“This encyclopedia comes at a time when matters related to gender and education are increasingly fraught and urgent in the United States and globally and is an invaluable resource for anyone looking to understand how gender shapes educational experiences and outcomes,” said co-editor Sherry Deckman of the City University of New York.

The three women promoted to full professor at Hamilton College in New York are Kate Brown in physics, Courtney Gibbons in mathematics and statistics, and Pavitra Sundar in literature and creative writing.

In 1965, Dr. Huang became the first woman hired to a tenure-track professorship in the physical sciences at Johns Hopkins University. An expert in genetics, she authored more than 300 papers, held 16 patents, and mentored more than 100 students and postdocs throughout her lifetime.

The women who have been appointed to new academic leadership roles are Kyna Shelley, Michelle Gray, Christi Brookes, Shirley Clark, Ruth Varner, Janette Kim, Amy Eyler, Stephanie King, and Rima Nakkash.

Dr. Andrei, a distinguished professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey, was honored for her foundational work that established the field of twistronics, an emerging scientific discipline based on the method of combining and twisting two or more atomically thin layers stacked on top of each other.

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new dean 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.

Dr. Mayeri's award-winning book, Marital Privilege: Marriage, Inequality, and the Transformation of American Law, examines how the privileged legal status of marriage survived decades of constitutional struggle and social change.

The appointments are Keiko Price Carter at Emory University, Alma Parada at Stanford University, Melissa Mason-Montgomery at Alcorn State University, Sarah Higgins at the University of South Florida, Priya Harjani at Northwestern University, Lisa Wilkins at Berkeley City College, Lani Fortier at the University of New Hampshire, and Kristin Roberts at Auburn University.

Dr. Solomon has taught environmental studies at MIT since 2012. She is known for her seminal work on ozone layer depletion, CO₂ emissions, and climate change, which has greatly influenced global climate negotiations.

The women who have been selected for endowed faculty appointments are Maria Geisinger at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Indira U. Mysorekar at Pennsylvania State University, Triparna Sen at Ohio State University, and Jennifer Lemke at the University of Nebraska Omaha.

The five women appointed to chair academic departments at the University of Notre Dame are Ying ‘Alison’ Cheng in psychology; Emilia Justyna Powell in political science; Marisel Moreno in romance languages and literatures; Anne García-Romero in film, television, and theatre; and Dianne Pinderhughes in Africana studies.

Dr. Soufleris, a three-time alumna of the State University of New York System, has more than 35 years of higher education experience spanning student affairs, enrollment management, retention, and student success initiatives.