appointments

Health disparities scholar Ruqaiijah A. Yearby starts new role this month Case Western Reserve University School of Law's first tenured female African-American professor has been named as the school’s inaugural Associate Dean of Institutional Diversity and Inclusiveness. Ruqaiijah A. Yearby, who joi...

Susan McClary, professor of music and head of musicology, was named an honorary member of the American Musicological Society (AMS) at the society’s annual meeting in Louisville. Honorary members of the AMS are those scholars “who have made outstanding contributions to furthering its stated object an...

Delegates meeting in Denver in October for the Triennial Council of Phi Beta Kappa, America's oldest academic honor society, elected Christine Cano, associate professor of French, to a six-year term on the Phi Beta Kappa Senate, the society's governing body. Also at the Triennial Council, the Case ...

Brian K. Gran, associate professor of sociology and law, was invited to serve on the National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists (NCLS), a 14-member joint committee of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the American Bar Association. The NCLS is a joint effort on the part ...

Case Western Reserve alumnus and trustee Jim Wyant is so quick to compliment and give others credit that some might overlook just how accomplished he is himself. But this year, university supporter Trevor Jones helped ensure people got a powerful reminder of Wyant’s extraordinary intellectual prowe...

Valerie Haywood, senior instructor in the Department of Biology, recently joined the governing board of the Ohio-Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL), a region network of the national organization. Haywood will be part of the Ohio-PKAL mission to promote and enhance learner-centered STEM (science, technology...

The Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC) elected Amanda Shaffer, director of the Office of Faculty Development, to serve a two-year term as vice-chair of the Central Advisory Board. She began her term Oct. 26. Case Western Reserve University is the lead institution for the Ohio, Western P...

Stephanie Steiner, director of the Dorothy Ebersbach Academic Center for Flight Nursing, was recently voted onto the Air and Surface Transport Nurses Association (ASTNA) Board of Directors. ASTNA is a nonprofit member organization that provides resources to transport nurses to advance their practic...

Case Western Reserve today announced the appointment of the university’s first executive director for public safety and security, Frank Demes. A 26-year veteran of the George Washington University Police Department, Demes will oversee the university’s police and security operations, as well as disp...

Case Western Reserve University’s Office of Research and Technology Management (ORTM) has added Associate Vice President for Research Stephanie Endy as a key member to its administrative team. Endy, who began her new position Oct. 1, brings extensive career experience at top research universities, ...