Breaking News
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Kayse Shrum Will Be the First Woman President of Oklahoma State University
Apr. 7, 2021 - Dr. Shrum has served as president of the Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences in Tulsa since 2013. A the time of her appointment, she was the youngest and first woman president and dean of a medical school in the state of Oklahoma. -
Dipti Itchhaporia Is the New President of the American College of Cardiology
Apr. 7, 2021 - Itchhaporia is an interventional cardiologist who holds the Eric and Sheila Samson Endowed Chair in Cardiovascular Health and is the director of disease management for the Jeffrey M. Carlton Heart and Vascular Institute in Newport Beach, California. She is an associate professor of medicine at the University of California, Irvine. -
Joanne Li Selected to Lead the University of Nebraska-Omaha
Apr. 7, 2021 - Dr. Li is currently the dean, professor of finance, and holds the Ryder Eminent Scholar Chair in Business in the College of Business at Florida International University in Miami. After her appointment as the priority candidate, she must undergo a 30-day public vetting period before her appointment as chancellor can be made official. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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Census Data Shows Women Making Snail-Like Progress in Business Ownership
Apr. 7, 2021 - Women-owned firms made up only 19.9 percent of all firms that employed people in the United States in 2018. Women-owned firms earned an average of $1.6 million in sales, shipments, or revenue; male-owned firms' earnings were double that at $3.2 million. -
Women Are Closing the Gap in Enrollments in Graduate Degree Programs in STEM and Health Fields
Apr. 7, 2021 - Men still outnumber women in master's and doctoral degree programs as well as in postdoctoral researchers in STEM and health disciplines at U.S. academic institutions. But new data from the National Science Foundation shows that women are closing the gender gap. -
Tracking the Progress of Women Ladder Faculty at Yale University
Apr. 7, 2021 - The number of women ladder faculty in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and Yale’s professional schools has almost doubled, from 612 in 2008 to 1,174 in 2020. But women still make up a small percentage of ladder faculty in STEM disciplines. - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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New Assignments or Roles for Eight Women Who Serve as University Faculty Members
Apr. 9, 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 or have been assigned new duties. -
Six Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Major Universities
Apr. 9, 2021 - The six women appointed to dean posts are Marie T. Nolan at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Dana A. Williams at Howard University in Washington, D.C., Angie Kamath at New York University, Ann E. Auston at Michigan State University, Rachel Tolbert Kimbro at Rice University in Houston, and Deborah Berke -
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Nine Women to Administrative Positions
Apr. 8, 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. - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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Rutgers University’s Nancy Sinkoff Wins the National Jewish Book Award for Biography
Apr. 8, 2021 - Professor Sinkoff was honored for her biography of Lucy S. Dawidowicz (1915–1990) who was a trailblazing historian in the field now known as Holocaust studies. -
American Society of Church History Recognizes University of Notre Dame Scholar
Apr. 8, 2021 - Katie Bugyis, an assistant professor in the program of liberal studies at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, has been awarded the Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize from the American Society of Church History. The award honors outstanding scholarship in the history of Christianity by a first-time -
Kimberly Blaeser Honored by the Native Writers Circle of the Americas for Lifetime Achievement
Apr. 8, 2021 - A faculty member affiliated with the English department and the American Indian Studies Program, Professor Blaeser specializes in poetry and creative nonfiction writing. An award-winning poet, Dr. Blaeser has published eight books including five poetry collections as well as short stories, creative nonfiction, and scholarship. - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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Judson College Alumnae Have Stepped Up to Save the Women’s College in Alabama [4.12.2021]
Over the month of March, the “All In for Judson” campaign brought in a total of $1,255,273 in statements of financial support from friends, alumnae, and students. Alumnae donated more than half of the total. As a result, the college’s board of trustees approved an operating budget for the 2021-22 academic year.
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Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education [4.12.2021]
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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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [4.12.2021]
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 [4.12.2021]
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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In Memoriam: Janice Marie Portman, 1953-2021 [4.9.2021]
Dr. Poorman served for 28 years in numerous positions at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, including associate dean of the Graduate School, director of formation and field education, and professor of the practice in the department of theology.
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Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, Announces the Hiring of Three Women to Tenure-Track Positions [4.8.2021]
The three women hired to tenure-track posts at the highly-rated liberal arts college are Kirisitina Sailiata in American studies, Maria Fedorova in Russian studies, and Hannah Kim in philosophy.
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Three Women Appointed to Diversity Positions in Higher Education [4.8.2021]
The three women taking on diversity roles at universities are Laura Jack at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, Brandi Elliott at the University of Cincinnati, and Nefertiti Walker at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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In Memoriam: Jean Harmon Langenheim, 1925-2021 [4.7.2021]
Professor Langenheim was a plant ecologist and leading authority on amber and plant resins. Her investigations included fieldwork on five continents. A woman of many “firsts”, Dr. Lanenheim taught at the University of California, Santa Cruz from 1966 to 1994.
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Four Women Who Are Stepping Down From High-Level University Positions [4.5.2021]
The four women who are leaving their current posts are Carolyn Walters at Indiana University, Valerie Hotchkiss at Vanderbilt University. Sarah-Jane Leslie at Princeton University, and Nancy McKenzie Dupont at the University of Mississippi.
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Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education [4.5.2021]
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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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [4.5.2021]
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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Six Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education [4.5.2021]
The scholars in new roles are Terrah Foster Akard at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Terrah Foster Akard at Trident University International, Rachel Bean at Cornell University, Kim Fagan at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Ijeoma Opara at Yale University, and Kimberly Hall at Mississippi State University.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [4.5.2021]
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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In Memoriam: Frances Degen Horowitz, 1932-2021 [4.2.2021]
Dr. Horowitz served as president of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York from 1991 to 2005. Earlier, Dr. Horowitz distinguished herself as a developmental psychologist and administrator at the University of Kansas.
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Six Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions in Higher Education [4.2.2021]
The women appointed to dean posts are Pamela R. Jeffries at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Indy Burke at Yale University, Rhea Ballard-Thrower at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Diane Ring at Boston College Law School, Trisha Clement-Montgomery at the University of Kentucky, and Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh at Butler University in Indianapolis.
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Elena Litchman Recognized by the Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography [4.1.2021]
Elena Litchman is a professor of aquatic ecology at Michigan State University. She joined the faculty at Michigan State in 2005. Dr. Litchman is perhaps best known for her seminal work developing a trait-based approach for the study of plankton ecology.
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Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions in Higher Education [4.1.2021]
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
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Deborah Wiebe Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Work in Child and Family Health [4.1.2021]
The Society of Behavioral Medicine honored Dr. Wiebe of the University of California, Merced for a lifetime of dedication to the pursuit of outstanding high-quality research, mentoring, and teaching in the field of child and family health.
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A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships [4.1.2021]
The four women appointed to endowed professorships are Victoria O’Keefe at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Carol Gregorio at the University of Arizona, Katharine Hayhoe at Texas Tech University, and Ana Ramos-Zayas at Yale University.
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Washington State University Scholar Honored for Her Work on Late Roman Art [4.1.2021]
Hallie Meredith, a teaching assistant professor of fine arts at Washington State University, received the William R. Levin Award for Research in the History of Art before 1750 from SECAC, formerly the Southeastern College Art Conference.
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Four Universities Announce the Appointments of Women to Diversity Posts [4.1.2021]
The four women who have been named to diversity positions are Marietta Vázquez, at the Yale School of Medicine, Damita Davis at the College of Brockport of the State University of New York System, Lorna Hernandez Jarvis at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, and Sarah Walker at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Women in Sports Continue to Be Ignored by Mainstream Television New Shows [3.31.2021]
The authors have analyzed coverage of women’s sports in televised sports news shows for three decades. They have found “little change in the quantitative apportionment of coverage of women’s and men’s sports over the past 30 years.” Of all the sports news showed watched by researchers, 80 percent had no stories whatsoever about women’s sports.
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Texas Christian University’s Deepti Chadee to Lead the Association of College Unions International [3.31.2021]
Deepti Chadee is the director of the senior year experience at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth. She has held that post since January 2019. Earlier, she served for eight years as associate director of student activities and special events at Texas A&M University-Commerce.
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