Breaking News
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Jann Luciana Joseph Will Be the Next President of Georgia Gwinnett College
Apr. 17, 2019 - Currently, Dr. Joseph serves as interim chancellor of Indiana University South Bend. She was executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at the South Bend campus before she was asked to step into her current role. Earlier in her career, she served as dean of the College of Education at Eastern Michigan University. -
Rebecca Wyke Appointed President of the University of Maine at Augusta
Apr. 17, 2019 - Since 2017, Dr. Wyke has been serving as interim president of the Augusta campus. Earlier, she was vice chancellor for finance and administration for the University of Maine System. Prior to joining the University of Maine System, Dr. Wyke was the commissioner of the Department of Administration and Finance for the state of Maine. -
Alicia Harvey-Smith Selected as the New President of Pittsburgh Technical College
Apr. 17, 2019 - Currently, Dr. Harvey-Smith serves as the executive vice chancellor at Lone Star College in Houston, Texas. Earlier in her career she served as president of River Valley Community College in Claremont, New Hampshire, and as vice president of student affairs at Baltimore City Community College. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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Examining The Gender Gap in Attrition Rates for Students in Premed Classes
Apr. 17, 2019 - Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh discovered that women were dropping out of the premed track at higher rates than men. Furthermore, among women and men with identical grade point averages in premed courses, women dropped out of the premed track at a higher rate than men. -
Study Finds Vast Majority of College Campus Rapes Are Committed By Repeat Offenders
Apr. 17, 2019 - The results of the study by researchers at three universities found that just over 5 percent of college men have committed sexual assault and more than 87 percent of alcohol-involved sexual violence crimes were committed by serial offenders. -
Penn State Study Finds Girls Less Likely Than Boys to Be Encouraged by Parents to Study Computers
Apr. 17, 2019 - The results found that there is still a gender difference when it comes to parental support of academic studies in computing. However, on the bright side, nearly half of the participating students agreed that their high school teachers and counselors stressed the importance of computing skills. - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Two Women Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Yale University
Apr. 19, 2019 - At Yale University, Jane Tylus has been named the Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Italian and Pamela Lee has been named the Carnegie Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art. -
Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments at Major Universities
Apr. 19, 2019 - The five women scholars in new roles in higher education are Elizabeth Meadows at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Filiz Garip at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Kathryn McKee at the University of Mississippi, Colleen Johnson of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and Katherine Lewis at -
Nine New Women Deans at Colleges and Universities Throughout the United States
Apr. 18, 2019 - The eight women deans are: Claire Garcia at Colorado College, Rachel Kyte at Tufts, Susan Catron at the University of California, Davis, Laura Vandeburgh at the University of Oregon, Susan Lozier at Georgia Tech, Gennifer Weisenfeld at Duke, Stephanie Gray at Montana State University, Nicole Pennington at Ohio University, and - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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Beth Lew-Williams Receives Two Book Awards from the Organization of American Historians
Apr. 18, 2019 - Dr. Lew-Williams has been an assistant professor of history at Princeton University since 2014. She is a historian of race and migration in the United States, specializing in Asian American history. She was awarded the 2019 Ray Allen Billington Prize the 2019 Ellis W. Hawley Prize from the Organization of -
Brooke Newman of Virgnia Commonwealth University Wins 2019 Independent Publisher Book Award
Apr. 18, 2019 - Brooke N. Newman is an associate professor in the department of history in the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University. She ws honored for her book, A Dark Inheritance: Blood, Race, and Sex in Colonial Jamaica. -
Seven Women Scholars Who Have Been Selected to Receive Notable Awards
Apr. 18, 2019 - The honorees are Tayari Jones of Emory University in Atlanta, Jamilla Lyiscott at the University of Massachusetts, Susan Dresser at the University of Oklahoma, Bertha Hidalgo at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Sherry Farra at Wright State University in Ohio, Eranda Nikolla at Wayne State University in Detroit, and - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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Harvard University Makes Great Strides In Hiring Women Faculty [4.19.2019]
Since 2004, tenured-track faculty appointments at Harvard University are up 14 percent for women, which is particularly striking since the overall number of tenure-track faculty has decreased by 18 percent over the same time period.
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Five Women Who Are Stepping Down From High-Level Positions in Academia [4.19.2019]
The women leaving their posts are Ellen Smiley at Grambling State University in Louisiana, Barbara A. Schaal at Washington University in St. Louis, Patricia Henry at Harvard University, Sharon Hunt at the University of Arkansas, and Mari Anne Phillips at Cottey College in Nevada, Missouri.
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Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Eight Women to Administrative Positions [4.18.2019]
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
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Three Women Named to Endowed Chairs at Simmons University in Boston [4.18.2019]
The three women faculty member at Simmons University who have been appointed to endowed chairs are Diane Grossman in the department of philosophy, Jyoti Puri in the department of sociology, and Spela Trefalt in the School of Business.
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In Memoriam: Lorraine Elizabeth Green Branham, 1952-2019 [4.17.2019]
A long-time journalist Lorraine Branham became dean of the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in New York in 2008.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [4.16.2019]
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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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [4.16.2019]
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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Colleges and Universities Join With the National Academies to Combat Sexual Harassment in Higher Education [4.15.2019]
The initiative is designed to be an active space where colleges, universities, and research and training organizations can research and develop efforts that move beyond basic legal compliance to evidence-based policies and practices for addressing and preventing all forms of sexual harassment.
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Four Women Who Are College or University Presidents Announce Plans to Leave Their Posts [4.15.2019]
The women presidents who have or will step down are Laurie Nichols at the University of Wyoming, Pat Skinner at Gaston College in Dallas, North Carolina, Carol Leary at Bay Path University in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and Miriam Nelson of Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts
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Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education [4.15.2019]
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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Joyce McConnell Appointed President of Colorado State University in Fort Collins [4.15.2019]
Currently, Professor McConnell serves as provost and vice president for academic affairs at West Virginia University; a role she has held since 2014. In addition to her administrative role, she serves as the Thomas R. Goodwin Professor of Law at the university. She will become president of Colorado State University on July 1.
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Catherine Koverola Named President of Two University of Pittsburgh Campuses [4.12.2019]
Currently, Dr. Koverola serves as the inaugural provost and senior adviser at the African Leadership University in Mauritius, Africa. In June she will become president of both the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford and the University of Pittsburgh at Titusville.
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A Half Dozen Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking On New Assignments at Universities [4.12.2019]
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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Hollins University President Prohibits Digital Access to Four Yearbooks Containing Racist Imagery [4.12.2019]
Pareena Lawrence, he president of Hollins University, a liberal arts educational institution for women in Roanoke, Virginia, has restricted online access to four yearbooks that include photos of students and faculty in blackface and other racist imagery.
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Princeton University Hosts Conference to Interest Young Women in STEM Fields [4.12.2019]
The 750 girl students in grades 7 t0 10 participated in hands-on activities, viewed various STEM exhibits, watched a chemistry show put on by Princeton faculty, and listened to panel discussions from early-career women scientists.
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Four Women Scholars Receive 2019 Whiting Awards [4.11.2019]
The four women with ties to the academic world who are winners of this year’s Whiting awards are: Terese Marie Mailhot of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Nafissa Thompson-Spires of the University of Illinois, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal of the University of Southern California, and Lauren Yee of Princeton University.
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Eight Women Appointed to Dean Posts at Colleges and Universities [4.11.2019]
The eight women appointed to dean posts are Oya Tukel at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Lee Skinner at Tulane, Karen Richardson at Princeton, Janet Lohmann at Bowdoin College, Lisa Garcia Bedolla at the University of California, Berkeley, Leslie Grinage at Barnard College, Glenda M. Prime at Morgan State, and Debra Zeifman at Vassar College.
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University of Pittsburgh Scholar Wins Book Award From the Organization of American Historians [4.11.2019]
Keisha N. Blain, an assistant professor in the department of history at the University of Pittsburgh, was honored by the Organization of American Historians for her book on 20th-century Black women nationalists.
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A Quartet of Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Faculty Posts [4.11.2019]
The four women scholars named to endowed faculty posts are Marcy Lascano at the University of Kansas, Martine Vanryckeghem at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Barbara Kazmierczak at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and Serena Zabin at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.
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Five Women Educators Who Have Been Selected to Receive Notable Honors or Awards [4.11.2019]
The honorees are Myria Allen of the University of Arkansas, Julianne L. Holloway of Arizona State University, Bronwyn MacFarlane of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Judy Genshaft, president of the University of South Florida, and Jane Dané of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
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Nine Women Who Are Taking on New Administrative Roles at Universities [4.11.2019]
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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National Survey Finds Gender Pay Gap Among Social Work Faculty in Higher Education [4.10.2019]
Women make up the majority of all social work faculty, but were more likely than men to hold less prestigious ranks. Women social work faculty make less than their male counterparts by nearly $6,000 year. Also, women experience a greater salary penalty when they teach in undergraduate-only social work programs.
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Barbara Mistick Appointed President of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities [4.10.2019]
Dr. Mistick has served as the president of Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania since 2011. During her tenure there, she transitioned the college to a full co-educational institution. Earlier in her career, Dr. Mistick served as president of the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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