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Three Women Named to Distinguished Service Professorships at the University of Chicago
Appointed to named professorships at the University of Chicago are Margaret Gardel in physics, Elisabeth Clemens in sociology, and Amy R. Ward in the Booth School of Business at the university.
The New Dean of the School of Social Service Administration at the University of Chicago
Deborah Gorman-Smith is the Emily Klein Gidwitz Professor of the School of Social Service Administration and has been serving as interim dean since July 2017. Her research has focused on studying and addressing the underlying causes of youth violence.
Yolanda Watson Spiva Named President of Complete College America
Complete College America is a national nonprofit organization that works with states to significantly increase the number of Americans with quality career certificates or college degrees and to close educational attainment gaps for traditionally underrepresented populations.
Martha Nussbaum Wins the 2018 Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture
The $1 million Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture is given annually to thinkers whose ideas have profoundly shaped human self-understanding and advancement in a rapidly changing world.
University of Pennsylvania Study Finds Gender Gap Among High Performing Math Students
The results of the study showed that among the top 500 highest-scoring 9th grade students participating in the American Mathematics Competition, there was a 4.6-to-1 boys to girls ratio. That gap only widens as the students get older.
New Research Finds No Gender Difference in Innate Mathematical Ability
A new study from the University of Chicago has found that there is no difference in the ability to process numbers between young boys and girls. This contradicts the stereotype that boys are innately superior in math and science.
In Memoriam: Michelle R. Howard-Vital, 1953-2018
Dr. Howard-Vital became Cheyney University’s eleventh and first woman president in 2007. She served in that role until 2014. After stepping down as president of Cheyney Univerity, Dr. Howard-Vital was named provost at Florida Memorial University in Miami Gardens. A year later, she was appointed interim president.
Yale University Study Documents How Title IX Complaints Have Changed Over the Years
The data shows that complaints citing discrimination in academics were the most common type filed for nearly all of the last 20 years, while athletics complaints were the least commonly filed. Complaints alleging schools violated the law by mishandling sexual harassment began to rise in 2006, skyrocketing in 2009.
New Assignments for Eight Women Faculty Members at Major 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.
Three Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Major Universities
The three women appointed to endowed professorships are Valeria Raquel Mas at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Susan Stokes at the University of Chicago, and Carmen Winant at Ohio State University.
University of Chicago’s Ayelet Fishbach Honored for Her Research in Social Psychology
Ayelet Fishbach, the Jeffrey Breakenridge Keller Professor of Behavioral Sciences and marketing at the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago, received the Career Trajectory Award from the Society for Experimental Social Psychology.
Study at Cornell University Finds That Scholars More Apt to Refer to Men by Using Only Their Last Name
Study participants were more than twice as likely to call male professionals – even fictional ones – by their last name only, compared to equivalent female professionals. For example, Charles Darwin is often referred to simply as Darwin. But Marie Curie is rarely referred to simply as Curie.
Three Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Faculty Chairs
Laura R. Olson was named the J. Strom Thurmond Professor of Political Science at Clemson University. Wendy W. Chapman was appointed to a Jon M. Huntsman Presidential Faculty Chair at the University of Utah, and Deborah L. Nelson has been named the Helen B. and Frank L. Sulzberger Professor at the University of Chicago.
Five Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Colleges and Universities
The women scholars appointed to endowed faculty posts are Mingyan Liu at the University of Michigan, Juana Mendenhall at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Margaret M. Mitchell at the University of Chicago Divinity School, Mary Anne Raymond at Clemson University in South Carolina, and Martha Minow at Harvard University.
Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions in Higher Education
Eight college and universities across the United States have recently announced the appointments of women to dean positions.
Northwestern University’s Phyllis Lyons Honored by the Japanese Government
Phyllis Lyons, a professor emerita of Asian languages and culture at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, was honored with the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette for her role in promoting Japanese culture, language education and cultural exchange.
Four Women Academics Named William T. Grant Scholars
The four women scholars selected to receive the $350,000 grant awards are Anjali Adukia at the University of Chicago, Rachel H. Farr at the University of Kentucky, Simone Ispa-Landa at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and Pamela Wisniewski at the University of Central Florida.
Five Universities Appoint Women to Dean Positions
The women appointed to dean posts are Lena Hill at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, Sally Wallace at Georgia State University, Bridget Gorman at Rice University in Houston, Tarshia Stanley at St. Catherine University in Minnesota and Amanda Woodward at the University of Chicago.
Roberta Romano Awarded the Marshall-Wythe Medallion for Exceptional Accomplishment in Law
Roberta Romano, the Sterling Professor of Law and director of the Center for the Study of Corporate Law at Yale Law School, was honored by the faculty of the William & Mary Law School in Williamsburg, Virginia. Professor Romano has taught at Yale Law School since 1985.
In Memoriam: Margery Smith, 1928-2018
Margery Smith served for a quarter century on the English department faculty at Saint Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota. She then spent 18 years as university archivist.
In Memoriam: Saba Mahmood, 1962-2018
Saba Mahmood, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. She was also affiliated with the university’s Center for Middle Eastern Studies, the Program in Critical Theory and the Institute for South Asian Studies.
Thirteen Women in Higher Education Who Are Taking on New Administrative Roles
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
In Memoriam: Mary Ellen Konieczny, 1959-2018
Mary Ellen Konieczny was the Henkel Family Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Her research centered around religion and conflict, the family, and public politics.
Lorraine Daston Wins the $1 Million Dan David Prize for Her Research on the History of Science
Lorraine Daston is a visiting professor in the department of history at the University of Chicago and the director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin.
Academic Study Finds a Gender Gap in Earnings of Uber Drivers
It was thought that jobs in what the authors called the “Gig Economy” would produce greater opportunities for women because these jobs offer flexible work hours. But in examining data from nearly 2 million ride share drivers women earned 7 percent less per hour than men.
Columbia University Scholar Appointed President of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Elizabeth Alexander, a professor at Columbia University who was selected to write a poem and read it at President Obama’s first inauguration in 2009, has been appointed president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in New York.
Penn State Professor Emily Grosholz Honored for Her Work on the Philosophy of Science
Professor Grosholz has been selected as the recipient of the Fernando Gil International Prize in Philosophy of Science presented by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Dr. Grosholz will be honored in Lisbon on April 9.
In Memoriam: Cynthia DuBois, 1985-2018
Cynthia DuBois, a Presidential Fellow and research associate in the School of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern Unversity, died earlier this month. She was 32 years old and had suffered from brain cancer.
The University of Chicago Names Three Women to Endowed Professorships
The University of Chicago recently named a large group of scholars to endowed chairs. Three of these appointments went to women: Bana Jabri, Carole Ober, and Sydney L. Hans.
Three Women Scholars Appointed to New Administrative Posts at Major Universities
Gretchen Crosby Sims was appointed executive director of the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago. Lori Stettler was appointed vice chancellor for student affairs at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale and Rae Gould was named tribal liaison at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Valerie Jarrett Named a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the University of Chicago Law School
For eight years, Valerie Jarrett was a senior adviser to the President during the Obama administration. In her new role, she will participate in academic seminars, conferences, and student-led initiatives. Jarrett will continue to focus on issues of gender equality, criminal justice reform, health care, and civic engagement.
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.
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Sutton Stuart, 1940-2017
Dr. Stuart taught and conducted research at the University of Massachusetts for 37 years. She directed the university’s program in chlamydia vaccine research and was issued six patents.
Why the Gender Makeup of the Nursing Profession Is Changing
The study, published by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and authored by economists at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Louisville, finds that from 1960 to 2013, the percentage of men among all registered nurses rose from 2.2 percent to 13 percent.
New Administrative Roles for 14 Women at Colleges and Universities Across the United States
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
