Archive for June, 2012
Four Women Promoted to Full Professor at the College of William and Mary
The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, has announced that 12 faculty members have been promoted from associate professor to full professor. Four of the new full professors are women.
Virginia Tech Awards Emerita Status to Two Women Professors
Linda Arnold is professor emerita of history and Beverly Purswell is professor emerita of large animal clinical sciences.
University of North Carolina Greensboro Scholar Heading to Washington
Jacquelyn White, a professor of psychology and a member of the faculty for 41 years, will be a Catherine Acuff Congressional Fellow.
Carnegie Mellon Professor Creates Film Aimed at Reducing Risky Sexual Behavior Among Young Women
A follow up study will take place to determine if young women who view film will have fewer unplanned pregnancies and lower rates of sexually transmitted disease than young women who did not view the film.
Two Women Named to Dean Positions
Satasha Green was named dean of the School of Education at the New York Institute of Technology and Diane McFarlin will become dean of the College of Journalism at the University of Florida.
Three Women Named to Department Chairs
Karen L. Furie at Brown University, Christy Johnson at Cornish College of the Arts, and Laura Prestwood at Texas Christian University were all named department chairs.
A Quartet of Women Named to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Vijaya Gandhi, Nicola Partridge, Margo Crutchfield, and Karen Sibley will all be taking on new duties.
Survey Finds That More Than a Third of College-Bound Women Have Used Illegal Drugs
A new survey finds tha the rate of illegal drug use among teenage girls in the U.S. is significantly higher than in most European nations.
Chapman University Agrees to Settle Sexual Discrimination Complaint
Lynn Hamrick, now a film producer based in Taos, New Mexico, claims she was denied tenure and a promotion to associate professor because she is a woman.
Fort Valley State University to Open a New Women’s Center
The center will offer workshops on domestic violence, women’s health and wellness, entrepreneurship, and professional development.
Onondaga Community College Names New Leader
Margaret M. O’Connell, executive director of the Allyn Foundation, has served for the past two years as chair of the college’s board of trustees.
Esther Terry to Lead Bennett College for Women
The first alumna of the college to serve as president, she has been been provost and vice president for academic affairs at Bennett College for the past three years.
In Memoriam: Elinor Awan Ostrom, 1933-2012
A member of the faculty at Indiana University since 1965, she the first and only woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics.
Online Articles That May Be of Interest to WIAReport Readers
From time to time, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
Recent Books That May Be of Interest to Women Scholars
Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
Teresa Sullivan Leaving Presidency of the University of Virginia
The board of visitors and Dr. Sullivan “mutually agreed” that she would step down. Dr. Sullivan has been president of the University of Virginia for only two years.
College of Saint Joseph Is Now a University
On the undergraduate level, the university remains a woman’s college for residential students. But men are permitted to enroll in its undergraduate Program for Adult Learners and in the university’s graduate programs.
Television Viewing Can Negatively Impact Girls’ Self-Esteem
The results found that for Black and White girls and young Black males, their self esteem was lower the more they watched television. But for White males who watched a lot of television, their self-esteem increased.
Michigan State Researchers Examine How Anxiety Levels Impact Women’s Brain Activity
The results showed that brains of women who tested for a high level of anxiety worked harder when assigned tasks than women who were found not to be worriers.
University Study Finds Exercise Alone May Not Prevent Obesity for Adolescent Girls
The study by scholars at two British universities finds that exercise works better in warding off obesity for White girls than it does for African American girls.
In Memoriam: Shiu-Ying Hu, 1910-2012
She was a senior research fellow emerita at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University and honorary professor of Chinese medicine at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Natasha Trethewey Named Poet Laureate of the United States
She is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University in Atlanta.
Independent Audit Finds University of Northern Iowa’s Sexual Misconduct Polices Are Inadequate
The assessment found the university’s procedures were so confusing that they undoubtedly discouraged victims from disclosing the misconduct.
Janet Curry Named Provost of Gordon College
She held the Byker Chair in Christian Perspectives on Political, Social, and Economic Thought at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Holly Richter to Lead the Society of Gynecologic Surgeons
Dr. Richter holds the J. Marion Sims Endowed Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
In Memoriam: Elsie M. Pinkston, 1937-2012
Elsie M. Pinkston, professor emerita at the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Michigan, died late last month. She was 74 years old.
Three Major Appointments of Women at Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Anne Cooper Moore was named dean of library affairs, Karla Berry was appointed director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, and Dafna Lemish was named interim dean of the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts.
Two Women Are the First Holders of Endowed Chairs
Kristen Butcher at Wellesley College and Marsha Dutton at Ohio University are the first holders of new endowed chairs.
Three Women From MIT Share in $1 Million Kavli Prizes
Midred Dresselhaus, Ann Graybiel, and Jane Luu of MIT along with Cornelia Isabella Bargmann of Rockefeller University will receive a Kavli award from King Harald of Norway in September.
Laurie Ann Guerrero Wins the Andres Montoya Poetry Prize
The award for an author’s first full-length book of poetry is given by the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame.
Six Women Academics Win Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Sandra Faber, Elaine Walker, Nalini Nadkarni, Donna Alvermann, Evelyn Wiener, and Kimiko Gunji.
University of Georgia Receives Archives of The League of Women Voters
The Athens, Georgia, chapter of the League of Women Voters was founded in 1948. It held its last meeting on March 23, 2006.
Two High-Ranking Liberal Arts Colleges Appoint Women to Chair Their Boards of Trustees
Jeanne Martin Buckley will be the first women to preside over the board at Pomona College and Elizabeth Mugar Eveillard will chair the board at Smith College.
A Milestone in Women’s Higher Education at the University at Buffalo
Shannon Seneca is the first Native American woman to earn a Ph.D. from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences of the University at Buffalo.
Vanderbilt Hires Three Women Faculty for Its Center for Medicine, Health, and Society
The new hires for the multidisciplinary center are Dominique Béhague, Amy Non, and Laura Stark.
