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Chatham University in Pittsburgh Names Rhonda Phillips as Its Twentieth President
Dr. Phillips has been serving as dean of the Honors College at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Earlier, she was associate dean for the Honors College, at Arizona State University, where she also served as professor and director of the School of Community Resources and Development.
New Administrative Duties for Six Women in Higher Education
Taking on new administrative roles are Margaret Lo at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, Pat Kendrick at Xavier University in New Orleans, Angela Abbott at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Alejandra “Ale” Sosa Pieroni at Georgia Southern University, Alexis A. Antracoli at the University of Michigan, and Brittney Johnson at Florida A&M University.
New Duties For Five Women Scholars at State Universities
Taking on new assignments are Lorena N. Lacersa at the University of Georgia, Sara D. Nelson at Iowa State University, Hongmei Li-Byarlay at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio, Stacy Gee Hollins at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis, and Jessica Gurevitch at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Nine Women Who Have Been Assigned New Administrative Duties 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles at Universities
Taking on new roles are Parastoo Abtahi at Princeton University in New Jersey, Karen Plaut at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Marni Shoemaker in the School of Health and Consumer Sciences at South Dakota State University, Katherine Friedman at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and Daniela Salvemini at Saint Louis University.
Six Women Faculty Members Taking on New Duties or Roles in Higher Education
Taking on new roles are Jessica Logan at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, K. Avvirin Gray at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, Meredith Frazier at the College of Charleston in South Carolina, Stefanie Jegelka at MIT, Amy Harder at the University of Connecticut Extension, and Catherine Hill at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Three Women Are Among the Four Finalists for Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of New Mexico
The three women finalists are Donna Riley of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Anne Skaja Robinson of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and Iris Rivero of the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.
In Memoriam: Erna Beth Yackel, 1939-2022
Dr. Yackel joined the faculty at Purdue University Northwest in 1984. She introduced the mathematics education community to the groundbreaking terms “social norms” and “sociomathematical norms,” leading to hundreds of professional publications.
Elizabeth Ananat and Anna Gassman-Pines Honored for Their Study on the Impact of Work Schedule Unpredictability
Elizabeth Ananat, Mallya Professor of Women and Economics at Barnard College in New York City and Anna Gassman-Pines, the WLF Bass Connections Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, received the 2022 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research from the Center for Families at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Five Women Academics Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Major Universities
The five women appointed to name professorships are Irith Pomeranz at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Isabel Escobar at the University of Kentucky, Emily Wakild at Boise State University in Idaho, Cynthia Wolberger at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Roxane Gay at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Jayathi Murthy Has Been Appointed the Sixteenth President of Oregon State University
Since 2016, Dr. Murthy has been serving as the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. She was the first woman to hold that position. She was also a professor in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department.
Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Post in Higher Education
Taking on new duties as diversity officers are Belinda Waller-Peterson at Moravian University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Tiffany G. Townsend at Purdue University Global, Kristin Dukes at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, and Narketta Sparkman-Key at James Madson University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Positions in Higher Education
Taking on new administrative roles relating to diversity are Inginia Genao at the Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine in Hershey, Jacqueline M. Gatson at the Purdue for Life Foundation, Crasha Townsend at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Dionne Jackson at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana.
Wartburg College in Waverly, Iowa, Names Its First Woman President in Its 170-Year History
Dr. Neiduski has been serving as dean of the School of Health Sciences at Elon University in North Carolina. Earlier, she was the chair and program director for the department of occupational therapy at Concordia University Wisconsin and an associate professor of occupational therapy with tenure at Maryville University in St. Louis.
A Dozen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions 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.
Jennifer Brown Will Be the Next Provost at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Dr. Brown is currently the vice provost and dean for undergraduate education at the University of California, Riverside. Prior to joining the University of California, Riverside in 2018, Dr. Brown served as vice provost and dean of the Graduate School at Oregon State University. She began her faculty career at Purdue University in 2004. She will begin her new duties on April 1.
Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments at American Universities
Appointed to new positions or roles are Shereen Marisol Meraji at the University of California, Berkeley, Jennifer Macalady at Pennsylvania State University, Victoria Zigmont at the University of Mississippi, Deborah Hickman at Purdue University in Indiana, Jamie Simpson at Midland University in Nebraska, Cynthia Peterson at Louisiana State University and Lisa Broidy at the University of New Mexico.
Ann Robinson Honored by the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
Dr. Robinson serves as founding director of the Jodie Mahony Center for Gifted Education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, which is celebrating its 20-year anniversary. It is one of only 25 centers in the nation dedicated to the development of gifted students and is also home to the university’s graduate programs in gifted and talented education.
Thavolia Glymph of Duke University Wins Three Awards From the Organization of American Historians
Thavolia Glymph, the Peabody Family Distinguished Professor of History at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, was honored with three awards for her book on the role of women during the Civil War.
Lorin Basden Arnold Appointed Provost at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania
Dr. Basden Arnold comes to Kutztown University from the State University of New York at New Paltz. She has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs for the past three years. She is also a professor of communication at the university.
Women in Sports Continue to Be Ignored by Mainstream Television New Shows
The authors have analyzed coverage of women’s sports in televised sports news shows for three decades. They have found “little change in the quantitative apportionment of coverage of women’s and men’s sports over the past 30 years.” Of all the sports news showed watched by researchers, 80 percent had no stories whatsoever about women’s sports.
M. Katherine Banks Chosen to Lead the Flagship Campus of Texas A&M University
Dr. Banks currently is dean of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M. She also is vice chancellor of engineering and national laboratories for the A&M System — a title she will retain. Before coming to Texas A&M in 2012, she was chair of the department of civil engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
New Assignments in Higher Education for Six Women Faculty Members
Taking on new assignments are Seulgie Lim at Bates College in Maine, M. Denise Lovett at Valdosta State University in Georgia, Yiwei Haung at Purdue University in Indiana, Nina Lyon Bennett at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Holly Storkel at the University of Kansas, and Anjalé Welton at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Six Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles in Higher Education
Taking on new assignments are Kajal Gulati at Purdue University, Krystle Kuhs at the University of Kentucky, Gillian Ice at Ohio University, Bridget Willeford at Mississippi State University, Lindsey Gustafson at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, and Colette Morrow at Purdue University Northwest.
Eleven Women Who Have Been 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.
Three Woman Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Named Professorships
Eiko Maruko Siniawer, Alexandra Boltasseva and Bettina Cornwall were named/appointed to new professorships at Williams College, Purdue University and the University of Oregon, respectively.
In Memoriam: Cheryl Anne Peterson, 1966-2020
Peterson executive assistant to provost Tim Sands at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. After Sands was named president of Virginia Tech, she moved to Blacksburg in January 2015 at President Sands’ request to become executive director of his office staff.
University of Wisconsin Historian Wins Book Prize
Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué, an assistant professor of African cultural studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded the 2020 Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize from the Western Association of Women Historians.
Five Women Appointed to Chair Their Academic Departments
The new department chairs are Namandje Bumpus at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Kari Babski-Reeves at Mississippi State University, Irene Swanson at Purdue University, Ruth S. Waterman at the University of California, San Diego, and Tracey Brent-Chessum at Brenau University in Georgia.
Three Women From the College of Agriculture Named University Scholars at Purdue
The distinction recognizes faculty members who are on an accelerated path for academic distinction through their research, entrepreneurship, and the dissemination of that knowledge. The three women named are Anjali Iyer-Pascuzzi in botnay and plant pathology, Zhao Ma in forestry, and Katy Martin Rainey in agronomy.
Marquette University Scholar Wins Book Award From the Conference on College Composition and Communication
Elizabeth Angeli, who recently was promoted to associate professor of English in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences at Marquette University in Milwaukee, was honored for her book on how emergency medical service professionals employ rhetoric to make decisions and communicate in unpredictable situations.
Nine Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Responsibilities 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.
University of Colorado’s Kristi Anseth to Receive the For Women in Science Award for North America
The L’Oréal Foundation and UNESCO have announced the winners of the 22nd For Women in Science Awards, which honor five exceptional women scientists from different regions of the world. Each of the five laureates will receive 100,000 euros at a ceremony on March 12 at UNESCO headquarters in Paris.
In Memoriam: Tracie Gibson
Dr. Gibson joined the staff at the University of Massachusetts in 2017. Before coming to Amherst, Dr. Gibson served on the faculty at the University of Texas-Permian Basin and later at the University of Missouri-Columbia.
