Breaking News
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Joy Fehr Will Be the Next President of La Sierra University in Riverside, California
Jun. 12, 2019 - Currently, Dr. Fehr serves as provost of La Sierra University, a position she has held since 2015. Before coming to La Sierra, she served as vice president for academic administration at Burman University in Alberta, Canada. -
Another Women’s College Is Considering the Transformation to Co-Education
Jun. 12, 2019 - Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, is one of the oldest women's colleges in the United States. The college announced recently that it is considering adding co-educational undergraduate programs as a way to expand enrollment. Now, there are just over 900 women enrolled in the undergraduate college. -
Heidi Popham Selected as the New President of Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Jun. 12, 2019 - Dr. Popham has worked for Georgia Northwestern Technical College for the past 23 years. Originally, she was hired as the executive assistant to the president. From there, she went on to serve as director of institutional effectiveness, vice president of institutional effectiveness, and most recently, executive vice president. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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New Report Examines Barriers for Women in Reaching Leadership Positions in Healthcare
Jun. 12, 2019 - A new report produced by IntraHealth International and Johnson & Johnson Inc. finds that discrimination, bias and stereotyping inhibit opportunities for female nurses to develop skills, perpetuate the gender pay gap and result in unequal treatment in the health workforce between women and men around the world. -
Do Pregnant Women More Often Opt-Out of the Workplace or Are They Pushed Out?
Jun. 12, 2019 - A new study led by Samantha Paustian-Underdahl, an assistant professor of management in the College of Business at Florida State University, examines why many women leave their jobs after they become pregnant. There are competing theories on the subject. -
Study Finds Significant Gender Bias in Hiring Physics Faculty
Jun. 12, 2019 - The results showed that both physics and biology professors rated women candidates as more likeable than men. However, physics professors rated male candidates as more competent and hireable than women. In biology, this gender bias was absent. - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Two Women Scholars Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Prestigious Educational Institutions
Jun. 14, 2019 - Sheila Walker has been named the Laura Vausbinder Hockett Endowed Professor at Scripps College in Claremont, California, and Katerina Clark has been named the B.E. Bensinger Professor of Comparative Literature and Slavic Languages and Literatures at Yale University. -
Eleven Universities Announce the Appointment of Women to Dean Positions
Jun. 14, 2019 - The new deans are Lepaine Sharp-McHenry, Jennifer D. Greer, Sian Mooney, Bonnie Rush, Elizabeth Skomp, Kimberly Lawless, Andra Basu, Coleen Pugh, Adrea Lawrence, Deborah Rifenbary, and Zoe Woodell Locklear. -
Eight Women Faculty Members Who Have Been Given New Assignments
Jun. 13, 2019 - Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties. - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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Tayari Jones Wins Women’s Prize for Fiction for Her Book, An American Marriage
Jun. 13, 2019 - Professor Jones serves as a professor of English and creative writing at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. An American Marriage tells the story of Celestial and Roy, two Black newlyweds whose pursuit of the American dream is violently interrupted when Roy is imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. -
Two Women Academics Inducted Into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame
Jun. 13, 2019 - The two inductees into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame with ties to the academic world are Natalia Trayanova, a professor in the department of biomedical engineering at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and Sara Rushinek, a professor of business technology and health informatics at the University of -
Notable Honors or Awards for Six Women Scholars at Colleges and Universities
Jun. 13, 2019 - The honorees are Phyllis Worthy Dawkins of Bennett College in North Carolina, Jessica Jensen of North Dakota State University, Kim LaScola Needy of the University of Arkansas, Diana Fishbein of Pennsylvania State University, Maria Shirey of the University of Alabama at Birmingham , and Margaret Readdy of the University of - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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Fordham University Creates Oral History Project on Its First Women Undergraduate Students [6.14.2019]
Last summer, Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, initiated the Thomas More College Oral History Project in honor of the 50-year anniversary of the first graduating class of Fordham’s liberal arts college for women. The oral histories are now available on the university’s website. The project was supported by Fordham faculty and run by […]
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In Memoriam: Susan Parker Bloom, 1938-2019 [6.14.2019]
From 1986-2005, Professor Bloom directed the graduate program in Children’s Literature and the Center for the Study of Children’s Literature at Simmons University in Boston.
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Four Women to Serve as Provosts at Major Universities [6.13.2019]
Recently appointed to positions as provosts are Robyn Hannigan at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, Carol Parker at New Mexico State University, Wanda Coneal at Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Farrah Jackson Ward at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina.
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Thirteen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities [6.13.2019]
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
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Julie White Named President of Pierce College Fort Steilacoom in Washington State [6.12.2019]
Currently, Dr. White serves as senior vice president of student engagement and learning support at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York. She has conducted extensive research on strategies to reduce sexual assault on college campuses.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [6.11.2019]
Each week, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [6.11.2019]
Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
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Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education [6.10.2019]
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
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Four Women Who Have Stepped Down From Their Posts at Colleges and Universities [6.10.2019]
The four women who have retired from their posts in higher education are Tommie Stewart at Alabama State University, Diane Windham Shaw at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania, Filomina C. Steady at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, and Alfreda Horton at the University of Southern Mississippi.
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In Memoriam: Patricia Telles-Irvin, 1955-2019 [6.7.2019]
Patricia Telles-Irvin was vice president for student affairs at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Before coming to Northwestern in 2011, Dr. Telles-Irvin served as vice president for student affairs at the University of Florida for seven years. Earlier in her career, she served in various roles at Florida International University.
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The University of New Mexico Installs Two Historic Markers Highlighting Important Women in New Mexican History [6.7.2019]
The markers have been in the works since 2006, when a group of women discovered that none of the 500 markers throughout the state of New Mexico recognized the accomplishments of women in the state.
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In Memoriam: Alice Schoenfeld, 1921-2019 [6.7.2019]
A native of Yugoslavia, Professor Schoenfeld made her professional music debut with the Berlin Philharmonic at age 10. She immigrated to the United States with her sister, Eleonore Schoenfeld, in 1952. Both sisters joined the faculty at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music in 1959.
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Ten Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions at American Educational Institutions [6.7.2019]
Here is a large group of women who recently have been appointed to dean positions at educational institutions across the United States.
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Nancy Cartwright is the First Woman to Receive the Carl Gustav Hempel Award [6.6.2019]
Nancy Cartwright, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the University of California, San Diego, is the first woman recipient of the Carl Gustav Hempel Award from the Philosophy of Science Association. Dr. Cartwright’s current research specializes in philosophy and methodology of the social sciences with special attention to economics.
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Ten Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New or Expanded Roles in the Academic World [6.6.2019]
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
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Joan Richtsmeier is the 2019 Recipient of the Henry Gray Scientific Achievement Award [6.6.2019]
The award is the American Association of Anatomists’s most prestigious scientific award, presented annually to a member in recognition of unique and meritorious contributions and achievements in the field. Dr. Richtsmeier is a distinguished professor of anthropology at Pennsylvania State University
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New Administrative Positions in Higher Education for 14 Women [6.6.2019]
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
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Three University Women Honored With Prestigious Awards [6.6.2019]
The honorees are Crisann McCloy, a senior financial and business analyst at the University of Kentucky, Stacy Goad Williams, a research associate professor and director of the Center for Training Transportation Professionals at the University of Arkansas, and Margaret H. Wright, Silver Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at New York University.
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A Trio of Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Major Universities [6.6.2019]
The three new holders of endowed chairs are Gabriela Gonzalez at Louisiana State University, Laura Nasrallah at Yale Divinity School, and Julia Liss at Scripps College in Claremont, California.
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Study Finds Colleges’ Sexual Assault Prevention Programs Are More Effective Those Used by Businesses [6.5.2019]
The researchers from the University of Texas at Arlington and the University of New Hampshire found that in a college setting the programs that were more interactive were more effective. By contrast, many businesses tend to minimalize interventions — either by limiting them to a single meeting during employee initiation or online.
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Susan Fritz Will Be the First Woman to Lead the University of Nebraska-Lincoln [6.5.2019]
Dr. Fritz began her career in higher education in 1989 as an instructor in the university’s department of agricultural leadership, education, and communications. In 2011, Dr. Fritz joined the central administration of the university as associate vice president for academic affairs. She was named interim provost in 2014 and was later promoted to the senior position on a permanent basis.
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When More Women are Involved in Decision-Making, Groups Environmentally Conserve More [6.5.2019]
According to a new study from the University of Colorado at Boulder, when more women are involved in group decisions about land management, the group conserves more, particularly when offered financial incentives to do so.
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Laurie Stenberg Nichols to Lead Black Hills State University in South Dakota [6.5.2019]
Dr. Nichols has served as the first woman president of the University of Wyoming for the past three years. From 2009 to 2016 she served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at South Dakota State University. She is expected to serve as interim president of Black Hills State University for the next year.
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