Archive for 2022
Harriet B. Nembhard Will Be the Next President of Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California
A nationally respected leader in the field of industrial and operations engineering, Dr.Nembhard currently serves as dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Iowa. Before coming to Iowa in 2020, Dr. Nembhard was the Eric R. Smith Professor of Engineering and head of the School of Mechanical, Industrial, and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State University.
In Memoriam: Lorna Marie Irvine, 1936-2022
After earning a Ph.D. at American University in Washington, D.C.. Dr. irvine, a native of Ottawa, Ontario, was hired as an assistant professor of English at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She was eventually promoted to full professor of English, Canadian studies, women and gender studies, and cultural studies.
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.
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.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
In Memoriam: Nanxiu Qian, 1947-2022
Nanxiu Qian was a professor of Chinese literature in the School of Humanities at Rice University in Houston, Texas. She taught at the university for nearly 30 years.
Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments
Taking on new duties are Tanya Paul in the business school at the University of California, Berkeley, Margaret Sova McCabe at the University of Arkansas, Micah Perks at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Sarah Millholland at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Ann Wallace of New Jersey City University.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions
Magda Hinojosa has been appointed dean of social sciences for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University. Dorothy E. Mosby will be the next dean of the faculty and vice president for academic affairs at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, and Gayla Stoner will be the next dean of the College of Professional and Continuing Education at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
Claudine Gay Appointed the Thirtieth President of Harvard University
When she takes office on July 1, she will be the first African American and the second woman to lead the university since its founding nearly 400 years ago. Since 2018, Dr. Gay has served as the Edgerley Family Dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences. She first joined the Harvard faculty in 2006.
Ashley Duggan Wins a Best Book Award From the National Communication Association
Synthesizing empirical evidence and associated theoretical constructs from the literature on health/illness in close relationships, Professor Duggan’s book compares foundational assumptions of research on relational processes and research on health and illness.
Eight Women Who Are Assuming New Administrative Roles at 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Stephanie Wettstein Wins an Award From the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Stephanie Wettstein, associate professor in the department of chemical and biological engineering at Montana State University, received the Education and Outreach Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. Dr. Wettstein was honored for “engaging students with novel teaching materials to improve student learning.”
A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The four women named to endowed professorships are A. Lin Goodwin at Boston College, Rosa Maria Stoops, at the University of Montevallo in Alabama, Kris Belden-Adams at the University of Memphis, and Olga Isengildina-Massa at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Virginia Tech’s Barbara Lockee Honored by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology
Barbara Lockee is associate vice provost for faculty affairs and professor of instructional design and technology in Virginia Tech’s School of Education. Dr. Lockee’s research and teaching are centered on the intersection of instructional design and distance learning.
Universities Appoint Three Women to Diversity Positions
Cynthia Pickett has been appointed the presidential associate for inclusion and chief diversity officer at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. Tracie Ransom is the assistant dean for equity, diversity, and inclusion at Tulane Law School in New Orleans and Gina Dent is the associate dean of diversity, equity, and inclusion for the Humanities Division at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
The University of Louisville Names Kim Schatzel as It Next President
Since 2016, Dr. Schatzel has served as president of Towson University, one of 12 universities that are part of the University System of Maryland. She also is a professor of marketing. Professor Schatzel previously served as provost of Eastern Michigan University and dean of the College of Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Impacted the Gender Gap in Academic Publishing in Astronomy
Before the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly shut down labs and sent scientists home to work, female astronomers on average published about nine papers for every 10 published by men. But in the first two years of the pandemic, the gender gap in publication rate expanded.
Amy Parsons Will Be the Next President of Colorado State University
Since 2020, Parsons has run Mozzafiato, an e-commerce firm that sells Italian luxury brands imported to the United States. Parsons served in executive roles at Colorado State University – as legal counsel from 2004-2009; as vice president for university operations from 2009-2015; and as executive vice chancellor from 2015-2020.
Study Examines Gender Gap in Q&A Participation After Lectures at Academic Conferences
In an analysis of 32 academic presentations at an interdisciplinary conference – where 63 percent of the attendees were men – men asked 78 percent of the questions. A follow-up survey found that women were more likely to hold back because of anxiety.
Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Named to Provost Positions at State Universities
Allyson L. Watson will assume the role of interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at Florida A&M University. Anne D’Alleva was appointed provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Connecticut and Barbara E. Wolfe will be the new provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at the University of Rhode Island.
Census Bureau Releases New Data on Same-Sex Couples in the United States
Both partners in 34 percent of same-sex partner households had at least a bachelor’s degree compared to 27.9 percent in opposite-sex married couples. Male same-sex couples were more likely than their female counterparts to both have bachelor’s degrees.
Fumiko Hoeft Named Director of the Waterbury Campus of the University of Connecticut
Dr. Hoeft joined the faculty at the University of Connecticut in 2018 as a professor of psychological sciences. She has also served as the director of the Brain Imaging Research Center. Earlier, Dr. Hoeft taught at the Weill Institute for Neurosciences at the University of California, San Francisco.
In Memoriam: Bobbie Brown Knable, 1936-2022
Knable joined the staff at Tufts University in 1970 beginning as an instructor in the English department. In 1980 she was appointed dean of students and remained in that role until her retirement in 2000.
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.
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.
Olivia Pichardo Is the First Woman to Make a NCAA Division I Baseball Team
About 20 women have been members of collegiate baseball rosters at various schools, including eight for the 2023 season — but only Olivia Pichardo of Brown University has made a baseball team at the NCAA Division I level.
In Memoriam: Julia Reichart, 1946-2022
Reichart joined the faculty at Wright State University in 1985 and taught film studies there for more than a quarter century. She was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning one.
Colleges and Universities Appoint Seven Women to Administrative Posts
Taking on new administrative roles are Aimee J. Vargas at New York University, Alexis Travis at Michigan State University, Erin Martin Kane at the University of Rochester, Toni Monette at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, Angel Riotutar at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Charlene Widener at Northeast Community College in Nebraska, and Hannah Weisman at the University of California, Berkeley.
Five Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Duties
The women scholars with new roles are Bijal Shah at Boston College Law School, Sandra Eksioglu in the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas, Rebecca Z. German at Northeast Ohio Medical University in Rootstown, Elizabeth K. Meyer at the University of Virginia, and Wanying Kang at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Three Women Who Have Been Selected for University Dean Positions
Maridee Shogren is the new dean of the College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines at the University of North Dakota. Donna Riley will be the next dean of the School of Engineering at the University of New Mexico and Melissa Burwell was appointed dean of retention at Xavier University in Cincinnati.
Lisa Monteggia of Vanderbilt University Shares the Anna-Monika Prize for Research on Depressive Disorders
Professor Monteggia and her Vanderbilt colleague Ege Kavalali are being honored for their work on rapid mechanisms of action of ketamine as an antidepressant. They identified a brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its receptor are required in the hippocampus for ketamine to produce antidepressant effects.
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.
Harvard Names Two Women to Endowed University Professor Positions
Harvard University has announced the appointment of two women faculty members to endowed University Professor positions. University Professors at Harvard can pursue research and teach at any school throughout the university. It is the highest faculty honor bestowed at Harvard.
Harvard University’s Makeda Best Created the Photography Catalogue of the Year
Makeda Best, the Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography at the Harvard Art Museums, recently received the prestigious Photography Catalogue of the Year award at the 2022 Paris Photo–Aperture PhotoBook Awards. Dr. Best was honored for her 2021 publication Devour the Land: War and American Landscape Photography Since 1970.
Three Woman Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Posts in Higher Education
Melissa González, has agreed to serve as interim chief diversity officer for the 2023-24 academic year at Davidson College in North Carolina. Emily Glodzik was named coordinator of diversity, equity, and inclusion at the Scranton campus of Pennsylvania State University and Aja Rodriguez is the new director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Maryville College in Tennessee.
