Breaking News
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Karen Carey Is the New Chancellor of the University of Alaska Southeast
Nov. 18, 2020 - Dr. Carey has been serving as interim chancellor since June. Previously, she was provost and dean of graduate studies at the university. Earlier in her career, Dr. Carey served in dean positions at California State University, Channel Islands and California State University, Fresno. -
Christina Paxson Elected Board Chair of the Association of American Universities
Nov. 18, 2020 - Founded in 1900, the Association of American Universities is composed of 65 of America’s leading research universities that receive about three-fifths of all federal research grant funds. Dr. Paxson has served as Brown University’s nineteenth president and a professor of economics and public policy since July 1, 2012. -
Lena Hill Will Be the Next Provost at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia
Nov. 18, 2020 - Dr. Hill currently serves as dean of the College and professor of English and Africana studies at the university. Prior to joining Washington and Lee, Hill was associate vice president and interim chief diversity officer at the University of Iowa, where she was an associate professor of English and African American studies. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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Does Funding for State Universities in Oregon Have a Gender Bias?
Nov. 18, 2020 - A new study led by Jacqueline Strenio, an assistant professor of economics at Southern Oregon University in Ashland, finds that public funding of state universities in Oregon favors academic programs and universities with higher percentages of men. -
New Study Aims to Determine How to Boost the Number of Women Academics in Management Information Systems
Nov. 18, 2020 - The researchers will collect data identifying barriers to women’s advancement in academic careers in management information systems, including promotions and tenure. They will also craft policies to recognize women’s contributions to the field of information systems and conduct training on recognizing gender bias in the discipline. -
University of Massachusetts Study Finds Most Women Are Not Receiving Proper Postpartum Care
Nov. 18, 2020 - According to a study led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, most women are receiving fewer than half the services recommended during their comprehensive postpartum medical checkup. In one of the most startling findings, despite an increased awareness of perinatal depression, only one in 11 patients received a - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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A Trio of Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
Nov. 19, 2020 - Receiving appointments to endowed professorships are Nancy Burke at the University of California, Merced, Anna Mueller at Indiana University in Bloomington, and Jennifer Hevelone-Harper at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. -
Five Women Faculty Members Who Are Assuming New Assignments in Higher Education
Nov. 19, 2020 - The five women scholars in new roles are Olivia Law-DelRosso at Kansas State University, Caree A. Banton at the University of Arkansas, Maria Fitzpatrick at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Elise Box at the University of South Dakota, and Karen Lewis at Washington State University. -
Five Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administration Positions at Universities
Nov. 19, 2020 - Taking on new administrative roles are Kelly Lucas at the University of Southern Mississippi, Azmera Hammouri-Davis at Tufts University in Massachusetts, Rachel James-Terry at Jackson State University in Mississippi, Keiko Price at Emory University in Atlanta, and Kimberly Reese at Xavier University in New Orleans. - More from Appointments
Honors & Awards
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Worcester Polytechnic Institute Scholar Honored for Her Collection of Short Stories on Rural Kansas
Nov. 19, 2020 - Kate McIntyre, an assistant professor of creative writing at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, is the winner of the 2020 Flannery O'Connor Award. The award, named after famous short story writer and novelist Flannery O’Connor, was established by the University of Georgia Press in 1983. -
Elaine Sullivan Brings to Life the History of the Egyptian Necropolis of Saqqara
Nov. 19, 2020 - Dr. Sullivan won the Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Innovation in Digital History, sponsored jointly by the American History Association and the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University. The award is given annually to honor and support work on an innovative and freely available new -
Cheri Canon Honored by the American Association for Women in Radiology
Nov. 19, 2020 - Cheri Canon, the Witten-Stanley Endowed Chair of Radiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been selected to receive the 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Award from the American Association for Women in Radiology. The award is the association's highest honor. - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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Association of American Medical Colleges Changes Name of Its Most Prestigious Award [11.23.2020]
In a 1910 report, Abraham Flexner stated that while women were not barred from applying to medical school, they “show a decreasing inclination to enter it” — and that those who did had “obvious limitations.”
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Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education [11.23.2020]
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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Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars [11.23.2020]
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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In Memoriam: Mary Frances Wagley, 1927-2020 [11.20.2020]
After earning degrees in chemistry at MIT and Oxford Univerity, Dr. Wagley began her teaching career at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She later taught at Johns Hopkins University and Goucher College, both in Baltimore.
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Center for Women, Gender and Global Leadership Established at Howard University in Washington, D.C. [11.20.2020]
The Center’s academic focus will include producing innovative and theoretically grounded research and creating a data center on issues of women and gender. J. Jarpa Dawuni, an associate professor of political science at the university, was named director of the new center.
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University of Illinois Hires Three Women for Its President’s Distinguished Faculty Recruitment Program [11.19.2020]
In 2018, the University of Illinois System announced the three-year, $60 million President’s Distinguished Faculty Recruitment Program to hire distinguished faculty across a wide range of disciplines. The three women recently hired under the initiative are Ana P. Barros in civil and environmental engineering, Bernadette Sánchez in educational psychology, and Lesley Sneed in civil engineering.
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In Memoriam: Hannah Marie Colton, 1991-2020 [11.18.2020]
Hannah Colton was the news director for KUNM, the public broadcasting station of the University of New Mexico.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [11.17.2020]
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 [11.17.2020]
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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University of California, Irvine Has Launched a Group to Promote Women in Technology [11.16.2020]
Through strategic partnerships, career development, educational events and networking activities, Women in Technology at UCI aims to strengthen the community of women in technology on campus.
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University of Oregon in a New Initiative to Advance Women in Sports [11.16.2020]
Wasserman Media Group is partnering with the Univerity of Oregon to launch “The Collective Think Tank.” The center will tap a pool of faculty experts who will be matched with research funding through Wasserman’s industry partners to look at issues such as pay equity, product design, maternity in sport, and other topics that affect women.
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Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education [11.16.2020]
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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Major Research Universities Appoint Four Women to Dean Positions [11.13.2020]
The new deans are Maureen Lichtveld at the University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health, Doneka Scott for the Division of Academic and Student Affairs at North Carolina State University, Michelle Sabick at the University of Denver’s School of Engineering and Computer Science, and Rhea Ballard-Thrower at the University of Chicago Libraries.
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Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education [11.13.2020]
The six women faculty in new roles are Siqi Zheng at MIT, Cristin Gavin at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Kathryn Birkeland at the University of South Dakota, Charrise M. Barron at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, Susan Crawford Sullivan at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, and Sharon A. Simmons at Jackson State University in Mississippi.
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Texas Woman’s University Scholar’s Book Honored by the National Women’s Studies Association [11.12.2020]
Danielle Phillips-Cunningham, an associate professor of multicultural women’s and gender studies at Texas Woman’s University, was honored for groundbreaking scholarship in women’s studies that makes significant feminist contributions to the topic of women and labor. T
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A Trio of Women Who Have Been Appointed to University Diversity Posts [11.12.2020]
Lisette Garcia has been named assistant vice president of diversity, inclusion, and belonging at Pennsylvania State University. Cheryl Waites Spellman is the interim special assistant to the chancellor for diversity and inclusion at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and Maria Ramirez was appointed the director of equity initiatives at New York University.
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Yale University’s Hazel Carby Wins Book Award From the British Academy [11.12.2020]
The British Academy’s Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize was established in 2013 to reward and celebrate the best works of nonfiction “that demonstrate rigor and originality, have contributed to global cultural understanding, and illuminate the interconnections and divisions that shape cultural identity worldwide.”
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Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships [11.12.2020]
The five women named to endowed chairs are Maureen Kohi at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sheara Williams Jennings at the University of Houston, Karla Klein Murdock at Washington and Lee University in Virginia, Lauren Barron at Baylor University in texas, and Andrea Westby at the University of Minnesota Medical School.
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Beena Ajmerea Is a Rising Star in the Field of Soil and Rock Slope Stability [11.12.2020]
Beena Ajmera, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at North Dakota State Univerity, has been selected as the inaugural recipient of the Oldrich Hungr Award from the International Consortium on Landslides. She will deliver the keynote address at the Fifth World Landslide Forum to be held in Kyoto, Japan in November 2021.
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Three Women Who Will Be Taking on New Administrative Duties at Major Universities [11.12.2020]
Gloria Johnson-Cusack was appointed senior advisor to the president at Florida International University. Irem Tumer has been named vice president for research at Oregon State University and Aisha Oliver-Staley was appointed general counsel and university secretary at New York University.
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Isabel Wilkerson Is the Inaugural Winner of the $100,000 NYU/Axinn Foundation Prize [11.12.2020]
A graduate of Howard University, Professor Wilkerson has taught at Emory University, Princeton University, Boston University, and Northwestern University. She won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1994, as Chicago Bureau Chief of The New York Times. She was the first African-American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize in journalism.
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American Association of University Women Assesses Impact of COVID-19 on Women’s Economic Security [11.11.2020]
A new study by the American Association of University Women shows that the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the economic security of women by a far higher degree than for men. This is especially true for women of color.
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The New President of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse [11.11.2020]
President Mahoney joined the staff at the college in 2018 as the chief operating officer. She is the former Chief executive of Onondaga County in New York. Earlier, she was both a private attorney and a criminal prosecutor for Onondaga County’s district attorney’s office.
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