All Entries Tagged With: "University at Albany"
Five Women Faculty Members Who Are Assuming New Roles in Higher Education
Taking on new assignments are Carla S. Freeman at Emory University in Atlanta, Dina Refki in the Rockefeller Institute of Government of the State University of New York in Albany, Lynne Steuerle Schofield at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, Nicole B. Burwell at North Carolina A&T State University, and Amy Fleming, at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville.
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Disproportionately Impacted Women Teachers
A study by researchers at the University at Albany finds that female educators with and without childcare responsibilities back home reported similar levels of stress throughout the pandemic. It was higher levels of stress associated with work and the pandemic itself that were the primary drivers of dissatisfaction among women teachers.
Marlese Durr Honored For Her Scholarship on the Role of Women in Society
Marlese Durr, professor of sociology at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, was honored with the Jessie Bernard Award from the American Sociological Association. Dr. Durr has taught at Wright State University for 28 years. Her research and publications largely focus on African American women and managerial and labor markets in the public sector.
Marlese Durr of Wright State University Wins the Distinguished Feminist Lecturer Award
In addition to her faculty post at Wright State University, Professor Durr is a senior fellow of the Yale University Urban Ethnography Program and a research associate at the University of Albany’s Center for the Elimination of Minority Health Disparities.
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.
Kate Coddington Honored by the American Association of Geographers
Kate Coddington, an assistant professor of geography and planning at the University at Albany of the State University of New York System, was honored for making an innovative, original contribution to the conceptual and/or methodological embrace of political geography.
Karin Edwards Will Be the Next President of Clark College in Vancouver, Washington
Since July 2014, Dr. Edwards has served as president of Portland Community College’s Cascade Campus. Dr. Edwards has served in administrative roles at community colleges for the past 38 years. She will become president of Clark College this coming summer.
A Check Up on Women in the Dentistry Profession: Progress Is Being Made
A research study conducted by the Oral Health Workforce Research Center at the University at Albany’s Center for Health Workforce Studies found that women now make up 30 percent of all dentists, up from 24 percent in 2010.
Melanie Wilcox of Oklahoma State University Wins Three Awards from the American Psychological Association
Dr. Wilcox joined the College of Education, Health and Aviation faculty at Oklahoma State University in 2018. Prior to coming to OSU, Wilcox was an assistant professor and director of the Psychological Services Clinic at Louisiana Tech University.
Three Women Scholars to Receive Lillian Smith Book Awards
The Southern Regional Council in conjunction with the University of Georgia, Piedmont College and the Georgia Center for the Book have announced three winners of the 2019 Lillian Smith Book Awards. The three winners are all women with current academic affiliations: Rachel Devlin, Virginia Eubanks, and Vanessa Siddle Walker.
Columbia University Acquires the Papers of American Author Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis currently serves as a professor of creative writing at the University at Albany of the State University of New York System. She previously served as the Lillian Vernon Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at New York University.
Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson Appointed President of Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Since 2012, Dr. Pehrsson has been serving as dean of the College of Education and Human Services at Central Michigan University. Earlier, she served on the faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Oregon State University and Sam Houston State University in Texas.
Christine Siegel Appointed Provost at Fairfield University in Connecticut
Since January 2017, Christine Siegel has served as interim provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. She joined the faculty at Fairfield University in 2005 as an assistant professor in the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions.
Three Women Appointed to Distinguished Professorships at the State University of New York
The three women named to Distinguished Professorships at SUNY are Lina M. Obeid at Stony Brook University, Jean H. Quataert at Binghamton University, and JoEllen Welsh at the University at Albany.
Retiring SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher Announces Her Future Plans
Dr. Zimpher will become a senior fellow at the Rockefeller Institute of Government and serve as a professor in the School of Education and as a chief adviser to the president of the University at Albany. Dr. Zimpher will also direct the new Center for Education Pipeline Systems Change.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County Scholar Wins Best Book Award
Nancy Rankie Shelton, a professor of education at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, received the 2016 Best Book Award for the memoir of her 35-year relationship with her husband and their six-month battle against her husband’s lung cancer.
Yale’s Alanna Schepartz Is the New Editor-in-Chief of the Journal Biochemistry
Professor Schepartz’s research focuses on understanding how macromolecular interactions control sophisticated biological processes such as information transfer, intracellular trafficking, and compartmentalization.
In Memoriam: Nancy Kinnersley, 1944-2016
Nancy Kinnersley was associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Kansas. She taught at the university for 27 years and served as president of the Faculty Senate.
A Pair of Women Administrators Announce Their Retirements
Susan D. Phillips, provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University at Albany of the State University of New York system, and Norma Carr, the director of athletics at Salt Lake Community College in Utah, have announced they will retire later this year.
Eight Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The women taking on new assignments are Jan Bond, Leanne Wirkkula, Margaret Wagner Dahl, Jacqueline A. Faulkner, Margaret Dimond, Lori Baker-Lloyd, Rachel Fleck, and Carla Lupi
College President Takes on a Less Demanding Role
Ann Marie Murray is retiring this month as president of Herkimer County Community College in New York but will stay in higher education with a post in academic program development in the provost’s office of the University at Albany.
Two Women Among the Four Finalists for Chancellor of the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Sona Karentz Andrews of the Oregon University Systems and Susan D. Phillips of the University at Albany are among the contenders.
