All Entries in the "Faculty" Category
Promotions for Five Women Faculty Members at California Lutheran University
Sheridan Wigginton in Spanish and Christine Sellin in art were promoted to full professor. Louise Kelley in exercise science, Maureen Lorimer in education, and Jean Sandlin in communication were promoted to associate professor.
The State University of New York Names Six Women to Distinguished Professorships
Named to Distinguished Professor posts in the State University of New York Systems are Sharon A. Brangman, Barbara G. Delano, Jessica Fridrich, Carleen Graham, Karen Johnson-Weiner, and Nancy J. Tomes.
A Dozen Women Promoted to Full Professor at the University of Kansas
The University of Kansas has announced the promotion of 30 faculty members to the rank of full professor. Of the 30 faculty members who were promoted to full professor, 12 are women.
Seven Women Faculty Members Granted Emerita Status at Vanderbilt University
The seven women faculty members granted emerita status at Vanderbilt University are Cheryl M. Coffin, Janie Daddario, Connie Vinita Dowell, Esther Eisenberg, Marilyn Friedman, Geraldine G. Miller and Molly F. Miller.
Seven Women Faculty Members Taking on New Roles
Taking on new assignments are Barbara Cantalupo at Pennsylvania State University, Alicia Carriquiry at Iowa State University, Hannah Scherer at Virginia Tech, Helen Elaine Lee at MIT, Natasha Kirienko at Rice University, Maria Doerfler at Duke University, and Katie Corcoran at West Virginia University.
Middlebury College Gives Promotions and Awards Tenure to Three Women
At high-ranked Middlebury College in Vermont, Joyce Mao was promoted to associate professor of history. Sarah S. Stroup and Jessica Teets were both promoted to associate professor of political science. All three women were awarded tenure.
New Teaching Posts for Seven Women in Higher Education
The seven women in new faculty posts are Carol Archbold at North Dakota State, Julia O’Malley at the University of Alaska Anchorage, Anna di Robilant at Boston University, Nomsa E. Geleta at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Michelle L. Bell at Yale, Kathryn Westcott at Juniata College and Diana H. Fishbein at Penn State.
Three Women Appointed to Named Chairs at the University of Wisconsin
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has announced the appointment of three women to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation named professorships. They are Judith H. Harackiewicz in psychology, Ann C. Palmenberg in biochemistrry, and Kristen Wolf in Scandinavian studies.
Five Women Promoted to Full Professor at Georgia College and State University
The women promoted to full professor at Georgia College and State University are Beauty Bragg in English, Jennifer Flory in music, Cathy Liu in computer science, Stephanie McClure in sociology, and Dee Sams in marketing.
Seven Women in New University Faculty Posts
The women in new teaching roles are Suzanne C. Segerstrom at the University of Kentucky, Cynthia A. Toth at Duke, Khiaria M. Bridges at Boston University, Anita Berrizbeitia at Harvard, Veerle Keppens at the University of Tennessee, Maureen McHugh at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Gian Turrigiano at Brandeis.
Six Women Are Promoted to Full Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The women promoted to full professor are Radha Balasubramanian in modern languages and literatures, Vanessa Gorman in history, Eileen Hebets and Etsuko Moriyama in biological sciences, Shari Stenberg in English, and Amalia Yiannaka in agricultural economics.
Four Women Named to New Faculty Posts at Leading Universities
The four women in new faculty posts are Stephanie A. Sanders at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ann M. Reed at Duke University in North Carolina, Rebecca Dutch at the University of Kansas, and Roshawnda Annette Derrick at Pepperdine University in California.
University of Idaho Promotes Three Women to Full Professor
Promoted to full professor at the University of Idaho are Traci Craig in psychology and communication studies, Ellen Kittell in history, and Kerri Vierling in fish and wildlife sciences.
Six Women Appointed to New Teaching Posts
The six women in new posts are Jane Kamensky at Harvard University, Melanie Shepherd at Misericordia University, Jennifer F. Hamer at the University of Kansas, Kristina Kleutghen at Washington University, Trudier Harris at the University of Alabama, and Marketa Marvanova at North Dakota State University.
Stanford University Promotes Four Women Faculty Members
Liisa Malkki was named professor of anthropology. Karen Casciotti in earth systems science, Michelle Karnes in English, and Karen Parker in psychiatry and behavioral sciences were promoted to associate professor positions.
Three Women Scholars in New Teaching Roles at U.S. Universities
Kathleen Scaler Scott was promoted at Misericordia University in Pennsylvania. Winifred E. Newman was named chair of the department of architecture at the University of Arkansas and Susan Groenke was named director of a new doctoral program at the University of Tennessee.
Seven Women Named to Endowed Chairs at Stanford University
The seven women named to endowed chairs at Stanford University are Michele Dauber, Deborah Gruenfeld, Leonore Herzenberg, Pamela Lee, Bernadette Meyler, Allison D. Morantz, and Erica Plambeck.
Seven Women Appointed to Teaching Positions at Major Universities
The women in new teaching posts are Lorna McGhee at Carnegie Mellon, Sonal S. Tuli at the University of Florida, Jeannine Bell at Indiana University, Amy Landis at Clemson, Norma Riccucci at Rutgers, Donita Brady at the University of Pennsylvania, and Ann Burkhardt at Drake.
George Washington University Making Significant Strides in Adding Women to Its Faculty
George Washington University in the nation’s capital reports that women now make up 41 percent of the full-time faculty. This is a 10 percentage point increase over the past decade.
In Junior Faculty Hires, Harvard Reaches Gender Parity for the First Time
During the 2014-15 academic years, 31 of the 62 new junior faculty members hired at Harvard are women. There are now 1,572 tenure and tenure-track faculty at Harvard University. Of these 438, or 28 percent are women.
Five Women With New College and University Faculty Posts
The appointees are Carmen Guerrero at Lee University, Susan Tananbaum at Bowdoin College, Suzanne Wenzel at the University of Southern California, Medha D. Makhlouf at Pennsylvania State University, and Elizabeth Bradley at Yale University.
Stanford University Making Slow Progress in Closing the Faculty Gender Gap
In 2004, women were 22.9 percent of the total faculty at Stanford University. A decade later, the number of women faculty increased by more than a third but women made up only 27.2 percent of the Stanford faculty.
New Faculty Posts for Nine Women at Colleges and Universities
The women who have been appointed to new faculty positions are Catherine C. Eckel, Beth Bailey, Angie Maxwell, Hee Oh, Marilyn L. Flynn, Lesley Irvine, Collin Roesler, Robin Buell, and Kathleen A. Jamison.
Kansas State University Promotes Eleven Women to Full Professor
Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, has announced the promotion of 31 faculty members to the rank of full professor. Eleven of these promotions went to women.
Three Woman Scholars Appointed to Endowed Faculty Chairs
The three women named to endowed chairs are Maura McLaughlin at West Virginia University, Lan Yang at Washington University in St. Louis, and Kimberly Theidon at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
Four Women in New Teaching Posts
The women in new faculty positions are Karen A. Roberto at Virginia Tech, Polina Golland at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cecilia Menjivar at the University of Kansas, and Pat Mulroy at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Five Women Promoted to Full Professor at the University of Maine
The five new full professors are Kathleen P. Bell in resource economics, Amy M. Blackstone in sociology, Susan K. Gardner in higher education, Laura A. Lindenfeld in communication, and Judith A. Pearse in electrical engineering technology.
Five Women Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Positions
Women taking on new teaching roles are Jing Kong at MIT, Annemarie Gockel at Smith College, Amber Chelette at Ouachita Baptist University, Andrea Deciu Ritivoi at Carnegie Mellon University, and Linda M. Abriola at Tufts University.
Five Women Promoted to Full Professor at Boston University
The five women promoted to full professor at Boston University are Kalpana Gupta in medicine, Catherine Klapperich in biomedical engineering, Elise Morgan in mechanical engineering, Karen Quillen in pathology and laboratory medicine, and Irene Zaderenko in romance studies.
Hampton University Appoints Three Women to Chair Academic Departments
Lisa VanHoose was named chair of the department of physical therapy. Ebony Andrews was appointed chair of the department of pharmacy practice and Shonda Buchanan was named chair of the department of English and modern foreign languages.
Four Women Appointed to New Faculty Assignments
Taking on new faculty roles are Janet Froeschle Hicks at Texas Tech, Denise McKahn at Smith College in Massachusetts, Jennell Vick at Case Western Reserve University, and Sara Ray Stoelinga at the University of Chicago.
Four Women Faculty Members Receive Notable Honors
The honorees are Catherine Ruth Pakaluk of Ave Maria University in Florida, Jane Sojka of the University of Cincinnati, Anita Jones of the University of Virginia, and Jamila Stockman of the University of California, San Diego.
Smith College Has Promoted Three Women to Full Professor
The three women at Smith College who were promoted to full professor at Elisabeth Armstrong in the study of women and gender, Judith Cardell in engineering and computer science, and Cristina Suarez in chemistry.
Swarthmore College Promotes Seven Women Faculty
Promoted to full professor are Farha Ghannam in anthropology, Cheryl Grood in mathematics, and Ellen Ross in religion. New associate professors are Erin Todd Bronchettti, Alexandra Gueydan-Turek, Cheryl Jones-Walker, and Lynne Steuerle Schofield.
Three New Associate Professors at Colorado College
The three women promoted from assistant professor to associate professor are Marie Davis-Green in theatre and dance, Emilie Gray in organismal biology and ecology, and Andreea Marinescu in Spanish.
