Dr. Baker, Distinguished Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is known for her research on decision-making under uncertainty as it relates to energy and the environment.
In her award-winning book, Dr. Evans explores how the challenges faced by three strategically important Russian towns during the post-communist transition set the stage for different forms of contentious politics depending on the relationship between local industry and the central government.
Dr. Lester is the assistant dean of construction and architectural technologies at the Pennsylvania College of Technology. She was recently honored by the Construction Management Association of America for her outstanding educational contributions to the field.
Danielle Norcini of Johns Hopkins University was recognized for her research in experimental nuclear physics, and Jessica Shaw of the University of Rochester was honored for contributions to plasma physics research.
The Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award regonizes Dr. Buřivalová, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, for her research that leverages bioacoustic methods to measure the health of tropical forests around the globe.
Dr. Dasgupta is a provost professor of psychological and brain sciences and founding director of the Institute of Diversity Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is known for her research on implicit bias.
A Penn Vet faculty member since 2016, Dr. Ortved is an expert in equine orthopedics. In addition to her surgical work, she researches molecular signals in cartilage, informing both veterinary and human medicine.
The five women postdoctoral researchers honored by L'Oréal USA are Danielle Stevens at the University of California, Berkeley, Anna Romanov at MIT, Katherine Lagerstrom at Princeton University, Clarissa Do Ó at Caltech, and Tana Pottorf at Ohio State University.
The six women in academia who have received 2026 Association for Asian American Studies Book Awards are Cindy Juyoung Ok of the University of California, Davis, Juliet Nebolon of Trinity College, Monisha Das Gupta of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Pacharee Sudhinaraset of New York University, Celine Parreñas Shimizu of the University of California, Los Angeles, and Sharon Quinsaat of Grinnell College.
Tayari Jones, an endowed professor at Emory University, has received the 2026 Kirkus Prize for Fiction for her latest novel, Kin. The book is Professor Jones' fifth novel.
Anna Romina Guevarra, professor of global Asian studies at the University of Illinois Chicago, and Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, professor of sociology at the University of Minnesota, are the 2026 recipients of the Public Understanding of Sociology Award from the American Sociological Association/
Dr. Taplin is a physician at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and professor at Harvard Medical School. Her research has centered on how prostate cancer responds and adapts to hormone therapy. Her work over the past three decades has resulted in now standard-of-care treatments for advanced prostate cancer.
