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Cheryl Johnson-Odim appointed as new provost

Dominican University is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Cheryl Johnson-Odim as provost. Dr. Johnson-Odim is the former dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Columbia College Chicago.

A distinguished scholar and academic leader, Dr. Johnson-Odim is an associate editor of Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History (Routledge, 2003) and an associate editor of Women Building Chicago 1790-1990: A Biographical Dictionary (Indiana University Press, 2001). She is also the vice-chair of the Illinois Humanities Council and a past chair of the Joan Kelly Prize Committee of the American Historical Association. She is a past member of the boards of directors of the American Council of Learned Societies, the African Studies Association and the advisory board of the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University. She is a founding editorial board member of the Journal of Women’s History.

“Cheryl Johnson-Odim is a gift to Dominican University,” said President Donna M. Carroll. “Her substantial experience as a scholar, teacher and administrator as well as her admirable personal integrity will make her a great asset and strong leader for the university.”

Prior to her tenure at Columbia College Chicago, Dr. Johnson-Odim served as chairperson of the history department at Loyola University Chicago and taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Northwestern University where she also served as assistant director of the Program of African Studies.

Dr. Johnson-Odim holds a doctorate in history from Northwestern University and is a former Fulbright Fellow in Nigeria. She has been active in the women’s rights and civil rights movements and was a founding member of the Free South Africa anti-apartheid movement.

Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive, coeducational Catholic institution offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Dominican offers 50 undergraduate academic programs in the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and 17 graduate programs through the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the Brennan School of Business, the School of Education, the Graduate School of Social Work, and the Institute for Adult Learning. In the 2006 issue of America’s Best Colleges, U.S. News & World Report again ranked Dominican University in the top tier of Midwest master’s level universities and as a “best value” for the eighth consecutive year.