Appointments

As of Aug. 1, Sarah de Swart is director of the Faculty Development Center. She joined University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) in 2001, first as an assistant director, before becoming associate director and, most recently, interim director. “We are especially pleased that...

At the Fifth World Congress on Positive Psychology last month, David Cooperrider, Distinguished University Professor and the Fairmount Santrol - David L. Cooperrider Professor in Appreciative Inquiry, was named a fellow of the International Positive Psychology Association. The title honors scholars...

Sara Lee is the new director of health services at Case Western Reserve. Lee is a board-certified pediatrician with an additional board certification in adolescent medicine. She did her undergraduate work at Johns Hopkins University and is an alumna of Case Western Reserve University School of Medi...

The Case School of Engineering named Alexis Abramson interim chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. A nationally recognized leader in advanced energy research, Abramson, the Milton and Tamar Maltz Professor of Energy Innovation and director of the Great Lakes Energy...

Kathryn Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs in the Department of Political Science, recently was named an associate editor of The International Studies Encyclopedia, a project of the International Studies Association (ISA). Now in conjunction with Oxford University Press, t...

Brian K. Gran, associate professor of sociology, was chosen as chair elect of the American Sociological Association’s Section on Human Rights. The section “seeks to promote and support critical, interdisciplinary, and international engagement with human rights scholarship, teaching and practice, as...

Michael Goldberg, assistant professor of design and innovation at Weatherhead School of Management, was asked to be a judge for MIT’s Inclusive Innovation Challenge, which awards more than $1 million to organizations around the world that are “using technology to solve a grand challenge of our time....

Elizabeth “Liz” Madigan becomes CEO of Sigma Theta Tau International this fall After a quarter-century at Case Western Reserve, Elizabeth “Liz” Madigan is taking her talents to the international stage. The accomplished researcher and educator has accepted the position of chief executive officer des...

Provost Bud Baeslack announced today that the Board of Trustees has approved the appointment of James McGuffin-Cawley as interim dean of the Case School of Engineering, effective July 1. McGuffin-Cawley, an alumnus of the school and member of its faculty since 1991, assumes the interim role upon th...

Brandy Schillace, senior research associate and public engagement fellow at the Dittrick Medical History Center, was recently named the new editor of Medical Humanities. Schillace will take over the role July 1. Published by BMJ, a health care knowledge provider, Medical Humanities is the official...