Breaking News
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Susan Henking Selected as the Leader of Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina
May. 27, 2020 - Dr. Henking has been serving as interim vice president for academic and student affairs and dean of the college. She is the former president of Shimer College in Chicago and earlier was a professor of religious studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, New York. -
Governors State University in Illinois Appoints Cheryl Green as Its Sixth President
May. 27, 2020 - Last year, Dr. Green was appointed interim chancellor of the University of Wisconson-Whitewater. At that time she was vice chancellor of student affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Earlier, Dr. Green served as assistant vice president of student affairs at Tennessee State University. -
Four Universities Announce the Appointment of Women Provosts
May. 27, 2020 - The four women appointed to university provost positions are Debra J. Liebowitz at Quinnipiac University in Hamdem, Conncticut, Karlyn Crowley at Ohio Wesleyan University, Elizabeth Chilton at Washington State University, and AnneF. Herzog at the State University of New York at Plattsburgh. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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How Will the Economic Crisis Due to the Pandemic Impact Women’s Student Loan Debt?
May. 27, 2020 - In the early weeks of the coronavirus crisis, women filed nearly 59 percent of unemployment claims. Prior to the public health crisis, the unemployment rate for women was below the rate for men. the latest data shows that the unemployment rate for women was 15.7 percent in April 2020, compared -
A Check-Up on Gender Disparities in the Field of Orthopedic Surgery
May. 27, 2020 - Women are only 6.5 percent of the members of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons. The good news is 13 percent of the residents in the field are women. But a new study finds that very large gender gaps persist in the financial arrangments companies make with orthopedic surgeons. -
New Report Documents the Gender Gap in Retirement Income
May. 27, 2020 - A new study from from the National Institute on Retirement Security finds that although most Americans struggle to adequately save for retirement, women face unique challenges in saving, largely stemming from a gender pay gap that persists into a retirement wealth gap. - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Eleven Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions
May. 29, 2020 - As we transition from one academic year to the next, there are always many new appointments to dean positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. Here is this week's listing of women who will be serving in dean posts. -
Five Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Major Universities
May. 28, 2020 - Named to endowed chairs are Sarah Abrevaya Stein at the University of California, Los Angeles, Pamela Hill at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Wendy Cadge at Brandeis University in Waltham Massachusetts, Brooke E. Blevins at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and Angela Duckworth at the University of -
A Dozen Women Appointed to Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities
May. 28, 2020 - 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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Notre Dame Professor Sophie White Wins Multiple Honors for Her New Book
May. 28, 2020 - Professor White won the Kemper and Leila Williams Book Prize from the Historic New Orleans Collection and the Louisiana Historical Association and the 2020 Summerlee Book Prize from the Center for History and Culture of Southeast Texas and the Upper Gulf Coast at Lamar University. -
University of Chicago’s Alice Goff Wins the 2020 Berlin Prize
May. 28, 2020 - The Berlin Prize is awarded to scholars, writers, composers, and artists from the United States who represent the highest standards of excellence in their fields. Dr. Goff will begin a semester-long fellowship this fall at the Academy, which fosters intellectual, cultural, and political ties between Germany and the United States. -
University of Wisconsin Historian Wins Book Prize
May. 28, 2020 - Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué, an assistant professor of African cultural studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded the 2020 Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize from the Western Association of Women Historians. - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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In Memoriam: Diana Northrup Lockard, 1925-2020 [5.29.2020]
Diana Lockhard, the inaugural dean of students at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, died on March 22. She was 95 years old and had suffered from Alzheimer’s disease. A native of Montclair, New Jersey, Dr. Lockhard was a graduate of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. After serving as economic and community development director for the […]
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Mount Holyoke College Awards Tenure to Seven Women Faculty Members [5.28.2020]
Mount Holyoke College, the selective liberal arts educational institution for women in South Hadley, Massachusetts, has announced that it has awarded tenure to nine faculty members. Seven of those granted tenure are women.
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In Memoriam: Barbara Ferguson Harland, 1925-2020 [5.27.2020]
In 1984, Dr. Harland accepted a faculty position at Howard University. She served as a tenured graduate professor within the department of nutritional sciences in College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences for 30 years. She continued to conduct research in her university laboratory until the age of 90.
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Doris Cintrón Chosen to Lead Guttman Community College in New York City [5.27.2020]
Dr. Cintrón has been serving since 2012 as senior associate provost for academic affairs, assessment and accreditation at The City College of New York. She has served as an administrator at City College since 1994. Dr. Cintrón will become interim president at Guttman Community College on August 1.
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In Memoriam: Laurie Schwab Zabin, 1926-2020 [5.27.2020]
Laurie Schwab Zabin, a former professor of population, family and reproductive health at the Bloomberg School of Public Health at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, was an internationally recognized expert on adolescent pregnancy, abortion, and sexual behavior.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [5.26.2020]
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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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [5.26.2020]
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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Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education [5.25.2020]
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
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Four Women Who Have Announced Their Retirements From Higher Education Posts [5.25.2020]
Stepping down from the higher education posts are Cheryl Larabee of Boise State University in Idaho, Teshia Levy-Grant of Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, Susan Jaffe of the North Carolina School of the Arts, and Alfreda Brown of Kent State University in Ohio.
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In Memoriam: Joyce Whitten McManus, 1936-2020 [5.22.2020]
Dr. McManus became a long-time employee of Alcorn State University on the Natchez Campus as a member of the baccalaureate nursing program in 1978. She served on the university’s faculty for more than a quarter century.
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Ten Women Scholars Taking on New Faculty Roles at American Universities [5.22.2020]
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.
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Cornell University Scholar Wins Book Award From the Society of Architectural Historians [5.21.2020]
Samia Henni, an assistant professor in the College of Architecture, Art and Planning, has received the 2020 Spiro Kostof Book Award, which is given to outstanding interdisciplinary studies of urban history that has made a contribution to the understanding of the growth and development of cities.
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Universities Appoint Nine Women Scholars to Positions as Deans [5.21.2020]
The nine women who have been appointed to university dean positions are Mary Koithan, Brooke Berry, Deborah Keyek-Franssen, Shanna Hagan-Burke, Rachel Dunifon, Lori Schumacher Anderson, Cassandra Hill, Natasha Vijay Munshi, and Karen Sedatole.
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The 2020 Paleontological Society Medal Is Awarded to a University of Chicago Scholar [5.21.2020]
Susan Kidwell, the William Rainey Harper Professor in Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago, has been awarded the 2020 Paleontological Society Medal for her contributions to interpreting the older fossil record and advancing conservation paleobiology.
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Ten Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Roles in Higher Education [5.21.2020]
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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Ursuline College’s Patricia Sharpnack Honored by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing [5.21.2020]
The Elaine Ellibee Award is given to a current or recent president of a state board of nursing who has demonstrated leadership as a state board president and leadership in making significant contributions to the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
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Three Women Appointed University Professors at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh [5.21.2020]
The three new University Professors at Carnegie Mellon University are Jessica Hodgins, a professor of computer science and robotics, Kathryn Roeder, the UPMC Professor of Statistics and Life Sciences, and Susanne Slavick, an artist, curator, and the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Art.
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In Memoriam: Alyce Chenault Gullattee, 1928-2020 [5.20.2020]
Dr. Gullattee was appointed to the Howard University faculty in 1970 as a psychiatrist in the department of neuropsychiatry. Over the next half-century she played a signi!cant role in the education and training of literally thousands of physicians.
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Examining Degree Attainments at the Nation’s Women’s Colleges [5.20.2020]
In the 2017-18 academic year, women’s colleges in the United State awarded 534 associate’s degrees, 12,176 bachelor’s degrees, 6,123 master’s degrees, and 522 doctorates. All graduate degree programs (and some bachelor’s degree programs) at women’s colleges are open to men and women.
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Suzanne Rivera Will Be the First Woman to Lead Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota [5.20.2020]
Dr. Rivera has been serving as vice president for research and technology management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. Prior to her time at CWRU, Dr. Rivera spent seven years at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center working both in the Office of the Dean and Provost and in research leadership roles.
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The Virus Kills More Men Than Women But Women May Feel a Harsher Economic Impact [5.20.2020]
Men have been more likely to die from complications relating to the coronavirus. But a new report from Bloomberg shows that women are facing more dire economic consequences than men from the recession that has followed in the wake of the pandemic.
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Natalie Harder Appointed the 17th President of Coker University in Hartsville, South Carolina [5.20.2020]
Since 2012, Dr. Harder has been serving as chancellor of South Louisiana Community College in Lafayette. Earlier, Dr. Harder served as vice president of institutional advancement at Patrick Henry Community College in Martinsville, Virginia, and as executive director of the Erie Community College Foundation in Buffalo, New York.
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Gender Stereotypes Remain Strong in Career and Technical Education Fields [5.20.2020]
Women were 58 percent of all students seeking a sub-baccalaureate credential but 83 percent of all students seeking a credential in healthcare. In contrast, women were only 5.5 percent of credential seekers in manufacturing, construction, repair, and transportation
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