Dr. Fallon comes to her new role from St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York, where she has served as dean of the School of Arts and Sciences since 2018. Previously, she was provost at Marylhurst University in Oregon.
The six women promoted and granted tenure at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania are Carolyn Bauer in biology, Cacey Bester in physics, Paloma Checa-Gismero in art history, Catherine Hsu in mathematics, Roseann Liu in educational studies and Asian American studies, and Allison Miller in mathematics and statistics.
Dr. Thomas has over two decades of experience in higher education leadership, including her current role as president of HERS, a professional development organization for women and gender-diverse leadership in higher education.
The three women promoted to full professor at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania are Diane Anderson in educational studies, Lara Cohen in English, and Nsoki Mavinga in mathematics.
Dr. Smith was named the first Black president of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania in 2015. Before her presidency, she was dean of the college and the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature at Princeton University.
The Frederick Douglass Book Prize is presented annually by Yale University in honor of the preceding year's best book on topics of slavery, resistance, or abolition. Dr. Edwards, associate professor at the University of Virginia, was honored for her latest book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman's Bank (W.W. Norton and Company, 2024).
Tracy Crane of the University of Miami in Florida, Tamara Moore of Purdue University in Indiana, and Aimee Johnson of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvaniahave been appointed to endowed faculty positions at their institutions.
Dr. Gilligan, university professor at New York University, has been awarded the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy from the Inamori Foundation in Japan. The prestigious award honors her groundbreaking contributions to feminist thought over the past six decades.
The American Philosophical Society (APS), the oldest learned society in North America, has announced the election of 38 new members. Of the 28 new members from the United States, 12 are women with current ties to the academic world.
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.
Designed to Fail by Roseann Liu, assistant professor at Swarthmore College, examines funding disparities between predominately White and non-White schools in Philadelphia.
