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Four Women Promoted to Full Professor at the University of Delaware
The new full professors at the University of Delaware are Julie Hubbard and Beth Morling in psychology, Kalmia Kniel in animal and food science, and Lauren Petersen in art history.
Three Women in Important New Teaching Roles at Major Universities
Barbara Klinger was named Provost’s Professor at Indiana University and Sonia Ryang was appointed to an endowed chair at Rice University in Houston. Joan Feigenbaum was named chair of the computer science department at Yale University.
Southern Illinois University Carbondale Has Promoted Four Women to Full Professor
The four new full professors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale are Sara Baer in plant biology, Dubravka in mathematics, Nilanjana R. Bardhan in communication studies, and Meera Komarrajau in applied psychology.
Five Women Named to Endowed Chairs
The women appointed to named chairs are Sandra Stith at Kansas State University, Leigh A. Neumayer at the University of Arizona, Nina G. Jablonski at Penn State, Karen McElrath at Fayetteville State University, and Suzanne Marchand at Louisiana State University.
Three Women Added to the Faculty at Penn State-Beaver
The Pennsylvania State University Beaver Campus in Monaca, northwest of Pittsburgh, has announced the hiring of three women to its faculty: Amy Camodeca and Marissa Mendozza-Burcham in psychology and Stephanie Cabaracas in biology.
Three Women in New Teaching Roles
Robin Autenrieth was named chair of the department of civil engineering at Texas A&M University. Kathy Brown has joined the faculty at the University of Tennessee and Elise Boxer is a new assistant professor at the University of South Dakota.
Two Women Named University Professors at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh
Irene Fonseca is the Mellon College of Science Professor of Mathematics and Manuela M. Veloso is the Herbert A. Simon Professor of Computer Science. Both women are originally from Portugal.
Five Women Scholars Taking on New Teaching Roles
The five women taking on new teaching roles are Heather Williams at the University of Pennsylvania, Nazli Kibria at Boston University, Jennifer Finney Boylan at Barnard College, Monica Kraft at Duke University, and Hazel Wetzstein at Purdue University.
Ten Women Promoted to Full Professor at the University of Kansas
Bernadette Gray-Little, chancellor of the University of Kansas, has announced the promotion of 25 faculty members to the rank of full professor. Ten of the 25 faculty members who were promoted are women.
Four Women Named to Prestigious Faculty Positions
Sally Haslanger at MIT, Pamela Schultz at New Mexico State University, and Alison Wilson at West Virginia University were all named to endowed chairs. Cynthia Johnson Turner will join the University of Georgia faculty this fall as director of bands.
Purdue University Promotes 21 Women to Full Professor
Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, has announced a large number of promotions of faculty members to the rank of full professor. Included among the promotions are those of 21 women.
Three Women to Join the Princeton University Faculty
The women who will be new assistant professors at Princeton are Erin Yu-Tien Huang in East Asian studies, Beatrice Kitzinger in art and archaeology, and Barbara Nagel in German.
Bowdoin College Promotes Four Women to Full Professor
The four new full professors at Bowdoin College are Aviva Briefel in English and film studies, Kristen Ghodsee in women’s and gender studies. Shu-chin Tsui in Asian studies and film studies, and Tricia Welsch in film studies.
Six Women in New Teaching Roles at American Universities
The women in new faculty posts are Jesmyn Ward at Tulane, Jane Lubchenco at Oregon State, Mary Hale Toler at Kansas State, Molly Brewer at the University of Connecticut, Cameron Myler at NYU, and Tsveti Markova at Wayne State.
Brown University to Hold a Symposium to Honor Professor Anne Fausto-Sterling
The Nancy Duke Lewis Professor of Biology and Gender Studies at the university is retiring from teaching and will assume emerita status on June 30. She has served on the Brown University faculty for more than 40 years.
Five Women in New Faculty Roles at American Universities
Women in new teaching roles are Elodie Ghedin at New York University, Melissa Harris-Perry at Wake Forest, Mary Ellen Poole at the University of Texas, Pat Mulroy at the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Connie Kohler at the University of Alabama Birmingham.
Five Women Promoted and Granted Tenure at Purdue University North Central
The five women promoted to associate professor and granted tenure are E. Anne Christo-Baker, Charlene C. Gyurko, Christabel L. Rogalin, Peggy Rose, and Angelea Schooley.
University of Wisconsin Appoints Two Women to Named Professorships
Mary Louise Roberts was named the Lucie Aubrac Professor of History and Nancy P. Keller was appointed the Robert L. Metzenberg and Kenneth B. Raper Professor of Mycology.
Three Women Join the Faculty at the University of Wyoming
Leah LeFebvre is an instructor of communication and journalism, Sarah Benson-Amram was named assistant professor of zoology and physiology, and Allison Mann is a clinical assistant professor in the School of Pharmacy.
Five Women Named to Endowed Faculty Positions
The five women named to distinguished professorships are Xu Cheng at the University of Pennsylvania, Dana Priest at the University of Maryland, Marie Harvey at Oregon State, Katherine Knowlton at Virginia Tech, and Adrienne Martin at Claremont McKenna College.
Four Full Professors Receive New University Teaching Assignments
Taking on new roles are Margaret Hostetter at the University of Cincinnati, Laura Dugan at Vanderbilt University, Tracy Irani at the University of Florida, and Maria Siemionow at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Two Women Honored as Distinguished Professors at the University of Connecticut
Nancy A. Naples is a professor of sociology and the director of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies program at the university. Kathleen Segerson is a professor of economics who has served on the university’s faculty since 1986.
Kansas State University Promotes 11 Women to Full Professor
Kansas State University has announced the promotion of 24 faculty members to the rank of full professor. The promotions are effective on June 8. Eleven of these promotions went to women.
Two Women Promoted and Granted Tenure at the College of the Holy Cross
Renee Lynn Beard was promoted to associate professor of sociology and anthropology and Barbara L. Craig was appointed associate professor of theatre. Both women were awarded tenure.
Three Women Scholars Named to Endowed Chairs
The three women who have been appointed to named professorships are Kristin Boudreau at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Helen Reed at the College of Engineering at Texas A&M University, and Cheryl Kerfeld at Michigan State University.
Five Women Appointed to New Teaching Positions at American Universities
The appointees are Vivian Chi-Hua Wu at the University of Maine, Miranda Waggoner at the University of Virginia, Ann M. Reed at Duke University, Dora Malech at Princeton University, and Marianne Hillemeier at Pennsylvania State University.
Northwestern College Awards Tenure to Three Women Faculty Members
Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, has awarded tenure to Ann Vander Kooi Minnick in communications, Valerie Stokes in social work, and Michelle Van Wyhe in nursing.
Four Women in New Teaching Roles
The women in new teaching roles are Lydia Bourouiba at MIT, Sonja Stephenson Watson at the University of Texas at Arlington, Leah Hager Cohen at the College of the Holy Cross and Xiaohong Chen at Yale University.
Five Women Appointed to Named Professorships
The women named to endowed chairs are Amy Ellen Schwartz at Syracuse University, Joan Shelly Rubin at the University of Rochester, Kimberly Dozier at Penn State, Jingyu Lin at Texas Tech, and Suzanne L. Baldwin at Syracuse University.
Four Women Scholars Awarded Tenure at Carleton College
The four new tenured faculty members at the liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, are Catherine Fortin in linguistics, Asuka Sango in religion, Katherine St. Clair in mathematics, and Jennifer Wolff in biology.
Davidson College Promotes Two Women to Full Professor
At the high-ranking liberal arts college in North Carolina, Sharon Green was promoted to professor of theatre and Vivian Shen was appointed professor of Chinese studies.
Four Women in New Faculty Posts
The women in new faculty posts are Laricka R. Wingate at Oklahoma State University, Margaret Stahr at Catawba College, Fredika A. Robertson at Virginia Commonwealth University, and Kate Mamiseishvili at the University of Arkansas.
Six New Full Professors at Smith College
The new full professors are Dawn Fulton in French, Velma Garcia in government, Ambreen Hai in English, Alexandra Keller in film studies, Sabina Knight in comparative literature, and Lynne Yamamoto in art.
A Report Card on Women Faculty at Stanford University
The report found that in 2013, there were 545 women on the Stanford faculty, compared to 1,498 men. Thus, women made up 26.7 percent of the total faculty. Twenty years ago in 1993, women were 15.7 percent of the total faculty.
Former Ambassador to Lead the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy at Georgetown University
Barbara Bodine, the former U.S. Ambassador to Yemen, has spent the past seven years as director of the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative at Princeton University.
