Duke University's engineering dean will be the first female provost at the Johns Hopkins University, officials announced yesterday.
Kristina M. Johnson, 50, who has been a dean at Duke in Durham, N.C., since 1999, replaces Steven Knapp as chief academic officer of the private Baltimore university.
After more than a decade as Hopkins provost, Knapp will become president of the George Washington University in August.
Johnson, an electrical engineer, will take office Sept. 1, officials said.
"Kristina Johnson has been a transformational dean of engineering at Duke," said Duke President Richard H. Brodhead in a statement. "We'll hate to see her go, but are delighted to see her talents recognized with these new challenges and responsibilities."