Women In Academia Report

Breaking News
Loretta Higgins Is the New President of Barnham Graduate School and Seminary College in Katy, Texas
Jan. 26, 2022 - Established in 2012, the mission of Barnham Graduate School and Seminary College is to provide high-quality, affordable education to those wishing to obtain an education in the areas of religious, dispute resolution, or not-for-profit management. Before being named president, Dr. Higgins was dean of specialized studies overseeing the development of continuing education programs at the educational institution.
Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Provost Positions
Jan. 26, 2022 - Susan Ganter has been appointed provost and executive vice president at the University of Texas Permian Basin in Odessa. Donna Bradley is the new provost at Lincoln College in Lincoln, Illinois, and Kathy Littles was named provost at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco.
JoAnne Banducci Is the New Director of the University of Nevada Press
Jan. 26, 2022 - JoAnne Banducci joined the University of Nevada Press in 2009 as the business manager and has served as interim director of the press since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. The press published 21 books in 2020 and 21 books in 2021.
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Research & Studies
Women Still Vastly Underepresented Among Presidents of the Nation’s Leading Research Universities
Jan. 26, 2022 - A new report from the Women’s Power Gap Initiative at the Eos Foundation, in partnership with the American Association of University Women, finds that women make up only 22 percent of the presidents at the nation's major research universities. Most striking is the fact that 60 of these 130 research
Study Examines Health Records From the Past to See What Might Happen If Abortion Is Prohibited in Some States
Jan. 26, 2022 - With the U.S. Supreme Court allowing states to place restrictions on abortions and the prospect that the court may overturn Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban abortion altogether, researchers at Georgia State University in Atlanta have produced a study that examined health records from the 1960 and 1970s. They
Study Led by Yale University Scholars Examines If Women Are Less Psychologically Resilient Than Men
Jan. 26, 2022 - Researchers surveyed more than 2,500 health care providers at the hospital during the first wave of COVID-19 infections in 2020. Although women were more likely than men to report symptoms of psychological distress, this difference was no longer significant after taking into account preexisting and concurrent stressors, which are more
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Appointments
Five Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Duties at Universities
Jan. 20, 2022 - The five women scholars taking on new assignments are Madhavi Kadakia at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, Carla Schwan at the University of Georgia, Katherine Ankerson at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Theresa Pietsch at Neumann University in Aston, Pennsylvania, and Diane Bailey at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Named to University Dean Positions
Jan. 20, 2022 - Tejal Desai was named dean of the College of Engineering at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and Amy Tillerson-Brown is the new dean of the Mary Baldwin College for Women in Staunton, Virginia. Also, Susan Sell was appointed dean of graduate and interdisciplinary studies at North Dakota State University
Nine Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Jan. 20, 2022 - 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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Honors & Awards
Jacqueline Barton of Caltech Honored by the American Chemical Society
Jan. 20, 2022 - Barton is receiving the award for her work on the chemistry of DNA, in particular, her use of transition metal complexes to examine DNA site recognition and reactions. Her work has shown that electrons can migrate rapidly through DNA as long as the double helix is well stacked and undamaged.
Campbell University’s Jenna Carpenter Recognized by the National Academy of Engineering
Jan. 20, 2022 - The Bernard M. Gordon Prize for Innovation in Engineering and Technology Education from the National Academy of Engineering recognizes new methods and concepts in education aimed at developing effective engineering leaders. Professor Carpenter and her colleagues are sharing the award for their work developing the Grand Challenge Scholars Program, which
Marion Ehrich Wins the Mildred Christian Women’s Leadership in Toxicology Award
Jan. 20, 2022 - Marion Ehrich is professor emerita of pharmacology and toxicology at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine. This honor is given by the American College of Toxicology to a woman who has impacted the advancement of science and practice of toxicology on a global level in a field dominated by men.
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Other Recent Articles
In Memoriam: Kenya Siana Flash, 1980-2021 [1.26.2022]

Kenya Siana Flash was the librarian for political science, global information, and government information at the Marx Science and Social Science Library on the campus of Yale University.
Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [1.25.2022]

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.
Texas Woman’s University to Offer a New Bachelor’s Degree Program in Gender Studies [1.24.2022]

The multicultural women’s and gender studies program at Texas Woman’s University in Denton has offered a master’s degree and a doctoral degree program as well as a graduate certificate and an undergraduate minor. Now, pending an expected approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, Texas Woman’s University will have a new bachelor’s degree in gender studies.
In Memoriam: Sara McLanahan, 1940-2021 [1.24.2022]

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.
Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [1.24.2022]

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
Disgusted by a Professor’s Remarks, Boise State University Senior Raises Funds for Women in STEM [1.21.2022]

After a faculty member stated that “making special efforts to recruit women into fields where they don’t seem to want to be” should cease, Ally Orr, a senior at Boise State, responded with a GoFundMe campaign that raised $70,000 for the Women in STEM, Medicine and Law Scholarship. The scholarship will help fund the education of women in these fields at Boise State this fall.
In Memoriam: Gwendolyn Gordon, 1980-2021 [1.21.2022]

Dr. Gordon was an assistant professor in the department of legal studies and business ethics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a secondary appointment in the School of Arts and Sciences’ department of anthropology. She held degrees from three different Ivy League universities.
Four Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania [1.20.2022]

Swarthmore College, a highly rated liberal arts educational institution in suburban Philadelphia, has appointed seven faculty members to endowed chairs. Four of these appointments went to women. The four women are Betsey Bolton in English, Tia Newhall in computer science, K. Ann Renninger in educational studies, and Patricia White in film and media studies.
New Research Finds Persisting Gender Bias in Linguistics Textbooks [1.19.2022]

Their study looked at six textbooks studying the scientific structure of language, published between 2005-2017. The authors found that male protagonists occurred almost twice as often as females in the textbooks and appeared in more prominent roles. Men were more likely to be portrayed as having stable occupations whereas women were more likely to exhibit emotions.
E. Elizabeth Magill to Serve as the Ninth President of the University of Pennsylvania [1.19.2022]

Professor Magill has been serving since 2019 as executive vice president and provost at the University of Virginia. Earlier, she was the Richard E. Lang Professor of Law and dean of Stanford Law School. Previously, she spent 15 years on the faculty of the University of Virginia School of Law. She is an expert on administrative law and constitutional structure.
In Workers Compensation Cases, Women Win More Money When Their Doctors Are Women [1.19.2022]

A new study from economics researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Illinois at Chicago showed that female claimants were 5 percent more likely to be evaluated as disabled and received about 8.5 percent more in cash benefits when the doctor assigned to their claim was female rather than male. There was no difference for male patients.
Jennifer Evans-Crowley Named President of the University of Texas at Arlington [1.19.2022]

Dr. Evans-Crowley has been serving as provost and vice president of academic affairs at the University of North Texas. Earlier, she was a member of the faculty at Ohio State University. She served there as vice provost for capital planning and regional campuses, associate dean for academic affairs and administration in the College of Engineering, and department chair and professor in the department of city and regional planning.
Ranking the States by the Percentage of Women Among Their Doctoral Degree Recipients [1.19.2022]

In Minnesota, women earned 919 doctorates compared to only 626 men. Thus. women earned nearly three firths of all doctorates awarded in the state in 2020, the highest percentage in the nation. In Wyoming, women made up only 34 percent of all doctorates awarded in the state in 2020, the lowest percentage in the nation.
Yoshiko Harden Is the New Interim President of Seattle Central College in Washington State [1.19.2022]

Dr. Harden served as vice president for student services at Seattle Central College from 2016 to 2021, overseeing areas such as student development, enrollment and registration, and the Guided Pathways initiative. Prior to Seattle Central, she served as vice president for diversity at Bellevue College, and as director of multicultural services and student development at Highline College.
In Memoriam: Nancy McKenzie Dupont [1.19.2022]

Dr. Dupont joined the journalism faculty at the University of Mississippi in 2006 after spending 17 years as a broadcast journalist and 13 years as a journalism educator at Loyola University in New Orleans. She was promoted to full professor in 2015.
Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [1.18.2022]

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.
Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [1.18.2022]

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
In Memoriam: Margaret L. Crist [1.17.2022]

Margo Crist served as assistant director of libraries at the Univerity of Michigan from 1990 to 1997. Then she was appointed director of libraries at the University of Massachusetts.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education [1.17.2022]

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
In Memoriam: Carol Lani Guinier, 1950-2022 [1.14.2022]

Lani Guinier was the first woman of color to be a tenured professor at Harvard Law School. Earlier, she taught for 10 years at the law school of the University of Pennsylvania.
Four Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Duties [1.13.2022]

Taking on new assignments are Tarina Kang at the University of Southern California, Cynthia Osborne at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Airea D. Matthews of Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, and Teresa Seefeldt of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at South Dakota State University.
Syracuse University Scholar Wins Book Prize for Her Study of Non-Governmental Organizations in Egypt [1.13.2022]

Catherine E. Herrold, associate professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in New York, has been awarded the Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Book Prize from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action.
Three Women Have Been Selected to Serve as Deans [1.13.2022]

Alena Allen has been named interim dean of the School of Law at the University of Arkansas. Kim Creamer will serve as dean of education and social/behavioral sciences. at Catawba College in Salisbury, North Carolina, and Raelene Brooks was appointed dean of nursing at the University of Phoenix.
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