MURFREESBORO — MTSU
Provost Brad Bartel has named Dr. Newtona “Tina” Johnson as interim vice
provost for academic affairs.
Johnson, a professor of English
and director of the university’s Women’s and Gender Studies program, assumes
her new position Aug. 1.
“I am extremely pleased that Dr.
Johnson will be joining the Provost’s Office in this role,” Bartel said. “She
has had experience with administrating our Women’s and Gender Program and
has received extensive administrative mentoring through an American Council on
Education Fellowship and participation in the Summer Bryn Mawr Institute.
“Tina will have a full array of
administrative duties at MTSU including working with the Diversity Council,
participation on various university committees, and working on issues of
faculty mentoring.”
In 2013-14, Johnson was selected
for a fellowship with the American Council on Education, one of the top
leadership programs in the nation. Johnson has also participated in the Higher
Education Resource Services (HERS) Bryn Mawr Summer Institute, a premier
professional-development program that seeks to improve the opportunities and
status of women in higher education.
A past recipient of the MTSU John
Pleas Faculty Award and the Ayne Cantrell Award, Johnson was also one of 13
women in Rutherford County nominated for the 2015 Rutherford ATHENA
International Leadership Award. She is former chair of the MTSU
President’s Commission on the Status of Women.
She serves on the board of the
June S. Anderson Foundation and is a founding member and outgoing president of
the Southeastern USA branch of Annie Walsh Girls Association, which advocates
educational opportunities for girls in Sierra Leone.
Johnson fills a role previously
held by Dr. John Omachonu, who left his position this spring to become senior
vice provost at Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia.
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