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Bernadine Marie Hernandez Receives Three Literary Awards for New Book

Bernadine Marie Hernandez Receives Three Literary Awards for New Book

Border Bodies: Racialized Sexuality, Sexual Capital, and Violence in the Nineteenth-Century Borderlands has earned author Bernadine Marie Hernández two Book of the Year awards and an honorable mention from three national literary associations.

Four Women Who Have Been Appointed Deans

Four Women Who Have Been Appointed Deans

Appointments include Rosario Medina for the University of New Mexico, Aherial Polite for Augusta Technical College in Georgia, TaKeia Anthony for Edward Waters College in Florida, and Renee Reeder for the University of Pikeville in Kentucky

Eight Women Appointed to New Administrative Positions

Eight Women Appointed to New Administrative Positions

Appointments include Rebecca Robinson at Oregon State University, Lydia Sermons at Howard University, Holly Jensen at Harvard University, Kameron Causey at Albany State University, Lynanne Jamison at Virginia Commonwealth University, Jamie Lucero at Virginia Tech, Suzanne Wones at the University of California, and Amy Jackson at the University of New Mexico

Rosalie Otero Recognized for a Lifetime of Work Advancing Honors Education

Rosalie Otero Recognized for a Lifetime of Work Advancing Honors Education

Rosalie Otero, professor emerita and former director of the Honors Program at the University of New Mexico, recently was presented with the 2023 Founders Award from the National Collegiate Honors Council at its annual conference in Chicago.

Grants or Gifts Relating 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.

Seven Women Who Have Been Assigned New Higher Education Administrative Duties

Seven Women Who Have Been Assigned New Higher Education Administrative Duties

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.

Seven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments at Universities

Seven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments 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.

Six Women Who Have Been Appointed to University Administrative Positions

Six Women Who Have Been Appointed to University Administrative Positions

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.

Cheryl Torrez Selected to Lead the Association for Teacher Educators

Cheryl Torrez Selected to Lead the Association for Teacher Educators

Cheryl Torrez is chair of the department of teacher education, educational leadership and policy in the College of Education & Human Sciences at the University of New Mexico. She will serve as first vice president of the organization through 2024 before becoming president.

A Quartet of New Women Deans

A Quartet of New Women Deans

TTricia Catalino was appointed dean of the Graduate College of Health Sciences at Hawai’i Pacific University and Jennifer Malat is the new dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of New Mexico. Mary Simmons is dean of the School of Allied Health Sciences at Florida A&M University and Natalie Tucker is dean for the Ancilla College campus of Marian Univerity in Plymouth, Indiana.

Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions at Universities

Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions 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.

Universities Announce the Hiring of Seven Women to High-Level Administrative Posts

Universities Announce the Hiring of Seven Women to High-Level Administrative Posts

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.

Seven Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts at Universities

Seven Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts 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.

Seven Women Appointed to Administrative Jobs at Colleges and Universities

Seven Women Appointed to Administrative Jobs 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.

A Half Dozen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts in Higher Education

A Half Dozen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts 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.

Patria de Lancer Julnes to Lead the American Society of Public Administration

Patria de Lancer Julnes to Lead the American Society of Public Administration

Dr. Julnes joined the University of New Mexico in 2021 as the inaugural Rosenthal Endowed Professor of Public Administration and director of School of Public Administration. Earlier, she served as associate dean and prrofessor at the Marxe School of Public and International Affairs at Baruch College of the City University of New York.

Susana Rivera-Mills Will Be the Next President of Aurora University in Illinois

Susana Rivera-Mills Will Be the Next President of Aurora University in Illinois

Since 2018, Dr. Rivera-Mills has been serving as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Earlier, she was dean for undergraduate studies, vice provost and a professor of Spanish linguistics at Oregon State University.

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Eight Women to Dean Positions

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Eight Women to Dean Positions

The new deans are Paula Song at Virginia Commonwealth University, Donna Riley at the University of New Mexico, Denise Taliaferro Baszile at Wayne State University in Detroit, Cathy L. Z. DuBois at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, Kim Litwack at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Lynn M. Linder at West Virginia Wesleyan College, and Viola L. Acoff at the University of Mississippi.

Joy Harjo Awarded Yale University's Bollingen Prize for American Poetry

Joy Harjo Awarded Yale University’s Bollingen Prize for American Poetry

The Bollingen Prize, established by Paul Mellon in 1949, is awarded biennially by Yale University Library through Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library to an American poet for the best book published during the previous two years or for lifetime achievement in poetry. The prize includes a cash award of $175,000.

Sabrina Ezzell Appointed Chancellor of the Gallup Campus of the University of New Mexico

Sabrina Ezzell Appointed Chancellor of the Gallup Campus of the University of New Mexico

Dr. Ezzell has served as interim chancellor since July 2022. Prior to her appointment as interim chancellor, she was an associate professor and chair of the education, health, and human services department. She began her academic career in 2003 as a clinical instructor in the nursing program at the University of New Mexico-Gallup after a career as a registered nurse.

Three Women Who Have Been Selected for University Dean Positions

Three Women Who Have Been Selected for University Dean Positions

Maridee Shogren is the new dean of the College of Nursing & Professional Disciplines at the University of North Dakota. Donna Riley will be the next dean of the School of Engineering at the University of New Mexico and Melissa Burwell was appointed dean of retention at Xavier University in Cincinnati.

Five Women Join the Faculty of the College of Education & Human Sciences at the University of New Mexico

Five Women Join the Faculty of the College of Education & Human Sciences at the University of New Mexico

The five new women faculty members in the College of Education and Human sciences at the University of New Mexico are Sarah Roberts Carlson in special education, Allyssa Memmini in athletic training, Chelsea T. Morris in early childhood education, Sojeong Nam in counselor education, and Victoria Shiver in physical education.

Three Women Are Among the Four Finalists for Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of New Mexico

Three Women Are Among the Four Finalists for Dean of the School of Engineering at the University of New Mexico

The three women finalists are Donna Riley of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, Anne Skaja Robinson of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and Iris Rivero of the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York.

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

Seven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties 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.

The University of Pittsburgh Names Christine Kasper Dean of Its School of Nursing

The University of Pittsburgh Names Christine Kasper Dean of Its School of Nursing

For the past four years, Dr. Kasper has served as dean of the University of New Mexico’s College of Nursing. Before joining the University of New Mexico faculty, Dr. Kasper served as a senior nurse executive in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Nursing Services. She will begin her new job on January 1.

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of a Dozen Women to Administative Positions

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of a Dozen Women to Administative Positions

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.

Felicia Smith of the University of New Mexico Honored by the American Society of Mammalogists

Felicia Smith of the University of New Mexico Honored by the American Society of Mammalogists

As a mammologist, Dr. Smith focuses her research interests on paleoecological and evolutionary research — specifically the effects of climatic change and biodiversity loss on mammals. Professor Smith has published three books or edited volumes, and over 100 peer-reviewed scientific articles.

In Memoriam: Anne Bail Howard, 1927-2022

In Memoriam: Anne Bail Howard, 1927-2022

Professor Howard taught and directed the remedial English program at the University of New Mexico before joining the faculty of the University of Nevada, Reno in 1963. She was the only woman on the English department faculty at that time. She taught at the university for 37 years and was instrumental in the establishment of the women’s studies program.

Six Women Faculty  Members Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties

Six Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties

The six women scholars taking on new duties are Ana López at New Mexico State University, Cynthia Reinhart-King at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Norrisa Haynes at Yale Medical School, Amy Millicent Morris at the University of Nebraska Omaha, Lara B. Fowlerat Pennsylvania State University, and Jennifer Schaller at the University of New Mexico.

Two Women Stepping Down From Campus Leadership

Two Women Stepping Down From Campus Leadership

Alice V. Letteney, chancellor of the Valencia campus of the University of New Mexico, has announced that she will retire on July 31 and Lynn Morton, president of Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, North Carolina will retire at the end of the academic year.

Pamela Cheek Honored for Her Book on Women Authors of the Eighteenth Century

Pamela Cheek Honored for Her Book on Women Authors of the Eighteenth Century

Pamela L. Cheek, associate provost of student success and professor of French and comparative literary studies at the University of New Mexico, has been awarded the 2022 Lauren Shannon Prize from the Navonic Institute for European Studies, which is housed at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana.

Six Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Academic Roles

Six Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Academic Roles

The six women who have been appointed to new academic posts are Andrea Richa at Arizona State University, Eleni Pellazgu at Berkeley College in New Jersey, Kirsten Pai Buick at the University of New Mexico, Fran Hagstrom at the University of Arkansas, Lisa A. Carey at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Jane Okech at the University of Vermont.

In Memoriam: Deborah Clarke Rifenbary, 1950-2021

In Memoriam: Deborah Clarke Rifenbary, 1950-2021

Dr. Rifenbary joined the faculty at the University of New Mexico in 1990 as an assistant professor of counselor education. In addition to serving as interim dean, she served as chair of the department of individual, family, and community education. Dr. Rifenbary retired in 2020.

Nine Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions in Higher Education

Nine 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.

New Administrative Positions for 11 Women at Colleges and Universities

New Administrative Positions for 11 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.