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Four Women at the University of Chicago Named to Endowed Professorships

Four Women at the University of Chicago Named to Endowed Professorships

The University of Chicago has named four women to endowed professorships across a number of disciplines. Appointments were given to Emily Rogalski, Bo Li, Veronia Guerrieri, and Yoonsun Choi.

Angela Olinto Will Be the Next Provost at Columbia University in New York City

Angela Olinto Will Be the Next Provost at Columbia University in New York City

Professor Olinto is currently serving as dean of the Division of the Physical Sciences and the Albert A. Michelson Distinguished Service Professor in the department of astronomy and astrophysics at the University of Chicago.

In Memoriam: Julie Saville, 1947-2023

In Memoriam: Julie Saville, 1947-2023

Dr. Saville was hired to the faculty at the University of Chicago in 1994, joining the founding generation of scholars of the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture. She was a scholar of slavery, emancipation, and plantation societies in the U.S. and the Caribbean.

Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs

Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs

Liliya Yatsunyk was appointed to the James H. Hammons Chair of Chemistry at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. Tara Zahra was appointed the Hanna Holborn Gray Professor of East European History at the University of Chicago and Sonya Grier was named to the Eminent Scholar Chair in Marketing at the Kogod School of Business of American University in Washington, D.C.

More "Hidden Figures" Discovered at the University of Chicago

More “Hidden Figures” Discovered at the University of Chicago

Researchers at the University of Chicago have identified more than 100 women who worked at the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin in the early 20th century. In an era when few women were able to be professional scientists, these women performed astronomical observations, analyzed data, and published papers.

A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Named to Endowed Chairs

A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Named to Endowed Chairs

Orit Bashkin has been named the Mabel Greene Myers Professor in the department of Near Eastern languages and civilizations at the University of Chicago. Ruth Blake was appointed the Edward P. Bass  Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Yale University and Paz Galupo is the Audre Lorde Distinguished Professor in Sexual Health & Education during a ceremony at Washington University in St. Louis.

University of Chicago's Tina Post Wins Best Book Award

University of Chicago’s Tina Post Wins Best Book Award

Tina Post, an assistant professor of English at the University of Chicago, recently received the Best Book Prize from the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present.

Cathy Garzio Named Chief Operating Office for Weill Cornell Medicine

Cathy Garzio Named Chief Operating Office for Weill Cornell Medicine

Garzio was previously vice chair and director of finance and administration in the department of medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Earlier, she was administrative director of the department of radiology and biomedical imaging at the University of California, San Francisco.

Ten Women With Current Ties to Academia Named MacArthur Fellows

Ten Women With Current Ties to Academia Named MacArthur Fellows

The Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation has announced the selection of 20 individuals in this year’s class of MacArthur Fellows. Ten women academics are among the 20 new MacArthur Fellows.

Melissa Gilliam Will Be the First Woman President of Boston University

Melissa Gilliam Will Be the First Woman President of Boston University

Dr. Gilliam has been provost at Ohio State University since July 2021. Earlier, she was vice provost, the Ellen H. Block Distinguished Service Professor of Health Justice, and professor of obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics at the University of Chicago. She will become president of Boston University on July 1, 2024.

The American Society of Human Genetics to Honor Vanderbilt University's Nancy Cox

The American Society of Human Genetics to Honor Vanderbilt University’s Nancy Cox

Professor Cox, who joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2015 after teaching at the University of Chicago, has focused her research on developing novel quantitative genetic methods to identify and characterize genetic variations that contribute to common human diseases and related complex traits, including diabetes and psychiatric disorders.

Syracuse University Historian Tess Murphy Wins Two Book Awards for <em>The Creole Archipelago</em>

Syracuse University Historian Tess Murphy Wins Two Book Awards for The Creole Archipelago

Dr. Murphy won the Elsa Goveia Book Prize from the Association of Caribbean Historians and the Mary Alice and Philip Boucher Book Prize the French Colonial Historical Society. Her book previously won the James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History from the American Historical Association

Six Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed Deans

Six Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed Deans

Thew new deans are Nadya Mason at the University of Chicago, Lisa Gardner at Florida A&M University, Kimberly Reeve at Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City, New Jersey, Janice Kaushal at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, Cheryl Hunter at the University of North Dakota, and Eboni Zamani-Gallaher at the University of Pittsburgh.

In Memoriam: Martha Porter Saxton, 1945-2023

In Memoriam: Martha Porter Saxton, 1945-2023

Martha Saxon, an author and long-time faculty member at Amherst College in Massachusetts, died on July 18 at her home in Norfolk, Connecticut.

Seven Women Who Have Been Assigned to New Administrative Roles at Universities

Seven Women Who Have Been Assigned to New Administrative Roles at 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.

Colleges and Universities Appoint Eight Women to Dean Positions

Colleges and Universities Appoint Eight Women to Dean Positions

The new deans are Ruma Chopra at the University of Utah, Deborah L. Nelson at the University of Chicago, Sheryl Long at Meredith College in North Carolina, Abimbola O. Asojo at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Jill Swisher at Northwestern College in Iowa, Julie Sanford at the University of Alabama, M. Evelyn Fields at South Carolina State University, and Laura Curran at the University of Connecticut.

Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions in Higher Education

Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions in Higher Education

The new deans are Aimee Arias at the College of Charleston, Mary Lois White, at Louisiana State University-Shreveport, Ruth Wittmann-Price at Thomas Edison State University, Frances Vavrus at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Mary Crossley at the University of Pittsburgh, Maria P. Gindhart at Marshall University in West Virginia, Melina Hale at the University of Chicago, and Nicole Dafoe at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania.

Two Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to University Provost Positions

Two Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to University Provost Positions

Katherine Baicker, the Emmett Dedmon Professor and dean of the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago, has been appointed the next provost of the university, effective March 20, and Dimetri Horner is the new provost and vice president of academic affairs at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis.

Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Research Universities

Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Research Universities

Kia Nobre will join Yale University in July 2023 as the Wu Tsai Professor in the department of psychology. Marisol Berti, a professor of plant sciences at North Dakota State University, has been appointed to the Jordan A. Engberg Presidential Professorship and Shabaana A. Khader has been named the inaugural Bernard and Betty Roizman Professor in the department of microbiology at the University of Chicago.

Six Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties at Universities

Six Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties at Universities

Taking on new assignments are Neelam Azad at Hampton University in Virginia, Gretchen Minton at Montana State University, Amber Polk at Florida International University in Miami, Laura Vandenberg at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Adrienne Brown at the University of Chicago, and Molly Ohainie at the University of California, Berkeley.

In Memoriam: Janet Mulder Mueller, 1938-2022

In Memoriam: Janet Mulder Mueller, 1938-2022

A member of the University faculty for nearly four decades, Dr. Mueller was the first woman to lead an academic division at the University of Chicago. In her first four years on the faculty, Mueller had been the only woman teaching in the department of English.

New Administrative Duties for Nine Women in Higher Education

New Administrative Duties for Nine Women 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.

In Memoriam: Hildred Storey Geertz. 1927-2022

In Memoriam: Hildred Storey Geertz. 1927-2022

Dr. Geertz taught at the University of Chicago from 1960 to 1970 before coming to the anthropology department at Princeton University in 1970. Professor Geertz was the first woman to chair an academic department at Princeton University and was only the third woman professor to be awarded tenure.

Study Finds Role-Playing May Boost Young Girls' Interest in STEM Fields

Study Finds Role-Playing May Boost Young Girls’ Interest in STEM Fields

A new study by scholars at Yale University, Duke University, and the University of Chicago, finds that science role-playing may help tighten the gender gap in science, technology, engineering, and math education and careers for women simply by improving their identity as scientists.

A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Positions at University Art Museums

A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Positions at University Art Museums

Vanja V. Malloy has been appointed as the Dana Feitler Director of the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım was named the Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art at Harvard and Silvia Forni was appointed the Shirley & Ralph Shapiro Director of the Fowler Museum in the School of the Arts and Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Five Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships at the University of Chicago

Five Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships at the University of Chicago

Colleen M. Grogan has been named the Deborah R. and Edgar D. Jannotta Professor in the Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. Her research focuses on health policy and politics with a primary focus on the U.S. health care system and its complex entitlement programs. She is the author of Healthy Voices/ […]

Lisa Diamond Has Been Chosen to Lead the International Academy of Sex Research

Lisa Diamond Has Been Chosen to Lead the International Academy of Sex Research

Lisa Diamond is a distinguished professor of developmental psychology, health psychology, and gender studies at the University of Utah. She has taught at the university since 1999. Her research focuses on sexuality, gender and intimate relationships, and their implications for health and well-being over the life course.

Sian Leah Beilock Will Be the First Woman to Serve as President of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire

Sian Leah Beilock Will Be the First Woman to Serve as President of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire

Since July 2017, Dr. Beilock has been serving as the eighth president of Barnard College in New York City. Earlier, she had been serving as executive vice provost at the University of Chicago. She also was the Stella W. Rowley Professor in the department of psychology. Professor Beilock joined the faculty at the University of Chicago in 2005.

Ten Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles at Universities

Ten Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles at Universities

Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.

In Memoriam: Joyce Cohen Lashof, 1926-2022

In Memoriam: Joyce Cohen Lashof, 1926-2022

In 1973, Dr. Lashof became the first female director of the State of Illinois Public Health Department. She served as deputy assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and as assistant director of the Office of Technology Assessment before becoming the first female dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health.

Lisa Weeden Wins Award for Her Book on the War in Syria

Lisa Weeden Wins Award for Her Book on the War in Syria

The University of Chicago Press has awarded the 2022 Gordon J. Laing Award to political scientist Lisa Wedeen. Given annually as the Press’ top honor, the Laing Award is presented to the author, editor, or translator, of a book published in the previous three years that has brought the greatest distinction to the press.

Three Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Positions at Research Universities

Three Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Positions at Research Universities

The three women scholars who have been appointed to endowed positions are Tara Zahra at the University of Chicago, Kiron Skinner at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, and Lisa Gralnick at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Association of Women in Mathematics Honors Emily Witt of the University of Kansas

Association of Women in Mathematics Honors Emily Witt of the University of Kansas

The Ruth I. Michler Memorial Prize from the Association of Women in Mathematics grants a midcareer mathematician a residential fellowship in the Cornell University mathematics department without teaching obligations.

Lia Mermonga Is the First Woman to Lead the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Lia Mermonga Is the First Woman to Lead the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory

Fermilab is a 6,800-acre facility headquartered in Batavia, Illinois. It is the United States’ premier particle physics and accelerator laboratory. Dr. Merminga first came to Fermilab in 1987 as a student in the newly established graduate program in accelerator physics.

Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to University Diversity Positions

Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to University Diversity Positions

The three women appointed to diversity posts are Michelle Fontes at the University of Rhode Island, Ranna Parekh at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and TiShaunda McPherson at the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago.