Awards

Four Women in Higher Education Honored With Prestigious Awards

Jane Liu, an assistant professor of chemistry at Pomona College in Claremont, California, received the 2016 Henry Dreyfus Teacher Scholar award from the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. The award will include $60,000 for Dr. Liu’s research in ribonucleic acids.

Dr. Liu joined the faculty at Pomona College in 2012. She is a graduate of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, where she majored in biochemistry. She earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Harvard University.

Katherine Krzys, archivist at the Archives and Special Collections Unit of Arizona State University Libraries, was awarded the Corey Medallion from the Children’s Theatre Foundation of America. She also received the Campton Bell Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Alliance for Theatre and Education.

In 1985, Krzys was the founding curator of the Child Drama Collection at Arizona State. Over the years, Krzys has overseen the digitization of the world’s largest repository of materials on the international history of theater for youth.

jensenHanna Jenson, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Arkansas, received the 2016 Ingegerd and Viking Olov Björk Scholarship for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Research from the Scandinavian Association for Thoracic Surgery. The award is the association’s highest honor. The association stated that Dr. Jensen is receiving the honor “for her integration of engineering-style problem solving and technology development in translational cardiothoracic research.”

Dr. Jensen earned a medical degree and a Ph.D. from the University of Oulu in her native Finland.

dianaDiana Bilimoria, the KeyBank Professor and chair of the department of organizational behavior at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, received the Janet Chusmir Service Award from the Academy of Management. The award recognizes lifetime achievement for outstanding contributions to the Gender and Diversity Division of the Academy of Management.

Professor Bilimoria holds bachelor’ and master’s degrees from the University of Bombay in India. She earned a Ph.D. in business administration from the University of Michigan.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Related Articles

Latest News

Sherry Kollmann Named President of Vermont State University

0
With over 25 years of experience in higher education, business, and public service, Dr. Kollmann has been serving as chancellor of the New Mexico State University Global Campus. She is slated to become the next president of Vermont State University in July.

Stacy Leeds Will Be the Next President of the University of Tulsa

0
Throughout her career, Leeds has gained more than 25 years of experience as a professor and university administrator. Currently, she serves as dean of the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.

Chantae Recasner Is the Sole Finalist for the Presidency of Olympic College in Washington

0
Dr. Recasner has over two decades of experience as a tenured faculty member and senior administration in higher education. She has been serving as the interim president of Seattle Central University.

Vanya Quiñones Appointed President of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

0
Dr. Quiñones, who has been serving as president of California State University, Monterey Bay, is slated to become the first Latina president of California State Polytechnic University, Pomona on July 1.

Shawna Cooper Whitehead Named the First Woman President of Regis University in Colorado

0
Dr. Cooper Whitehead brings extensive experience in student affairs and academic leadership to her new role. She comes to Regis university from Boston College, where she has served as vice president of student affairs since 2021.

Latest Job Listings

Director, School of Music

0
The University of Arizona School of Music seeks a visionary and collaborative Director to lead its comprehensive music program through a time of opportunity and transformation.

Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator track, in the Division of Genomic Diagnostics at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)

0
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seek candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure clinician educator track.

Communications Publications Editorial Manager (Website Content Manager)

0
The Website Content Manager serves as the primary website lead for the College, collaborating with team members across design, marketing, multimedia, public relations, and government affairs.

Assistant Senior Instructional Professor in the Social Sciences Core (Social Science Inquiry)

0
The Social Sciences Collegiate Division at the University of Chicago is now accepting applications for a full-time Assistant Senior Instructional Professor who will teach in and contribute to the management and administration of the Social Science Inquiry sequence in the Social Sciences Core.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Media Studies

0
The Department of Cinema & Media Studies at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia invites applications for a one-year Visiting Assistant Professor position in the field of media studies.