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Eight Women Scholars Taking on New Duties 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.
University of Maine Scholar Honored by the Phycological Society of America
Susan Brawley is a professor of plant biology in the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences. She research, was honored for her research which integrates cell biology, algal ecology, and genomics to advance understanding of macroalgal reproduction and development.
Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Posts at Colleges and Universities
At some colleges and universities, a hiring freeze has been enacted due to the pandemic. But with the world’s new focus on racism and social justice, the hiring of diversity and inclusion officers at colleges and universities remains at a brisk pace.
In Memoriam: Sara Lissa Hutchison Hampshire, 1949-2020
Sara Hutchinson Hampshire was the first nurse practitioner to work with the Occupational and Student Health Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Vanderbilt’s Erin Calipari Wins Award From the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
Erin Calipari, an assistant professor of pharmacology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, was honored for research on “cutting-edge techniques to outline the neural circuits and molecular mechanisms that underlie both adaptive and maladaptive processes in reward, motivation, and associative learning.”
Five Women Faculty Members Who Are Undertaking New Assignments in Academia
The women scholars who are taking on new roles are Andrea Burrows at the University of Wyoming, Kristine Lang at Colorado College, Jodie Dionne-Odom at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Elizabeth Meyerand at the University of Wisconsin, and Julianne Vernon at Vanderbilt University.
Seven 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.
A Dozen Women Appointed to Administrative Posts 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.
Susanna Baxter Will Be the Next President of LaGrange College in Georgia
For the past decade, Dr. Baxrer has been serving as president of the Georgia Independent College Association. In 2000, she joined the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association as head of member services and grants, eventually becoming chief operating officer in 2007.
Four Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Executive Posts in Higher Education
The women who are leaving their posts in higher education leadership are Susie Stalcup at Vanderbilt Univerity, Evelynn Ellis at Dartmouth College, Mary Kay Helling at South Dakota State University, and Karen Scolforo, president of Castleton State University in Vermont.
Erin Calipari of Vanderbilt University Wins an Early Career Award in Neuropharmacology
Dr. Calipari is an assistant professor of pharmacology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She has been selected to receive the 2020 Division for Neuropharmacology Early Career Award from the American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
Cathy Eng was named to the David H. Johnson Chair in Surgical and Medical Oncology at Vanderbilt University. M. Lisa Manning has been named the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of Physics at Syracuse University and Tara Leigh Grove will join the University of Alabama School of Law in August as the Charles E. Tweedy, Jr. Endowed Chairholder in Law.
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Major Universities
Karen Tani was named the Seaman Family University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. Linda Dusman has been named to the Bearman Foundation Chair in Entrepreneurship at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County and Cathy Eng was appointed to the David H. Johnson Chair in Surgical and Medical Oncology at Vanderbilt University.
New Administrative Appointments for Eight Women at American 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.
Colleges and Universities That Have Appointed 10 Women to New 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.
Candice Storey Lee Is the First Woman Athletic Director at Vanderbilt University in Nashville
Dr. Lee has been serving as associate vice chancellor and deputy athletic director. She has been the department’s senior woman administrator for the athletics program since 2004. Dr. Lee was a four-year varsity letter winner in basketball and holds three degrees from Vanderbilt University.
In Memoriam: Barbara C. Bowen, 1937-2019
Barbara Bowen was a professor of French emerita at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She was the first women to chair an academic department in the university’s College of Arts and Science.
Vanderbilt University’s Susie Adams Named the 2019 Psychiatric Nurse of the Year
As academic director of Vanderbilt’s psychiatric program for two decades, Dr. Adams transitioned its clinical nurse specialist program into one of the first three psychiatric nurse practitioner programs in the nation. She is also a past president of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association.
Vanderbilt University in Nashville Appoints Three Women to Endowed Professorships
Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, has announced the appointment of eight scholars to endowed chairs. Three of these appointments went to women: Nancy Carrasco and Sandra F. Simmons in the School of Medicine and Sarah E. Igo in history.
Nancy Brown Appointed to Serve as the Next Dean of Yale Medical School
Brown is currently the Hugh Jackson Morgan Professor and chair of the department of medicine at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She will become dean of Yale Medical School on February 1, 2020.
New Responsibilities in Higher Education for Eleven Women Faculty Members
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.
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.
Ten Women Faculty Members Who Have Been Assigned New Duties
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.
A Half Dozen Women Appointed to Positions as Deans at American Universities
The women appointed to dean posts are Marlyn Delva at Columbia University, Mary Huff at Bellarmine University, Takita Felder Sumter at Winthrop University, Camilla P. Benbow at Vanderbilt University, Jerri A. Haynes at Tennessee State University and Cassandra B. Jeter-Bailey at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
Sandra Barnes Wins the the Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award From the American Sociological Association
Sandra L. Barnes is a professor of human and organizational development at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development, with a joint appointment at Vanderbilt Divinity School. As an urban sociologist, Barnes’ research has historically focused on the adaptability and resiliency of poor and working-class individuals.
Anita Mahadevan-Jansen Elected to the Presidential Track of SPIE
Dr. Mahadevan-Jansen currently serves as the Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Engineering and director of the Biophotonics Center at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. She will become president of SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics in 2022.
Ten Women Scholars Appointed to New Academic Posts 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.
President Emerita Nancy Oliver Gray Returns to Lead Hollins University as Interim President
Gray served as the 11th president of Hollins University for 12 years before her retirement in 2017. Now she will return after her successor, Pareena Lawrence, announced that she was stepping down after only two years “to pursue her long-standing interest in international education and development.”
Six Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Higher Education Posts
The women leaving their posts in academia are Melissa Thomas-Hunt at Vanderbilt University, Julie A. Hodge at the University of Mary Washington in Virginia, Dorothy Leland, chancellor of the University of California, Merced, Melissa R. Hyatt at Johns Hopkins University, Marie Lynn Miranda at Rice University in Houston, and Diane Cole Ahl at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Two Women Alumni Honored as Vanderbilt University Trailblazers
In 1879, Kate Lupton was Vanderbilt’s first woman graduate. Dorothy Wingfield Phillips was the first African American woman to receive an undergraduate degree from the university in 1967. Portraits of both women will be displayed in Kirkland Hall.
A 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.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Eight Women to 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.
Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments at Major Universities
The five women scholars in new roles in higher education are Elizabeth Meadows at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Filiz Garip at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Kathryn McKee at the University of Mississippi, Colleen Johnson of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, and Katherine Lewis at Syracuse University in New York.
Universities Appoint Six Women to Dean Posts
The new deans are Michèle Alexandre at Stetson University in Florida, Kristine L. Blair at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Bernadette Boden-Albala at the University of California, Irvine, Melissa Gresalfi at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Julia DeLoia at Hollins University in Virginia, and Teresa Reed at the University of Louisville.
Five Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The five women appointed to endowed chairs are Bethany Rittle-Johnson at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Debra Fischer at Yale University in Connecticut, Jane Aiken at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Pearl K. Dowe at Emory University in Atlanta, and Tami Bond at Colorado State University.
