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Deb Niemeier to Receive the Franklin Institute’s Bower Award and Prize for Achievement in Science
The Bower Award, which comes with a $250,000 cash prize, honors Professor Niemeier for “pioneering the advancement and application of knowledge at the intersections among infrastructure, environment, public health, and equity through groundbreaking research on transportation systems and climate-related hazards.”
Professor Ila Fiete From MIT Wins the Swartz Prize From the Society for Neuroscience
Professor Fiete is being honored for breakthrough research modeling hippocampal grid cells, a component of the navigational system of the mammalian brain. “Fiete’s body of work has already significantly shaped the field of neuroscience and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future,” according to a statement by the Society of Neuroscience.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to University Diversity Positions
Randi Congleton was appointed chief diversity and inclusion officer at Baldwin Wallace University in Berea, Ohio. Christine Julien was named director of the new Center for Equity in Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin and Nicole Arleane Roberson is the new chief diversity officer at the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
The Next Dean of the Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin
Claudia F. Lucchinetti currently serves as dean of clinical and translational science and chair of the department of neurology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. She holds the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Professorship in Neuroscience and is director of the Center for Clinical and Translational Science.
Swarthmore College’s Farha Ghannam Honored by the American Anthropological Association
Farha Ghannam, the Eugene Lang Research Professor of Anthropology at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, recently received the American Anthropological Association’s 2022 Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching in Anthropology. The award is given to one individual each year who has impacted the discipline of anthropology through outstanding teaching and inspiring their students.
In Memoriam: Sarah Predock Burke Lupinski, 1940-2022
Sarah Predock Burke Lupinski was a professor emerita of modern languages and literatures at Trinity Univerity in San Antonio, Texas. She joined the faculty at the university in 1973 and taught there for 38 years.
In Memoriam: Marilyn Louise Fogel 1952-2022
Professor Fogel pioneered the use of different forms of the same chemical element, called isotopes, to understand the life history of organisms, both modern and ancient. In so doing, she helped develop biogeochemistry as a new field of science with many seminal papers in the field and earned herself the moniker ‘isotope queen.’
International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health Honors Colorado State University’s Lorann Stallones
Professor Stallones’ work has focused on agricultural injuries and contributed to the body of evidence that farmers and their families experienced unprecedented levels of both fatal and nonfatal injuries and illnesses due to the hazards encountered related to farm work.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Appointed to University Posts Relating to Diversity
Taking on new administrative roles relating to diversity are Alisa Macksey at La Salle University in Philadelphia, Lydia Contreras at the University of Texas at Austin, and Lakesha Butler at University of Florida Health.
Jayathi Murthy Has Been Appointed the Sixteenth President of Oregon State University
Since 2016, Dr. Murthy has been serving as the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. She was the first woman to hold that position. She was also a professor in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department.
Vanessa Beasley Will Be the First Woman President of Trinity University in San Antonio
Since 2018, Dr. Beasley has served as vice provost for academic affairs at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. She was an associate professor of communication studies at the university and held an affiliate position in political science.
In Memoriam: Jean Boyd, 1948-2022
Dr. Boyd joined the faculty at Baylor University in 1978. She was an expert on Western Swing music, publishing three books on the subject. Professor Boyd remained on the faculty at Baylor University for 48 years until her retirement in 2020.
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.
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: Nora Clearman England, 1946-2022
Nora England was the Dallas TACA Centennial Professor in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. An expert on the languages of the Mayans, she founded the Center for Indigenous Languages of Latin America at the University of Texas.
Frederick Community College in Maryland Has Chosen Annessa Cheek as Its Next President
Dr. Cheek has served as president of St. Cloud Technical and Community College in Minnesota since 2018. From 2014 to 2018, she was vice president of school and community partnerships at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. She had been on the staff at that college since 2006.
Naminata Diabate Wins the Best Book Prize From the African Studies Association
Dr. Diabate is an associate professor of comparative literature at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. The award recognizes the most important scholarly work in African studies published in English and distributed in the United States during the preceding year.
Glenda Swan Receives an Award for Her Teaching in the Visual Arts
Glenda Swan, an associate professor in the department of art and design at Valdosta State University in Georgia, received the Award for Excellence in Teaching from SECAC, formerly the Southeastern College Art Conference. The award recognized a scholar who demonstrates exceptional command of his or her discipline through the ability to teach effectively, impart knowledge, and inspire students.
In Memoriam: Sara McLanahan, 1940-2021
At Princeton Universsity, Professor McLanahan was the founding director of the Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing and a principal investigator of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, a landmark longitudinal study that has for two decades followed nearly 5,000 children born to unwed parents between 1998 and 2000 in 20 large U.S. cities.
Karen Butler-Purry Honored by the Council of Graduate Schools for Leadership in Graduate Education
Karen Butler-Purry, associate provost and dean of the Graduate and Professional School at Texas A&M University, has been named the 2021 recipient of the Debra Stewart Award for Outstanding Leadership in Graduate Education by the Council of Graduate Schools. She holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering.
In Memoriam: Mollie Rose Autry Molnar, 1931-2021
Mollie Rose Molnar was a former professor and chair of the department of music at what is now Missouri State University in Springfield. Both of her parents serve in the Arkansas House of Represenatives
In Memoriam: Frances Tarlton Farenthold, 1926-2021
Frances Farenthold served as president of Wells College in Aurora, New York from 1976 to 1980. She taught at the law schools at Texas Southern University and the University of Houston.
Andrea Young Will Be the First Woman to Lead Ripon College in Wisconsin in Its 170-Year History
Dr. Young currently serves as vice president for finance and director of strategic initiatives at the college. She oversees the business, financial, and information technology functions of the institution. Prior to her role as vice president for finance, Dr. Young served as the acting dean of faculty for a semester and received promotion and tenure to be an associate professor of mathematics in 2016.
In Memoriam: Diana Siedhoff Natalicio, 1939-2021
In 1988, Professor Natalicio was named president of the University of Texas at El Paso. She was the first woman to hold the position. She served in that role for 31 years until her retirement in 2019. Her 31-year tenure in the university’s highest office stood as the sixth-longest of any public doctoral/research university president in history at the time of her retirement.
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen Is the New President-Elect of SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen is the Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Engineering, director of the Biophotonics Center, and a professor of biomedical engineering at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Mahadevan-Jansen, who joined the faculty at Vanderbilt in 1996, will become president of the society in 2022.
Candice McQueen Will Be the First Woman President of Lipscomb University in Nashville
Dr. McQueen most recently served as CEO of the National Institute for Excellence in Teaching, a national nonprofit founded by the Milken Education Foundation. She is the former commissioner of education for the state of Tennessee. Earlier she was dean of the College of Education at Lipscomb University.
The Next Provost at the University of Texas at Austin
Since 2014, Sharon Wood has been serving as dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering at the University of Texas. She joined the faculty at the university in 1994. Professor Wood is internationally recognized for her research on the earthquake response of reinforced concrete structures.
Baylor University Scholar’s Risk Reduction Intervention Aims to Help Young Women in the Juvenile Justice System
Young women involved in the juvenile justice system are 3.5 times more likely to have a child compared to non-delinquent youth and 30 percent have been pregnant one or more times. Additionally, this population experiences high rates of marijuana and alcohol use as well as high rates of sexually transmitted infections.
In Memoriam: Mary Anne Fox, 1947-2021
Dr. Fox taught at the University of Texas at Austin for more than 20 years before being named the first woman chancellor of North Carolina State University. She later served as Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego.
Rice University Scholar Honored by the International Society of Bayesian Analysis
Marina Vannucci is the Noah Harding Professor of Statistics at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Dr. Vannucci, who has taught at Rice Univerity since 2007, also holds an adjunct appointment in biostatistics at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
St. Lawrence University in New York Names Kathryn Morris as Its Nineteenth President
For the past eight years, Dr. Morris has been serving as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Earlier, Dr. Morris served as a professor of psychology and was chair of that department at Butler. Her areas of expertise include social psychology, the psychology of gender, methodology, and statistics.
Vanderbilt University’s Vanessa Beasley to Lead the Rhetoric Society of America
Dr. Beasley is an associate professor of communication and associate provost and dean of residential faculty at Vanderbilt University. Before joining the faculty at Vanderbilt in 2008, Professor Beasley taught at Texas A&M University, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and the University of Georgia.
Elena Past of Wayne State University Wins Book Award From the Modern Language Association
Elena Past, professor of Italian at Wayne State University in Detroit, was selected to receive the Howard R. Marraro Prize from the Modern Language Association. The award honors an outstanding book in the field of Italian literature or comparative literature involving Italian.
University of Missouri’s Marsha Richens Wins a Top Honor in the Field of Consumer Research
Marsha Richins is a professor of marketing who holds the Bailey K. Howard World Book Chair of Marketing at the Trulaske College of Business at the University of Missouri. was named a 2020 Association of Consumer Research Fellow. She is only the 30th person to be honored with the designation since the organization was founded in 1980.
University of New Mexico Scholar Named Chair-Elect of the Council of Graduate Schools
Julie Coonrod is a professor of civil, construction, and environmental engineering and dean of graduate studies at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Coonrod will serve as chair-elect during 2021 and become chair of the Council of Graduate Schools on January 1, 2022.
