Here is this week’s roundup of women scholars at colleges and universities who have been appointed to new positions throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Dr. Perera's new book on the variations in mental health care services in affluent democracies has been honored by both the International Political Sciences Association and the Council for European Studies.
Dr. Rosenfeld, the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, recently received the István Hont Book Prize from the Institute of Intellectual History at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
According to a new study, women who participated in an online career training program with an all-women cohort were more likely to complete their training on time, obtain a professional certification, and secure employment than women who were trained in mixed-gender environments.
Dr. Gamson was a longtime professor at the University of Michigan and the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she founded the doctoral program in higher education and the New England Resource Center for Higher Education.
The Breakthrough Prize – popularly known as the “Oscars of Science” – was created to celebrate the wonders of our scientific age. Prizes are awarded in the life sciences, mathematics, and physics.
Jennifer Hunt, who has been serving as interim dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine, has been appointed dean of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. She will be the first woman to lead the Ivy League medical school in its 229-year history.
Dr. Frey was affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania for three decades. During her tenure, she served as the college's assistant dean and director of advising.
Dr. Aiken is the founding director of the the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She has conducted extensive research on nurse's education and work environments, providing the foundation for modern staffing policies around the world.
The women taking on new academic positions are Vanessa Rose at Mount Holyoke College, Joan DerHovsepian at Rice University, Pamela Vayda at Mississippi State University-Meridian, M. Diane Burton at Cornell University, Laura W. Perna at the University of Pennsylvania, Jennifer Glover Konfrst at Drake University.
A longtime law school faculty member, Magill served as the ninth president of the University of Pennsylvania from the summer of 2022 until her resignation in December 2023. She is slated to become the next dean of the Georgetown University Law Center on August 1.
The American Animal Hospital Association is the accreditor for veterinary hospitals across the United States and Canada. Dr. Beale, associate dean at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, will become the association's next leader on April 1.
