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Heather Antecol Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
Ran Libeskind-Hadas Founding Chair for Integrated Sciences
Muriel Poston Vice President for Strategic Initiatives
Antecol, an expert in labor economics, is the Boswell Professor of Economics and the former chair of the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance and director of the Berger Institute. She has published more than 30 articles in highly respected economics journals, and since joining CMC in 2001, has been honored with the Roy P. Crocker Award for Merit and the Glenn R. Huntoon Award for Superior Teaching.
Libeskind-Hadas most recently served as the R. Michael Shanahan Endowed Professor of Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College. While there, he jointly led the Core Revision Committee that was tasked with revising the college’s core curriculum, and was also a co-developer of Harvey Mudd’s “CS For All” family of introductory courses that sought to provide students with exposure to various computing fields.
Poston has a public policy focus to her science education and research. She brings leadership experience from the National Science Foundation and several colleges, including Pitzer, Skidmore, and Howard. Since arriving, she has been working on integrated sciences, the Open Academy, the Presidential Initiative on Anti-Racism and the Black Experience in America, and CMC’s Opportunity Strategy.
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