Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com

Beth G. Adelman of the University at Buffalo and Jessica de Perio Wittman of the University of Connecticut were honored for their co-edited volume on academic law libraries. Roger Williams University's Nicole Paccione Dyszlewski, Diana J. Hassel, and Monica Teixeira de Sousa were awarded for their co-authored book on how systemic racism has shaped American law.

The appointments are Ana Pombo at Johns Hopkins University, Alicia Drais-Parrillo at Pennsylvania State University, Tracey Stuller at the College of Southern Maryland, Tara M. Randis at the University of South Florida, and Jennifer Choy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

On July 1, Dr. Barnard officially became the first woman president of Jessup University in Rocklin, California. She most recently served as provost and senior vice president at Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida.

During the 2025–2026 academic year, women represented 47.5 percent of head coaches of women's sports across 94 colleges and universities in NCAA Division I conferences — a decline of 0.2 percent from the prior academic year and the first decrease in the last 13 years.

Effective August 1, Dr. Pratt will lead Penn State's campuses in Hazelton, Scranton, and Wilkes-Barre. She comes to her new role from Virginia Tech, where she most recently served as vice president for strategic affairs.

Among Americans over the age of 15, women spend more time than men on household activities and caring for other household members, while men spend more time working and on leisurely activities. Among households with a child under age 6, women spend an average of 1.8=12 hours more per day on childcare than men do.

The new interim presidents are Karissa Marion Morehouse at Yuba College in California, Elizabeth Manuel at Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College, Lisa Karch at the North Dakota State College of Science, and Lisa Moon at Bridgerland Technical College in Utah.

In a new study, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have found that assault injury rates among Californian women in 2022 exceeded those in 2005. Black women of all ages and multiracial women over the age of 65 face the greatest risk of assault.

Dr. Zimmerman has been a senior administrator at Clarke University since August 2023. She began her tenure as vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty and was appointed acting president in October 2025.

Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.

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.