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Two Women Professors Win National Book Critics Circle Awards
Marilynne Robinson is the F. Wendell Miller Professor of English and Creative Writing at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop of the University of Iowa and Claudia Rankine is the Henry G. Lee Professor of English at Pomona College in Claremont, California.
Three Women Promoted to Associate Professor and Awarded Tenure at Pomona College
At Pomona College in Claremont, California, Lisa Anne Auerbach was promoted to associate professor of art. Jessica L. Borelli was named an associate professor of psychology and Julie Tannenbaum was appointed associate professor of philosophy.
Pomona College’s Claudia Rankine Makes Literary History
Professor Claudia Rankine of Pomona College in Claremont, California, is the first author to have a work nominated as a finalist in two categories in the 39-year history the National Book Critics Circle Awards.
Five Women From Academia Receive Distinguished Honors
The honorees are Patricia Sullivan of New Mexico State University, Rhonda Borcherding of Pomona College, Linda Kean of East Carolina University, Anne Arseneau of the College of William and Mary, and the late Della Davidson of the University of California, Davis.
Berkeley’s Jennifer Doudna Wins a $3 Million Breakthrough Prize
Berkeley Professor Jennifer Doudna and Emanuelle Chapentier of Umea University in Sweden will each receive $3 million for their research harnessing an ancient mechanism of bacterial immunity into technology for genome editing.
Pomona College Professor Wins Two Awards for Her Book on Academic Profiling
Gilda Ochoa’s book looks at inequalities between Asian American and Latino/a students at two public high schools in California. It was honored by the American Sociological Association and the Society for the Study of Social Problems.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Nine Women to High-Level Administrative Posts
The women taking on new administrative duties are Marilyn Lockhart, Frances Welch, Tina D. Rollins, Catherine Pope, Kalenda Eaton, Karen McComas, Yvonne M. Coston, Mary Paster, and Tami Benham Deal.
Two Women Announce Their Retirements From Key Educational Posts
Suzanne Thompson, a professor of psychology at Pomona College in Claremont, California, has retired and been named professor emerita. Margaret Phillips, vice president for human resources at West Virginia University, will step down from her post on November 7.
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.
Two Women Professors Win the Griffin Poetry Prize
Two women were award the Griffin Poetry Prize from the Griffin Trust for Excellence in Poetry. The trust awards two $65,000 prizes, one to a Canadian-born poet and one to a poet who is not Canadian. This year’s winners are Anne Carson and Brenda Hillman.
In Memoriam: Hillary Gravendyk, 1979-2014
Dr. Gravendyk joined the Pomona College faculty in 2009 and taught courses on poetry, creative writing, and literature. She was the author of two collections of poetry.
Claudia Rankine of Pomona College Wins the 2014 Jackson Poetry Prize
The judges for the Jackson Poetry Prize stated that “the moral vision of Claudia Rankine’s poetry is astounding. . . . In both vision and voice she has distinguished herself as a singular perspective, a consummate talent, and a courageous spirit.”
Pomona College Statistician Wins Accolade from the Mathematical Association of America
Johanna Hardin, a professor of mathematics at Pomona College in Claremont, California, was honored by the Mathematical Association of America for showing excellence and growth in teaching skills in the discipline of statistics.
Eleven Women in New Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities
The appointees are Cynthia Griffith, Emily Can Houseling, Leslie S. Rush, Dianthia Ford-Kee, Christine Hutchins, Elizabeth Mosely-Hawkins, Marylou Ferry, Sarah Craven Cooke, Margaret L. Anderson, Charlotte E. Exner, and Donna Ng.
In Memoriam: Katherine Johanna Hagedorn, 1961-2013
Dr. Hagedorn was a professor of music and director of the ethnomusicology program at Pomona College in Claremont, California. She served for three years as associate dean and from 2003 to 2005 she was the co-coordinator of the gender and women’s studies program
Pomona College Scholar Wins Book Award
Kyla Tompkins, an associate professor of English and gender and women’s studies at Pomona College in Claremont, California, received the Lora Romero First Book Publication Prize from the American Studies Association.
Eleven Women in New Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities
The women in new posts are Sarah Thomas, Pamela Besnard, Shannon Gurek, Lhay Browning Thriffiley, Katie Young, Katherine Karraker, Deborah Moon Shaffer, Debra S. Merchant, Julie Weber, Anne Milkovich, and Karen Stallman.
Three Women Appointed to Dean Positions
The new deans are Valencia Matthews at Florida A&M University, Janice Hudgings at Pomona College, and Majorie Thomas at the College of William and Mary.
Pomona College’s Claudia Rankine Elected Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets
The Henry G. Lee Professor of English at Pomona College in California, will serve a six-year term promoting the Academy and acting as an ambassador for poetry to the world at large.
Three Women in New Teaching Posts
Judith Stein was named a University Distinguished Professor at the City College of New York. Della Price joins the faculty at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee, and Aviva Chomsky is spending the current semester as a visiting professor at Pomona College in California.
Five Women Join the Faculty at Pomona College
There are five women among the nine new faculty members at Pomona College, the highly rated liberal arts college in Claremont, California. The new women faculty members are Pey-Yi Chu, Jane Liu, Sara Olsen, Michelle Zemel, and Pam Bromley.
Two Women Named to Associate Dean Positions at Pomona College
Jill S. Grigsby and Nicole Weekes will take on new administrative duties while maintaining a lessened teaching role at the college.
In Memoriam: Jeannette Hypes, 1923-2012
Hypes joined the Pomona faculty in 1957 and taught dance there for more than three decades.
Five Women Faculty Earn Promotions at Pomona College
Pomona College, the highly rated liberal arts college in Claremont, California, has promoted 12 members of its faculty to associate professorships. Five of the 12 faculty members receiving promotions are women.
Pomona College Dean to Direct the MacArthur “Genius Awards” Program
Cecilia Conrad, dean and vice president of academic affairs at Pomona, will begin her new role at the MacArthur Foundation in January.
Two High-Ranking Liberal Arts Colleges Appoint Women to Chair Their Boards of Trustees
Jeanne Martin Buckley will be the first women to preside over the board at Pomona College and Elizabeth Mugar Eveillard will chair the board at Smith College.
Four Women Scholars Stepping Down
Sheila Pinkel at Pomona College, Charlotte Beck at Hamilton College, and Jane Know of Bowdoin College are retiring from teaching. Emily Spieler is stepping down as dean but will continue to teach at the Northeastern University School of Law.
Women Make Up a Clear Majority of Admitted Students at Three Top Schools
Here is additional data on the gender breakdown of admitted students at some of the nation’s highest-ranked colleges and universities.
Four Women Appointed to Distinguished Faculty Chairs
Sandra Waller Shelton, Maria Aristigueta, Nancy Monteiro-Riviere, and Zayn Kassam have been named to new professorships.
New Grant Programs Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Six Women Honored for Their Accomplishments
Lisa Pruitt, a professor of mechanical engineering at Berkeley, and five other women win prestigious awards.
A Trio of Notable Faculty Appointments
Donna Di Grazia and Claire Germain are named to endowed chairs. Opera great Heidi Grant Murphy will teach at Indiana University.
