Breaking News
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Danielle Wilkin Appointed President of the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut
Jun. 10, 2021 - The University of Bridgeport was recently acquired by Goodwin University in East Hartford, Connecticut. The Bridgeport campus will retain its name and will have independent leadership. With more than 20 years of experience in higher education, Dr. Wilken has been serving as provost and dean of faculty at Goodwin University. -
Professor Anna Harvey to Lead the Social Science Research Council
Jun. 9, 2021 - Professor Harvey is a professor of politics at New York University. She also serves as the founding director of the Public Safety Lab a community-engaged research initiative that draws on the dual lenses of social science and data science to provide insight into mass incarceration and recommendations for improvement of the criminal justice system. -
Linda Thompson Will Be the Twenty-First President of Westfield State University in Massachuetts
Jun. 9, 2021 - Dr. Thompson has served as dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Boston since 2017 and previously held a similar position at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. Earlier, she served as provost and vice-chancellor at North Carolina A&T State University and dean of nursing at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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Investigative Report Documents Women’s Experiences at the Virginia Military Institute
Jun. 9, 2021 - The Virginia Military Institute enrolled its first women cadets enrolled in 1997. Today, women make up only 14 percent of the student body. A new report finds that sexual assault, incidents of gender inequity; a culture of not taking women seriously; double standards for women on matters of dress, social -
University of Massachusetts Study Analyzes Pregnancy Discrimination Cases in the United States
Jun. 9, 2021 - Only 8 percent of pregnancy discrimination charges lead to both a monetary benefit for the charging party and some negotiated change in workplace managerial practices. The most startling finding is that employers who were accused of discrimination often fire women employees the same day they learn they are pregnant. -
Baylor University Scholar’s Risk Reduction Inntervention Aims to Help Young Women in the Juvenile Justice System
Jun. 9, 2021 - 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 - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, Names Three Women to Endowed Chairs
Jun. 14, 2021 - The three women faculty members at the college who were appointed to endowed chairs are Tina Hall in literature and creative writing, Lydia Hamessley in music, and Quincy Newall in American religious history. -
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Six Women to Dean Positions
Jun. 11, 2021 - The women appointed to dean posts are Kelly F. Millenbah at Michigan State University, Kalynda Holton at Tallahassee Community College in Florida, Jillian Wallen at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, Cindy Lakers at Texas Tech University, Donna Strum at the University of Mississippi, and Gwenda Richburg Greene at Voorhees College -
Five Women Faculty Members Who Have Been Hired to New Positions or Promoted to New Ranks
Jun. 10, 2021 - Taking on new positions or ranks are Cindy Crusto at the Yale School of Medicine, Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen at Arizona State University, Abigail Killeen at Arizona State University, Gloria Meredith at Binghamton University of the State University of New York System, and Eliana Perrin at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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Aviv Regev Wins the 2021 Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
Jun. 10, 2021 - Aviv Regev is an internationally known computational and systems biologist and executive vice president of Genentech Research and Early Development. She is on leave from her faculty position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology -
Thavolia Glymph of Duke University Wins Three Awards From the Organization of American Historians
Jun. 10, 2021 - Thavolia Glymph, the Peabody Family Distinguished Professor of History at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, was honored with three awards for her book on the role of women during the Civil War. -
The University of Northern Arizona Honors Its First Woman President
Jun. 10, 2021 - The art museum in Old Main on the campus of Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff will be renamed in honor of the university's thirteenth president Clara Lovett, who served from 1993 to 2001. She was the first woman to lead one of Arizona's state universities. - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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Two State University Presidents Announce That They Will Retire Later This Year [6.14.2021]
Deborah F. Stanley, president of the State University of New York Oswego, announced that she will retire at the end of the year and Elaine C. Collins, president of Northern Vermont University, has announced that she will step down in August.
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New Administrative Roles for Six Women in Higher Education [6.10.2021]
Taking on new administrative positions are Kara Cattani at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, JoAnn Kunkel at the University of South Dakota, Nancy Lynch at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Christina Cash at the University of Maine, Jenni Crenshaw at Mississippi State University, and Mary G. Parker at the University of Florida.
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Four Women Scholars in STEM Fields Named to Head Their Academic Departments [6.10.2021]
The four new department heads are Christa Hestekin in chemical engineering at the University of Arkansas, Mary Frecker in mechanical engineering at Pennsylvania State University, Rebecca Nugent in statistics and data science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and Sarah Olson in mathematical sciences at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts.
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Three State Universities Have Selected Women to Be Their Next Provost [6.9.2021]
Karen Moranski was named provost and vice president of academic affairs at Sonoma State University in California. Francine Conway will be chancellor-provost of the New Brunswick campus of Rutgers University in New Jersey and Melissa L. Gilliam has been appointed executive vice president and provost at Ohio State University.
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Arapahoe Community College in Litttleton, Colorado, Has Selected Its Next Leader [6.9.2021]
Dr. Stephanie Fujii has been serving as vice president of academic affairs at Scottsdale Community College within the Maricopa Community College District in Arizona, a position she has held since 2016. Dr. Fujii will begin her new job on July 12.
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Texas Southern University in Houston Names Lesia L. Crumpton as Its Next President [6.9.2021]
Since 2019, Dr. Crumpton-Youung has served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Maryland. She also was a tenured full professor inf the department of industrial and systems engineering in the Clarence M. Mitchell Jr. School of Engineering.
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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [6.8.2021]
Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [6.8.2021]
Each week, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
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Meredith College to Offer a New Bachelor’s Degree Program in Music Performance [6.7.2021]
Meredith College, an educational institution for women in Raleigh, North Carolina, has announced the addition of a new bachelor’s degree program in music performance. Students will be able to choose from three concentration options: instrumental studies; piano/keyboard studies; and vocal studies.
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In Memoriam: Constance Cain Hungerford, 1948-2021 [6.4.2021]
Constance Cain Hungerford was the Mari S. Michener Professor Emerita of Art History and Provost Emerita at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. She taught at Swarthmore College from 1975 to 2020.
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Universities Announce the Appointment of Six Women to Dean Positions [6.4.2021]
The new deans are Celine Parreñas Shimizu at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Amanda Thein at the University of Iowa, Danica Hays at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Debra J. Barksdale at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Molly Gribb at Bradley University in Illinois, and Deborah LaVine at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts.
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Janet Napolitano Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From the American Council on Education [6.3.2021]
Janet Napolitano, who served as president of the University of California System from 2013 to 2020 and currently is a professor of public policy and director of the Center for Security in Politics at the University of California, Berkeley. was selected for the Lifetime Achievement Award given by the American Council on Education.
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Seven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Faculty Assignments in Higher Education [6.3.2021]
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, have been assigned new duties, or have been promoted.
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The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Honors University of Kentucky Neuroscientist [6.3.2021]
Jill Turner, an associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, concentrates her research on the pharmacogenomics of addiction, which is a way of applying precision medicine to patients with substance use disorders. She focuses on creating therapy specific to the patient instead of using a ‘one size fits all’ approach.
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Six Women Who Have Been Named to New Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities [6.3.2021]
Taking on new roles are Robin L. Rasor at Duke University, Kimberly D. Whitehead at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, Sarah Klaper at Northwestern University, Lavinia Boxill at Rutgers University in New Jersey, Kimberly Shiner at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, and Mary Ritayik at the State University of New York.
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DePaul University’s Lourdes Torres Honored by the the Latin American Studies Association [6.3.2021]
Lourdes Torres, a professor of Latin American and Latino studies at DePaul University in Chicago, has been named the recipient of the 2021 Frank Bonilla Public Intellectual Award from the Latina/o Studies Section of the Latin American Studies Association.
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Universities Have Announced the Appointment of Three Women to Endowed Chairs [6.3.2021]
The three women scholars appointed to endowed chairs are Sarbani Basu, an astronomer at Yale University, April Kloxin, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Delaware, and Jennine Capó Crucet in the department of English at the University of Nebraska.
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Three Women Appointed to Diversity Positions in Higher Education [6.3.2021]
The three women in new diversity roles are Angela Mosley-Monts at the University of Arkansas. Ivy Banks at the Association of American Universities, and Samira M. Payne at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Amy C. Novak Named the Fourteenth President of St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa [6.2.2021]
Since 2013, Dr. Novak has been president of Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, South Dakota. Before being appointed president, she was provost from 2007 to 2013 and vice president for enrollment management from 2004 to 2007.
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Catching Perpetrators of Groping Sexual Assaults [6.2.2021]
For the past 10 years, Julie Valentine, a professor of nursing at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, has been at the forefront of making touch DNA evidence collection a standard practice in groping cases. She has created a standard form for sexual assault medical examiners to collect touch DNA evidence from survivors’ skin and clothing.
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Massachusetts College of Art and Design Appoints Mary F. Grant as Its Next President [6.2.2021]
Dr. Grant currently serves as Senior Administrative Fellow for Civics and Social Justice, leading the Martin Richard Institute for Social Justice and serving as Co-Chair of the President’s Special Task Force on Racial Justice at Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts.
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University of Georgia Study Finds Persisting Gender Gap in a Large Federal Government Agency [6.2.2021]
While women still earn about 80 cents on the dollar compared to men, one would expect that the federal government would be a leader in pay equity, But a new study led by researchers at the University of Georgia finds that women continue to be paid less than men at one of the government’s largest agencies.
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Christine Holt Selected to Be the Next Chancellor of the University of Arkansas, Hope-Texarkana [6.2.2021]
Dr. Holt currently serves as chief of staff for the University of Missouri System. She previously served as associate provost at the University of Missouri at Columbia and dean of academic administration at Northern Virginia Community College.
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