Malika Jefferies-EL, associate dean for the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences and professor of Chemistry, was elected director-at-large to the 2023 American Chemical Society Board of Directors. The appointment is for a two-year term. Prior to her election as director-at-large, she was elected as a fellow of the American Chemical Society and holds multiple additional honors for her research—which focuses on the development of organic semiconductors and their use in optical and electronic devices—her service to the field of chemistry, and her support of advancing diversity in the field.