Donna Riley
Leah H. Jamieson, photo at link, is the one that selected Donna Riley.
The head of Purdue University’s School of Engineering Education, Donna Riley
Wow, this isn’t some Liberal Arts prof.
This is the Department head sheesh.
Riley doesn’t seem to have an engineering degree, instead a degree in ENGINEERING EDUCATION.
Helped found the Engineering Department at Smith, Think of this, SMITH.
Perhaps Jamison and Riley are among the seeming legions women who wear comfortable shoes?
Leah Jamieson, the John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering, announced Tuesday (March 28) the next Kamyar Haghighi Head of the School of Engineering Education will be Donna Riley, a professor at Virginia Tech.
Riley currently is interim head of the Engineering Education department at Virginia Tech. She takes on the leadership of Purdue’s School of Engineering Education on July 1.
“Donna brings to the position a strong record of excellence and innovation, a strong commitment to the field of engineering education as a discipline, and great passion and energy,” Jamieson said. “I know that Engineering Education will thrive under her leadership, and that Purdue will continue to play a leadership role in the field engineering education.”
Riley worked as program director for Engineering Education at the National Science Foundation. Prior to that, she spent 13 years as a founding faculty member of the Picker Engineering Program at Smith College, the first engineering program at a U.S. women’s college.
Jamieson called Riley a “thought leader in the field” and cited her achievements in both research and teaching.