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Wendy Wintersteen to be the First Woman President of Iowa State University
Dr. Wintersteen first joined the faculty at Iowa State in 1979. In 1989, she left briefly to serve as director of the National Pesticide Education Program of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Since 2006, she has served as dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State.
Lyn Brodersen Cochran Appointed President of Scott Community College in Iowa
Dr. Brodersen Cochran has been serving as an administrator for the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Services. She also lectured at Drake University and Iowa State University.
Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on 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.
Mary Holz-Clause Appointed Chancellor of the University of Minnesota Crookston
Dr. Holz-Clause has been serving as a tenured professor and dean of the Huntley College of Agriculture at California State Polytechnic University Pomona. Earlier, she was vice president for economic development at the University of Connecticut.
In Memoriam: Pamela Denise Anthony, 1971-2017
Pamela D. Anthony, vice president for student affairs at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. From 2012 to 2016, she was dean of students at Iowa State University.
Three Women Among the Four Finalists for Dean of Veterinary School at the University of Georgia
All four candidates will visit the veterinary school by February 15 to meet with members of the college community and to make a public presentation. Three of the four candidates are women.
Fourteen Women Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
One Woman Among Finalists for Dean of the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia
Sara McLaughlin Mitchell is a professor of political science at the University of Iowa. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in political science from Michigan State University.
Notable Honors and Awards for Five Women Scholars at Major Universities
The honorees are Anna Nagurney of the University of Massachusetts, Sonia Rowley of the University of Hawaii, Wendy Wintersteen at Iowa State University, Susan L. Forsburg of the University of Southern California, and Deena Katz of Texas Tech University.
Study Examines How Gender and Political Psychology Influence Voter Behavior
In a series of experiments, Tessa Ditonto, an assistant professor of political science at Iowa State University, found that voters were more forgiving of men who were portrayed as incompetent than was the case for women who were shown as incompetent.
A Trio of Women Faculty Members Honored With Prestigious Awards
The three women scholars who won notable honors are Gul E. Kremer, a professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering at Iowa State University, Jessica Blois, an environmental scientist at the University of California, Merced, and Jeanna Matthews, an associate professor of computer science at Clarkson University in New York.
In Memoriam: Carolyn Willa Kohler, 1944-2016
Carolyn Kohler joined the staff at Iowa State University Libraries in 1971 and was head of the government documents department at the university until her retirement in 2004.
New High-Level Administrative Duties for Nine Women in Higher Education
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 Appointed to Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities
The new deans are Carla M. Koretsky at Western Michigan University, Maureen Ryan at the University of Southern Mississippi, Laura Dunn Jolly at Iowa State University, Linda Scott at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Whitney Soule at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
New Administrative Assignments for 10 Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Six Women Faculty Members Taking on New Assignments
The women scholars in new roles are Susan Krauss Whitbourne of the University of Massachusetts, Kristen Johansen of Iowa State University, Andrea Bruder of Colorado College, Donna Sabella at the University of Massachusetts, Judith Schneider at the University of Alabama at Huntsville and Margaret Burnett at Oregon State University.
Iowa State University Announces Finalists for Senior Vice President of Student Affairs
One of the three finalists for the position is a woman. Lori Ressor is vice president for student affairs at the University of North Dakota. She has served in this position since 2011.
Dawn Bratsch-Prince Is a Finalist for Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University
Dawn Bratsch-Prince is associate provost for faculty and a professor of Spanish at Iowa State University in Ames. She holds a Ph.D. in Romance philology from the University of California, Berkeley.
Ten Women Who Are Taking on New Faculty Assignments in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Iowa State University Students Are Working on Landscaping Projects With Inmates at a Women’s Prison
The Iowa State team, led by assistant professor Julie Stevens, constructed three multipurpose outdoor classrooms. They planted 260 trees and about one acre of native prairie flowers and grasses. This year’s effort was devoted to a one-acre garden that is producing herbs and vegetables for the prison’s kitchen.
Seven Women Faculty Members Taking on New Roles
Taking on new assignments are Barbara Cantalupo at Pennsylvania State University, Alicia Carriquiry at Iowa State University, Hannah Scherer at Virginia Tech, Helen Elaine Lee at MIT, Natasha Kirienko at Rice University, Maria Doerfler at Duke University, and Katie Corcoran at West Virginia University.
A Dozen Women With New Administrative Jobs in Higher Education
The appointees are Janice Tawney, Lori S. White, Lorraince Acker, Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg, Janice Lewis, Kirsten Waarala, Laura Simmelink, Nicole Edwards Evans, Sue Roberts, Sarah Covert, Ruth Jacobs Jackson, and Shannon Jackson.
Iowa State University’s Vast Archive of Political Speeches and Ads of Women Candidates
The Women’s Political Communication Archives at Iowa State University are a vast database of speeches and campaign ads for over 300 women politicians and activists throughout American history.
Women in Married-Couple Families Who Get Sick Are More Likely to Divorce
A new study published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior and led by a sociologist at Iowa State University, found that when a man in a married-couple family has a serious illness, there is no increase in the divorce rate.
University Study Finds Gap in Perception and Reality of Gender Differences
A new study by researchers at Iowa State University, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and Western Carolina University finds that despite popular perceptions, men and women aren’t that different after all.
Bettie A. Truitt Appointed President of Black Hawk College in Moline, Illinois
Dr. Truitt joined the faculty at the college in 1989 as an instructor of mathematics. Over her long career there, she has served as dean of instruction and academic support, vice president of instruction, executive vice president, and interim president.
University Study Finds Women in Positions of Authority Are More Likely to Be Depressed
Women who jobs that have a high degree of authority over other people in the workplace are more likely to develop symptoms of depression than other women. In contrast, men who are given a high degree of authority in the workplace are less likely than other men to develop depressive symptoms.
Six Women in New Faculty Roles at Colleges and Universities
The women in new faculty roles are Mary Ziegler at Florida State University, Sally Cockburn at Hamilton College, Christa Jackson at Iowa State University, Kelly Klump at Michigan State University, Cassi Pittman at Case Western Reserve University, and Laura Lindenfeld at the University of Maine.
New Book Explores the History of Women in Academic Engineering
Amy Sue Bix, an associate professor of history at Iowa State University, documents why women were initially excluded from academic engineering and offers an account of the pioneers who made inroads into the field.
Five Women Scholars Selected for Notable Awards
The award winners are Antoinette Sedillo Lopez of the University of New Mexico, Margaret Marshall of Harvard Law School, Helga Van Miegroet of Utah State University, Patricia Thiel of Iowa State University, and Anne White of MIT.
Tufts University Scholar Is the New President of the American Society for Nutrition
Dr. Simin Nikbin Meydani is professor in the School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, professor in the School of Nutrition Science and Policy, and the director of the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts.
In Memoriam: Frances Hagen Dumenci, 1968-2014
She was the public relations director for the Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and also served as the university’s public affairs bureau chief at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center.
This Week’s Roundup of Appointments of Women to Key Administrative Posts in Higher Education
The appointees are Shirley M. Collado, Shannon McGee, Christine Byrd-Jacobs, Lynn Babington, Mary Berry, Katherine Johnson Suski, Estela Gavosto, Beverly L. Downing, Rachel Reuben, A. Madison Cario, Marthe Druska Golden, Kimberly Washor, and Susan Goodin.
Two Women Candidates for Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Tennessee
The two women finalists are Janet E. Nelson, the director of business development for URS Corporation in Germantown, Maryland, and Chitra Rajan, associate vice president for research at Iowa State University.
Iowa State Biologist Finds Among Primates Menopause Is Unique to Humans
The study, led by Anne Brinikowski an associate professor of ecology, found that female primates of other species remain fertile throughout their lifespan while women’s reproductive fertility typically ceases during their 40s or 50s.
