Archive for 2023
In the Workplace, Attractiveness May Benefit Men More Than Women
A new study by researchers at the Polish Academy of Sciences finds that while attractive women are more likely to obtain better jobs and earn more money than less attractive women, men who are deemed attractive actually benefit more from their good looks than women.
Robbyn Wacker Leaving the Presidency of State Cloud State University in Minnesota
Dr. Wacker was appointed as the twenty-fourth president of St. Cloud State University in 2018, becoming the first woman to be the educational institution’s permanent president. Earlier, she was a tenured professor of gerontology at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, where she aslo served as provost.
Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars
Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers
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.
The Ann S. Bowers Women’s Brain Health Initiative Debuts at the University of California
The new effort is a brain-imaging consortium whose mission is to close the gender data gap and make neuroscience inclusive — in terms of both who asks the questions and who is served by the answers.
Meredith College Enters Partnership With North Carolina State University
Meredith College, a liberal arts educational institution for women in Raleigh, North Carolina, has entered into an agreement with North Carolina State University that provides priority admission into Meredith’s master’s degree in nutrition–accelerated dietitian nutritionist track to up to four qualified North Carolina State nutrition science undergraduate students.
Linda Bell to Step Down as Provost at Barnard College
Linda A. Bell, provost and dean of faculty at Barnard College in New York City, announced that she will step down at the end of the current academic year. She has served in these roles for more than a decade. After a sabbatical, Dr. Bell will return to Barnard as a faculty member in the department of economics.
Six Women Scholars Taking on New Faculty Assignments
The women faculty in new roles are Anne Marie Lennon at the University of Pittsburgh, Michelle Richardson at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Jane Freedman at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Jallicia A. Jolly at Amherst College in Massachusetts, Kristala L. J. Prather at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Michelle Olsen at Virginia Tech.
American Heart Association Bestows Lembright Award on University of Connecticut Researcher
Nancy Schmieder Redeker is a professor at the University of Connecticut Schools of Nursing and Medicine, senior associate dean for research, and interim director of the Ph.D. program in nursing. The Lembright Award, established in 1987, is the top award for excellence in research given by the American Heart Association.
Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions
The new deans are Miko Rose at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Tracy Cole at Arkansas Tech University, Marcy Kelly at Manhattan College in Riverdale, New York, and Joyce Alexander at the University of Alabama.
Beth Huebner Honored by the American Society of Criminology
Beth Huebner is the Watts Endowed Professor of Public Safety and director of Arizona State University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice. She was honored for distinguished scholarship in the area of corrections and/or sentencing over a lifetime.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Six Women to Administrative Posts
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.
Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition Honors Gwendolyn Pough
Gwendolyn D. Pough, dean’s professor of the humanities and professor in the department of women’s and gender studies at Syracuse University in New York, is the latest recipient of the 2023 Ede Mentoring Award from the Coalition of Feminist Scholars in the History of Rhetoric & Composition. The biennial award recognizes impactful mentorship of students, campus leadership, professionals, and others.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The three women scholars appointed to endowed chairs are Hoda Heidari in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Robyn LeBoeuf at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, snd Melinda Buntin in health policy and economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Women Win Far Fewer Academic Prizes Than Men
An analysis of nearly 9,000 awardees and 346 scientific prizes and medals published in the journal Nature Human Behaviour has found that men win eight prizes for every one won by a woman if the award is named after a man. Men win a majority of awards named after women.
Kimryn Rathmell Has Been Named Director of the National Cancer Institute
Kimryn Rathmell is the Hugh Jackson Professor of Medicine and chair of the department of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Rathmell will become the seventeenth director of the National Cancer Institute and only the second woman to hold this position leading the nation’s fight against cancer.
Sexual Assault, Bullying, and Harassment on the Basis of Sex in U.S. Schools
In the 2020-21 academic year, there were 2,700 instances of sexual assault in schools including 350 incidents of rape or attempted rape. There were 14,900 students who reported being harassed or bullied on the basis of sex and 20,800 students were disciplined for bullying or harassment on the basis of sex.
Karla Zanik to Serve as Interim Provost at Ohio State University
Dr. Zadnik currently serves as dean of the College of Optometry, a position she has held since 2014, and is the Glenn A. Fry Professor in Optometry and Physiological Optics. She has also served as interim dean of the College of Public Health since July.
Women Are Making Progress in Academic Publishing in STEM But a Gender Gap Persists
In an analysis of 5.8 million authors in journals of 174 scientific fields, the researchers found that men outnumbered women 3.93 times among those authors who started publishing before 1992, but only 1.36 times among those authors who started publishing after 2011.
Deborah Dyett Desir Is the New President of the American College of Rheumatology
Dr. Desir has more than three decades of experience in clinical medicine. In 1993, she started a rheumatology private practice in Hamden, Connecticut. In 2019, Dr. Desir joined the Yale School of Medicine faculty.
Yale University Scholar to Lead White House’s New Women’s Health Research Initiative
The new initiative aims to improve women’s health in the United States by accelerating research on the unique health needs of women across their lifespans and therefore fundamentally change how the nation approaches and funds women’s health research.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers
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.
Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars
Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
Five Women Faculty Members in New Posts or Taking on New Duties
The five women scholars with new assignments are Aparna Kumar at Emory University in Atlanta, Pari Riahi at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Kiara Winans at Virginia Tech, Amanda Blair at South Dakota State University, and Clare Croft at the University of Michigan.
Robin Wall Kimmerer Wins the Stone Award for Literary Achievement
Robin Wall Kimmerer is a State University of New York Distinguished Teaching Professor of Environmental Biology at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse and the founder and director of its Center for Native Peoples and the Environment.
Two Women Who Have Been Appointed Deans
Lisa Clemens longtime medical professional with extensive ties to health education, has been named dean of the Dr. Earl D. and Melanie Brooks College of Health Professions at Trine University in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Rebecca Sommer was appointed dean of the College of Professional Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
University of Mississippi’s Viola Acoff Honored for Her Policymaking Role in Materials Engineering
Dr. Acoff became dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Mississippi on July 1. She is the first woman and first African American to hold the position. From 2014 to 2023, she was the associate dean for undergraduate and graduate programs at the University of Alabama.
Three Women Appointed Curators at Vassar College’s Art Museum
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, has announced the appointments of Jessica D. Brier as curator of photography, Azra Dawood as the Andrew W. Mellon Curator of Academic Programs, and Monique D’Almeida ss the Deknatel Curatorial Fellow in Japanese Works on Paper.
Rosalie Otero Recognized for a Lifetime of Work Advancing Honors Education
Rosalie Otero, professor emerita and former director of the Honors Program at the University of New Mexico, recently was presented with the 2023 Founders Award from the National Collegiate Honors Council at its annual conference in Chicago.
Universities Announce the Appointment of Six Women to New Administrative Positions
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.
Seven Women Who Were Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Carleton College in Minnesota
Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, recently announced the appointment of nine scholars to endowed professorships. Seven of these appointments went to women.
Maternal Mortality Occurs More Often After Pregnancy and Labor Are Over
A study by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and the Columbia School of Social Work provides insights into the challenges that birthing people face in the year after birth — both medical and social — which could be drivers of postpartum morbidity and mortality.
Vanderbilt University’s Bridget Rogers Elected to Lead the American Vacuum Society
The American Vacuum Society is comprised of approximately 4,500 members and supports networking and camaraderie among academic, industrial, government, and consulting professionals involved in emerging interdisciplinary research related to materials, interfaces, and processing.
The Importance of Career Services in Leveling the Playing Field in Competition for Tech Jobs
The data show that men generally use career services more frequently than women and that men get more job offers than women. The data show that for men and women in STEM disciplines, the advantage in terms of job offers reverses. Women in STEM who use career services get more job offers than men in STEM who use career services, leveling the playing field for women in tech.
