Women In Academia Report

Breaking News
The First Woman President of the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Jun. 3, 2020 - Lori Rice-Spearman has served as interim president since November 2019. She joined TTUHSC in 1987 and served as chair of the department of laboratory sciences and primary care, dean of the School of Health Professions, associate provost, and provost.
Three Women Apppointed to Provost Posts at Campuses of California State University
Jun. 3, 2020 - Katherine Kantardjieff was named provost at California State University, Monterey Bay. Jenn Capps has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at Humboldt State University in Arcata and Carolyn Thomas has been appointed provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State University, Fullerton.
The New President of Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Jun. 3, 2020 - Victoria L. Bastecki-Perez has been selected to serve as the college’s sixth president. She has been serving as interim president so the appointment is effective immediately. Dr. Bastecki-Perez has been on the staff at the college since 1996 and was provost and vice president for academic affairs before being named interim president.
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Research & Studies
Study Finds Differences in Gender Roles in Group Labs in the Field of Physics
Jun. 3, 2020 - The study found that women in the less-structured inquiry labs tended to be high laptop users (primarily analyzing data), while men were high equipment users (collecting data or manipulating the equipment). The researchers also found that men behaved differently when in single- versus mixed-gender groups.
High Alcohol Use Among College Students May Be More Damaging to Women Than Men
Jun. 3, 2020 - Among college students who are heavy users of alcohol women reported generally less interest in academic work and performance than men. The researchers also found that young women are more likely to depend on alcohol to improve mental well-being, which is also concerning, as they may self-medicate through drinking.
Has the Pandemic Caused Women to Reconsider Whether to Go to Business Schools?
Jun. 3, 2020 - On April 30, a survey by the Graduate Management Admission Council found that 55 percent of women respondents were very concerned or extremely concerned about their decision to pursue business school education due to the impact of COVID-19. Only 37 percent of male candidates for business school expressed similar concerns.
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Appointments
Eight Women Scholars Appointed to Dean Positions at Major Universities
Jun. 4, 2020 - As we transition from one academic year to the next, there are always many new appointments to dean positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. Here is this week's listing of women who will be serving in dean posts.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Ten Women to Administrative Posts
Jun. 4, 2020 - Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
A Trio of Women Appointed to Full Professor at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Jun. 4, 2020 - Janine Chi was promoted to professor of sociology. Margo Hobbs was named a professor of art and Katherine Richmond was promoted to professor of psychology.
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Honors & Awards
University of California, Santa Cruz’s Tesla Jeltema Honored by the American Physical Society
Jun. 4, 2020 - Dr. Jeltema, whose research addresses cosmological questions such as the nature of dark matter and dark energy and the evolution of galaxies, founded the university's Women in Physics and Astrophysics group in 2011 and serves as its faculty adviser. She is being honored for her mentorship activities.
NASA Names Its New Space Telescope After Nancy Grace Roman
Jun. 4, 2020 - Although she was the first woman faculty member in the department of astronomy & astrophysics at the Univerity of Chicago, Dr. Roman left the university after determining she would not get tenure. She went on to join the Naval Research Laboratory and NASA.
Virginia Tech’s Carol Mullen Honored by the International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership
Jun. 4, 2020 - Carol Mullen, a professor of educational leadership in the Virginia Tech School of Education, was named as the recipient of the 2020 Theodore “Ted” Creighton Publication Innovation Award from the International Council of Professors of Educational Leadership.
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Other Recent Articles
In Memoriam: Antoinette Iadarola, 1940-2020 [6.3.2020]

Dr. Iadarola was the sixth president of Cabrini University, which is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. She was the university’s first lay president. Dr. Iadarola served as president from 1992 to 2008.
Connie Foster Selected to Lead the University of Wisconsin-River Falls [6.3.2020]

During her previous tenure at the university, Dr. Foster initially served as a professor of health and human performance, gymnastics coach, and women’s athletic director. She later was appointed athletic director and chair of the health and human performance department. She also served as iterim chancellor for 10 months.
In Memoriam: Rosemary Tysko Hornak, 1951-2020 [6.3.2020]

Rosemary Hornak ws professor emerita of psychology at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina. She sserved on the Meredith College faculty for 34 years before her retirement in 2011.
Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [6.2.2020]

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 [6.1.2020]

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education [6.1.2020]

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.
Four Women Who Have Announced Their Retirements From the Academic World [6.1.2020]

Stepping down from their posts are Geraldine M. Jones, president of California University of Pennsylvania, Gay Barzee of Boise State University in Idaho, Barbara Brooome of Kent State University in Ohio, and Lorna Jean Edmunds of Ohio University.
In Memoriam: Diana Northrup Lockard, 1925-2020 [5.29.2020]

Dr. Lockard served as the inaugural dean of students at Pitzer College in Claremont, California. She was also executive director of California Concerns, an organization that promoted leadership for women in California higher education.
Eleven Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions [5.29.2020]

As we transition from one academic year to the next, there are always many new appointments to dean positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. Here is this week’s listing of women who will be serving in dean posts.
Notre Dame Professor Sophie White Wins Multiple Honors for Her New Book [5.28.2020]

Professor White won the Kemper and Leila Williams Book Prize from the Historic New Orleans Collection and the Louisiana Historical Association and the 2020 Summerlee Book Prize from the Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast at Lamar University.
Five Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Major Universities [5.28.2020]

Named to endowed chairs are Sarah Abrevaya Stein at the University of California, Los Angeles, Pamela Hill at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Wendy Cadge at Brandeis University in Waltham Massachusetts, Brooke E. Blevins at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and Angela Duckworth at the University of Pennsylvania.
University of Chicago’s Alice Goff Wins the 2020 Berlin Prize [5.28.2020]

The Berlin Prize is awarded to scholars, writers, composers, and artists from the United States who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields. Dr. Goff will begin a semester-long fellowship this fall at the Academy, which fosters intellectual, cultural, and political ties between Germany and the United States.
A Dozen Women Appointed to Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities [5.28.2020]

Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
University of Wisconsin Historian Wins Book Prize [5.28.2020]

Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué, an assistant professor of African cultural studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded the 2020 Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize from the Western Association of Women Historians.
Mount Holyoke College Awards Tenure to Seven Women Faculty Members [5.28.2020]

Mount Holyoke College, the selective liberal arts educational institution for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts, has announced that it has awarded tenure to nine faculty members. Seven of those granted tenure are women.
In Memoriam: Barbara Ferguson Harland, 1925-2020 [5.27.2020]

In 1984, Dr. Harland accepted a faculty position at Howard University. She served as a tenured graduate professor within the department of nutritional sciences in College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences for 30 years. She continued to conduct research in her university laboratory until the age of 90.
Susan Henking Selected as the Leader of Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina [5.27.2020]

Dr. Henking has been serving as interim vice president for academic and student affairs and dean of the college. She is the former president of Shimer College in Chicago and earlier was a professor of religious studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York.
How Will the Economic Crisis Due to the Pandemic Impact Women’s Student Loan Debt? [5.27.2020]

In the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis, women filed nearly 59 percent of unemployment claims. Prior to the public health crisis, the unemployment rate for women was below the rate for men. The latest data shows that the unemployment rate for women was 15.7 percent in April 2020, compared to 13.7 percent for men. It will be tough to pay back student loans if you don’t have a job.
Governors State University in Illinois Appoints Cheryl Green as Its Sixth President [5.27.2020]

Last year, Dr. Green was appointed interim chancellor of the University of Wisconson-Whitewater. At that time she was vice chancellor of student affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Earlier, Dr. Green served as assistant vice president of student affairs at Tennessee State University.
A Check-Up on Gender Disparities in the Field of Orthopedic Surgery [5.27.2020]

Women are only 6.5 percent of the members of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons. The good news is 13 percent of the residents in the field are women. But a new study finds that very large gender gaps persist in the financial arrangments companies make with orthopedic surgeons.
Four Universities Announce the Appointment of Women Provosts [5.27.2020]

The four women appointed to university provost positions are Debra J. Liebowitz at Quinnipiac University in Hamdem, Conncticut, Karlyn Crowley at Ohio Wesleyan University, Elizabeth Chilton at Washington State University, and AnneF. Herzog at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.
New Report Documents the Gender Gap in Retirement Income [5.27.2020]

A new study from from the National Institute on Retirement Security finds that although most Americans struggle to adequately save for retirement, women face unique challenges in saving, largely stemming from a gender pay gap that persists into a retirement wealth gap.
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