Women In Academia Report

Breaking News
Michelle Majewski Is the Seventeenth President of Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Jan. 20, 2021 - Dr. Majewski has been serving as acting president since April 2000. She has been associated with the university for more than three decades as a full-time faculty member, chair, dean, and professor emerita. Dr. Majewski will serve as president through June 30, 2023.
Harvard Law School Has Appointed Two Women to Dean Positions
Jan. 20, 2021 - L. Tracee Whitley as its new dean for administration, Harvard Law School’s chief administrative officer. Natasha Onken was named assistant dean for student financial services.
University of Utah Leader to Become President of Strada Impact in April
Jan. 20, 2021 - Ruth V. Watkins, president of the University of Utah since 2018, announced that she has accepted a position as president of Strada Impact, where she will drive Strada Education Network’s national research, philanthropy, policy, and thought leadership with the goal of improving students’ access to college, degree completion and career connections.
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Research & Studies
Gender Gap in Employment and Salary for Students Who Earned Doctorates in 2019
Jan. 20, 2021 - For 2019 doctoral recipients who had a job offer, 49.3 percent of women had accepted positions in the academic arena. For men who had job offers, only were 34.3 were heading to academia. Some 27.1 of women doctoral recipients in 2019 had job commitments in the corporate world compared to
Study Warns That Women Graduate Students in Chemistry Are Not Receiving Adequate Support
Jan. 20, 2021 - A new study by researchers at the University of Oregon finds that insufficient interactions with advisers and peers, as well as financial problems, are derailing career aspirations of women and minority groups pursuing graduate degrees in the nation’s highest-funded chemistry programs.
Affirmative Action for Women in Hiring Decisions in Hotel Management Can Improve the Bottom Line
Jan. 20, 2021 - New research led by the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management suggests hotel companies that promote a woman over an equally qualified man are perceived as fairer and less discriminatory, creating a stronger organizational culture and higher financial performance.
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Appointments
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Duties at Colleges and Universities
Jan. 21, 2021 - Sara Cook, a professor of business, has been named vice president for academics at Viterbo University in La Crosse Wisconsin. Sadie D. Wilks, an instructor at Louisiana State University, has been given added duties as the school’s new internship coordinator and Natalie Lozinski-Veach is a new assistant professor of German
Heidi Fernandez and Cheryl Bremer Receive Appointments to Dean Posts
Jan. 21, 2021 - Heidi Fernandez has been named dean of University College at Trident University, which is based in Cypress, California, and Cheryl Bremer was appointed dean of the School of Education at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana.
Seven Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Jan. 21, 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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Honors & Awards
NASPA Presents an Award for Mentoring Graduate Faculty to Kathy Guthrie of Florida State University
Jan. 21, 2021 - Kathy Guthrie, an associate professor in the College of Education at Florida State University, was selected as the recipient of the 2021 Robert H. Shaffer Award for Academic Excellence as a Graduate Faculty Member by NASPA - Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. The award is the highest honor that
Antoinette Landor of the University of Missouri Wins Award for Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers
Jan. 21, 2021 - Antoinette Landor, associate professor in the department of human development and family science in the College of Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Missouri, was recently named the 2020 Undergraduate Research Mentor by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
Vanderbilt University’s Jerri Rook Honored for Her Work on Drug Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease Patients
Jan. 21, 2021 - As director of in vivo and behavioral pharmacology at the Vanderbilt University Warren Center for Neuroscience Drug Discovery, Rook’s research focus over the past 10 years has been on developing treatments for the cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Other Recent Articles
Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [1.25.2021]

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
In Memoriam: Kathleen Saunders Nordeen, 1940-2021 [1.25.2021]

Kit Saunders Nordeen pioneered women’s athletics at the University of Wisconsin in the 1960s and 1970s, and, as an administrator, fought for equal opportunities for women athletes in the tumultuous years following the passage of Title IX.
Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [1.25.2021]

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.
In Memoriam: Kathleen M. Carroll, 1958-2020 [1.23.2021]

Dr. Carroll joined the faculty at Yale in 1989 as an assistant professor of psychiatry. She taught at Yale for more than 30 years.
Ms. Magazine Snubs Academia In Its List of Top Feminists of 2020 [1.22.2021]

Not one of the top feminists of 2020 according to Ms. magazine has a primarily academic affiliation.
In Memoriam: Deborah Lynn Rhode, 1952-2021 [1.22.2021]

Deborah Rhode was a professor at Stanford Law School for more than 40 years, a world-renowned scholar in the legal profession, and the nation’s most frequently cited legal ethics scholar. She produced 30 books and 200 scholarly articles, many focusing on access to justice.
Three Women Who Have Announced Their Retirements From High-Level Posts in the Academic World [1.22.2021]

Cheryl Evans, president of Northern Oklahoma College in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, Janice Gibson, director of development and alumni affairs at Alcorn State University in Mississippi, and Jean Goodnow, president of Delta College in Michigan, have all announced their retirements.
In Memoriam: Ellen Lorenz, 1935-2020 [1.20.2021]

Dr. Lorenz joined the faculty of Mount Mary University as director of secondary education in 1968, rising to the post of academic dean by 1976. In 1979, she was appointed president of Mount Mary, continuing in that role until 1987.
Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [1.19.2021]

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.
Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [1.19.2021]

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
In Memoriam: Barbara Nelson Benson, 1940-2020 [1.18.2021]

Dr. Benson joined the faculty of the department of biological sciences at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, in 1973 and taught there until retiring in 2002. She served as department chair and worked as co-director of the Environmental Science Program.
New UCLA Initiatives Aims to Increase Women in Computing Education and Technology Careers [1.18.2021]

Momentum: Accelerating Equity in Computing and Technology will engage in critical research and actions to diversify participation in computing and technology fields. The effort is sorely needed. Women currently hold just 26 percent of computing jobs.
In Memoriam: Miriam DeCosta-Willis, 1934-2021 [1.15.2021]

Nearly, a decade after she was not allowed to enroll at what is now the University of Memphis because of the color of her skin, Dr. Decosta-Wilis was hired as the university’s first Black faculty member. During her more than 40-year career, Dr. Decosta-Wilis also taught at Lemoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Howard University in Washington, D.C., George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education [1.15.2021]

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Modern Language Association Presents Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award to Susan Gubar [1.14.2021]

Professor Gubar created groundbreaking works of feminist criticism that uncovered a female literary tradition previously obscured within a traditionally male literary universe.
Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles at Colleges and Universities [1.14.2021]

Taking on new assignments are Laurie Owen at Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana, Peggy Keiper at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Lori Martin at Louisiana State University, Diane Marie Amann at the University of Georgia, and Stacy L. Leeds at Arizona State University.
Caltech’s Viviana Gradinaru Wins Young Investigator Award From the Society for Neuroscience [1.14.2021]

The award, supported by Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, recognizes the outstanding achievements and contributions by a young neuroscientist who has demonstrated understanding of the mammalian brain in health and disease. Dr. Gradinaru’s research focuses on deep brain stimulation procedures for treating human neurodegenerative disorders.
New Administrative Appointments for Six Women in Higher Education [1.14.2021]

Taking on New roles are Stephanie Coleman at East Carolina University, Agnessa Vartanova at the University of Colorado, Erin Hedlun at Evangel University in Missouri, Mary Jo Daniel at the University of New Mexico, Lily E. West at the University of Virginia, and Nontalie Morrow at the University of Georgia.
University of California , Merced Scholar Awarded the Joanne Simpson Medal From the American Geophysical Union [1.14.2021]

Asmeret Asefaw Berhe holds the Falasco Chair in Earth Sciences and Geology and is associate dean of the graduate division at the University of California, Merced. The main focus of her research is to understand the effect of changing environmental conditions on vital soil processes.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Named to Lead Their Academic Departments [1.14.2021]

Adrienne C. Lahti has been named chair of the department of psychiatry and behavioral neurobiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Emily Kinsky was appointed head of the department of communication at West Texas A&M University and Adele Turzillo is the new head of the department of animal science at Pennsylvania State University.
Two Women Appointed to Provost Positions [1.13.2021]

Terri Shelton was appointed interim provost at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Malou C. Harrison is the new provost of Miami Dade College in Florida.
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