Archive for 2023
In Memoriam: Kaitlyn A. Carter, 1979-2023
In 2003, Kaitlyn Carter joined the access and user services department in the McCabe Library at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. In 2015, she took on her most recent role as head of a newly formed digital initiatives and scholarship department.
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.
Four Women Promoted and Granted Tenure at Colby College in Waterville, Maine
The four women promoted to associate professor and granted tenure at Colby College are Sarah Braunstein in English and creative writing, Nadia El-Shaarawi in global studies, Arisa White in English and creative writing, and Nora Youngs in mathematics.
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.
In Memoriam: Linda Bassett
Bassett joined the communications and marketing division of Rutgers University in 1989, where she worked to meet the community engagement goals of three Rutgers presidents. She retired in 2017.
Five Women Faculty Members Taking on New Duties at Research Universities
Taking on new assignments at major research universities are Yvette Conley at the University of Pittsburgh, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati at the University of Southern California, Meghan L. O’Sullivan at the Kennedy School of Harvard University, Sabine Stanley at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and Ying Huang at North Dakota State University.
University of Alabama at Birmingham Scholar Recognized by the American Society of Preventive Oncology
Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, a professor who holds the Webb Endowed Chair of Nutrition Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was awarded the 2023 Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. Distinguished Achievement Award from the American Society of Preventive Oncology. The award is given annually to an outstanding scientist in the area of preventive oncology, cancer control and/or cancer prevention.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Named to University Dean Positions
Shauna Corry has been named dean of the College of Art and Architecture at the University of Idaho. Colleen Webb has been named dean of the Graduate School at Colorado State University and Mary Hill is the new dean of students at Voorhees University in Denmark, South Carolina.
Cornell Scholar Wins Societal Impact Award From the Association for Computing Machinery
Nicola Dell, associate professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and in the Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science at Cornell University, was recognized for leveraging research in human-computer interaction for the greater good.
New Administrative Duties for Six Women in Higher Education
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.
Anna J. Egalite Honored by the American Educational Research Association
Anna J. Egalite, an associate professor in the College of Education at North Carolina State University who is currently serving as a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, has been selected as the American Educational Research Association Outstanding Reviewer.
Yale University Announces the Appointment of Three Women Scholars to Endowed Chairs
Lucila Ohno-Machado was named the Waldemar von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics and Data Science at Yale. Nancy Banasiak was recently appointed the Wendy U. and Thomas C. Naratil Professor of Nursing and Millicent Marcus was named the Sarai Ribicoff Professor of Italian Studies.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Higher Education Positions Relating to Diversity
Taking on new diversity roles are Thiadora Pina at the Santa Clara University School of Law in California, Kendra Jason at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and Chanelle Whittaker at Prince George’s Community College in Largo, Maryland.
The Gender Gap in Faculty at Canadian Universities
In 2019, almost 6 in 10 full-time university faculty members in Canada were men. One in five women faculty members surveyed disagreed or strongly disagreed that hiring was fair and equitable at their institution, compared with 12 percent of men.
Safa Zaki Will Be the First Women to Lead Bowdoin College Since Its Founding in 1794
Currently, Dr. Zaki is dean of the faculty and the John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy Professor of Psychology at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She joined the faculty at Williams in 2002 as an assistant professor of psychology and was promoted to associate professor in 2005 and to full professor in 2010.
Scholars Provide a Blueprint for Ending the Gender Pay Gap in Organizations
A new study by scholars at the University of Florida, the University of Maryland, and Villanova University in Pennsylvania, found that businesses can close gender pay gaps, reward high performance and improve their compensation strategy by identifying the true source of pay inequity and fairly allocating raises to the most underpaid women.
Laura Rosenbury Selected to Be the Ninth President of Barnard College in New York City
Laura Rosenbury – a leading women and gender legal theorist with expertise that spans reproductive rights, children’s rights, and sexual harassment and abuse – currently serves as the first woman dean at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law. From 2002 to 2015, Professor Rosenbury served on the faculty at the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis.
Texas A&M University Study Finds Exercise Can Help Fight Breast Cancer
A new study led by researchers at Texas A&M University finds that a currently unspecified factor released during exercise suppresses signaling within breast cancer cells, which reduces tumor growth and can even kill the cancerous cells.
Deborah Ford Named Chancellor of Indiana University Southeast in New Albany
Dr. Ford currently serves as chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, a role she has held since 2009. Before joining the University of Wisconsin System, Dr. Ford served as vice president for student affairs at the University of West Florida, and vice president for student affairs and dean of students at Spalding University in Kentucky.
In Memoriam: Esperanza Bravo de Varona, 1927-2023
Dr. de Varona began working in the University Libraries division of the University of Miami in the late 1960s. Along with other Cuban Americans who worked for the libraries, Dr. de Varona collected documents, posters, newspapers, maps, books, and anything that had to do with Cuba and the Cuban exile experience. These were later assembled into the University of Miami Libraries’ Cuban Heritage Collection. She retired from the university in 2013.
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.
Two American Women Are Among the Nine Winners of the Dan David Prize
The Dan David Prize is awarded by the Dan David Foundation at Tel Aviv University in Israel to up to nine early and mid-career scholars and practitioners in the historical disciplines. The honor comes with a $300,000 prize. OF this year’s nine winners, two are American women with university affiliations: Krista Goff of the University of Miami and Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers of the University of California, Berkeley.
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.
Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Duties at Universities
Taking on new positions or duties are Jeannine Tang at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, Kimberly Christen at Washington State University, Phaedra Corso at Indiana University-Indianapolis, Leslie LaConte at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine in Roanoke, and Bree A;lexander at the University of South Carolina.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed Deans
The four chosen to serve as deans are Saonee Sarker at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Anne Power at Des Moines Area Community College in Iowa, Claire Stewart at the University of Illinois, and Kathleen Rudasill at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Kimberly Bowes Wins Award for Her Two-Volume Book on Roman Peasants
Kimberly Bowes, a professor of classical studies in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, has won the 2023 Anna Marguerite McCann Award for Fieldwork Reports from the Archaeological Institute of America.
New Administrative Duties for Six Women in Higher Education
Taking on new administrative roles are Margaret Lo at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, Pat Kendrick at Xavier University in New Orleans, Angela Abbott at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Alejandra “Ale” Sosa Pieroni at Georgia Southern University, Alexis A. Antracoli at the University of Michigan, and Brittney Johnson at Florida A&M University.
Saginaw Valley State University’s Anne Tapp Recognized for Her Achievements in Teacher Education
Professor Tapp, who joined the faculty in the university’s College of Education in 2002, teaches in both the undergraduate and graduate programs. She currently is on sabbatical from SVSU, working with NASA as a Jet Propulsion Laboratory education executive in residence.
Universities Announce the Appointment of Three Women to Endowed Chairs
Deborah Small was recently appointed the Adrian C. Israel Professor of Marketing at Yale University School of Management. Lisa H. Harris, was named a Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan and Kathryn Howell is the inaugural holder of the Urban Child Institute Chair of Child Well-Being at the University of Memphis.
Marlene Zuk Has Received the Frontiers of Knowledge Award From the BBVA Foundation
The BBVA Foundation’s annual award recognizes world-class researchers who have made field-shaping discoveries in a broad array of disciplines of scientific knowledge, technology, humanities, and artistic creation. Professor Zuk was honored for outstanding contributions to the field of behavioral and evolutionary ecology.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Positions in Higher Education Relating to Diversity
Dina Zavala has been named the inaugural vice president for inclusion, equity, and community at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. Altheia Richardson has been named chief diversity officer at Newberry College in South Carolina and Monae Roberts is the inaugural chief diversity officer for the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis.
Pew Research Center Report Examines the Persisting Gender Pay Gap
In 2022, American women typically earned 82 cents for every dollar earned by men. That was about the same as in 2002, when they earned 80 cents to the dollar. The slow pace at which the gender pay gap has narrowed this century contrasts sharply with the progress in the preceding two decades: In 1982, women earned just 65 cents to each dollar earned by men.
Elayne Hayes-Anthony Is the New Leader of Jackson State University in Mississippi
The board of trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning in Mississippi has placed Thomas Hudson, president of Jackson State University, on administrative leave with pay, effective immediately. No reason was given for the decision to relieve Hudson of his duties. Elayne Hayes-Anthony, a professor of journalism and media studies was named acting president.
Women Underrepresented Among “Super Principal Investigators” on NIH Grant Projects
Super principal investigators are researchers who received three or more concurrent grants from the National Institutes of Health. Women were significantly underrepresented among SPIs, even after adjusting for career stage and degree. Women were 26.6 percent of all super principal investigators in 2020. They were 34 percent less likely than their male colleagues to be an SPI.
