Breaking News
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Kathleen Jagger Is the New President of Newman University in Wichita, Kansas
Jul. 8, 2020 - Dr. Jagger most recently served as acting president at Thomas More University in Crestview Hills, Kentucky. Earlier, she was a professor of microbiology and public health from 1996-2002 at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, and then was a professor of biology at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. -
Melody Rose Selected to Lead the Nevada System of Higher Education
Jul. 8, 2020 - Dr. Rose most recently served as president of Marylhurst University in Oregon from 2014 to 2019. Earlier in her career, Dr. Rose served as chancellor of the Oregon University System and was vice provost for academic programs and instruction and dean of undergraduate studies at Portland State University in Oregon. -
Nicole Pride Will Be the First Woman President of West Virginia State University
Jul. 8, 2020 - Dr. Pride had been serving as the vice provost for academic strategy and operations at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Earlier she served as associate vice chancellor for university relations and chief of staff for the chancellor of the university. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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Women Scientists Rarely Highlighted in Biology Textbooks, But Progress Is Being Made
Jul. 8, 2020 - The researchers found that while women are 51 percent of the U.S. population and 60 percent of the college students in biology, they were only 13 percent of the scientists featured in biology textbooks. However, the percentage of women featured in textbooks published after 2000 has more than doubled. -
Gender Differences in the Economic and Social Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Jul. 8, 2020 - Among the findings of the new study is that for those holding the same job since March, 64 percent of college-educated mothers reported by early June that they had reduced their working hours at some point since March, compared to 36 percent of college-educated fathers. -
How to Reduce the Child Penalty in Incomes After Women Give Birth
Jul. 8, 2020 - A new study finds that after giving birth women's incomes on average drop significantly — by about 40 percent in the United States. And this so-called “child penalty” lingers for years. The researchers also found that subsidized high-quality child care reduces the child penalty by 25 percent. - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Two Woman Scholars Appointed to High-Level Editorial Positions
Jul. 10, 2020 - Vera Bittner, a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been named editor-in-chief of ACCSAP, the American College of Cardiology’s self-assessment program and Caroline Glackin of Fayetteville State University in North Carolina has been named an associate editor of the International Journal of Instructional Cases. -
New Roles or Duties for Six Women Faculty Members at Colleges and Universities
Jul. 10, 2020 - 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. -
Six Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities
Jul. 9, 2020 - The new deans are Akane Zusho at Fordham University in New York, Michele Cruse at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford, Ophelie Rowe-Allen at the University of New Haven, Ryan O'Neil at the University of Wyoming, Dorothy E. Mosby at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, and Allison Crume at the - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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The Royal Society of Chemistry Honors Michigan State University’s Melanie Cooper
Jul. 9, 2020 - Melanie Cooper, the Lappan-Phillips Professor of Science Education at Michigan State University, was recognized for her outstanding accomplishments in designing, implementing, and evaluating evidence-based chemistry curricula and catalyzing the careers of many chemistry education researchers. -
Society of American Archivists Honors the Co-Founder of the Invisible Histories Project
Jul. 9, 2020 - Maigen Sullivan, an adjunct faculty member in women's studies at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has received the 2020 Innovator award from the Society of American Archivists. She co-founded The Invisible Histories Project that works to locate, preserve and make accessible the LGBTQ history of the Deep South. -
Melissa Holloway Honored by the National Association of College and University Attorneys
Jul. 9, 2020 - Since May 2019, Mellissa Holloway has been general counsel for legal affairs at North Carolina A&T State University in East Greensboro. Earlier, she was deputy general counsel at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, and general counsel at North Carolina Central University in Durham. - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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Eight Women Who Are Assuming New Administrative Duties in Higher Education [7.9.2020]
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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Three Women Scholars Who Were Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Major Universities [7.9.2020]
The women appointed to endowed chairs are Susan Trolier-McKinstry at Pennsylvania State University, Sarah Lamb at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and Adia Harvey Wingfield at Washington University in St. Louis.
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In Memoriam: Bettina Gilois, 1961-2020 [7.8.2020]
Bettina Gilois was an award-winning screenwriter and an assistant professor in the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University in Orange California.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [7.7.2020]
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 [7.7.2020]
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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Rutgers University Debuts New Database of Women Elected Officials [7.6.2020]
The Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey has launched its Women Elected Officials Database that includes every woman officeholder in U.S. history at the federal, statewide elected executive, and state legislative levels. The databasse contains entries for more than 11,000 women officeholders dating back to 1893.
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Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, to Offer New Nursing Degree Program [7.6.2020]
Stephens College and Boone Hospital Center, a 392-bed, full-service hospital located in Columbia, Missouri, are cooperating in the new program. The bachelor’s degree program is designed to be completed in three years including two summers of study.
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Five Women From the Academic World Who Are Stepping Down From Their Posts [7.6.2020]
The women leaving their college or university posts are Jane Fernandez, president of Guilford College in North Carolina, Kim Kloeppel at the University of New Mexico, Claire Kaplan at the University of Virginia, Lynn M. Morgan at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and Karen Hammond at Boise State University in Idaho.
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A Women’s College to Offer a New Undergraduate Major in Cybersecurity Risk Management [7.3.2020]
Bay Path University, a women’s college in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, has announced that it is launching a new undergraduate major in risk management and cybersecurity. The new program will include coursework in data privacy, project management, crisis management, and incident recovery.
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Princeton Astrophysicist Jo Dunkley Awarded the Tomossoni Chisesi Prize From the Sapienza University of Roma [7.2.2020]
The Tomossoni Chisesi Prize encourages and recognizes scientists making outstanding advances in the physical sciences. Dr. Dudley is is being honored for her innovative work exploring the earliest moments of our universe. She is donating the 40,000 Euro prize to the National Society of Black Physicists.
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Eight Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education [7.2.2020]
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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The Library of Congress Awards the Kluge Prize to Harvard University’s Danielle S. Allen [7.2.2020]
Danielle S. Allen, a University professor and professor of government who also serves as director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, has been awarded the John W. Kluge Prize from the Library of Congress. The prize includes a $500,000 award.
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Six Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Women to Dean Positions [7.2.2020]
The new deans are Adriana Galván UCLA, Amy Zeng at Suffolk University in Boston, Kathy Berchem at Lake Superior State Univerity in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Betty Telford at Salem College in North Carolina, Kimberly Killmer Hollister at Montclair State University in New Jersey, and Genevieve Durham DeCesaro at Texas Tech University.
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Northwestern University Scholar Honored by the Royal Society of Chemistry [7.2.2020]
Teri Odom, the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University has been selected for the 2020 Centenary Prize which recognizes scientists who are not citizens of the United Kingdom for high-impact research and exceptional communications skills.
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New Administrative Positions for Women at Nine Colleges and Universities [7.2.2020]
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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Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Named Professorships at Major Universities [7.2.2020]
The four women appointed to named professorships are Wendy Cadge at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, Penny Kris-Etherton at Pennsylvania State University, Anna Shields at Princeton University in New Jersey, and Susan Madsen at Utah State University.
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Study Finds Women Outperform Men in College STEM Courses, But Are Still Perceived as Less Competent [7.1.2020]
The study by researchers at Colorado State University found that women had statistically higher course grades than men, higher university-wide GPAs than men, and were 1.5 times more likely to earn an A or A+ than men. Yet, both men and women students ranked men as the top students in these courses.
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Kathleen Harring Is the Thirteenth President of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania [7.1.2020]
Dr. Harring as served as interim president since last summer. In 2017, she was named provost at the college. Dr. Harring has been on the faculty in the college’s psychology department since 1984.
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A Huge Gender Imbalance in Leadership Positions in Academic Hospital Medicine Programs [7.1.2020]
A new study led by Carrie Herkze, an assistant professor of medicine and associate vice chair for clinical affairs in the department of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, finds that 79 percent of academic hospital medicine programs are run by men.
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Mary Croughan Is the New Provost at the University of California, Davis [7.1.2020]
Dr. Croughan has been serving as a professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. From 1987 to 2010, Dr. Croughan served as a faculty member in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Study Finds Judges Who Serve With Women Are More Likely to Hire Women as Clerks [7.1.2020]
A new National Bureau of Economics research study by researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and Occidental College in Los Angeles, finds that federal appellate judges are more likely to hire women to prestigious court clerkships after serving on panels with female colleagues.
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Two Women Appointed to Lead Colleges of the City University of New York [7.1.2020]
Berenecea Johnson Eanes was appointed president of York College in Jamaica, New York. She has served as interim president since September 2019. And Christine Mangino was named president of Queensborough Community College in Bayside, New York. She has been serving as provost at Hostos Community College in The Bronx.
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Sonja Feist-Price Appointed Provost at the University of Michigan-Flint [7.1.2020]
Professor Feist-Price currently serves as the vice president for institutional diversity and professor in the Department of Early Childhood, Special Education and Counselor Education in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. She will begin her new job on August 1.
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