Breaking News
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Colette Irwin-Knott to Lead Valparaiso University in Indiana
Aug. 5, 2020 - Irwin-Knott has been a member of the university's board of trustees since 2009. She has spent her career in the field of public finance with HJ Umbaugh & Associates in Indianapolis retiring as a partner in 2014. She worked closely with educators throughout Indiana on hundreds of school and library projects involving the issuance of municipal bonds. -
Creighton University in Omaha Announces the Appointment of Its Next Provost
Aug. 5, 2020 - Since 2014, Dr. Mardell Wilson, a registered dietitian and licensed dietitian nutritionist, has been dean of the Edward and Margaret Doisy College of Health Sciences at Saint Louis University. Earlier, she spent 17 years as a faculty member and administrator at Illinois State Unversity. -
Carol A. Moore Is the New Leader of Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina
Aug. 5, 2020 - In March of this year, Dr. Moore announced her decision to step down as president of Columbia College in South Carolina for family and health reasons. Dr. Moore also has served as interim president of Burlington College in Vermont and is the former president of Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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What Happens to Women College Graduates After They Get Their Degree?
Aug. 5, 2020 - Women who earn a bachelor's degree are more likely to continue their education than men who graduate from college. For women who graduate from college and took a full-time job, the median income was $33,900. For male college graduate who took a full time job, the medican income was $38,000. -
Study Finds That the Pandemic Has Widened the Gender Gap in Work Hours
Aug. 5, 2020 - A new study led by Caitlyn Collins, a sociologist at Washington University in St. Louis, finds that between March and April, mothers’ work hours fell four to five times as much as fathers’ work hours. While mothers scaled back their work hours by about 5 percent, or two hours per -
Daughters of Feminist Women Have a Significant Positive Influence on Their Mothers’ Psyche
Aug. 5, 2020 - A new study by researchers at the University of Georgia and the University of Kansas finds that not only do feminist mothers have more self-assured feminist daughters, their young adult daughters’ voices have a significant, positive psychological influence on their mothers. - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Four Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Colleges and Universities
Aug. 7, 2020 - The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Annette-Gordon-Reed at Harvard University, Susan Loepp at Williams College in Williamtown, Massachusetts, Barbara Ransby at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Lesley A. Ross at Clemson University in South Carolina. -
Luisa Igloria Is the New Poet Laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia
Aug. 7, 2020 - A native of the Philippines, Dr. Igloria serves as the Louis I. Jaffe Endowed Professor and University Professor of English and Creative Writing at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. She was director of the university's master of fine arts degree program in creative writing program from 2009 to 2015. -
A Quartet of Women Scholars Appointed to Dean Positions
Aug. 6, 2020 - The four women appointed to dean positions are Sara Sanders at the University of Iowa, Carmenita D. Higginbotham at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Linda Nichols at the University of Louisnana at Lafayette, and Loury Ollison Floyd at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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American Indian College Fund President Honored by Working Mother Media
Aug. 6, 2020 - Cheryl Crazy Bull has led the American Indian College Fund since 2012. Earlier in her career, she was a department chair and dean of academic affairs at Sinte Gleska University in Mission, South Dakota. She also was president of Northwest Indian College in Bellingham, Washington. -
Katelyn Kotlarek Wins the Young Professional Scholarship From the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association
Aug. 6, 2020 - Using integrated imaging technology, advanced 3D computer visualization, and acoustic and aerodynamic speech data, Dr. Kotlarek, an assistant professor at the University of Wyoming. examines the anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism in children and adults with cleft palate. -
Vanderbilt’s Erin Calipari Wins Award From the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Aug. 6, 2020 - Erin Calipari, an assistant professor of pharmacology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, was honored for research on “cutting-edge techniques to outline the neural circuits and molecular mechanisms that underlie both adaptive and maladaptive processes in reward, motivation, and associative learning.” - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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Women Make Up the Entire Surgical Residency Class at Saint Louis University [8.10.2020]
The Saint Louis University School of Medicine was established in 1836. It was the first school west of the Mississippi River to grant a medical degree. Now in 2020, for the first time in history, the surgical residency class at the medical school is made up entirely of women.
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Texas Woman’s University Acquires Archives of Feminist Activist Marcia Niemman [8.10.2020]
The Marcia Niemann Feminist Activism Collection will include court testimonies, music records, protest buttons, signs, and rare books related to the women’s movement from the 1970s-1990s. Niemann served as executive director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence and as a senior political organizer for the National Organization for Women.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [8.10.2020]
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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Florida State University Exhibit Examines the Role of Women During the World War II Era [8.10.2020]
“Women at War: At Home and Service in World War II” features the wartime experiences of 12 women of varied backgrounds, sharing their important contributions from the home front to the front lines.
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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [8.10.2020]
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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New Administrative Duties at Colleges and Universities for Seven Women [8.6.2020]
Taking on new roles are Tamara Pearson at Spelman College, Donna Gustafson at Rutgers University, Charleita Richardson at the University of South Florida, Catherine Spear at the University of Southern California, Ereka Williams at Winston-Salem State University, Denise Baclawski at the University of Nevada, Reno, and Taricka Burton at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.
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Four Women Appointed to the Faculty of the Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois [8.6.2020]
The Center for Advanced Study at the University of Illinois has appointed seven new members to its permanent faculty. Four of the new CAS professors are women: Sharon M. Donovan in nutrition, Harriet Murav in Slavic languages and literatures, Cynthia Oliver in Dance, and Nancy Sottos in materials science and engineering.
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In Memoriam: Marguerite Elsa Ballon Nadien, 1930-2020 [8.5.2020]
Dr. Nadien joined the full-time faculty at Fordham in 1974. In 1981, she became the first psychologist in the division of social sciences at the Lincoln Center campus to achieve tenure. She taught at Fordham for more than four decades.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [8.3.2020]
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 [8.3.2020]
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: Nadine Taub, 1943-2020 [8.3.2020]
Taub joined the faculty at the Rutgers University School of Law in Newarkmin 1973. There she founded the Women’s Rights Litigation Clinic, the first of its kind in the nation, according to the university.
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Four Women Announce Their Retirements From Colleges and Universities [8.3.2020]
The four women who are leaving their posts in the academic world are Maureen J. Mahoney at Boston Univerity, Paulette Sanders at Grace College in Indiana, Beth Brin at Boise State University in Idaho, and Joanne Bankston at Kentucky State University.
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Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux Elected President of the American Association of State Climatologists [8.3.2020]
Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux is a professor of geography at the University of Vermont. Dr. Dupigny-Giroux’s research focuses on hydroclimatic natural hazards and climate literacy as well as the use of remote sensing and geographic information systems in the fields of spatial climate and land-surface processes.
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In Memoriam: Camilla D. O’Neal, 1931-2020 [7.31.2020]
Camilla O’Neal, professor emerita of English and education at Missouri State University, died on July 24, 2020 at the home of her son in Columbia, Missouri.
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Five Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles at Major Universities [7.31.2020]
The five women scholars taking on new assignments are Melanie K. Prusakowski at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Cheryl Holder at Florida International University, Ashley Steffens at the University of Georgia, Kim Warren at the University of Kansas, and Camille Wilson at the University of Michigan.
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University of Georgia’s Alexa Lamm Honored for Agricultural Education and Communication [7.30.2020]
The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology award honors outstanding achievement by a scientist, engineer, technologist or other professional working in the agricultural, environmental or food sectors for contributing to the advancement of science in the public policy arena.
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Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities [7.30.2020]
The five new deans are Tomoko Sakomura at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, Earnstein Dukes at Texas Tech University, Faiza Khoja at Texas A&M University-Central Texas, Kathy Wolfe at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and Jacqueline Hill at Florida Memorial University in Miami Garders.
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George Washington University Professor Wins American Marketing Association Award [7.30.2020]
Vanessa Perry is the associate dean for faculty and research and professor of marketing at the George Washington University School of Business. She has been actively involved with The PhD Project, a national nonprofit organization that works to increase the diversity of business school faculty through mentorship.
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Ten Women Who Are Taking on New High-Level Administrative Duties in the Academic World [7.30.2020]
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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Kate Coddington Honored by the American Association of Geographers [7.30.2020]
Kate Coddington, an assistant professor of geography and planning at the University at Albany of the State University of New York System, was honored for making an innovative, original contribution to the conceptual and/or methodological embrace of political geography.
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Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, Announces the Hiring of Three Women to Its Faculty [7.30.2020]
At Hendrix College, a liberal arts educational institution in Conway, Arkansas, Jericka S. Battle and Rosilyn Sanders were hired as instructors of psychology and Latorya D. Hicks was appointed an assistant professor of chemistry.
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A Check-Up on Women in the STEM Workforce: A Long Way to Equality [7.29.2020]
A new report from the Center for Research + Evaluation at the University of California, San Diego shows that women are making progress in the STEM workforce but that there is still a long way to go to reach equality.
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Terry Booth Is the New Leader of Central Carolina Technical College in Sumter, South Carolina [7.29.2020]
President Booth has been on the staff at the college for the past 30 years. Since 1999, she has been serving as vice president for business affairs where she was responsible for the college’s human resources, information systems, capital projects, physical plant, accounting and budgeting, purchasing, security, auxiliary and internal services.
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