Appointments

Sonia Minnes, the Verna Houck Motto Professor at the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School for Applied Social Sciences, has been named the new research director of the Schubert Center for Child Studies. In addition to her contributions as a member of the Schubert Center leadership team, Minnes…

An innovator in novel ways to deliver medical curriculum with a passion for making the health care system safer for patients will become vice dean for medical education at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Lia Logio Lia Logio, known for her energetic and innovative approach to…

Former Weatherhead School dean and Tulane president emeritus starts Oct. 1 The Board of Trustees has appointed former long-time Case Western Reserve dean and faculty member Scott Cowen to be the university’s interim president, effective Oct. 1. “Scott’s extensive knowledge of our campus and…

Brian Gran, professor in the Department of Sociology at Case Western Reserve University, has been selected as a National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Jefferson Science Fellow (JSF) by the U.S. Department of State. During his year-long fellowship, Gran, who has secondary…

Mark Chupp and Ayesha Bell Hardaway have been named co-directors of the Social Justice Institute, effective May 1. They succeed the College of Arts and Sciences’ John Flores, associate professor in the Department of History, and Timothy Black, associate professor in the Department of Sociology,…

J. Alan Diehl has been appointed deputy director and chief operating officer of the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, a collaboration of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals. This newly created role will provide substantive oversight of the cancer center to…

Ruth Keri, professor of pharmacology and associate director for basic research in the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center has been elected to the Board of Directors for the Endocrine Society for a three-year term. The Endocrine Society has more than 18,000 members, including basic, translational and…

Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs in Case Western Reserve University's Department of Political Science, was recently elected as an executive committee member-at-large for the International Studies Association (ISA). After serving as a section program chair in 2016…

Juscelino F. Colares, the Schott-van den Eynden Professor of Business Law, and professor of political science in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected as a panelist on the United States 2020 NAFTA (Chapter 19) Roster of Trade Panelists. As one of 35 panelists representing the United…

Erika Trapl was named director of the Prevention Research Center for Healthy Neighborhoods, effective Feb. 1, succeeding Elaine A. Borawski, the founding director, whose vision led the Center in addressing chronic health issues faced in disadvantaged Greater Cleveland neighborhoods for more than 10…