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New Assignments for Seven Women Faculty Members in Higher Education
The faculty in new roles are Meng Zhao at North Carolina A&T State University, Lucia Unrau at Oklahoma State University, Kimberly Cornaggia at Pennsylvania State University, Karen Keaton Jackson at North Carolina Central University, Elizabeth Topp at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Berit Bangoura at the University of Wyoming, and Penny Gordon-Larsen at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
A Quarter of Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Faculty Positions
The women appointed to endowed positions are Beverly Gage at Yale University, Arline Savage at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Business, Tiffany Morris in the College of Health and Human Sciences at North Carolina A&T State University, and Saonee Sarker in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech.
Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Assuming New Duties at Universities
Taking on new duties are Lynne McLandsborough at the University of Massachusetts, Melanie E. Loehwing at Mississippi State University, Saida Grundy at Boston University, Linda C. Samuels at Washington University in St. Louis, Beth Belmont at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, Bonnie Dow at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and Taryn Loyd at the University of Arkansas.
Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Duties at Major Universities
The women faculty members taking on new roles are Bandana Purkayastha at the University of Connecticut, Paula Austin at Boston University, Kelly Pender at Virginia Tech, Katia Obraczka at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Kari Nadeau at the School of Public Health at Harvard University, Mary Klotman at Duke University in Durham North Carolina, and Megan Saylor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Named Professorships at State Universities
Olga F. Jarrín Montaner has been appointed to the Hunterdon Endowed Professorship in Nursing Research at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Shadi Nazarian is the inaugural holder of the H. Ralph Hawkins, FAIA, Chair in Architecture at the University of Texas at Arlington and Jessica Larsen is the Carol and John Cromer ’63 Family Endowed Associate Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Clemson University in South Carolina.
Five Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Duties
The five women scholars who are assuming new assignments are Renee Irvin at the University of Oregon, Andrea Case at Michigan State University, Julia Bullock at Emory University in Atlanta, Aisha Ali-Gombe at Louisiana State University, and Margaret Meserve at the University of Notre Dame.
Nine Women Appointed to Endowed Faculty Positions at Cornell University
Twenty-three faculty members in the College of Arts & Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, were recently honored with endowed professorships. Nine of the 23 appointments to endowed faculty positions went to women.
Four Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Responsibilities
Taking on new roles are Cheryl Neale-McFall at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, Margie Lee at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Amy Cook at Stony Brook University in New York, and Karen Jones at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.
Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The women appointed to endowed chairs are Mary Andrianopoulos at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Lydia Lindsey at North Carolina Central University, Jill Locke at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota, and Sherrilyn Ifill at the Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C.
Four Women Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Bowdoin College in Maine
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, has announced the appointments of four accomplished scholars to new endowed faculty professorships. These new positions, which are fully funded by donors, will focus on the interdisciplinary study of race, racism, and racial justice and across themes of environmental justice and belonging, citizenship, and freedom.
Five Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Positions or Duties
The five women scholars who are taking on new roles are Elaine A. Peña at Washington University in St. Louis, Fanta Waterman at the University of Illinois Chicago, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer at Princeton University in New Jersey, Ahkinyala Abdullah at Virginia Union University in Richmond, and HJope Ballentine at the University of Arkansas.
Three Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments
Julia Steed will become the academic director of the family nurse practitioner program in the School of Nursing at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Nanfu Wang will join the faculty of New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute as a Distinguished Journalist in Residence and Susan Richmond, an associate professor of art history at Georgia State University, will become the interim associate dean for the College of the Arts at the university.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
Christine Alvarado will be the inaugural holder of the Paul R. Kube Endowed Chair of Computer Science at the University of California, San Diego. Allison Jaynes was appointed the F. Wendell Miller Distinguished Professor in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Iowa and Zelda Lockhart was named the Distinguished Endowed Associate Professor of Creative Writing and African American Literature at North Carolina Central University.
Four Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Duties
The women faculty members who are taking on new roles are Kathleen Horvath at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Patricia White at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, Brenda Jacobs at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, and Bridget Hayden at the University of Southern Mississippi.
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Named to Endowed Professorships
Gladys Mitchell-Walthour was appointed to the Dan Blue Endowed Chair of Political Science at North Carolina Central University. Julena Bonner was named to the Dr. Vernon Maughan Buehler and MaRee C. Buehler Endowed Professorship at Utah State University and Kristina Meinking is the inaugural Trustee Chair for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching at Elon University in North Carolina.
A Snapshot of the Gender Diversity of the Faculty at Johns Hopkins University
The university reports that in 2021, there were more than 2,400 women faculty at the university. They made up 46 percent of the more than 5,200 faculty members. In 2015, women were 42 percent of all faculty at Johns Hopkins. There were 340 women full professors. They made up 28.1 percent of all full professors.
Four Women Scholars Taking on New Faculty Roles
The four women appointed to new positions are McLean Fahnestock at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, Julia Carboni at the William D. Ruckelshaus Center — a collaboration between Washington State University and the University of Washington, Emily Pritchard at Florida State University, and Shirlkeymu L. Winston at Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
A Quartet of Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The four women scholars named to endowed professorships are Yue Hillon at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, Katarzyna Anna Bilicka in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, Dawn C. Nunziato at the George Washington University Law School, and Sally Fortenberry at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Designated for New Assignments
The women assigned to new roles are Toddi Steelman at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, Sheria D. Rowe at Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Borislava Iltcheva at the School of Music at the University of Southern Mississippi, Heather DuBois in the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College, and Melissa Holt at Boston University.
Three Women Scholars in Higher Education Appointed to Endowed Chairs
Susan Ingram is the inaugural holder of the Richard J. Traystman, PhD, Endowed Chair in Anesthesiology at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. Susan Dyess was named to the Thomas M. and Elizabeth D. Holder Endowed Chair at Kennesaw State University in Georgia and Maggie Falenschek was named to the Herbert and Cora Moehlmann Chaplaincy Chair at Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa.
Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Announces Promotions or Tenure Awards for Three Women
Cedar Crest College, the liberal arts educational institution for women in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has announced promotions and/or tenure for four faculty members. Three of the faculty members are women: Catherine M. Zurawski, Catherine M. Zurawski, and Carol J. Ritter.
Six Women Scholars Who Have Been Assigned to New Positions or Duties
Taking on new roles are Christine Kim Garcia in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, Jamie Waters at Boston College, Dana R. Fisher at American University in Washington, D.C., Caterina Scoglio at Kansas State University, Ann Marie Stanley at Pennsylvania State University, and Sanya Carley at the University of Pennsylvania.
Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The four women named to endowed professorships are Lilian Garcia-Roig at Florida State University, Pamela K. Woodard at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Kathryn Rand at the University of North Dakota, and Monica Swahn at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.
Four Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments at Colleges and Universities
The women faculty who are taking on new roles are Daphna Shohamy at Columbia University in New York City, Malinda Maynor Lowery at Emory University in Atlanta, Bryana French in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, and Amy D’Olivio was named vice president for academic affairs at Centenary College in Hackettstown, New Jersey.
Three Women Who Are Joining the School of Engineering Faculty at MIT
Sara Beery and Priya Donti will join the department of electrical engineering and computer science as assistant professors in September. Sherrie Wang joined the MIT faculty in April as an assistant professor in a shared position between the department of mechanical engineering and the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society.
Four Women Scholars Assigned to New Faculty Roles in Higher Education
Taking on new duties are Erin Rothwell at the University of Utah, Katie Fanning at Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Jeanette Davidson at the University of Texas at Austin, and Krista D. Glazewski at North Carolina State University.
Four Women Awarded Tenure at Hamilton College in New York
Hamilton College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Clinton, New York, has awarded tenure to 10 faculty members. Four of the faculty members awarded tenure are women: Alexsia T. Chan in government, Natalie Nannas in government, Anne Valente in literature and creative writing, and Keelah Williams in psychology.
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Given New Positions or Duties at Colleges or Universities
The women scholars in new roles are DeAnna Toten Beard at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, Elisha Chambers at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Maegan Tucker at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Erin O’Leary at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Amy Nsil at Salem College in Winston-Salem, South Carolina.
Four Women Named to Josiah Meigs Distinguished Professorships at the University of Georgia
The Meigs Professorship honors scholars who exemplify the university’s commitment to excellence in teaching, the value placed on student learning experiences, and the central role instruction plays in the university’s mission.
The Gender Diversity of the Faculty at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
In 2021 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, women were more than 70 percent of the faculty in education but only 32.7 percent of the full professors. Women made up 63 percent of all faculty in public health but only 39.3 percent of the full professors.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education
Taking on new positions or duties are Rossana Hu at the University of Pennsylvania, Mary Wiedenhoeft at Iowa State University, Lois Agnew, at Syracuse University in New York, and Joan Blakey at the University of Minnesota.
Four Women Who Have Been Named to Endowed Chairs at Major Universities
The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Anita Raj at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans, Rhonda Y. Williams at Wayne State University in Detroit, Amy Laurel Fluker at Youngstown State University in Ohio, and Stacey Abrams at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
A Quartet of Women Faculty Members Taking on New Roles
Delphine Dean was named chair of the department of bioengineering at Clemson University and Ania Jastreboff was appointed director of the new Yale Obesity Research Center. Kia Dolby was appointed professor of digital communication at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia and Amy Laurel Fluker has been granted tenure and promotion to the rank of associate professor of history at Youngstown State University in Ohio.
Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Positions in Higher Education
The four women appointed to endowed positions are Laura Gilchrist at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, Alison Brown at Talladega College in Alabama, Amy J. Goldberg at the School of Medicine at Temple University in Philadelphia, and Tabitha James at the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech
Women Faculty Come Up Short in Tenure Appointments
The American Association of University Professors has released new data on the status of college and university faculty in the United States.
