Breaking News
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Kathleen Harring Is the Thirteenth President of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Jul. 1, 2020 - Dr. Harring as served as interim president since last summer. In 2017, she was named provost at the college. Dr. Harring has been on the faculty in the college's psychology department since 1984. -
Mary Croughan Is the New Provost at the University of California, Davis
Jul. 1, 2020 - Dr. Croughan has been serving as a professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. From 1987 to 2010, Dr. Croughan served as a faculty member in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. -
Two Women Appointed to Lead Colleges of the City University of New York
Jul. 1, 2020 - Berenecea Johnson Eanes was appointed president of York College in Jamaica, New York. She has served as interim president since September 2019. And Christine Mangino was named president of Queensborough Community College in Bayside, New York. She has been serving as provost at Hostos Community College in The Bronx. - More from Breaking News
Research & Studies
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A Huge Gender Imbalance in Leadership Positions in Academic Hospital Medicine Programs
Jul. 1, 2020 - A new study led by Carrie Herkze, an assistant professor of medicine and associate vice chair for clinical affairs in the department of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, finds that 79 percent of academic hospital medicine programs are run by men. -
Study Finds Judges Who Serve With Women Are More Likely to Hire Women as Clerks
Jul. 1, 2020 - A new National Bureau of Economics research study by researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and Occidental College in Los Angeles, finds that federal appellate judges are more likely to hire women to prestigious court clerkships after serving on panels with female colleagues. -
Research Finds a More Effective Mentoring Formula for Women Faculty in STEM Fields
Jun. 24, 2020 - A new study led by Sandra Petersen, a professor of veterinary and animal sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, finds that an online mutual-mentoring model can create “trusting and supportive environments” among underrepresented minority women in STEM across academic institutions. - More from Research & Studies
Appointments
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Eight Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education
Jul. 2, 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. -
Six Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Women to Dean Positions
Jul. 2, 2020 - The new deans are Adriana Galván UCLA, Amy Zeng at Suffolk University in Boston, Kathy Berchem at Lake Superior State Univerity in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Betty Telford at Salem College in North Carolina, Kimberly Killmer Hollister at Montclair State University in New Jersey, and Genevieve Durham DeCesaro at Texas -
New Administrative Positions for Women at Nine Colleges and Universities
Jul. 2, 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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Princeton Astrophysicist Jo Dunkley Awarded the Tomossoni Chisesi Prize From the Sapienza University of Roma
Jul. 2, 2020 - The Tomossoni Chisesi Prize encourages and recognizes scientists making outstanding advances in the physical sciences. Dr. Dudley is is being honored for her innovative work exploring the earliest moments of our universe. She is donating the 40,000 Euro prize to the National Society of Black Physicists. -
The Library of Congress Awards the Kluge Prize to Harvard University’s Danielle S. Allen
Jul. 2, 2020 - Danielle S. Allen, a University professor and professor of government who also serves as director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, has been awarded the John W. Kluge Prize from the Library of Congress. The prize includes a $500,000 award. -
Northwestern University Scholar Honored by the Royal Society of Chemistry
Jul. 2, 2020 - Teri Odom, the Charles E. and Emma H. Morrison Professor of Chemistry at Northwestern University has been selected for the 2020 Centenary Prize which recognizes scientists who are not citizens of the United Kingdom for high-impact research and exceptional communications skills. - More from Honors & Awards
Other Recent Articles
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [7.7.2020]
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 [7.7.2020]
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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Rutgers University Debuts New Database of Women Elected Officials [7.6.2020]
The Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey has launched its Women Elected Officials Database that includes every woman officeholder in U.S. history at the federal, statewide elected executive, and state legislative levels. The databasse contains entries for more than 11,000 women officeholders dating back to 1893.
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Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, to Offer New Nursing Degree Program [7.6.2020]
Stephens College and Boone Hospital Center, a 392-bed, full-service hospital located in Columbia, Missouri, are cooperating in the new program. The bachelor’s degree program is designed to be completed in three years including two summers of study.
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Five Women From the Academic World Who Are Stepping Down From Their Posts [7.6.2020]
The women leaving their college or university posts are Jane Fernandez, president of Guilford College in North Carolina, Kim Kloeppel at the University of New Mexico, Claire Kaplan at the University of Virginia, Lynn M. Morgan at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and Karen Hammond at Boise State University in Idaho.
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A Women’s College to Offer a New Undergraduate Major in Cybersecurity Risk Management [7.3.2020]
Bay Path University, a women’s college in Longmeadow, Massachusetts, has announced that it is launching a new undergraduate major in risk management and cybersecurity. The new program will include coursework in data privacy, project management, crisis management, and incident recovery.
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Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Named Professorships at Major Universities [7.2.2020]
The four women appointed to named professorships are Wendy Cadge at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, Penny Kris-Etherton at Pennsylvania State University, Anna Shields at Princeton University in New Jersey, and Susan Madsen at Utah State University.
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Study Finds Women Outperform Men in College STEM Courses, But Are Still Perceived as Less Competent [7.1.2020]
The study by researchers at Colorado State University found that women had statistically higher course grades than men, higher university-wide GPAs than men, and were 1.5 times more likely to earn an A or A+ than men. Yet, both men and women students ranked men as the top students in these courses.
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Sonja Feist-Price Appointed Provost at the University of Michigan-Flint [7.1.2020]
Professor Feist-Price currently serves as the vice president for institutional diversity and professor in the Department of Early Childhood, Special Education and Counselor Education in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. She will begin her new job on August 1.
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Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers [6.29.2020]
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 [6.29.2020]
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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Texas Woman’s University to Add New Master’s Degree Program in Biotechnology [6.29.2020]
Texas Woman’s University will launch a new program this fall that combines biology and business with an industry internship. This professional science master’s (PSM) degree in biotechnology is only the second of its kind in Texas and one of only 39 in the United States.
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Five Women Who Have Stepped Down From High-Level Posts in the Academic World [6.29.2020]
The women who are stepping down are Anne Prisco, president of Felician University in New Jersey, Mary Larson Diaz at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Holly Hanson at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, Frances N. Coleman at Mississippi State University, and Jane Hegland at South Dakota State University.
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Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education [6.29.2020]
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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In Memoriam: Sister Thomas Welder, 1940-2020 [6.26.2020]
sister Thomas Welder joined the faculty at what was then Mary College in Bismarck, North Dakota, in 1963, where she taught music. She was named president of the educational institution in 1978 and retired in 2009.
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Six Women Faculty Women Who Are Taking on New Roles in Higher Education [6.26.2020]
The six women scholars in new roles are Ana María Martínez at Rice University in Houston, Gail Wilson at Oklahoma State University, Malika Jeffries-EL at Boston University, Shoshana Schechter at Yeshiva University in New York, Anne-Marie Schultz at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and J. Camille Hall at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
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Statistical and Applied Mathematical Sciences Institute Honors University of Washington Scholar [6.25.2020]
Tatiana Toro, the Craig McKibben and Sarah Merner Professor in Mathematics at the University of Washington, was honored for “excellence in research among people who have promoted diversity within the mathematical and statistical sciences.”
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Six Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions at Universities [6.25.2020]
Newly appointed to dean positions are Melanie Hatch at Albany State University in Georgia, Nancy Coleman at Harvard University, Kristin Gilger at Arizona State University, Jessica Harpole at the Mississippi University for Women, Susan Ettner at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Kavita Bala at Cornell University in ithaca, New York.
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Linda Mayo Wins the Applied Research Ethics National Association Legacy Award [6.25.2020]
Among her duties at the University of New Mexico, Linda Mayo promotes the safety and protection of those involved in human research by providing support, guidance, and education to research faculty and students to facilitate sound and ethical research.
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Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed to New University Administrative Roles [6.25.2020]
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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Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed Heads of Their Departments [6.25.2020]
The new departments heads at Laura Bittner at New Mexico State University, Shawn Ricks at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina, and Sarah L. Berga of the University at Buffalo of the State University of New York System.
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Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas, Selects its Fourteenth President [6.24.2020]
Dr. Alisa White is currently president of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. She previously served as vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at Tyler and Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas.
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Stanford University Has Made Only Snail-Like Progress in Reducing Its Faculty Gender Gap [6.24.2020]
The latest count shows 693 women on the Stanford faculty compared to 1,582 men. Over the past decade, the percentage of women on Stanford’s faculty has increased from 26 percent to 30 percent. In some schools on campus, the percentage of women faculty has decreased or remained stagnant over the last decade.
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