Pardis Dabashi was promoted to associate professor at Bryn Mawr College. Haley Duschinski, Rachel Roberts, Cynthia Carnes, and Liz Legerski are taking on new academic leadership roles at Ohio University, the University of Cincinnati, the University of Minnesota, and the University of North Dakota, respectively.
Braswell comes to her new appointment with extensive leadership experience in state government, including her current role as general counsel to Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont. In her new role, she will provide strategic oversight for the 16 campuses within Connecticut's public higher education system.
The deans are Nina Pavcnik at Dartmouth College, Janet Simon at Ohio University, Magdalena Toda at Missouri State University, Rena Hallam at the University of Delaware, Ramona Parker at the University of Texas Permian Basin, Koren Bakkegard at the College of the Holy Cross, and Elisabeth Ploran at Stephen F. Austin State University.
The Association of American Law Schools has recently presented its Deborah L. Rhode Award to Joanna Grossman of the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and Kimberly Mutcherson of Rutgers Law School. The professors were honored for their contibutions to legal education and the legal profession.
The women taking on new roles in higher education are Jennifer Soyka at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, Amanda Voigt at the University of North Dakota, Anne Marie Schettini-Lynch at Hofstra University in New York, Dawn Osborne-Adams at Yale University in Connecticut, Tracy Foster at Texas A&M University, and Precious McKenzie at Montana State University Billings.
Dr. Vunjak-Novakovic, University Professor and the Mikati Foundation Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Sciences at Columbia University, was honored for her pioneering work in human tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
The women appointed to endowed positions are Andrea Lynn Smith at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, Rodica Pop-Busui at Oregon Health & Science University, and Anne M. Drewry at Washington University in Missouri.
Of Greater Boston's $112 billion in total nonprofit revenue in 2023, only $1 billion went to women- and girls-serving organizations. Just $25 million went to groups specifically focused on women and girls of color.
Jennifer Gaither, a lawyer by training, has been a Sullivan University faculty member for the past 25 years. She most recently served as the university's associate provost.
A new study from It's On Us reveals that less than one of out every three college men learned about sex for the first time in a formal educational setting. Nearly 60 percent of young men say they had not been taught about consent or sexual communication in a formal setting prior to college.
Dr. Crowley has served as provost at Ohio Wesleyan University since 2020. She is slated to become the nineteenth president of Kalamazoo College on July 1.
According to a new survey, women spend nearly a quarter of every paycheck on their health and hygiene needs. Over six in ten women say they cannot keep up with all their hygiene needs and often need to choose between financial and physical wellness.
The three women named to provost positions are Nancy Marchand-Martella at the University of Northern Colorado, Lise Youngblade at Colorado State University, and Randi Storch at Western Oregon University.
Dr. Farmer, a longtime professor of business, served as acting president of Augusta College in Georgia for two years and as president of what is now Castleton University in Vermont for six years.
Born in 1820 in Florence, Italy, Florence Nightingale is considered the founder of modern nursing and health informatics. A collection of materials chronicling her life and service are now housed at Texas Woman's University Libraries.
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions in academia. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
