Dr. Linda Warner has been named president of Haskell Indian Nations University (Kan.). She had previously been associate vice chancellor for academic affairs for the Tennessee Board of Regents. Warner, a member of the Comanche Nation, holds an associate degree from Northeastern A&M Junior College, a bachelor’s from Northeastern State University, a master’s from Pennsylvania State University and a doctorate from the University of Oklahoma.
Dr. Desdemona Cardoza has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University-Los Angeles. She had been dean of the university’s College of Natural and Social Sciences. Cardoza holds a bachelor’s from the University of California, Berkeley and a master’s and doctorate from UC-Riverside.