Breaking News
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Peggy Valentine Appointed to Lead Fayetteville State University in North Carolina
Jul. 17, 2019 - Dr. Valentine has been serving as dean of the School of Health Sciences at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina. Her research focuses on homeless and minority health issues. Dr. Valentine is the founding editor-in-chief for the Journal of Best Practices in Health Professions Diversity. -
Patricia Hsieh Selected as the Next President of Hartnell College in Salinas, California
Jul. 17, 2019 - Dr. Hsieh has spent the last 14 years as president of San Diego Miramar College, one of three institutions that make up the San Diego Community College District. Earlier in her career, she held executive posts at Sacramento City College, San Bernardino Valley College and Moorpark College, all in California. -
Sandra Fowler-Hill Is the New Leader of Clark College in Vancouver, Washington
Jul. 17, 2019 - Sandra Fowler-Hill has been named interim president of Clark College in Vancouver, Washington. Last year, Dr. Fowler-Hill retired as president of the Rock Creek campus of Portland Community College in Oregon. Earlier in her career, Dr. Fowler-Hill served for 19 years in various leadership roles at Olympic College in Bremerton, Washington. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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The Economic and Educational Status of Women One Year After Earning Their Bachelor’s Degree
Jul. 17, 2019 - One year after earning their bachelor's degrees, 24.6 percent of women were enrolled in graduate education compared to 20.4 percent of men. Some 14.1 percent of women were both enrolled in graduate programs and were employed compared to 10 percent of men. -
A Simple Explanation for the Gender Gap in High-Level Mathematics
Jul. 17, 2019 - In school, girls do just as well as boys in mathematics. A new study by scholars at the Paris School of Economics and Paris Dauphine University finds that the reason for the lower participation rate of women in high-level mathematics may be rather simple: They are better at reading and -
Study Finds That Women Doctors Are Often Perceived as Nurses by Hospital Patients
Jul. 17, 2019 - After surveying a large group of patients in an emergency room setting, researchers found that 42 percent of patients thought women doctors were nurses. Both male and female patients had the same level of perception of the role of women physicians in an emergency room setting. - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Dora Clayton-Jones Named President of the International Association of Sickle Cell Nurses and Professional Associates
Jul. 18, 2019 - Dr. Clayton-Jones currently serves as an assistant professor in the College of Nursing at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She has also taught at the Medical College of Wisconsin, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Baylor University, Milwaukee Area Technical College, and Concordia University. -
New Administrative Positions in Higher Education for 11 Women
Jul. 18, 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. -
Princeton University Announces the Promotion of Six Women Faculty Members
Jul. 18, 2019 - The six women scholars who received promotions are Dara Strolovitch in gender and sexuality studies, Jessica Delgado in religion, Irene V. Small in art and archaeology, Bridgett vonHoldt in molecular biology, Mengdi Wange in operations research and financial engineering, and Claire White in civil and environmental engineering. - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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Jessica Hooten Wilson Honored by the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture
Jul. 18, 2019 - Jessica Hooten Wilson, an associate professor of literature and creative writing at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, has been selected to receive the 2019 Hiett Prize in the Humanities. The award, which includes a $50,000 prize, recognizes accomplishment and potential in the humanities by a young scholar. -
Three Women Scholars to Receive Lillian Smith Book Awards
Jul. 18, 2019 - The Southern Regional Council in conjunction with the University of Georgia, Piedmont College and the Georgia Center for the Book have announced three winners of the 2019 Lillian Smith Book Awards. The three winners are all women with current academic affiliations: Rachel Devlin, Virginia Eubanks, and Vanessa Siddle Walker. -
Mississippi State University Scholar’s Book to Be Honored by the American Sociological Association
Jul. 18, 2019 - Margaret A. Hagerman, an assistant professor of sociology at Mississippi State University, has been selected to receive the 2019 William J. Goode Book Award, which is given each year to a research-based book on the sociological study of families. - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho, Appoints Four Women to Dean Positions [7.18.2019]
Thew new deans are LoriAnn Sanchez for the College of Education. Judy Marlett for the College of Arts & Humanities, Lawanna Lancaster for the College of Behavioral & Social Sciences, and Jamee Nixon for the College of Engineering, Mathematics, & Sciences.
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Cheryl Evans Jones Appointed Acting President of Paine College in Augusta, Georgia [7.17.2019]
Dr. Jones first joined the Paine College faculty in 1993 as an assistant professor of psychology. She later went on to become an associate professor and earned tenure. In 2014, she served as Paine’s acting provost and vice president for academic affairs.
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In Memoriam: Carol Becker Lynch, 1942-2019 [7.17.2019]
In 1973, Dr. Lynch joined the faculty at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. She taught biology there for almost 20 years. In 1992, Dr. Lynch accepted an appointment as dean of the Graduate School, vice chancellor for research, and professor of ecological and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [7.16.2019]
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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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [7.16.2019]
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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In Memoriam: Carol Wolfe Konek, 1934-2019 [7.15.2019]
Dr. Konek was associate dean of the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wichita State University in Kansas for 19 years. She served on the faculty of the English department and the women’s studies department for 35 years until her retirement in 2005.
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National Institutes of Health Director Will Refuse to Serve on All-Male Academic Panels [7.15.2019]
While there has been much talk about how to expand the participation of women speakers at academic conferences, Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health is actually doing something about it. Recently Dr. Collins announced that he would no longer participate on academic panels where women were not represented.
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In Memoriam: Marie Borroff, 1923-2019 [7.12.2019]
In 1959, Dr. Borroff became the first woman appointed to Yale’s department of English. In 1965, she was named a full professor of English, making her one of the first two women granted tenure in any department of Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
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Two Women Scholars Named to Provost Positions at State Universities [7.12.2019]
Melody Tankersley has been named interim senior vice president and provost at Kent State University in Ohio and Angela Peters was appointed provost and vice president of academic affairs at Albany State University in Georgia.
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Five Women Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Williams College in Massachusetts [7.12.2019]
The five women scholars appointed to endowed chairs at Williams College are Elizabeth McGowan in art, Joy James in the humanities, Helga Druxes in social studies, Laylah Ali in art, and Soledad Fox in Spanish and comparative literature.
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Ten Women Scholars Appointed to New Academic Posts in Higher Education [7.12.2019]
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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Colby College Historian Elizabeth D. Leonard Wins Book Award [7.11.2019]
Elizabeth D. Leonard, the John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, has been selected to receive the Thomas D. Clark Medallion from the Thomas D. Clark Foundation. She is being honored for her book on slavery in Kentucky.
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Eight Women Who Have Been Selected for Dean Positions in Higher Education [7.11.2019]
The new deans are Lisa D. Ordonez at UC-San Diego, Kristina Odejimi at Bowdoin College, Kathryn Lively at Dartmouth College, Sandra Brown at Southern University, Marianne Lewis at the University of Cincinnati, Laurie Grubbs at Florida State, Joy Williamson-Lott at the University of Washington, and Stephanie J. Rowley at Teachers College of Columbia University.
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Cynthia Owsley Honored for Her 30-Year Career in Vision Impairment Research [7.11.2019]
Cynthia Owsley, who holds the Nathan E. Miles Chair of Ophthalmology and is the director of the Clinical Research Unit of the department of ophthalmology and visual sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is being recognized by the nonprofit organization Prevent Blindness.
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Eleven Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Positions at Colleges and Universities [7.11.2019]
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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University of Wyoming Scholar Honored by the Geological Society of America [7.11.2019]
Dr. Lau joined the faculty at the University of Wyoming in 2018. She specializes in biogeochemistry, and her research focuses on investigating the causes of environmental changes in Earth’s history.
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A Large Group of Women Faculty Receive Promotions and Tenure at Texas Woman’s University [7.11.2019]
Texas Woman’s University in Denton, Texas, enrolls 15,520 students in its co-educational undergraduate and graduate programs, 87.9% being female.
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Most Academic Conferences in Biology Do Not Have Codes of Conduct Governing Sexual Harassment [7.10.2019]
In examining nearly 200 conferences in the United States and Canada, researchers found that less than one quarter had developed a code of conduct for attendees. Of those conferences that did have a code of conduct, slightly more than half mentioned sexual harassment or sexual misconduct.
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The First Woman to Lead George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia [7.10.2019]
Anne Holton served as Virginia Secretary of Education from 2014 to 2016. She has been a visiting professor in both the Schar School of Policy and Government and the College of Education and Human Development at George Mason University since May 2017. Holton is the wife and the daughter of former governors of Virginia.
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For the First Time, Women Now Make Up a Majority of the College-Educated U.S. Workforce [7.10.2019]
Each year since the 1981-82 academic year, women have earned more bachelor’s degrees than men. By 2007, the number of women with a college degree surpassed the number of men with a college degree for the first time. In 2019, women now make up a majority of all workers who hold a college degree.
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Wanda Brown Takes Over as President of the American Library Association [7.10.2019]
Wanda Brown, the director of library services at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, is the new president of the American Library Association. Founded in 1853, the ALA is the largest library association in the world with more than 57,000 members.
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Women May Be Better Leaders Then Men in Crises Where Outcomes Are Predictable [7.10.2019]
A study led by a professor of management at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, finds that women with stong interpersonal skills are better leaders in crises where there is a clear path to solve the problem. But workers may be more trusting of men when the path to a solution is not apparent.
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Leslie Ward Appointed to Lead the Vermont College of Fine Arts [7.10.2019]
President Ward has had an extensive career in management consulting and strategic planning. She holds a master of fine arts degree in writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and an MBA from Harvard University.
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