Archive for 2018
The State University of New York Names Six Women to Distinguished Professorships
Named to Distinguished Professorships at the State University of New York are Beverly J. Evans at the Geneseo campus and Jessica Gurevitch, Mary F. Kritzer, Ute Martha Moll. Suparna Rajaram, and Nicole S. Sampson at Stony Brook University on Long Island.
Seven Women Taking on New Faculty Assignments in Higher Education
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.
Three Women Scholars Honored With a Book Award From the American Musicological Society
The honorees are Maureen Carr, a Distinguished Professor of Music at Pennsylvania State University, Severine Neff, professor emerita of music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Gretchen Horlacher, professor of music at Indiana University.
Four Women Promoted and Granted Tenure at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Megan A. Cooper was promoted to associate professor of pediatrics and Amanda L. Lewis was promoted to associate professor of molecular microbiology. In addition, Cynthia E. Rogers was promoted to associate professor of psychiatry and Christina L. Stallings was promoted to associate professor of molecular microbiology.
Prestigious Awards Presented to Five Women Professors
The honorees are Daret St. Clair at the University of Kentucky, Elif Babul at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, Rachel Beane at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, Gina Athena Ulysse at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and Laurie E. Cutting at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
New Administrative Appointments for Eight Women at State Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
New Data on Gender Differences in Application, Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation Rates
The report showed that for women who entered four-year institutions in 2011 seeking bachelor’s degrees, 63 percent earned their degree by 2017. For men who began college in 2011 seeking a bachelor’s degree at a four-year institution, 57.3 percent graduated by 2017.
A Strong Vote of Confidence for Swarthmore College President Valerie Smith
Valerie Smith, who took office as the 15th president of highly rated Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania on July 1, 2015, has had her contract extended through 2025. Before becoming president of Swarthmore College, Dr. Smith was dean of the college and the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature at Princeton University.
Academic Study Finds Social Media Breastfeeding Support Groups Can Have Many Positive Effects
The results of the study by researchers at the the University of Alabama at Birmingham and Johns Hopkins University found that new mothers were more comfortable communicating their experiences, asking questions and seeking out support within social media groups made up of their peers. As a result, they were more confident in breastfeeding their child.
University of South Dakota’s Diane Sevening Is the Leader of NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals
NAADAC, an association of addiction professionals, represents the professional interests of more than 100,000 addiction counselors and other addiction-focused health care professionals in the United States and around the world. Dr. Sevening has taught at the University of South Dakota since 1982.
The Growing Gender Gap in the K-12 Public School Teacher Workforce
In 1980-1981, women represented 67 percent of public school teachers. That percentage increased to 76 percent during the 2015-2016 school year. Today, women represent 59 percent of secondary school teachers, 73 percent of middle school teachers, and 90 percent of elementary school teachers.
Mary Feeney Appointed Editor of the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory
Dr. Feeney is an associate professor and Lincoln Professor of Ethics in Public Affairs in the School of Public Affairs at Arizona State University. She also serves as the associate director of the ASU Center for Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy Studies. She will become the journal’s new editor in January.
In Memoriam: Susan Ervin-Tripp, 1927-2018
Professor Ervin-Tripp, who served on the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley for four decades, was known for her research on language development in children, Native Americans, and immigrants. She was also a strong advocate for gender equality in higher education.
Seven New Women Faculty Members at Colgate University in New York
New women faculty at highly rated Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, are Megan Brankley in religion, Masha Hedberg in political science, Siona O’Connell in art and art history, Anne Perring in chemistry, Lauren Philbrook in psychology, Brenda Sanya in educational studies, and Courtney Young in library sciences.
Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers
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.
Recent Books 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.
The U.S. Medical Schools That Had the Largest Percentage of Women Matriculants in 2018
Women made up 51.6 percent of first-time, first-year students at U.S. medical schools in 2018. Women were 66 percent of new medical students at the University of New Mexico, the highest percentage in the nation. The lowest percentage of women matriculatns was at the medical school of the University of South Dakota.
Nine Faculty Members Named Women’s Leadership Fellows at the University of Georgia
Throughout the year-long program, the fellows will attend monthly meetings to learn from senior administrators on campus as well as visiting speakers from academia, business, and other fields. Additionally, the program features a concluding weekend retreat for a more in-depth study of leadership.
In Memoriam: Olivia Juliette Hooker, 1915-2018
During World War II, Dr. Hooker became the first Black woman to serve on active duty with the United States Coast Guard. She used her G.I. benefits to fund her graduate education at Columbia University and the University of Rochester. Professor Hooker served on the faculty at Fordham University in New York from 1963 to 1985.
CalTech Seeks to Boost the Number of Women Pursuing Graduate Study in Physics
Recently, the California Institute of Technology hosted the inaugural “FUTURE of Physics” event. The program brought junior and senior college women who are majoring in physics to CalTech for two days of panels and mini-workshops.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Posts
Taking on new duties are Sangeeta Bhatia at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Anna Prentiss in the Montana University System, Emi Nakamura at the University of California, Berkeley, and Heather Needham at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California.
Julia Reichert Receives Career Achievement Award from the International Documentary Association
Professor Reichert has been a filmmaker and a leader of the American documentary film community for the past 50 years. For 28 years, Reichert served as a professor of film production at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
Four Women Scholars Appointed to Positions as Deans at Universities
The women appointed to dean posts are Charlene Wolf-Hall at South Dakota State University, Nancy Cohen at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Georgette Chapman Phillips at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and Sherine O. Obare at a joint program of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and North Carolina A&T State University.
Clark University’s Janette Greenwood Wins Historic New England Book Prize
Dr. Greenwood’s award-winning book presents 83 never-before published portraits reproduced from William Bullard’s glass negatives, which depict African-Americans and Native Americans from the ethnically diverse Beaver Brook neighborhood in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Three Women Appointed to Endowed Professorships at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The three women appointed to named faculty posts at the flagship campus of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln are Joy Castro in English, Katrina Jagodinsky in history and Debra Hope in psychology.
Eight Women Faculty Members or College Administrators Who Have Been Selected for Major Awards
Here is a listing of women faculty members or administrators in higher education who have been honored by colleges and universities or who have received notable awards from other organizations.
New Administrative Positions for Eight Women at Major Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
In Memoriam: Annie Neidel, 1977-2018
Dr. Neidel first joined the staff at Saint Louis University in 2003. In 2014, she became the coordinator for competitive fellowships and scholarships for the Honors Program. During the 2017-18 academic year, Dr. Neidel served as president of the university’s Women’s Commission.
College Athletic Powerhouses Earn a Grade of D in Achieving Gender Equity in Leadership Posts
At the 130 colleges and universities that make up the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division 1 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, in the fall of 2018 women made up 16.9 percent of the presidents and 9.2 percent of the athletics directors.
Kelli Chaney Named President of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology at Knoxville
Most recently, Chaney was the dean of career education and workforce development at Big Sandy Community and Technical College in Preston, Kentucky. Additionally, she was the director of the community college’s Pikeville campus.
Yale Study Shows Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Programs Can Reduce HIV Among Women
A new study led by Tiara Willie at the Yale School of Public Health has found that states that aggressively target intimate partner violence in their health care systems have lower rates of HIV infection among women.
Education Department Proposes New Definition of Sexual Assault and Presumption of Innocence on College Campuses
The proposed change would narrow the definition of sexual misconduct from “unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature” to “unwelcome conduct on the basis of sex that is so severe, pervasive and objectively offensive that it denies a person access to the school’s education program or activity.”
Women Are More Likely to Leave the Workforce After Their First Child Rather Than Leaving After Subsequent Children
A new study from Princeton University has found that, contrary to the popular theory that women are more likely to leave the workforce after having their second child, women are actually more likely to leave the labor force after their first child.
Danette Johnson Named Chief Academic Officer at Kalamazoo College in Michigan
Dr. Johnson has been serving as a tenured professor and vice provost at Ithaca College in New York. Prior to teaching at Ithaca College, she had been a faculty member at West Virginia Wesleyan College and Texas Tech University. Dr. Johnson is the former executive director and president of the Eastern Communication Association.
A Record Year for Women and Rhodes Scholarships
Only six times have women outnumbered men among the American Rhodes Scholars selected in that particular year. This year 21 of the 32 Rhodes Scholarship winners are women.
