Seven Women Scholars Are Honored With Awards of Distinction

Sherryl A. Broverman, an associate professor of the practice in biology and global health at Duke University, received the William E. Bennett Award from the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement. The award recognizes extraordinary contributions to citizen science.

Dr. Broverman joined the Duke University faculty in 2001. She is a graduate of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and holds a Ph.D. in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology from Indiana University in Bloomington.

Lydia Kavraki, the Noah Harding Professor of Computer science and a professor of bioengineering at Rice University in Houston, Texas, has been named the winner of the 2015 Award for Technical Leadership from the Anita Borg Institute. Professor Kavraki will be honored at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Houston in October.

Dr. Kavraki joined the Rice University faculty in 1996. She is a graduate of the University of Crete, where she majored in computer science. Professor Kavraki holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University.

Condoleezza Rice, the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a professor of political science at Stanford University, received the 2015 Pathfinder Award from the Indiana Sports Corporation. Dr. Rice was honored for her work with the Center for a New Generation, an after-school and summer academic enrichment program for low-income children.

Dr. Rice is the former assistant to the president for national security affairs and served as U.S. Secretary of State from 2005 to 2009. A native of Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Rice earned a bachelor’s degree and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Denver. She also holds a master’s degree from the University of Notre Dame.

Lonna Atkeson, professor of political science at the University of New Mexico received the 2015 Excellence in Mentoring Award from the Society for Political Methodology of the American Political Science Association. Dr. Atkeson has been on the faculty at the university since 1995.

Professor Atkeson is a graduate of the University of California, Riverside and holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Karen Thole, professor and chair of the department of mechanical and nuclear engineering at Pennsylvania State University, has been selected to receive the George Westinghouse Gold Medal from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. She will be honored at the 2015 ASME Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition in November.

Professor Thole holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Illinois. She earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.

Beverly A. Cigler, distinguished professor of public policy and administration in the School of Public Affairs at the Harrisburg campus of Pennsylvania State University, received the 2015 Leslie A. Whittington Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration.

Professor Cigler holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, all from Pennsylvania State University.

Mary Fainsod Katzenstein, the Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor of American Studies Emerita and professor in the department of government and the feminist, gender, and sexuality studies program at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, received the Frank J. Goodnow Award from the American Political Science Association. She has been on the faculty at Cornell since 1974.

Professor Katzenstein is a magna cum laude graduate of Radcliffe College. She holds a master’s degree from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.