly Jackson, DNP, associate professor at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University, has been elected as a nominating committee member for the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE). CCNE is an official national accrediting agency that ensures the quality…

Gary Galbraith, MFA (CIT '86; GRS '88, dance), has been named chair of the Department of Dance at Case Western Reserve University's College of Arts and Sciences. Since 1999, Galbraith has been part of the department’s faculty and in May 2026, he received the title of Distinguished University…

Shuo Li, PhD, Leonard Case, Jr. Professor of Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, has accepted an invitation, extended on behalf of the National Institutes of Health director, to serve on the board of scientific counselors of the National Library of Medicine (NLM). This board is the only…

Aysegul Zeren, PhD, has been appointed acting director of the International Studies Program at Case Western Reserve University for the 2026–27 academic year.Zeren will lead the interdisciplinary program while the program’s director, Damaris Puñales–Alpízar, is on sabbatical during the fall semester…

Barbara Mann, PhD, has been named acting chair of the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at Case Western Reserve University’s College of Arts and Sciences. Mann, who joined CWRU in 2023, is the college’s inaugural Stephen H. Hoffman Professor of Modern Hebrew Language and Literature.…

Cleveland Clinic and Case Western Reserve University have appointed Brenessa Lindeman, MD, as executive dean of the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.As executive dean, Lindeman will lead Lerner College of Medicine’s distinctive five-year…

Case Western Reserve University School of Dental Medicine is pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Bermudez, DMD, MD, FACS (DEN ’15, MED ’18), as assistant professor in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and residency program director for the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery…