New College of Florida recently selected Barbara Feldman of Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts as its next provost and vice president for academic affairs. Feldman is a professor of sociology and an experienced higher education administrator. She served as Bridgewater’s provost from August 2014 to August 2016 and previously was dean of the Maxwell College of Arts and Sciences at New Jersey City University. Her academic research has examined community responses to natural disasters and she teaches courses that include the sociology of women, gender, family and work.