Breaking News
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Daphne Rudicell Robinson Will Be the Last President of Judson College in Alabama
Jul. 21, 2021 - Daphne Rudicell Robinson is the 24th president of Judson College in Marion, Alabama. When she took office on July 19, she became the first woman to lead the women's college. Her tenure will be short-lived. The college plans to close its doors on July 31. -
Daisy Cocco De Filippis Appointed President of Hostos Community College in New York
Jul. 21, 2021 - Dr. Cocco De Filippis returned to Hostos Community College in 2020 as interim president after a 12-year tenure as president of Naugatuck Valley Community College in Connecticut. From 2002 to 2008, she served as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Hostos Community College. -
Two Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Provost Positions
Jul. 21, 2021 - Michelle Piskulich was named provost and vice president for academic affairs at Molloy Collge in Rockville Center, New York, and Karyn Scissum Gunn was appointed provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at California State University, Long Beach. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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Reported Sexual Assaults On College Campuses Continue to Increase
Jul. 21, 2021 - A new report from the U.S. Department of Education offers a detailed look at crime and safety at the nation’s schools and on college and university campuses. Data is presented on a wide range of indicators including sexual assault on college and university campuses. Among the various types of on-campus -
UNESCO Report Finds Women Remain Far Behind Men in the High-Tech Sector
Jul. 21, 2021 - The UNESCO Science Report 2021 finds that women worldwide have made tremendous gains in the academic world but they remain far behind men in emerging fields such as data science, robotics, computing, and artificial intelligence. -
A Gender Salary Gap Persists for Faculty in Some Internal Medicine Disciplines
Jul. 21, 2021 - The study found that in academic medicine specialties with greater female representation were consistently those in which all physicians had lower salaries. The widest pay discrepancy of 21 percent was in the field of cardiology. - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Seven Women Who Have Been Appointed Deans at Colleges and Universities
Jul. 23, 2021 - The new deans are Mary Anderson at the University of West Florida, Katherine Whitaker at Voorhees College in South Carolina, Ana Franco-Watkins at Auburn University in Alabama, Martha Peterson at the University of Kentucky, Allyssa L. Harris at Prairie View &AM University in Texas, Ellen Weinauer at the University of -
Eleven Women Faculty Members Who Have Been Promoted or Are Taking on New Roles in Higher Education
Jul. 22, 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. -
Colleges and Universities Appoint Ten Women to Administrative Positions
Jul. 22, 2021 - Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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Susan Ferguson of Grinnell College Honored by the American Sociological Association
Jul. 22, 2021 - Susan Ferguson, professor of sociology at Grinnell College in Iowa, has been awarded the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award from the American Sociological Association. This is the highest award offered in sociology for teaching. Dr. Ferguspn has taught at Grinnell College for more than 25 years. -
Marcia Chatelain of Georgetown University Is the 2020 Hooks National Book Award Winner
Jul. 22, 2021 - The Benjamin L. Hooks Institute for Social Change at the University of Memphis has named Marcia Chatelain, a professor of history and African American studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., as the 2020 Hooks National Book Award Winner for her book Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America. -
A New Mineral Is Named for Priscilla Grew, Professor Emerita at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Jul. 15, 2021 - There are approximately 5,700 minerals that have been identified worldwide. Of these only 100 or so are named for women. Now there is one more. A mineral discovered near Amman, Jordan, will be named in honor of Priscilla Grew, a professor emerita of geology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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In Memoriam: Barbara Barnard Smith, 1920-2021 [7.23.2021]
After completing her master’s degree in music literature in 1945 at the University of Rochester, Smith took a position at the University of Hawaii to teach piano and music theory in the newly established music department. In 1957, she taught the university’s first course on non-Western music.
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University of Wisconsin Scholar Wins the Callaway Prize for the Best Book on Drama or Theater [7.22.2021]
Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded the 2020 Callaway Prize. The prize, which carries a cash award of $9,000, is given by the department of English at New York University for the best book on drama or theatre published during the previous two years by an American author.
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Johns Hopkins School of Nursing Appoints Five Women Faculty Members to Leadership Poitions [7.22.2021]
“These faculty have exceptional teaching, mentorship, and leadership experience, and will bring diverse perspective, strategic outlook, and innovation to our programs,” said Marie Nolan, interim dean of the nursing school.
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A Trio of Women Who Have Been Named to Diversity Posts in Higher Education [7.22.2021]
The three women appointed to university diversity positions are Sonia DeLuca Fernández at the University of Colorado Boulder, Sibby Anderson-Thompkins at Sewanee: The University of the South, and Kauline Cipriani at Colorado State University.
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Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Named to Endowed Professorships [7.22.2021]
The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Sianne Ngai at the University of Chicago, Charmaine Royal at Duke University in North Carolina, Dina Katabi at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Nancy Wagner at Youngstown State University in Ohio.
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In Memoriam: Jane Barton Moore, 1935-2021 [7.21.2021]
A pioneering researcher in motor development, Dr. Moore’s academic work advanced the understanding of how children move and learn to move. She also was an influential figure in the development of women’s athletics at Auburn University in Alabama.
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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [7.20.2021]
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 [7.19.2021]
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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In Memoriam: Sally Falk Moore, 1924-2021 [7.19.2021]
Sally Falk Moore was the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Anthropology Emerita at Harvard University. A noted anthropologist, Dr. Moore was dean of the Graduate School at Harvard from 1985 to 1989.
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Cornell University Acquires the Archives of Irene Castle [7.19.2021]
Know mostly as a silent film star, Irene Castle was also a fashion designer, ballroom dancer, and animal rights advocate.
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In Memoriam: Haunani-Kay Trask, 1949-2021 [7.16.2021]
Professor Trask is credited with co-founding the contemporary field of Hawaiian studies and went on to become the founding director of the Center for Hawaiian Studies at the University of Hawai’i Manoa.
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Six Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to University Dean Positions [7.16.2021]
The new deans are Julie Petherbridge at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, Helen Boucher at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Tamika Wordlow Williams at Belmont University in Nashville, Teri Browne at the University of South Carolina, Michelle Rinehart at Georgia Tech, and Karen Brown at the University of the Virgin Islands.
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New Assignments for 10 Women Faculty Members at Colleges and Universities [7.15.2021]
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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A Dozen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions in Higher Education [7.15.2021]
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
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Katalin Karikó, a Hero of the Battle to Fight COVID-19, Honored by the Vilcek Foundation [7.15.2021]
Katalin Karikó, an adjunct professor of neurosurgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the scientific team whose innovative research established the foundation for COVID-19 mRNA vaccines, will receive the 2022 Vilcek Prize for Excellence in Biotechnology.
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Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Positions at Major Universities [7.15.2021]
The four women appointed to endowed positions are Arlene Fiore at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ulka Anjaria at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, Stacy Tessler Lindau at the University of Chicago, and Tracy Heather Strain at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
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Vanderbilt University’s Clanitra Nejdl Honored by the American Association of Law Libraries [7.15.2021]
Clanitra Nejdl, head of professional development and research services librarian at the law school Vanderbilt University in Nashville, won the Emerging Leader Award and shared the Spectrum Article of the Year Award from the American Association of Law Libraries.
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Five Women Appointed to Diversity Posts at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [7.15.2021]
The new assistant deans for diversity at MIT are Alana Anderson in the Schwarzman College of Computing, Nandi Bynoe in the School of Engineering, Tracie Jones in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences, and
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The Gender Gap in Inventors in the Biomedical Field Impacts the Gender Focus of What Is Invented [7.14.2021]
A new study finds that patents in the biomedical field with all-female inventor teams were 35 percent more likely than all-male teams to focus on women’s health. Thus, they concluded that had male and female inventors been equally represented over the 1976 to 2010 period, there would have been an additional 6,500 more female-focused inventions.
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Mary Gutierrez Named Chancellor of the Taos Campus of the University of New Mexico [7.14.2021]
Dr. Gutierrez has been serving as vice president of instruction at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California. She also was an instructor in educational leadership at San Francisco State University. Earlier, Dr. Gitierrez was dean of language arts and as acting president at Skyline College in San Bruno, California, and associate dean at Cascadia College in Bothel, Washington.
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Women Making Slow Progress on Corporate Boards, But Women Board Members Are Making an Impact [7.14.2021]
A new study by Seema Pissaris, a clinical professor of international business at Florida International University in Miami, finds that the presence of women on boards of directors brings actual change, contributing to aspects of firm strategy concerned with acquisition, allocation, and deployment of key assets and resources.
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Susan Margulies to Head the National Science Foundation’s Directorate of Engineering [7.14.2021]
Dr. Margulies, who teaches at Emory University and Georgia Tech, will be the first biomedical engineer to head the directorate, which supports fundamental research, enhances the nation’s innovation through a range of initiatives, and is a driving force behind the training and development of the United States’ engineering workforce.
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Huge Reductions in Screenings for Breast and Cervical Cancer Occurred During the Pandemic [7.14.2021]
The CDC warns that the reduction in the number of screenings may have a long-term effect on women’s health. The decline in screenings was more prevalent among, Blacks, Hispanics, and other racial/ethnic minorities and therefore may widen existing racial and ethnic health disparities.
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