Breaking News
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Monica Green Will Be the Fourth President of Norco College in California
Mar. 25, 2020 - Dr. Green has been serving as interim president of Norco College since July 1, 2019. Prior to this role, she was vice president of planning and development at Riverside City College. From 2009 to 2018, Dr. Green served as the dean and later vice president of the Student Services division at Norco College. -
Na’ilah Suad Nasir Elected to Lead the American Educational Research Association
Mar. 25, 2020 - Since 2017, Dr. Nasir has been president of the Spencer Foundation, which has been a leading funder of education research since 1971. Earlier, she held the Birgeneau Chair in Educational Disparities and was vice-chancellor of equity and inclusion at the University of California, Berkeley. -
Marcia White Appointed to Lead the College of St. Rose in Albany, New York
Mar. 25, 2020 - Marcia White, who is a graduate of the college, has served on the college's board of trustees for 18 years. From 2005 to 2016, White was the president of the Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Her appointment as interim president is expected to last from 12 to 18 months. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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Factors That Impact Women’s Careers After They Take Extended Leave
Mar. 25, 2020 - A new review, coauthored by Jia Wang, a professor of educational administration and human resource development at Texas A&M University, has identified five factors that can affect a woman’s career after leaving the workforce for a period of time. -
Columbia University Study Looks at Factors Influencing Women’s Use of Preventive Care
Mar. 25, 2020 - Characteristics such as affluence, residential stability, and perceptions of neighborhood support and stress showed a significant association with women’s use of sex-specific preventive care (such as Pap smears, breast exams, and mammograms). But neighborhoods themselves showed the strongest association with women's use of preventive care services. -
Analysis Finds That Women Tend to Run More Sophisticated Political Campaigns Than Men
Mar. 25, 2020 - A new study by a researcher at the University of Cincinnati finds that women tend to run more sophisticated political campaigns than their male counterparts. Yet, women's propensity to run superior campaigns has not produced significant success at the ballot box. - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Three Women Faculty Members at State Universities Who Are Taking on New Roles
Mar. 27, 2020 - Carey Ellis Laffoon was promoted to full professor of nursing at Arkansas Tech University. Jami Fullerton, a professor of strategic communication at Oklahoma State was named chief editor of Journalism & Mass Communication Educator and Chrysanthi Leon, associate professor of sociology at the University of Delaware, was named deputy director -
Eddith Dashiell to Lead the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University
Mar. 26, 2020 - Dashiell joined the Ohio University faculty in 1992 and currently serves as an associate professor and associate director of undergraduate programs for the journalism school. Earlier, she taught at Middle Tennessee State University and Indiana University while pursuing her graduate degrees. -
Three Women in Academia Appointed to Positions as Deans
Mar. 26, 2020 - Tricia Gatlin will be the next dean of its Wegmans School of Nursing at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York. Bettye Grable has been named the acting dean of the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication at Florida A&M University and Joy K. Ward will be the next - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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Harvard University’s Lizabeth Cohen Wins the Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy
Mar. 26, 2020 - Lizabeth Cohen, the Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies at Harvard University and former dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, has won the Bancroft Prize in American history and diplomacy, which is administrated by Columbia University. -
Fatimah Jackson to Receive the Charles R. Darwin Lifetime Achievement Award
Mar. 26, 2020 - Fatimah Jackson is a professor of biology and the director of the W. Montague Cobb Research Laboratory at Howard University in Washington, D.C. She is the first woman of African descent to receive this prestigious award from the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. -
Three Women Professors to Be Honored by the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy
Mar. 26, 2020 - The honorees are Gayle A. Brazeau, a professor and dean of the School of Pharmacy at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, Betty Chewning, a professor of pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Kim L.R. Brouwer, a professor and associate dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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A Milestone Appointment for a Woman in College Football [3.27.2020]
Heather Marini, a native of Australia, was promoted to quarterbacks coach at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She is the first woman to serve as a position coach in the history of NCAA Division I intercollegiate football.
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College and Universities That Have Appointed Six Women to Administrative Positions [3.26.2020]
Appointed to new administrative posts are Julie Payne-Kirchmeier at Northwestern University, Katherine A. Stanton at Princeton University, Sonya Audria Miller at Florida Memorial University, Linda Kopecky at the University of Nevada at Reno, Katie Callow-Wright at the University of Chicago, and Valora Richardson at Hampton University in Virginia.
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Four Women Scholars Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania [3.26.2020]
Swarthmore College has announced the promotion of seven faculty members from assistant professor to associate professor. They were also awarded tenure. Four of the promotions went to women: Elaine Allard in educational studies, Lei Ouyang Bryant in music, BuYun Chen in music, and Daifeng He in economics.
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In Memoriam: Esther Sue Kanipe, 1945-2020 [3.25.2020]
In 1976, Dr. Kanipe came to Hamilton College and taught there for 35 years, retiring in 2011. She was the first woman scholar ever granted tenure at the college. Her research focused on modern French history and governmental social policy toward women and family.
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Dianne Harrison to Postpone Retirement as President of California State University, Northridge [3.23.2020]
Last November, Dianne Harrison, president of California State University, Northridge, announced she would retire on June 30, 2020. Now, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Harrison has announced that she will stay on through the fall 20020 semester.
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Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education [3.23.2020]
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [3.23.2020]
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.
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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [3.23.2020]
Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
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New Assignments for Four Women Faculty Members at Colleges and Universities [3.20.2020]
The four women who are taking on new roles are Karen V. Guth at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, Noel Schulz at Washington State University, Laura Perna at the University of Pennsylvania, and Naho Maruta at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
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Michelle Samuel-Foo Elected President of the Southeastern Entomological Society of America [3.20.2020]
Dr. Samuel-Foo joined the faculty at Alabama State University in 2018. Earlier, she taught for 10 years at the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences at the University of Florida. There, she conducted research on specialty crop pest management.
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Four Women Authors Are Selected as Winners of National Book Critics Circle Awards [3.19.2020]
Each year, the National Book Critics Circle presents awards for the finest books published in English in six categories: Fiction, Nonfiction, Biography, Autobiography, Poetry, and Criticism. Four of the six winning authors this year are women. Each has some ties to higher education.
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Three Universities Announce the Appointments of Women to Dean Positions [3.19.2020]
Jennifer Malat has been named dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences at Virginia Commonwealth University. Nicole Pennington was appointed dean of campus and community relations at Ohio University Southern and Leslie V. Parise was named dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Vermont.
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Penn State’s Laurie Badzek to Receive the Leadership in Ethics Award From the American Nurses Association [3.19.2020]
The American Nurses Association award was created to recognize a registered nurse who has authentically demonstrated the highest standards of ethics and leadership in their daily practice, served as an ethical role model, and promoted ethical dialogue and scholarship.
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Five Women Who Have Been Assigned New Administrative Duties in Higher Education [3.19.2020]
Appointed to new posts are Chandler Short at McPherson College in Kansas, Sandra Marin at Florida Atlantic University, Whitney Brown at the University of Alaska at Anchorage, Lynda Heaney at Washington University in St. Louis and Lisa A. Keegan at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
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University of Nebraska Scholar Honored by the National Association of School Psychologists [3.19.2020]
Beth Doll, professor of educational psychology at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln has been honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Association of School Psychologists. The award recognizes outstanding school psychologists who have had a national impact on the field.
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Three Women Scholars Appointed Full Professor at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania [3.19.2020]
Swarthmore College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in suburban Philadelphia, has announced the promotion of Linda Chen to professor of mathematics. Also promoted to full professor are Bakirathi Mani in English and Tomoko Sakomura in art history.
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Research Shows a Way That Might Increase Retention of Women in College-Level Economics [3.18.2020]
Dr. Ahlstrom’s research found that women college students who took an introductory course on the principles of microeconomics online earned higher grades in a follow-up intermediate microeconomics course than women who took the introductory course in a traditional classroom. This suggests that class format could affect the success of women studying economics.
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Christina McIntyre of Virginia Tech to Lead the National Collegiate Honors Council [3.18.2020]
The organization’s mission is to support and strengthen the community of educational institutions, professionals, and students who partake in collegiate honors education worldwide. McIntyre will serve a year as vice president and a year as president-elect, before becoming president of the Council in 2022.
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International Survey Shows Extent of Gender Differences in Aspirations for Careers in STEM [3.18.2020]
A study by the Financial Times finds “a sharp difference in attitudes towards boys and girls and their pursuit of science-related careers. It also highlights the gender stereotypes that affect pupils’ career choices and lead women to miss out on higher-earning occupations.”
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Two Women Scholars Appointed to Provost Positions [3.18.2020]
Debbie Storrs will serve as interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of North Dakota for 13 months beginning in June. April White Pugh was appointed provost at Southern Wesleyan University in Central, South Carolina. She has been serving as interim provost since June 2019.
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Academic Study Shows the Importance of Paid Maternity Leave for Mothers, Babies, and the Economy [3.18.2020]
Only 16 percent of American workers have access to paid leave after the birth or adoption of a child. Since paid maternity leave is available to so few, nearly one in four new mothers in the United States who are not eligible for paid leave return to work within 10 days of giving birth.
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Maria Arvelo Lumpkin Is the New Leader of St. Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina [3.18.2020]
In October 2019, Dr. Lumpkin was named chief operating officer at Saint Augustine’s University. Previously, she served as the special assistant to the president, and as the inaugural executive director of student retention and the center for scholar communities at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania.
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In Memoriam: Vera Stepen Pless, 1931-2020 [3.18.2020]
Dr. Pless was one of the world’s top experts in the field of error-correcting codes. She taught in the mathematics department at the University of Illinois at Chicago from 1975 to 2006.
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