Breaking News
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Colette Irwin-Knott to Lead Valparaiso University in Indiana
Aug. 5, 2020 - Irwin-Knott has been a member of the university's board of trustees since 2009. She has spent her career in the field of public finance with HJ Umbaugh & Associates in Indianapolis retiring as a partner in 2014. She worked closely with educators throughout Indiana on hundreds of school and library projects involving the issuance of municipal bonds. -
Creighton University in Omaha Announces the Appointment of Its Next Provost
Aug. 5, 2020 - Since 2014, Dr. Mardell Wilson, A registered dietitian and licensed dietitian nutritionist, has been dean of the Edward and Margaret Doisy College of Health Sciences at Saint Louis University. Earlier, she spent 17 years as a faculty member and administrator at Illinois State Unversity. -
Carol A. Moore Is the New Leader of Guilford College in Greensboro, North Carolina
Aug. 5, 2020 - In March of this year, Dr. Moore announced her decision to step down as president of Columbia College in South Carolina for family and health reasons. Dr. Moore also has served as interim president of Burlington College in Vermont and is the former president of Lyndon State College in Lyndonville, Vermont. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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What Happens to Women College Graduates After They Get Their Degree?
Aug. 5, 2020 - Women who earn a bachelor's degree are more likely to continue their education than men who graduate from college. For women who graduate from college and took a full-time job, the median income was $33,900. For male college graduate who took a full time job, the medican income was $38,000. -
Study Finds That the Pandemic Has Widened the Gender Gap in Work Hours
Aug. 5, 2020 - A new study led by Caitlyn Collins, a sociologist at Washington University in St. Louis, finds that Between March and April, mothers’ work hours fell four to five times as much as fathers’ work hours. While mothers scaled back their work hours by about 5 percent, or two hours per -
Daughters of Feminist Women Have a Significant Positive Influence on Their Mothers Psyche
Aug. 5, 2020 - A new study by researchers at the University of Georgia and the University of Kansas finds that not only do feminist mothers have more self-assured feminist daughters, their young adult daughters’ voices have a significant, positive psychological influence on their mothers. - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux Elected President of the American Association of State Climatologists
Aug. 3, 2020 - Lesley-Ann L. Dupigny-Giroux is a professor of geography at the University of Vermont. Dr. Dupigny-Giroux's research focuses on hydroclimatic natural hazards and climate literacy as well as the use of remote sensing and geographic information systems in the fields of spatial climate and land-surface processes. -
Five Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles at Major Universities
Jul. 31, 2020 - The five women scholars taking on new assignments are Melanie K. Prusakowski at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Cheryl Holder at Florida International University, Ashley Steffens at the University of Georgia, Kim Warren at the University of Kansas, and Camille Wilson at the University of Michigan. -
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities
Jul. 30, 2020 - The five new deans are Tomoko Sakomura at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, Earnstein Dukes at Texas Tech University, Faiza Khoja at Texas A&M University-Central Texas, Kathy Wolfe at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and Jacqueline Hill at Florida Memorial University in Miami Garders. - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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University of Georgia’s Alexa Lamm Honored for Agricultural Education and Communication
Jul. 30, 2020 - The Council for Agricultural Science and Technology award honors outstanding achievement by a scientist, engineer, technologist or other professional working in the agricultural, environmental or food sectors for contributing to the advancement of science in the public policy arena. -
George Washington University Professor Wins American Marketing Association Award
Jul. 30, 2020 - Vanessa Perry is the associate dean for faculty and research and professor of marketing at the George Washington University School of Business. She has been actively involved with The PhD Project, a national nonprofit organization that works to increase the diversity of business school faculty through mentorship. -
Kate Coddington Honored by the American Association of Geographers
Jul. 30, 2020 - Kate Coddington, an assistant professor of geography and planning at the University at Albany of the State University of New York System, was honored for making an innovative, original contribution to the conceptual and/or methodological embrace of political geography. - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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In Memoriam: Marguerite Elsa Ballon Nadien, 1930-2020 [8.5.2020]
Dr. Nadien joined the full-time faculty at Fordham in 1974. In 1981, she became the first psychologist in the division of social sciences at the Lincoln Center campus to achieve tenure. She taught at Fordham for more than four decades.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [8.3.2020]
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 [8.3.2020]
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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In Memoriam: Nadine Taub, 1943-2020 [8.3.2020]
Taub joined the faculty at the Rutgers University School of Law in Newarkmin 1973. There she founded the Women’s Rights Litigation Clinic, the first of its kind in the nation, according to the university.
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Four Women Announce Their Retirements From Colleges and Universities [8.3.2020]
The four women who are leaving their posts in the academic world are Maureen J. Mahoney at Boston Univerity, Paulette Sanders at Grace College in Indiana, Beth Brin at Boise State University in Idaho, and Joanne Bankston at Kentucky State University.
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In Memoriam: Camilla D. O’Neal, 1931-2020 [7.31.2020]
Camilla O’Neal, professor emerita of English and education at Missouri State University, died on July 24, 2020 at the home of her son in Columbia, Missouri.
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Ten Women Who Are Taking on New High-Level Administrative Duties in the Academic World [7.30.2020]
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
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Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, Announces the Hiring of Three Women to Its Faculty [7.30.2020]
At Hendrix College, a liberal arts educational institution in Conway, Arkansas, Jericka S. Battle and Rosilyn Sanders were hired as instructors of psychology and Latorya D. Hicks was appointed an assistant professor of chemistry.
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A Check-Up on Women in the STEM Workforce: A Long Way to Equality [7.29.2020]
A new report from the Center for Research + Evaluation at the University of California, San Diego shows that women are making progress in the STEM workforce but that there is still a long way to go to reach equality.
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Terry Booth Is the New Leader of Central Carolina Technical College in Sumter, South Carolina [7.29.2020]
President Booth has been on the staff at the college for the past 30 years. Since 1999, she has been serving as vice president for business affairs where she was responsible for the college’s human resources, information systems, capital projects, physical plant, accounting and budgeting, purchasing, security, auxiliary and internal services.
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Survey Finds Women and College-Educated People Are More Likely to Adhere to Social Distancing Guidelines [7.29.2020]
Overall, 71 percent of adult Americans say they have tried to separate themselves from others to avoid COVID-19. Women are about nine percentage points more likely than men to self-isolate. People with a bachelor’s degree are almost 20 percentage points more likely to self-isolate than those with only a high school diploma.
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Jill M. Baren is the New Provost at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia [7.29.2020]
Dr. Baren comes to the University of the Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania where she has been serving as a professor of emergency medicine, pediatrics, and medical ethics at the Perelman School of Medicine. She was chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Penn from 2011 to 2017, where she was the first woman to hold the position.
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Women College Students Socially Distance From Gay Men They Perceive as Sexually Promiscuous [7.29.2020]
The authors note that historically heterosexual women have been generally more accepting of gay men than is the case for heterosexual men. But the current research shows that when women college students perceive gay men as sexually promiscuous they tend to shy away from interpersonal relationships more so than for gay men generally.
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Cheri Canon Is the New President of the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments [7.29.2020]
Cheri L. Canon holds the Witten-Stanley Endowed Chair of Radiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine. She is the second woman to serve as president of the Society of Chairs of Academic Radiology Departments, a nonprofit that aims to advance the art and science of radiology.
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In Memoriam: Rose Mary Healy Dougherty, 1947-2020 [7.29.2020]
Rose Mary Healy Dougherty served as president of the White Plains campus of Berkeley College from 1991 to 1995. In January 1996, she was appointed senior vice president of academic affairs at Berkeley College in New York City. She was named provost there in 2005
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Six Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Duties in Higher Education [7.27.2020]
Taking on new roles are Amy Kirschke at Virginia Tech, Donyell Roseboro at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, Marilyn Chin at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, Angela Jordan Davis at American University in Washington, D.C., Anne O’Leary-Kelly at the University of Arkansas, and Michelle M. Duguid at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [7.27.2020]
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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In Memoriam: María Cristina Lugones, 1944-2020 [7.27.2020]
María Lugones, the feminist scholar and activist, began her academic career at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. In 1993, she joined the faculty at Binghamton University, a campus of the State University of New York System.
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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [7.27.2020]
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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Three Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their High-Level Posts at Universities [7.24.2020]
Stepping down from the current toles are Terry Murphy, deputy provost for academic affairs at George Washington University, Cynthia Wilbanks, vice president for government relations at the University of Michigan, and Dana Canedy, administrator of the Pulitzer Prizes at Columbia University.
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In Memoriam: Eleanor Maxine Moose Bruhns, 1924-2020 [7.24.2020]
E. Maxine Bruhns served as the director of the Nationality Rooms and Intercultural Exchange Programs at the University of Pittsburgh for more than half a century.
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A Half Dozen Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities [7.23.2020]
Appointed to dean positions are Cheryl Anderson at the University of California, San Diego, Sharon Wise at Utica College in New York, Diana Hess at the University of Wisconsin, Judith A. Ponticell at the University of South Florida, Jasmine Alinder at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Carissa Schively Slotterback at the University of Pittsburgh.
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Penn State’s Lorraine Dowler Honored by the American Association of Geographers [7.23.2020]
Lorraine Dowler, a professor of geography and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Pennsylvania State University, was recognized as “a geographer who has made an outstanding service contribution to women in geography and/or feminist geography.”
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