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Universities Offer New Assignments to Eight Women Scholars
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The four women named to endowed professorships are Merve Gül Emre at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, Imani Perry at Harvard University, Jhumpa Lahiri at Barnard College in New York City, and Susan K. Serrano at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law.
Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles
The women scholars taking on new assignments are Heidi Hehnly at Syracuse University, Hope Wilson at Northern Illinois University, Chinenye Anyanwu at the University of Connecticut, Jennifer Freeman at Purdue University, Sabrina Jedlicka at Lehigh University, Smanathat Francois at Clark University, and Jocelyn Viterna at Harvard University.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Named Professorships
The four women named to endowed professorships are Carol Handwerker in the School of Materials Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Young-joo Lee in the School of Philanthropy at Indiana University, Sharon Dutrow at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana, and Audrey Kurth Cronin at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Nine Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New University Duties
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Universities Announce the Appointment of Three Women Scholars to Endowed Chairs
Cathy Yang Liu has been named the Michael and Enid Mescon Endowed Chair in the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University. Alexandra Boltassev was named the Ron and Dotty Garvin Tonjes Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Purdue University and Erika Tatiana Camacho has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Berriozábal Endowed Chair at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Six Women Scholars Who Have Been Assigned New Roles in Higher Education
The six women scholars who are taking on new duties are Preeti Sivasankar at Purdue University in Indiana, Stefanie Johnson at the University of Colorado Boulder, Lynda Gardner at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Lorann Stallones of Colorado State University, Kim Dooley at Texas A&M University, and Laurie Cutting a Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
University of Rochester Appoints Six Women to Endowed Professorships
RThe six women scholars who have been named to endowed professorships at the University of Rochester are Amy Blatt, Lisa Kitko, Ellen Matson, Jeanine Miklos-Thal, Laurie Steiner, and Holly Watkins.
Nine Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Duties
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Three Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs at State Universities
Laura Hedin is the new holder of the Morgridge Endowed Chair in the College of Education at Northern Illinois University. Melba M. Crawford was named the Nancy Uridil and Frank Bosseu Distinguished Professor in Civil Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, and Julie M. Riley was named to the Hal Reed Black, M.D., Chair in Urology at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Four Woman Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The four women named to endowed chairs are Mapuana Antonio at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Sandra Kingery, a professor of Spanish at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Lorrie Frasure at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Rebecca L. Aft at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
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.
