Dr. Elisha J. Nixon has been named the new assistant dean of studies for first-year and junior students at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania. Previously she was a counselor in the multicultural resource center and a part-time instructor in Black and women's studies at Penn State University. Nixon holds a bachelor's in sociology from Geneva College and a master's and doctorate in health education from Penn State University.

Dr. Vanessa Northington Gamble   has been named vice president of community and minority programs for the Association of American Medical Colleges. She succeeds the late Herbert Nickens and comes to AAMC from the University of Wisconsin, where she was an associate professor and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in Medicine. Gamble earned a bachelor's in medical sociology and human biology from Hampshire College and a master's and doctorate in history and sociology of science from the University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Corinne Anderson, a dean of the division of education, supervision and instruction at Tougaloo College in Mississippi, is one of 34 American Council on Education fellows for academic year 1999-2000. Anderson earned a bachelor's from Northeastern Illinois University, a master's in education from Georgia State University and a doctorate in education from Jackson State University.

Dr. Gerald Gill, a Tufts University history professor, was chosen as the 1999 Massachusetts Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. He received the honor in 1995 as well. The recognition goes to professors with extraordinary dedication to teaching, commitment to students and innovative teaching methods. Gill earned a bachelor's from Lafayette College and a master's and doctorate from Howard University.