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A Quartet of Women Who Have Been Selected to Serve as Chairs of Their Academic Departments
Hui Cai was named chair of the department of architecture at the University of Kansas and Reeta Rao has been appointed interim head of the department of biology and biotechnology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Machelle Pardue is the new chair of biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University and Constance Vale is leading undergraduate architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Six Universities Have Announced the Appointments of Women to Dean Positions
The six women appointed to dean positions are Julie Rich t Weber State University in Utah, Versie Johnson-Mallard at Kent State University in Ohio, Dana N. Zimmel at the University of Florida, Diane Dallis-Comentale at Indian University, Leah Fullman at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama, and Kimberly Jacob Arriola at Emory University in Atlanta.
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Positions
Malinda Maynor Lowery was named the Cahoon Family Professor in American History at Emory University in Atlanta. Maya Tolstoy has been named the Maggie Walker Dean of the College of the Environment at the University of Washington and Ayoka Chenzira was named a Diana King Endowed Professor in Film and Filmmaking, Television and Related Media at Spelman College in Atlanta.
American Heart Association Honors Emory University Scholar Nanette K. Wenger
The Nanette K. Wenger Award for Best Scientific Publication on Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke in Women was recently created by the American heart Association to recognize Dr. Wenger’s monumental work and inspire continued research innovation and discovery.
New Administrative Roles for Six Women at Colleges and Universities
Taking on new administrative duties are Debbie Snell at Hawai‘i Pacific University, Karissa Morehouse at Merced College in California, Enku Gelaye at Emory University in Atlanta, Elizabeth Boluch Wood at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, Stephanie B. Frost at Bowdoin College in Maine, and Virginia C. Robbins at Syracuse University.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Nine Women to Administrative Positions
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Sabrina Cherry of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wins Peace Corps Award
The Franklin H. Williams Award recognizes ethnically diverse Peace Corps volunteers who have returned from their assignments and have demonstrated a lifelong commitment to civic engagement, service, diversity, inclusion, and world peace.
University of California, Santa Barbara Scholar Wins Book Award From the American Anthropological Association
Suma Ikeuchi, an assistant professor of East Asian languages and cultural studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has been awarded the Francis K. Hsu Prize for the best book in the anthropology of East Asia.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Emory University Scholar Finds That Women Who Suffer Cardiogenic Shock Get Less Aggressive Treatment Than Men
Investigators found that women were significantly less likely than men to receive coronary angiography, a procedure that uses a special dye and X-rays to detect blockages in heart arteries, to be treated with stents or balloons to open blockages in the arteries, and to have their heart function temporarily supplemented using a mechanical pump.
Emory University Acquires the Personal Papers of Kathleen Cleaver
Kathleen Cleaver served as the communications secretary of the Black Panther Party. Later in her career, she served on the faculty at the Emory University School of Law.
Universities Appoint Nine Women Scholars to Positions as Deans
The nine women who have been appointed to university dean positions are Mary Koithan, Brooke Berry, Deborah Keyek-Franssen, Shanna Hagan-Burke, Rachel Dunifon, Lori Schumacher Anderson, Cassandra Hill, Natasha Vijay Munshi, and Karen Sedatole.
Gilda Barbarino Will Be the Next President of the Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts
A respected researcher in the study of sickle cell disease, Dr. Barabino became dean of the Grove School of Engineering at the City College of New York in 2013. She also serves as the Daniel and Frances Berg Professor at City College.
Erika James Will Be the First Woman to Lead the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania
When she takes office on July 1, Erika James will be the first woman and the first African American to lead the prestigious business school since its founding in 1881. Since 2014, Dr. James has been serving as dean of the Goizueta Business School at Emory University in Atlanta.
In Memoriam: Sidney Carolyn Littlefield Kasfir, 1939-2019
After teaching at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Dr. Kasfir joined the Emory University faculty in 1989. She was an internationally renowned scholar of contemporary African art.
University of Louisiana-Monroe Honors Long-Time Nursing Professor
Nancy Albright Lowery taught nursing at the Univesity of Louisiana-Monroe for 40 years including the first class of students at what is now the Kitty DeGree School of Nursing. She was president of the Louisiana State Board of Nursing in the 1980s.
Deboleena Roy Appointed Senior Associate Dean of Faculty at Emory University’s College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Roy is a professor and chair of the department of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Emory. She also serves as a professor in the department of neuroscience and behavioral biology.
New Administrative Posts in Higher Education for Five Women
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Claire Sterk, President of Emory University, Announces She Will Step Down Next Summer
When she took office on September 1, 2016, Dr. Sterk was the first woman to serve as president of the university in its 180-year history. After a sabbatical, she will return to the faculty at Emory as the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Public Health.
New Assignments for Seven Women Faculty Members at Major Universities
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.
Eleven Women Who Are Taking on New Administrative Responsibilities at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Nine Woman Who Are Taking on New Administrative Duties at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Ohio Wesleyan’s Amy McClure to Be Honored by the International Literacy Association
Amy McClure, professor emerita at Ohio Wesleyan University, has been selected to receive the 2019 Jerry Johns Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading Award. She will be honored on October 12 in New Orleans
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Louise McCullough of the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Tina M. Harris of Louisiana State University, Alicia Prieto Langarica of Youngstown State University in Ohio, Marian Liu of Purdue University in Indiana, and Cassie S. Mitchell of Georgia Tech and Emory University.
Chaudron Gille Is the New Provost at the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega
Dr. Gille has served as interim provost since November 2018. Before joining the staff at the University of North Georgia, Dr. Gille was a professor of French at Gainesville State College, which merged with the University of North Georgia in 2012.
Five Colleges and Universities Appoint Women to Dean Positions
The five women appointed to new positions as dean are Alison Cullen at the University of Washington, Katherine Traylor Schaftzin at the University of mMemphis, Yolanda Cooper at Emory University in Atlanta, Natalie Person at Rhodes College in Memphis, and Joan R.M. Bullock at Texas Southern University in Houston.
Three Women Scholars to Receive Lillian Smith Book Awards
The Southern Regional Council in conjunction with the University of Georgia, Piedmont College and the Georgia Center for the Book have announced three winners of the 2019 Lillian Smith Book Awards. The three winners are all women with current academic affiliations: Rachel Devlin, Virginia Eubanks, and Vanessa Siddle Walker.
Mississippi State University Scholar’s Book to Be Honored by the American Sociological Association
Margaret A. Hagerman, an assistant professor of sociology at Mississippi State University, has been selected to receive the 2019 William J. Goode Book Award, which is given each year to a research-based book on the sociological study of families.
Tayari Jones Wins Women’s Prize for Fiction for Her Book, An American Marriage
Professor Jones serves as a professor of English and creative writing at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. An American Marriage tells the story of Celestial and Roy, two Black newlyweds whose pursuit of the American dream is violently interrupted when Roy is imprisoned for a crime he did not commit.
Thirteen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Ten Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions at American Educational Institutions
Here is a large group of women who recently have been appointed to dean positions at educational institutions across the United States.
Seven Women Scholars Who Have Been Selected to Receive Notable Awards
The honorees are Tayari Jones of Emory University in Atlanta, Jamilla Lyiscott at the University of Massachusetts, Susan Dresser at the University of Oklahoma, Bertha Hidalgo at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Sherry Farra at Wright State University in Ohio, Eranda Nikolla at Wayne State University in Detroit, and Camelia Maier at Texas Woman’s University.
Eight Women Elected Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
The American Academy of Arts and Letters recently inducted 11 individuals into the 250-member honorary society. New members are elected only upon the death of other members. Of the 11 new members, eight are women.
Five Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The five women appointed to endowed chairs are Bethany Rittle-Johnson at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Debra Fischer at Yale University in Connecticut, Jane Aiken at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Pearl K. Dowe at Emory University in Atlanta, and Tami Bond at Colorado State University.
