Awards

Penn Carey Law School Professor Anita Allen Receives a Career Achievement Award

A faculty member with the University of Pennsylvania for nearly three decades, Professor Allen is an internationally renowned expert on philosophical and social justice dimensions of privacy and data protection law.

Rachel Sandwell Honored for New Book on Women’s Role in South Africa’s Antiapartheid Movement

Dr. Sandwell is an assistant professor of history at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Her award-winning book, National Liberation and the Political Life of Exile: Sex, Gender, and Nation in the Struggle Against Apartheid examines the role of women in South Africa's liberation movements, particularly within the African National Congress during its years in exile.

Juliana Binhote Receives International Award for Excellence in Entrepreneurship Education

The International Council for Small Business recently honored Florida State University's Juliana Binote for advancing entrepreneurship education through creativity, innovation, and measurable impact.

Andrea Borowczak Awarded for Lifetime Achievement in Engineering Education

Throughout her career, Dr. Borowczak has conducted extensive research on integrated STEM education, often focusing on how engineering, technology, and math can be woven into the classroom at all levels and across subjects. She currently serves as director of the School of Teacher Education at the University of Central Florida.

Marie Gottschalk Wins the 2026 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award

Dr. Gottschalk's award-winning book examines how concentrated economic and political power in the United States has fostered forms of violence stemming from C-suite corporate executives.

Deborah Handy Honored for Contributions to Family and Consumer Sciences

Dr. Handy, a Washington State University faculty member for more than three decades, recently received the 2026 American Association of Family and Consumer Science Distinguished Service Award in honor of her outstanding contributions to the field.

University of Arkansas’ Cynthia Nance Honored by the American Bar Association

Professor Nance recently completed her second tenure as dean of the University of Arkansas School of Law. She was first appointed dean in 2006, making her the first woman and first person of color to lead the law school.

Karen May-Newman Receives a Lifetime Achievement Award in Cardiovascular Biomechanics

Dr. May-Newman of San Diego State University has been recognized by the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs for her career-long contributions to the field of cardiovascular biomechanics and the understanding of heart-support technologies.

The American Association of Law Libraries Recognizes Five Women for Contributions to Legal Literature

Beth G. Adelman of the University at Buffalo and Jessica de Perio Wittman of the University of Connecticut were honored for their co-edited volume on academic law libraries. Roger Williams University's Nicole Paccione Dyszlewski, Diana J. Hassel, and Monica Teixeira de Sousa were awarded for their co-authored book on how systemic racism has shaped American law.

Five Women Research Scientists Honored by the Fred Hutch Cancer Center

The honorees are Rachael Chanin at Stanford University, Amy C. Fan at the University of Caliofornia, San Francisco, Simone Park at the University of Pennsylvania, Carolina Rodriguez Tirado at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in The Bronx, New York, and Madeline Rollins at the University of Chicago.

A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Awarded for Their New Books

The women who have recently received awards for their new books are Julia Elliott of the University of South Carolina, Min Kyung Lee of Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, and Anne E. Marshall at Mississippi State University.

Janet Currie Honored for Lifetime Contributions to Health Economics

Dr. Currie, an endowed professor at Yale University, is known as a pioneer in the economics of child development. Her work has significant advanced the understanding of how family, social, environmental, and healthcare factors impact children's longterm outcomes.