The new deans are Tomiko Brown-Nagin at Stanford University in California, Katherine Reeves at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Wendy N. Nembhard at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, MiSchelle A. Edwards at Jarvis Christian University in Texas, Marie Ripoll at the University of Pittsburgh, and Erika C. Burt at Oakton College in Illinois.

Vanderbilt University's Shatema Threadcraft received two book awards from the American Political Science Association. Lisa Messeri of Yale University was honored by the Society for Cultural Anthropology and Fiona Cunningham of the University of Pennsylvania was honored by Cornell University.

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.

"Done well, simulation doesn't just teach skills. It shapes safer, more thoughtful clinicians," said Dr. Fogg, an associate professor and assistant dean at the Texas Woman's University College of Nursing. "When it's interprofessional, it prepares them to work as part of the collaborative healthcare teams patients depend on."

The women who have been appointed to endowed faculty positions are Uma Reddy at the Yale School of Medicine, Carolyn J. Anderson at the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Laura Murray-Kolb at Purdue University in Indiana.

In the 2024–2025 academic year, women earned 27 percent of the 8,108 total bachelor's degrees in physics awarded by U.S. institutions. This is the highest proportion on record and more than double women's representation in the early 1980s.

Dr. Barkley is slated to become the first woman president of Spoon River College on August 31. She comes to her new role from John Wood Community College in Quincy, Illinois, where she serves as vice president of academic and student affairs.

According to a large global study of nearly 545,000 couples from 29 high-income countries, relationships where women earn more than their male partners are 36 percent more likely to separate than male-breadwinner couples — particularly among couples with children.

Dr. Konan, a professor of economics and dean of the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, has been selected to serve as the university's interim provost. A faculty member for more than 30 years, she previously served as interim chancellor.

“The larger goal is not simply to build smaller keyboards,” notes Elizabeth Schumann, assistant teaching professor of music at Stanford University in California. “It is to create the evidence needed to advocate for better design and more equitable access to excellence.”

Dr. Glover has served as River Valley's chair of allied health programs for the past five years, overseeing the licensed practical nursing, respiratory therapy, radiological technology, and medical laboratory technician programs.

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.