Archive for 2024
In Memoriam: Kelly Quin, 1969-2024
Quin was a staff member at Rice University in Houston, Texas, for more than three decades. She most recently served as assistant vice president of campaign and constituent strategy.
New Faculty Appointments for Four Women in Academia.
The new appointments for faculty memers are Jamie Wong at Princeton University in New Jersey, Emily Sandoz at the University of Louisiana Lafayette, Carrie Hammer at North Dakota State University, and Catherine Gavin Loss at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
The 2024 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Has Been Awarded to Two Women Scholars
The 2024 Frederick Douglass Book Prize has been awarded to Marlene Daut, professor at Yale University, and Sara Johnson, professor at the University of California, San Diego.
A Trio of Women Selected for Dean Appointments at Universities
The new deans are Neeru Deep at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, Kelli Feldman at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Denise Soares at the University of West Florida.
University of Louisville Honors Julia Belser for Book on Disability Studies and Religion
Julia Watts Belser currently teaches at Georgetown University as a professor of Jewish studies and conducts research with the university’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.
Six Women Appointed to Administrative Roles in Higher Education
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.
Caitlin Cain Recognized for Early-Career Research on Gas Chromatography
Dr. Cain currently serves as a research fellow at the University of Michigan, where she is working to develop novel analytical and computational tools to study neurochemical dynamics.
Bates College Appoints Five Women Scholars to Endowed Professorships
Therí Pickens, Beverly Johnson, Lillian Nayder, Sonja Pieck, and Amy Bradfield Douglass have been appointed to endowed professorships at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
Unconscious Gender Bias Against Women Professors Persists in Student Evaluations
Across several alternative methods of evaluations, students are more likely to negatively review women professors than male faculty.
Brooke Barnett Named the Sixteenth President of Rollins College
Currently, Dr. Barnett serves as provost and executive vice president for academic affairs at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. She first joined the university in 2019 as a professor of communication and dean of the College of Communication. She will become president of Rollins College in July.
By Age 6, Children Develop Gender Stereotypes About Boys’ and Girls’ STEM Aptitudes
A new study has found that by age 6, children are more likely to believe boys are better than girls at computing, engineering, and physics. However, they are more likely to believe girls are better at math and biology.
Soycia Diggs Colbert Selected to Lead Academic Affairs at Georgetown University
A Georgetown faculty member for more than a decade, Dr. Colbert has been serving as the inaugural vice president for interdisciplinary studies and the Idol Family Professor in the department of Black studies and the department of performing arts.
The Large Gender Gap in Doctoral Awards in Specific Disciplines
While women earned 47 percent of all doctorates awarded by universities in the United States, there was a huge gender gap in many specific disciplines.
Sarah Feldner Named Acting Provost at Marquette University
Dr. Feldner has been a faculty member with Marquette University in Milwaukee for over two decades. A full professor of communication, she has served as dean of the Diederich College of Communication for the past four years.
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.
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.
In Memoriam: Michèle Longino, 1947-2024
Dr. Longino was a longtime professor of romance studies at Duke University in North Carolina. She was a prominent scholar of seventeenth-century French literature and the author of several books.
Penn Libraries Receives $5 Million Gift and Collection of Papers From Medieval Historian Elizabeth A.R. Brown
Dr. Brown’s gift will be used to create an archive for medieval history research at the University of Pennsylvania Libraries, as well as an endowed archivist position to oversee the collection
In Memoriam: Nikki Giovanni, 1943-2024
Giovanni was a professor at Virginia Tech for 35 years. She was the author of numerous poetry collections, children’s books, and works of nonfiction.
Four Women Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Positions
The new facultu appointments are Alexi Johnson at the College of Charleston, Colby Tofel-Grehl at Columbia University, Michelle DiBenedetto at Princeton University, and Elizabeth Freimuth at Rice University.
American Society of Criminology Honors Nicole Rader for Distinguished Feminist Scholarship
The American Society of Criminology’s Division of Feminist Criminology has honored Dr. Nicole Rader for her book, Teaching Fear: How We Learn to Fear Crime and Why It Matters, which analyzes how society teaches young girls to be afraid of crime.
New Dean Positions for Three Women in Higher Education
The new deans are Esther Nir at New Jersey City College, Laura Stephenson at the University of Kentucky, and Moe McGuinness at Bucknell University.
Debra Bangasser Receives National Recognition for Outstanding Psychiatric Research
Dr. Bangasser conducts research on how stress affects the risk for various psychiatric disorders, with a focus on addressing women’s historical underrepresentation in clinical studies.
Ten Women Appointed to Administrative Roles at Universities
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.
Two Women Scholars Receive the 2024 First Book Award From the Modernist Studies Association
The Modernist Studies Association has presented its First Book Prize to Pardis Dabashi, assistant professor at Bryn Mawr College, and Kirsty Sinclair Dootson, lecturer at University College London who earned her Ph.D. at Yale University.
Four Women Scholars Selected for New Endowed Faculty Appointments
The women appointed to endowed profeessorships are Shola Lynch at Spelman College in Atlanta, Karla Neugebauer at Yale University, Vikki Katz at Chapman University in Orange, California, and Judith Anne Garretson Folse at the University of Arkansas.
United Nations Report Finds Most Femicides Are Committed by Intimate Partners and Family Members
According to the United Nation’s findings, roughly 140 women are killed by an intimate partner or family member every day, equating to one woman or girl every 10 minutes.
Kristi Mindrup Appointed the Thirteenth President of Western Illinois University
A Western Illinois University administrator for nearly three decades, Dr. Mindrup has served as interim president since April. Her official appointment makes her the university’s first-ever woman president.
Study Finds Women Leaders Encounter 30 Distinct Types of Discrimination in the Workplace
Led by Amy Diehl of Wilson College in Pennsylvania, Leanne Dzubinski of Westmont College in California,, and Amber Stephenson of Clarkson University in New York, a new study has identified 30 distinct forms of discrimination encountered by women leaders in four women-dominated industries where men represent the majority of leadership roles.
Shelly Blunt Appointed Provost of the University of Southern Indiana
After over a year of service as interim provost, Dr. Blunt has been officially appointed provost at the University of Southern Indiana in Evansville. A scholar of organic chemistry, she has been a faculty member with the university since 1999.
Women Continue to Earn More Than Half of All Doctorates Awarded to U.S. Citizens
If we exclude data for foreign students and restrict the data to U.S. citizens and permanent residents of this country, we find that 18,893 women earned doctorates in 2023. This was 53.1 percent of all doctoral recipients among U.S. citizens and permanent residents.
Rotesha Harris Appointed President of Knoxville College in Tennessee
“I am committed to ensuring that Knoxville College continues to be a beacon of opportunity and excellence. Together, we will strengthen our foundation and work diligently to regain accreditation, ensuring a vibrant future for generations to come,” said Dr. Harris.
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.
