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Five Women Taking on New Faculty Assignments in Higher Education
Taking on new roles are Olga Pierrakos at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Elena Litchman at Michigan State University, Laura Hill at the University of Arkansas, Kristee Willett at the University of Pennsylvania, and Jiexin Wang at the Worthington campus of Pennsylvania State University.
Four Women Appointed to Named Professorships at the University of Chicago
The University of Chicago has announced that 16 faculty members have been appointed to named professorships. Four of the faculty members appointed to these endowed chairs are women. They are Erin Adams, Oeindrila Dube, Young-Kee Kim, and Amanda Woodward.
Eight Women Scholars Taking on New Assignments at Major Universities
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Barbara Mikulski Joins the Faculty at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
Barbara A. Mikulski holds the record as longest-tenured senator from the state of Maryland and served in the U.S. Congress longer than any woman in U.S. history. She was named a professor of public policy and adviser to the president of Johns Hopkins University.
A Pair of Women Scholars Named to Endowed Chairs at Major Universities
Hai “Helen” Li has joined the faculty at the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina as the Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Sonja R. West is the inaugural holder of the Otis Brumby Distinguished Professorship in First Amendment Law at the University of Georgia School of Law.
Scripps College in Claremont, California, Has Nine New Women on Its Faculty
Scripps College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution for women in Claremont, California, has 11 new tenure-track faculty members on campus this fall. Nine of the 11 new faculty members are women.
Six Women Faculty Members Taking on New Roles
The women in new roles are Azra Aksamija at MIT, Catherine B. Stroud at Williams College in Massachusetts, Robin White at Virginia Tech, Deb Markowitz at the University of Vermont, Kathleen Sprows Cummings of the University of Notre Dame, and Clare McCabe at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
Eight New Women Faculty Members at Colorado College
There are 11 new tenure or tenure-track faculty members at Colorado College in Colorado Springs this year. Eight of the new faculty hires are women: Janet Burge, Jennifer Flores Garcia, Sara J. Hanson, Amy Lee Kohout, Katrina L. Miller-Stevens, Nantanya Ann Pulley, Dwanna Lynn Robertson, and Karen R. Roybal.
A Trio of Women Faculty Members in New Roles
Taking on new assignments at their current educational institutions are Amy Milligan at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, Rashida K. Braggs at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and Gwyn E. Campbell at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
Six Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
New Assignments in Higher Education for 10 Women Faculty Members
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The women who have been appointed to endowed professorships are Lyn Holley at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Jenia I. Turner at the Dedman School of Law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and Lisa A. Cooper at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Four Women Faculty Members Appointed to New University Posts
Taking on new roles are Sherine O. Obare at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Christine Getz at the University of Iowa, Amel Ahmed at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and Athena Papas at Tufts University in Massachusetts.
New Assignments for Five Women Scholars at U.S. Universities
The women faculty members in new roles are Korina Jocson of the University of Massachusetts, Meenakshi Gigi Durham at the University of Iowa, Tiphanie Yanique at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, Kim Vonnahme at North Dakota State University, and Suzanne Rosenblith at Clemson University in South Carolina.
Three Women Appointed to the Rank of Distinguished Professor at the State University of New York
The three women named to the rank of Distinguished Professor are Yuanyan Yang and Latha Chandran, both at Stony Brook University, and Laura J. Person at the State University of New York at Potsdam.
Six Women Scholars Taking on New Faculty Assignments
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Four Women Appointed to Named Professorships at MIT
Among the nine new appointments to named chair in the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of technology are Sana Aiyar, Catherine Clark, Amy Finkelstein, and Deborah Fitzgerald.
Cornell University Looks to Close the Faculty Gender Gap
Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, has established several new initiatives aimed at increasing the number of women among new faculty hires.
Six Women Faculty Members Taking on New Assignments at Major Universities
Taking on new responsibilities are Lauren M. Childs at Virginia Tech, Lori Setton at Washington University in St. Louis, Veronica B. Decker at the University of Central Florida, Wonder Drake at Vanderbilt University, Anne C. Stone at Arizona State University, and Jane Meza at the University of Nebraska, Omaha.
The Higher Education Ties of the Nation’s First Vietnamese-American Woman in Congress
Stephanie Murphy, an instructor of business and social entrepreneurship at Rollins College, defeated 23-year Republican incumbent John Mica by just over 10,000 votes in Florida’s Seventh Congressional District. When she takes office in January, Murphy will be the first Vietnamese-American woman to serve in the U.S. Congress.
New Assignments for Seven Women Faculty Members
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Danielle Allen Named University Professor at Harvard University
Danielle Allen was appointed the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University, effective January 1. This is the highest honor bestowed on a faculty member at Harvard. Currently there are 24 University Professors at Harvard. Five are women.
A Persisting Gender Gap in Tenure and Tenure-Track Faculty Positons
Women now are a significant majority of all students enrolled in higher education and all students who earn degrees. But women still do not hold anywhere near a majority of faculty positions in higher education, particularly at the higher levels.
A Trio of Women Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Chairs at American Universities
Newly appointed to endowed chairs are Norma Hafenstein at the University of Denver, Jennifer Richeson at Yale University, and Melissa M. WIlcox at the University of California, Riverside.
Three Women Appointed to New Faculty Roles
Sally Taylor was appointed an assistant professor of entomology at Virginia Tech. Karen V. Guth was named an assistant professor of religious studies at the College of the Holy Cross in Massachusetts and Patricia Mezinskis, professor of nursing emerita at the University of Cincinnati, was named interim executive director of the university’s Emeriti Center.
A Trio of New Women Faculty in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT
The School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has announced the hiring of eight new faculty members. Three of the eight new hires are women: Claire Conceison, Tamar Schapiro, and Ariel White.
Six Women Hired to the Faculty at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts
The new women faculty members at Clark University are Naomi Fisher in philosophy, Elizabeth Gilmore in international development, Ana Kamille Marcelo in psychology, Carmen Ocon in education, Suzanne E. Scoggins in political science, and Kyunghee Yooon in management.
New Roles for Nine Women Faculty Members in Higher Education
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Five Women Will Be Joining the Faculty of the School of Engineering at MIT
The Massachusetts Institute of technology has announced the addition of 13 new faculty members in its School of Engineering. Five of the 13 new faculty members are women.
Nine Women Faculty Members Taking on New Assignments at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Women Who Are New Members of the Faculty at Brandeis University
Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts appointed nine new women faculty members this school year.
Four Women Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania
Swarthmore College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in suburban Philadelphia, has announced the appointment of five faculty members to endowed professorships. Four of the five appointments went to women: Sara Hiebert Burch, Sibelan Forrester, Ann Renninger, and Amy Cheng Vollmer.
New Duties for Six Women Faculty Members at Major Universities
Taking one new assignments are Lourdes Estrada at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Cathryn R. Newton at Syracuse University in New York, Amanda Bailey at the University of Maryland, Catherine Larochelle at Virginia Tech, Keisha Bentley-Edwards at Duke University in North Carolina, and Kim Fridkin at Arizona State University.
Hamilton College Has Eight New Women on Its Faculty
Hamilton College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Clinton, New York, has nine new tenure-track faculty member on campus this fall. Eight of the nine new faculty members are women.
Three Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships
Named to endowed chairs are Elizabeth McRae at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, W. Kimryn Rathwell at Vanderbilt Univeraity in Nashville, tennessee, and Rhiannon Mayne at texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
