Gina Messina-Dysert, Ph.D. (G ’07) has accepted an appointment at Ursuline College as Dean of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies. Following the completion of her MA in Religious Studies at JCU, Messina-Dysert pursued her Ph.D. in Religion at Claremont Graduate University where she then served as the Director of the Center for Women’s Interdisciplinary Research and Education. She also held the position of Visiting Assistant Professor of Theological Ethics at Loyola Marymount University. Messina-Dysert looks forward to returning to the Cleveland area and continuing the JCU tradition of social justice in her new position.