Breaking News
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Anita Mahadevan-Jansen Elected to the Presidential Track of SPIE
Aug. 21, 2019 - Dr. Mahadevan-Jansen currently serves as the Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Engineering and director of the Biophotonics Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. She will become president of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics in 2022. -
Kathie Stromile Golden Is the New Provost of Mississippi Valley State University
Aug. 21, 2019 - Most recently, Dr. Golden served as director of international programs and special assistant to the President's Office at MVSU. Prior to that, she served as MVSU's associate vice president for academic affairs. -
Three Former Deans Settle Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Against the Arizona Board of Regents
Aug. 21, 2019 - Three women scholars, who were former deans at the University of Arizona, recently settled a $2 million lawsuit against the Arizona Board of Regents. The women claimed that they were discriminated against because of their gender and were paid significantly less than some of their male colleagues. The case began in January 2018 when Patricia […] - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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U.S. Census Data Shows the Vast Majority of Women With Advanced Degrees Return to Work After Having Children
Aug. 21, 2019 - The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 71.2 percent of women with a graduate or professional degree who gave birth within the past year had returned to work, compared to 60.9 percent of women with a bachelor's degree and 38.6 percent of women with only a high school diploma. -
Study Finds College-Educated Women Tend to Drink More Alcohol Than Their Less Educated Peers
Aug. 21, 2019 - A study by scholars at Iowa State University found that college-educated women across all groups were more likely to drink, and drank more days per month than less educated women. The results also found that 26 percent of women who were moderate drinkers while their children were home became heavy -
University of Virginia to Lead Multi-Year Study on Autism Differences Between Boys and Girls
Aug. 21, 2019 - Currently, there is a lack of information about autism's manifestation in girls, and boys are four times as likely to be diagnosed with the condition. This means that many girls are never diagnosed and could be missing out on beneficial interventions. - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Nine Women Faculty Members Who Are Assuming New Roles in Academia
Aug. 22, 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. -
A Trio of Women Scholars Appointed to Positions as Deans
Aug. 22, 2019 - Taja-Nia Henderson has been named dean of the Graduate School at Rutgers University. Nancy Allbritton has been named dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Washington and Jeannine Dingus-Eason was named dean of education at Rhode Island College. -
New Administrative Appointments for Thirteen Women in Higher Education
Aug. 22, 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. - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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Diane Goldstein Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from International Society for Contemporary Legend Research
Aug. 22, 2019 - Diane Goldstein is a professor of folklore in the department of folklore and ethnomusicology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University. Previously she served on the faculty at the Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada for 24 years, culminating in her appointment as a University Research Professor. -
National Association of Fellowships Advisors Names Inaugural Service Award After Suzanne McCray
Aug. 22, 2019 - Dr. McCray currently serves as an associate professor of higher education in the College of Education and Health Professions and vice provost for enrollment at the University of Arkansas. Earlier, She was associate dean of the Honors College and director of the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards at the University -
Sreekala Bajwa Wins Academic Leadership Award From the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Aug. 22, 2019 - Dr. Bajwa currently serves as dean of the College of Agriculture, director of the Montana Agriculture Experiment Station, and vice president of agriculture at Montana State University. - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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Five Women Join the Faculty at Colorado College [8.22.2019]
Colorado College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Colorado Springs, has announced that it has added 14 new tenure-track faculty members. Five of these new faculty members are women. They are Rachel Montgomery Paupeck, Florencia Rojo, Danielle Porter Sanchez, Monica Sanchez, and Sarah Schanz.
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In Memoriam: Ann Snitow, 1943-2019 [8.21.2019]
In 1972, Ann Snitow, co-founded the gender studies program at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She also twice founded gender studies programs at The New School in New York City, where she taught for 30 years.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [8.20.2019]
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 [8.20.2019]
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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In Memoriam: Bonnie Mathies, 1942-2019 [8.19.2019]
In 1974, Dr. Mathies joined the instructional technology faculty in the College of Education and Human Services at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. In 2010, she was named dean of the Lake Campus in Celina, Ohio.
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University of Notre Dame Launches New Program to Increase Women’s Participation on Nonprofit Boards [8.19.2019]
The BRITE (Board Readiness Initiative to Empower) Women Project at the University of Notre Dame seeks to equip women with the skills they need to provide transformational nonprofit board leadership that benefits their communities.
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In Memoriam: Anne E. Monius, 1964-2019 [8.16.2019]
Anne E. Monius was a professor of South Asian religions at Harvard Divinity School. Dr. Monius specialized in the religious traditions of India. Her research focused on the practices and products of literary culture to reconstruct the history of religions in South Asia.
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New Exhibit Honors the 50th Anniversary of Coeducation at Yale College [8.16.2019]
On December 22, 1783, Yale President Ezra Stiles interviewed 12-year-old Lucinda Foote and was impressed with her intellect. According to his diary, Stiles “found her well fitted to be admitted into the Freshman Class, if it were not for her sex.”
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In Memoriam: Faye Duffy, 1958-2019 [8.16.2019]
Duffy joined the admissions staff at the University of Delaware in 1986. Over the course of her 33-year career, she organized a variety of admissions programs. She was responsible for revamping the transfer admissions process, resulting in a large increase in transfer enrollments.
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Toni Ivey and Stephanie Hathcock Appointed Co-Leaders of the School of Science and Mathematics Association [8.15.2019]
Toni Ivey is an associate professor of science education and Stephanie Hathcock is an assistant professor of science education at Oklahoma State University. They will serve as co-executive directors of the School of Science and Mathematics Association, which was founded in 1901.
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Karen Fischer Awarded the Harry Fielding Reid Medal by the Seismological Society of America [8.15.2019]
Karen M. Fischer, professor of Earth, environmental, and planetary sciences at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Fischer was honored for her pioneering research on Earth’s upper mantle structure and dynamics, the structure and evolution of continental lithosphere, and the dynamics of subduction systems.
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A Dozen Women Scholars Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education [8.15.2019]
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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Anne Cafer Wins Donald W. Littrell Award from the Community Development Society [8.15.2019]
Anne Cafer is an assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Mississippi. As an emerging leader in the community development field, Dr. Cafer combines research, teaching, and on-the-ground practitioner work in both the Mississippi Delta and several African countries.
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Five Women Named University Distinguished Professors at Michigan State University [8.15.2019]
The new University Distinguished Professors at Michigan State are Lalita Udpa in electrical and computer engineering, Ann Austin in education, Robin Buell in plant biology, Christina Chan in chemical engineering, biochemistry, and molecular biology, and Megan Donahue in physics and astronomy.
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Three Women Educators Recognized With Prestigious Awards [8.15.2019]
The honorees are Marina Picciotto, a professor of psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, Kay K. Sanders from the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Texas Christian University, and Stacey Ostby, co-director of the veterinary technology program at North Dakota State University.
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Fourteen Women Taking on New Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities [8.15.2019]
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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Study Finds Men Are Less Likely Than Women to Support Gender Equality [8.14.2019]
Support for gender equality has increased consistently over the last four decades, with a slowdown only in the 1990s. The last year of the survey, 2016, showed the highest rates of feelings of egalitarianism for almost all demographic groups.
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New Research Finds Surprising Link Between Pet Ownership and Women’s Health [8.14.2019]
For cancer, the researchers found that women, not men, were more likely to die from cancer if they kept a pet at home. Furthermore, the research found that this was trend was more pronounced among owners of birds or cats.
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Mary Francis Named Director of the University of Pennsylvania Press [8.14.2019]
Since 2015, Francis has served as the editorial director of the University of Michigan Press. Before that she spent more than 16 years at the University of California Press, serving as the executive editor for music, cinema, and media studies.
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Study Finds Link Between Stressful Events Among Middle-Aged Women and Memory Decline Later in Life [8.14.2019]
A new study led by Cynthia Munro, an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, has linked stressful life experiences among middle-aged women to greater memory decline in later life. The same trend was not found among men.
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Paige Comstock Cunningham Is the New Leader of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana [8.14.2019]
Dr. Cunningham is currently the executive director of The Center for Bioethics & Human Dignity at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. She has been a member of the board of trustees at Taylor University for 17 years and is stepping down as board chair to become interim president for the coming academic year.
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Chaudron Gille Is the New Provost at the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega [8.14.2019]
Dr. Gille has served as interim provost since November 2018. Before joining the staff at the University of North Georgia, Dr. Gille was a professor of French at Gainesville State College, which merged with the University of North Georgia in 2012.
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In Memoriam: Vivian Gussin Paley, 1929-2019 [8.14.2019]
Vivian Gussin Paley was a renowned educator, author, and researcher of early childhood education. She spent nearly a quarter-century at the University of Chicago.
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