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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.
Seven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles at Universities
Taking on new duties are Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa at the University of Hawai’i at Hilo, Maureen Edobor at the Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, Joanna Bosse at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Chileatha Wynn at North Carolina A&T State University, Kimberly Juanita Brown at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, Kelly Darnell at the University of Southern Mississippi, and Joli Livaudais at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock.
In Memoriam: Barbara J. Braden, 1943-2023
Dr. Braden, who served on the faculty at Creighton University in Omaha for 37 years, developed a tool to assess the risk for skin breakdown in elderly and bedridden patients, to reduce the pain, suffering, and expense associated with patient care. The assessment tool she introduced in 1987 is now known worldwide as the Braden Scale.
New Center for Gender and Sexuality Established at Wayne State University in Detroit
The new center will provide services in five areas: research, teaching, student services, programming and advocacy, and student engagement. Academically, the center will provide a singular space to unify the many scholars who already conduct this work in their own departments.
License Plate Program Funds Ovarian Cancer Research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Alabama is one of only three states that have created a license plate program to fund research on ovarian cancer. Proceeds from each ovarian cancer car tag purchased go directly to the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Division of Gynecologic Oncology to support ovarian cancer research. To date $1.7 million has been raised by the program.
Six Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles
Taking on new duties or positions are Junko Takeda at Syracuse University in New York, Kimberly Juanita Brown at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, Rima Franklin at Virginia Commonwealth University, Belinda Blevins-Knabe at the University of Arkansas Little Rock, Cameron Bushnell at Clemson University in South Carolina, and Michelle Starz-Gaiano at the University of Maryland Baltimore County
Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed Deans at Colleges and Universities
The new deans are Wiebke Strehl at Newberry College, Sonja Harris-Haywood at Meharry Medical College, Sarah Banet-Weiser at the University of Pennsylvania, Laurie Garrett-Cobbina at the University of Redlands, Mollye Demosthenidy at Newcomb-Tulane College, Jenna Hyatt at Washington State University, Deleise Wilson at Polk State College, and Mary Gallant at the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
Seven Women Who Have Been Assigned to New 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.
Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Named Professorships
The four women appointed to named chairs are Margarita Estévez-Abe at Syracuse University in New York, Tonya Pinkins at Fordham College at Lincoln Center in New York City, Limor Golan at Washington University in St. Louis, and Marcia Chatelain at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Hired to Diversity Posts in Higher Education
Shay Malone was named assistant vice president of diversity and inclusion at Northwest Missouri State University. Karin Gosselink was appointed assistant dean for educational opportunity and will serve as the inaugural director of the Office of Educational Opportunity at Yale College and Keisha Jimmerson has been promoted to dean of students and diversity officer at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
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.
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.
Historical Images of Women in Higher Education
A gallery of historical images of women in higher education (largely from the Library of Congress).
We welcome submissions from our readers.
American University Turns Down Sexual Assault Prevention Grant
The U.S. Department of Justice issues three-year, $300,000 grants to colleges and universities aimed at reducing violence against women. But the university’s vice president of campus life reportedly failed to sign off on the grant proposal because she did not agree with some of the grant’s stipulations.
Elizabeth Augusta Stoffregen May (1907-2011)
Elizabeth S. May, an educator who was the first woman appointed to the board of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, has died at her home in Harvard, Massachusetts, at the age of 103.
New Federal Guidelines on Investigating Sexual Assault Incidents on Campus
On April 4, the U.S. Department of Education unveiled new guidelines on how colleges and universities must respond to incidents of sexual assault on campus. Under Title IX, colleges and universities have been required to investigate sexual assault complaints. But until now there have been no explicit guidelines on what procedures should be followed.
New Women Presidents at Cambridge College and Wilson College
Deborah Jackson was appointed president of Cambridge College and Barbara K. Mistick will become president of Wilson College on July 1.
Child Care Facilities for Single-Parent Students Are Scarce on American College Campuses
A new report from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research finds a serious shortage of child care facilities for student parents on college campuses.
Much of the Medical Research on Diseases That Affect Women Is Conducted Using Male Rodents
90 percent of U.S. medical research conducted on mice or rats is done with male rodents.
Notable Appointments of Women in Higher Education
● Barbara Entwisle, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was appointed vice chancellor for research at the university. A graduate of Swarthmore College, Dr. Entwisle holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in sociology from Brown University. ● Jamie Monson, professor of history at Macalester College in […]
Four Women Receive Tenure at Bates College
Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, has promoted four women to associate professor with tenure.
Notable Awards to Women in Higher Education
• Sherry J. Yennello, Regents Professor of Chemistry and associate dean for faculty affairs in the College of Science at Texas A&M University, has been selected as the 2011 recipient of the Francis P. Garvan-John M. Olin Medal from the American Chemical Society. Dr. Yennello has taught at Texas A&M since 1993. She holds a […]
Woman Chosen to Head Higher Education Division in Washington
The Obama administration has chosen Debra Saunders-White as the new deputy assistant secretary of education for higher education programs.
Recent Books That May Be 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.
Women Are Closing the Gender Gap in Doctoral Awards
Thirty years ago women earned less than one third of all doctoral degrees awarded by U.S. universities. In 2009, the latest year complete data is available, women earned 23,190 doctorates.
Women Are Projected to Increase Their Share of Total Enrollments in American Higher Education
New data from the U.S. Department of Education estimates that by the year 2019 there will be 13,224,000 American women enrolled in higher education.
Gender Pay Gap for Women at British Universities
A study conducted by the Universities and Colleges Employers Association found that women make up 43 percent of all academic staff at universities in the United Kingdom but only 19 percent of academic staff who head departments. The study also found that 23 percent of males academic staff earned more than £50,000, compared to just […]
Notable Appointments of Women in Higher Education
• This July Nancy Krippel will become provost at Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia. She currently is dean of adult and graduate studies at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia. Dr. Krippel holds a master’s degree and Ph.D. from Loyola University of Chicago. Her academic focus is eighteenth-century English novels. • Janet Clark was named vice […]
University of Texas Sociologist Named to Head Prestigious Journal
Debra J. Umberson, professor of sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the American Sociological Association’s Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
Notable Awards to Women in Higher Education
• Jane Kelley Rodeheffer, professor emerita of philosophy at St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, was the recipient of the 2011 Graven Award from the Judge Henry N. and Helen T. Graven Award for the Ministry of the Laity. Professor Rodeheffer was honored for her work at the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker House in downtown Rochester, […]
Notable Appointments of Women in Higher Education
• Susan L. Gibbons was named university librarian at Yale, effective July 1. She is currently vice provost and dean of libraries at the University of Rochester. Gibbons is a 1992 graduate of the University of Delaware. She holds master’s degrees in library science and history from Indiana University, an MBA from the University of Massachusetts, […]
New Women Deans in Higher Education
Six women have recently been named deans at colleges throughout the nation.
State Department Teams Up With Five Leading Women’s Colleges
The U.S. State Department has entered into an agreement with five prestigious women’s colleges to increase the number of students preparing for careers in the foreign service.
Number of Women Faculty at MIT in the Sciences Has Almost Doubled Since 1999
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology recently released a report finding that since 1999, the number of women faculty in the sciences and engineering is up by nearly 100 percent since 1999.
