All Entries Tagged With: "George Washington University"

Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The three women appointed to endowed chairs are Beth Karlan at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, LaQuandra S. Nesbitt at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C., and Susannah J. Ural at Mississippi State University.

Ellen Granberg Will Be the First Woman President of George Washington University
Dr. Granberg is a sociologist who currently serves as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. Before coming to RIT in 2018, she was a professor of sociology, department chair, associate provost for faculty affairs, and senior associate provost at Clemson University in South Carolina.

A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
Audrey Ruple has been named the Dorothy A. and Richard G. Metcalf Professor of Veterinary Medical Informatics at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. Kristin Arola is the Karen L. Gillmor Ph.D. Endowed Professor in Professional and Public Writing at Michigan State University and LaQuandra Nesbitt was named the first Bicentennial Endowed Professorship at the medical school of George Washington University.

Pamela Monaco Will Be the Next President of Ocean County College in Toms River, New Jersey
Dr. Monaco currently serves as vice president of academic and student affairs at Wilbur Wright College in Chicago, Illinois. From 2014 to 2018, she was dean of graduate and continuing studies at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. Earlier, she was vice president for professional studies and chief academic officer at Southwestern College in Wichita, Kansas.

Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Positions in Higher Education
The four women who have been appointed to endowed positions are Christina Maranci at Harvard University,. Julie E. Bauman at George Washington University Cancer Center in Washington, D.C., Lisa T. Alexander at the Boston College School of Law, and Ashley Franklin at Texas Christian University.

A Dozen Women Who Are Taking on New Administrative Duties at 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.

Jean Runyon Will Be the Next President of Piedmont Virginia Community College in Charlottesville
Dr. Runyon currently serves as campus vice president of Front Range Community College in Colorado, where she is the top executive on the Larimer campus. From 2007 to 2015, she worked at Anne Arundel Community College in Arnold, Maryland

Five Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties in Higher Education
The five women scholars in new roles are Felicia Salinas-Moniz at Brown University in Rhode Island, Stephanie Miller at the University of Mississippi, Cassandra Volpe Horii at Stanford University, Julie E. Bauman at George Washington University, and Charlene Gilbert at Ohio State University.

The American Association of University Women Names Gloria Blackwell As Its New Leader
Blackwell had been serving as the executive vice president and chief program officer for the association. For 17 years, she directed AAUW’s highly esteemed fellowships and grants program which has awarded more than $70 million in funding to women scholars and programs in the U.S. and overseas.

Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties
The women scholars in new roles are Laura McCabe at Michigan State University, Phillis Isabella Sheppard at Vanderbilt University, Rebecca Saxe at MIT, Kirsten T. Edwards at Florida International University, Mari Boor at North Dakota State University, Pamela M. Norris at George Washington University, and Tekla Ali Johnson at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New Yrk.

Stanford University’s Sherri Rose Honored for Her Work on Using Statistics to Improve Healthcare
Sherri Rose, an associate professor of medicine and a core faculty member at Stanford Health Policy in the Freeman Spogli Institute, has won this year’s Gertrude M. Cox Award from the Washington Statistical Society and RTI International for her significant contributions to applied statistics.

Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to University Dean Positions
Manica Finch is the new dean of enrollment management at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis. Aliza Wong is the interim dean of the Honors College at Texas Tech Univerity and Melissa Feuer was named acting dean of the College of Professional Studies at George Washington University

George Washington University Professor Wins American Marketing Association Award
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.

Three Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their High-Level Posts at Universities
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.

Four Women in Academia Who Are Stepping Down From Their University Positions
The women who are stepping down at Maura E. Hagan at Utah State University, Julie Barrett Heffington at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Lenore D. Miller at George Washington University, and Jennifer Sinclair Curtis at the University of California, Davis.

In Memoriam: Nancy Ryan Lowitt, 1956-2020
Nancy Lowitt was an assistant professor of medicine who had recently been promoted to senior associate dean for faculty affairs and professional development at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education
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.

Ten Women Scholars Taking on New Faculty Roles at American 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.

New Study Finds That Activism and Intervention Can Drastically Decrease Domestic Violence
Researchers at George Washington University’s Global Women’s Institute have published a new study that found that women’s advocacy groups can change social norms and produce significant reductions in domestic violence against women.

Eight Women Who Have Been Assigned 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.

Three Women Appointed to Dean Posts at Colleges and Universities
Kathryn Lofton has been appointed dean of humanities at Yale University. Rosita Sands was selected as dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts at Columbia College in Chicago and Dayna Bowen Matthew will be the next dean of the School of Law at George Washington University.

Five Women Scholars Taking on New Faculty Roles at Colleges and Universities
The five women are Kim Booker in the College of Business at Oklahoma State University, Tonya Butler at the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Victoria Sancho Lobis at Pomona College in Claremont, California, Reann LeBlanc at the University of Massachusetts, and Lisa Lesch Palmer at George Washington University.

Seven 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.

Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Positions as Dean
The new deans are Shanna L. Howell at the Bristol Community College New Bedford Campus in Massachusetts, Wanda C. Gonsalves at Kentucky State University, Barbara Lee Bass at George Washington University, Janelle Chiasera at Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, and Annette B. Wysocki at Stony Brook University in New York.

A Dozen Women Scholars Who Will Be Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education
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.

New Administrative Positions in Higher Education for 11 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.

Eight Women Faculty Members Who Have Been Given New Assignments
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.

New Administrative Positions in Higher Education for 14 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.

George Washington University Establishes the Center for Women in Engineering
The new center aims to increase the number of women students and faculty in engineering and support women in the discipline by hosting events and providing professional development opportunities. Rachelle Heller, a professor of computer science, will serve as the center’s inaugural director.

A Half Dozen Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking On New Assignments at 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.

Nine Women Scholars in Academia Who Are Taking on New Duties
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.

In Memoriam: Natalie Larmon, 1981-2018
Since 2016, Natalie Larmon was a senior prospect analyst in the Development and Alumni Relations Research & Relationship Management office at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Honors or Awards Presented to Nine Women in the Academic World
The women award recipients are Heidi Brady, Robin Aronson, Jacqueline O’Connor, Carol Ebdon, Gao Hong, Annamaria Lusardi, Kelley Wamsley, Arundhati Rao, and Andrea Scott.

In the Twitter Universe of Washington Journalists, Women Tend to Be Ignored
A new study led by Nikki Usher, an associate professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs at George Washington University, finds that male journalists were three times as likely to retweet posts made by other men than to retweet posts by women journalists.

Shepherd University Extends Contract of President Mary J.C. Hendrix
The board of governors of Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, has extended the contract of President Mary J.C. Hendrix for an additional five years. She became the 16th president of the university in 2013. At that time, Dr. Hendrix was the first graduate of the university to be named president in the institution’s 144-year history.