Faculty Recognition Events

Each year promotion, tenure, and emerita/us status decisions are made at the February meeting of the Simmons Board of Trustees. 

The group of Simmons faculty who received tenure or promotions in 2024

On March 20,2024, the Center for Faculty Excellence and the Provost’s Office held a Promotion & Tenure Celebration for this year’s honorees to celebrate their outstanding accomplishments and each of their significant milestones.

Visit the Simmons University Library LibGuide that features profiles of honorees and the works they have selected to highlight in honor of their achievements.

Simmons Faculty in the News

Professor Johnnie Hamilton-Mason delivering a public lecture at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa

Professor Visits University of Johannesburg as Fulbright Specialist

Professor Johnnie Hamilton-Mason received a Fulbright Specialist Award this year. Recipients of the Fulbright Specialist awards are "selected on the basis of academic and professional achievement, demonstrated leadership in their field, and their potential to foster long-term cooperation between institutions in the U.S. and abroad."


Side by side photo of Dr. KatherineMarie Conover and Dr. Katherine Ladetto

Simmons School of Nursing Welcomes New Faculty

Simmons University’s School of Nursing welcomed two new faculty members this Fall, with expertise in clinical simulation and gerontology.


US Flag and MA State flag fying in front of Simmons MCB

Simmons Professor Practices Social Work in Support of Veterans

School of Social Work Associate Professor of Practice Samuel Odom shares the value of the Simmons MSW Clinical Practice with Active Service Members, Veterans, and Families certificate program.


Recipients of the 2024 Faculty Awards, along with President Wooten, Provost Cosner and Associate Provost Doherty.

2024 Simmons Faculty Awards Celebrates Stellar Researchers and Educators

Simmons faculty from various disciplines received awards in undergraduate and graduate teaching, research, service, and a commitment to DEI at the 2024 Faculty Awards.


A photo of Mansfield Holmes over a transparent photo of the School of Management building at Simmons University

School of Management Welcomes New Faculty Member

Simmons University welcomes Mansfield Holmes, Associate Professor of Practice in Finance. Prior to joining the Simmons School of Management, he taught for ten years in the finance department at Suffolk University, where he worked with university leadership to establish and expand the business school’s wealth management program.


Photo of tents in the streets of India

For Simmons Professor, Researching Economics Lends Insight into Tackling World Poverty

Economics Professor Niloufer Sohrabji discusses what ignited her love for economics, how she shares that excitement with students, and her own research projects.


Covers of journals produced by the Gerontological Society of America

Gerontological Society of America Selects School of Social Work Chair as Editor-in-Chief

The GSA — the nation’s largest interdisciplinary organization devoted to the field of aging — has named Michelle Putnam, Professor and Jennifer Eckert ’08 Chair of Simmons’ School of Social Work, as the next editor-in-chief of the journal Innovation in Aging.


A collection of reproductive health supplies

The Ongoing Battle for Transparency in Women’s Health

Professor and Director Val Leiter shares her recent research on the FDA’s role in marketing women’s health medical devices and her efforts to determine whether gender discrimination influences the oversight of medical devices for women.