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Six Women Selected for Administrative Positions in Higher Education
The women in new administrative posts are Jennifer Wilder at Florida A&M University, Miranda Kyle at Emory University, Akilah Rosado at the Relay Graduate School of Education, Naadiya Hopkins at Fayetteville State University, Colleen Coppla at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and Desireé Reed-Francois at the University of Arizona.
In Memoriam: Dana Fox, 1957-2024
Throughout the course of her 28 year career, Dana Fox served as a professor of English education, holding faculty appointments at the University of Georgia, the University of Arizona, George State University, and Kennesaw State University in Georgia.
Elizabeth “Betsy” R. Cantwell Appointed President of Utah State University
Dr. Cantwell is currently senior vice president for research & innovation at the University of Arizona. Earlier, she was a professor of aerospace engineering at Arizona State University and vice president for research development and CEO of the Arizona State University Research Enterprise.
University of Texas’ Lillian Mills Wins the 2023 Outstanding Accounting Educator Award
Dr. Mills chaired the accounting department for four years before becoming the first woman to be named permanent dean of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin in 2021. Early in her career, she taught at the University of Arizona.
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.
Alcohol Increasingly Has Become a Contributing Factor in Campus Sexual Assaults
Research led by Mary Koss, a Regents’ Professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona, shows that 30 years ago, 50 percent of women who were assaulted were inebriated at the time of the assault. In the most recent study, 75 percent of the women college students said they were inebriated.
Two Women Scholars Win Waterman Awards From the National Science Foundation
Jessica E. Tierney is an associate professor of geosciences at the University of Arizona whose research focuses on understanding past climate change. Lara Thompson is an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of the District of Columbia, who is being recognized for her innovations in rehabilitation engineering.
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.
Betül Kaçar Honored by the International Society of the Study of the Origin of Life
Dr. Kaçar’s research program explores the origins of life, the biology of early Earth, and how understanding life’s emergence and early mechanisms may assist finding life beyond Earth. In addition, she directs a new NASA-funded multimillion-dollar astrobiology research consortium focusing on the evolution of element use in biology across geologic time.
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.
Shelley Lowe of Harvard University Selected to Lead the National Endowment for the Humanities
Lowe is the executive director of the Native American program at Harvard University. If confirmed by the Senate, she will be the first Native American and the second woman to lead the federal agency that provides more than $100 million in grants to cultural and educational institutions each year.
Three Women Appointed to Diversity Positions in Higher Education
The three women in new diversity roles are Angela Mosley-Monts at the University of Arkansas. Ivy Banks at the Association of American Universities, and Samira M. Payne at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Catching Perpetrators of Groping Sexual Assaults
For the past 10 years, Julie Valentine, a professor of nursing at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, has been at the forefront of making touch DNA evidence collection a standard practice in groping cases. She has created a standard form for sexual assault medical examiners to collect touch DNA evidence from survivors’ skin and clothing.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The four women appointed to endowed professorships are Victoria O’Keefe at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Carol Gregorio at the University of Arizona, Katharine Hayhoe at Texas Tech University, and Ana Ramos-Zayas at Yale University.
In Memoriam: Lyn K. Ragsdale, 1954-2020
Dr. Ragsdale’s prolific career in political science education began in 1983 when she joined the faculty at the University of Arizona. In 2006, she was named dean of social sciences at Rice University in Houston, Texas, in 2006.
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.
Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments 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.
Two Women Named Finalists for Dean at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
The University of Colorado, Colorado Springs has announced a pool of four finalists for the position of dean of the university’s College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Two of the four finalists are women.
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.
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.
Three Former Deans Settle Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Against the Arizona Board of Regents
Three women scholars claimed that they were discriminated against because of their gender and were paid significantly less than some of their male colleagues.
University of Arizona Settles Pay Discrimination Lawsuit Filed by Three Former Women Deans
In 2018, a $2 million lawsuit was filed against the Arizona Board of Regents alleging that there was university-wide gender discrimination in pay. That suit has now been settled.
Seven Women Scholars Appointed to Positions as Deans
The new deans are Amy Jasperson at Rhodes College in Memphis, Andrea D. Jackson at Howard University, Ida M. Moore at the University of Arizona, Jean Harvey at the University of Vermont, Lily T. Garcia at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Gillian R. Hayes at the University of California, Irvine, and Lisandra R. Carmichael at Georgia Southern University.
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.
Leamor Kahanov Named Provost at the State University of New York at Oneonta
Since 2014, Dr. Kahanov has served as dean of the College of Health Sciences and Education at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania. Prior to that, she held various positions at Indiana State University, San Jose State University, and San Francisco State University.
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.
Study Finds the Wage Penalty for Working Mothers Evaporates for Single Mothers
Previous research has shown that in the United States, working mothers are subject to a net wage penalty of 5 to 7 percent per child. But a new study led by a sociologist at the University of Arizona found that single mothers are not penalized at work in the same way that occurs for married mothers.
University of Delaware Scholar’s Book Honored by the American Political Science Foundation
Kara Ellerby, associate professor of political science and international relations at the University of Delaware, has received the Victoria Schuck Award from the American Political Science Association, which is given annually for the best book on women and politics. This award honors the late Victoria Shuck, a political scientist, Mount Holyoke College professor,
Three Women Scholars Retiring From High-Level Academic Posts
Melissa Vito, the vice president for student affairs, enrollment management, and strategic initiatives at the University of Arizona, Barbara Jones, vice president for student affairs at Boston College, and Alice M. Clark, professor and vice chancellor for university relations at the University of Mississippi, have retired.
Study Led by a University of Maryland Psychologist Finds Abortion Does Not Increase Depression in Women
Women who have had an abortion are indeed more likely to be depressed. But the new study found that the higher risk for depression among these women existed for as much as a year before they had an abortion and did not increase after they had an abortion.
Two Women Appointed to New Endowed Chairs at Western Universities
Yishi Jin is the inaugural holder of the Junior Seau Foundation Endowed Chair in Traumatic Brain Injury at the University of California, San Diego, and Beth Plummer is the inaugural Susan C. Karant-Nunn Professor of Reformation and Early Modern European History at the University of Arizona.
Adela de la Torre Will Be the First Woman President of San Diego State University
Currently, Dr. De la Torre serves as vice chancellor for student affairs and campus diversity at the University of California, Davis. Earlier in her career, Dr. De la Torre was director of the Mexican American Studies and Research Center at the University of Arizona. She will begin her new job this coming June.
Former Dean Sues the University of Arizona Claiming She Was Underpaid for More Than 20 Years
Professor Patricia MacCorquodale claims that she was underpaid for two decades. According to the lawsuit, when she was let go as dean of the Honors College in 2016 after 23 years on the job, she had a salary of $162,750 while the average salary paid to male deans at the university was $320,212.
New Roles for Six Women Faculty Members at Colleges and Universities
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.
New Administrative Positions for Seventeen Women 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.
