Breaking News
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Summer Johnson McGee Appointed President of Salem Academy and College in North Carolina
Jun. 23, 2021 - Dr. McGee is the founding and current dean of the School of Health Sciences at the University of New Haven in West Haven, Connecticut. Before joining the University of New Haven, Dr. McGee served on the faculty of Loyola University Chicago, the University of Kansas School of Medicine, and Albany Medical College. -
Northeastern University Throws a Lifeline to Mills College
Jun. 23, 2021 - In March 2021, Mills College, a liberal arts educational institution for women in Oakland, California, that was founded in 1853, announced plans to end degree programs and transition to an academic institute. Now Northeastern University in Boston has made a proposal to bring Mills College into its global community. -
Prescott College in Arizona Names Barbara Morris as Its New President
Jun. 23, 2021 - Barbara Morris currently serves as associate vice provost and associate vice chancellor for academic affairs for the State University System of New York. Prior to her current role at SUNY, Dr. Morris served as president of SUNY Oneonta. Earlier, she spent 15 years on the faculty at the University of Redlands in California. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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How Women Undergraduate Students Were Impacted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jun. 23, 2021 - A new report from the U.S. Department of Education finds that more than 86 percent of all women undergraduates reported that they had experienced enrollment disruptions due to the pandemic. Some 4.4 percent of women said they withdrew from their college or university and 3.8 percent of all women undergraduate -
Oregon State University Scholars Explore How to Get More Women Students in Advanced Economic Courses
Jun. 23, 2021 - The study examined whether mass emails telling introductory economic students about promising career and earning opportunities helped increase women's participation in higher-level economics courses. But these emails appealed more to male students, increasing male enrollment and widening the existing gender gap. -
Are Campus Bystander Intervention Programs Effective in Reducing Sexual Assault?
Jun. 23, 2021 - A recent study led by Heather Hensman Kettrey, an assistant professor of sociology at Clemson University in South Carolina, finds that bystander intervention programs are not as effective as college and university administrators had hoped they would be in reducing the number of sexual assaults on campus. - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Seven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New University Faculty Assignments
Jun. 24, 2021 - 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, have been assigned new duties, or have been promoted. -
New Administrative Appointments for Eight Women at Colleges and Universities
Jun. 24, 2021 - Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. -
Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Posts in Higher Education
Jun. 24, 2021 - Taking on new positions as diversity officers are M. Cristina Alcalde at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, Vicki T. Sapp at the State University of New York at Fredonia, Teresa Ramey at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, Kia Lilly Caldwell at Washington University in St. Louis. - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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Two Women Academics Awarded Pulitzer Prizes
Jun. 24, 2021 - Natalie Diaz, an associate professor of English at Arizona State University, has been awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and Marcia Chatelain, a professor of history and African American studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., won the Pulitzer Prize in history. -
Berkeley’s Jennifer Tour Chayes Honored by the Association for Computing Machinery
Jun. 24, 2021 - Dr. Chayes, a professor, dean, and associate provost for the Division of Computing, Data Science, and Society at the University of California, Berkeley, was honored for her effective leadership, mentorship, and dedication to diversity during her distinguished career of computer science research, teaching, and institution building. -
Sophie Dumont Wins the $250,000 Byers Award for Basic Science
Jun. 24, 2021 - Sophie Dumont is an associate professor of bioengineering at the University of California, San Franciso. Her lab focuses on the spindle, a “machine” operating in the middle of the cell to segregate chromosomes and ensures each new cell receives a full set of the genome to perform its function in - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Positions [6.24.2021]
Malinda Maynor Lowery was named the Cahoon Family Professor in American History at Emory University in Atlanta. Maya Tolstoy has been named the Maggie Walker Dean of the College of the Environment at the University of Washington and Ayoka Chenzira was named a Diana King Endowed Professor in Film and Filmmaking, Television and Related Media at Spelman College in Atlanta.
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Kimberly Ballard-Washington Is the New President of Savannah State University in Georgia [6.23.2021]
Kimberly Ballard-Washington has served as interim president since July 2019. Earlier, she was associate vice chancellor for legal affairs for the University System of Georgia and is the former associate director of legal affairs for the flagship campus of the University of Georgia in Athens.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [6.22.2021]
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 [6.22.2021]
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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New Legislation Creates the Nation’s First Woman-Focused University System [6.21.2021]
The legislation, signed into law by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, paves the way for the newly created Texas Woman’s University System to enhance operations, expand programming, accelerate community and corporate partnerships, increase philanthropy and have a greater impact on the state’s workforce.
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New Mexico State University Will Be the New Home of the Journal Chicana/Latina Studies [6.21.2021]
Chicana/Latina Studies: The Journal of Mujeres Activas en Letras y Cambio Social began at the University of California at Davis in 1991. It is currently housed at the University of Texas in San Antonio.
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Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education [6.18.2021]
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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Five Women Who Are Taking on New Faculty Roles at Major Universities [6.18.2021]
Taking on new faculty assignments are Jodi Byrd at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Liza Comita at Yale University School of the Environment, Stacy Creel at the University of Southern Mississippi, Michelle Scherer at the University of Iowa, and Beth Wahler at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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Six Women Appointed to Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities [6.17.2021]
Taking on new administrative roles are Janelle Neubauer at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Massachusetts, Yolanda Smith at Tufts University in Massachusetts, Andrea Bordeau at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Virginia McMath at Parkland College in Illinois, Alanna Shanahan at the University of Pennsylvania, and Carey Anne Zucca at Skidmore College in New York.
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Three Women Scholars Recognized by the Organization Sociologists for Women in Society [6.17.2021]
The honorees are Brittany Pearl Battle, an assistant professor in the sociology department at Wake Forest University, Mary Romero, a professor emerita in the School of Social Transformation at Arizona State University, and Heather Laube, an associate professor of sociology at the University of Michigan-Flint.
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A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions [6.17.2021]
The new deans are Kathleen Guzman at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, Kymberly Pinder at the Yale School of Art, Mary Ellen Poole at the Collge of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and Henrietta Williams Pichon at the new College of Health, Education and Social Transformation at New Mexico State University.
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Jessica Marie Johnson of Johns Hopkins University Wins Book Award [6.17.2021]
Jessica Marie Johnson, an assistant professor of history at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, has won the Kemper and Leila Williams Prize in Louisiana History. The honor is bestowed by The Historic New Orleans Collection and the Louisiana Historical Association.
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American Heart Association Honors Emory University Scholar Nanette K. Wenger [6.17.2021]
The Nanette K. Wenger Award for Best Scientific Publication on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in Women was recently created by the American heart Association to recognize Dr. Wenger’s monumental work and inspire continued research innovation and discovery.
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Four Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Major Universities [6.17.2021]
The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Daphna Shohamy at Columbia University in New York City, Thavolia Glymph at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, Millicent Sullivan at the University of Delaware, and Rachel Mindrup at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Three Women Appointed to Diversity Roles in Higher Education [6.17.2021]
Taking on new duties in diversity equity, and inclusion are Andrea Guzman at the University of Central Florida, Leah Cox at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Meshea L. Poore of West Virginia University, who was elected president of the Big 12 Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education.
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Georgetown University Task Force Issues Report on Gender Equity in Faculty and Staff [6.16.2021]
As is the case with many research universities, the percentage of women faculty members drops in higher ranks. The report found similar rates of tenure, retention, and compensation. Men tended to receive higher start-up packages than women.
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Contra Costa Community College in California Appoints Tia Robinson-Cooper as President [6.16.2021]
Dr. Robinson most recently served as the provost and vice-president of academic affairs/chief academic officer at Inver Hills Community College, a campus of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities.
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Academic Study Finds That Men Tend to Make More Extreme Decisions Than Women [6.16.2021]
A new study by scholars at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland and the University of Sydney in Australia finds that men tend to make decisions that are more on the extreme while women are more likely to make moderate decisions. The authors note that the more extreme decisions of men can result in both positive and negative outcomes.
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Dione Somerville is the New President of Owens Community College in Perrysburg, Ohio [6.16.2021]
Dr. Somerville has held leadership positions at Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine, Lorain County Community College, Iowa State University, Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania, and most recently Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa, where she was executive vice president.
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Depression Among Pregnant Women Spiked at the Onset of the Pandemic [6.16.2021]
For the study, Stanford researchers assessed pregnant women both before and after coronavirus-triggered lockdowns took effect in March 2020. In the pre-pandemic group, one in four women showed signs of possible depression. In the post-pandemic group, that figure jumped to more than half of the women surveyed.
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Dana Nichols Selected to Lead Georgia Highlands College [6.16.2021]
Dr. Nichols has served as provost and chief academic officer at the college since 2018. Earlier, she was vice president for academic affairs at Chattanooga State Community College and was an associate professor of both English and Spanish at Gainesville State College, which is now a campus of the University of North Georgia.
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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [6.15.2021]
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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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [6.15.2021]
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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