All Entries in the "Faculty" Category
Five New Assistant Professors at Bowdoin College in Maine
The new faculty members are Barbara Elias in government, Michele LaVigne in earth and oceanographic sciences, Erika Nyhus in neuroscience and psychology, Amanda Redlich in mathematics, and Emma Maggie Solberg in English.
Three Women Join the Art and Art History Department Faculty at the University of Texas
The new faculty members are Anna Collette an assistant professor of photography, Carma Corman an associate professor of design, and Kristin Lucas an assistant professor of transmedia.
Two Women Named to Key Teaching Posts at the University of Denver College of Business
Barbara Jackson was named the director of the Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate and Construction Management and Sharon Alvarez was appointed to the Koch Chair in Entrepreneurship.
Five Women Join the Faculty at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa
The five new assistant professors are Dobrusia Bialonska in biology, Laura Kinnaman in physics, Jessica LaPaglia in psychology, Amber Harris Leichner in English and Kari Varner in nursing.
Women Scholars Appointed to Named Chairs
The women appointed to named chairs at Etel Solingen at the University of California Irvine, Nienke Dosa at Syracuse University, Daphna Oyserman at the University of Southern California, Marie Griffith at Washington University in St. Louis, and Ana Soto at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris.
Six Women in New Teaching Roles
The women in new faculty roles are Teresa Francis at Central Washington University, Anette Hosoi at MIT, Margarita Blush at the University of Connecticut, Carolyn Rude at Virginia Tech, Eno Ebong at Northeastern University, and Donna Alberston at New York University.
Three Women Named University Scholars at the University of Illinois
As University Scholars, Elvira de Mejia, Susan A. Martinis, and Silvina Montrul receive support from the university for their research over the next three years. The funds can be used for travel, equipment, research assistants, or other expenses.
Wellesley College Professor Retires After 44 Years of Service
Nancy Harrison Kolodny, the Nellie Zuckerman Cohen and Anne Cohen Heller Professor of Health Sciences at Wellesley College in Massachusetts, joined the chemistry department faculty at the college in 1969.
Former Surgeon General Appointed to Endowed Chair at Xavier University
Regina Benjamin, the former surgeon general of the United States, has been appointed the inaugural NOLA.com/Times Picayune Endowed Chair in Public Health at Xavier University of Louisiana.
Three Women Join the Faculty at MIT
Sana Aiyar, Regina Bateson and Catherine E. Clark are new assistant professors in the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Eight Women Faculty Members in New Posts
Taking on new roles are Kathleen Flake, Sarah Banet-Weiser, JoAnn M. Emmel, Ingrid Nelson, Agustina Giraudy, Virginia Zimmerman, Kelly Lombardo, and Nancy Everhart.
Dean of the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU Will Step Down Next August
Mary Schmidt Campbell, dean of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University for the past 22 years, will take a one-year sabbatical and then return to the Tisch School as a tenured professor in the department of art and public policy.
Five Women Join the Faculty at Trinity College in Connecticut
The new hires, all assistant professors, are Katherine Bergren in English, Elizabeth Casserly in psychology, Tamsin Jones in religion, Michelle Kovarik in chemistry, and Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre in history.
Five Women in New Faculty Posts
Taking on new faculty positions are Erin Reid at Boston University, Tatiana Berger at the NewSchool of Architecture and Design, Teresa Gali-Izard at the University of Virginia, Anne Foundas at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Geraldine Richmond at the University of Oregon.
Five Women Promoted to Full Professor at the College of the Holy Cross
Of the six faculty members recently promoted to full professor at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, five are women. They are: Shawn Lisa Mauer, Paige Reynolds, Catherine Roberts, Denise Schaeffer, and Stephanie Yuhl.
Two Women Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, recently announced the appointment of 12 faculty members to endowed chairs. Two of the 12 professors appointed to named chairs are women. They are Senta Victoria Greene and Ruth Hill.
Four Women in New Teaching Roles at Coker College in South Carolina
Coker College in Hartsville, South Carolina, has announced the addition of nine new faculty members this fall. Four of the new hires are women. They are Karen Hamilton, Kristin Hapke, Trina Rose, and Meredith Sims.
Six Women Join the Faculty at Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire
Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire, enrolls about 1,400 students and women are 72 percent of the student body. The college recently announced the hiring of 15 new faculty members for the 2013-14 academic year. Six of the new hires are women.
Four Women in New Teaching Positions
The four women in new teaching posts are: Eileen MacAvery Kane at Berkeley College, Lauren Lake at the University of Alabama Birmingham, Deborah Witt Sherman at Florida International University, and Poonam Sharma at the Creighton University School of Medicine in Omaha.
Washburn University Adds 17 Women to Its Teaching Faculty
Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, has added 26 new faculty members for the 2013-14 academic year. Of these 26 new hires, there are nine women who were appointed lecturers and eight women who have been appointed to positions as assistant, associate, or full professor.
Two Women Join the Sports Coaching Education Faculty at the University of Southern Mississippi
Melanie Perrault and Helen Grant are among five new faculty in the University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Human Performance and Recreation.
Three Women Named to Endowed Chairs
Lynn Kremer at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, Joanne Burke at the University of New Hampshire, and Petra Tsuji at Towson University in Maryland have all been appointed to endowed faculty chairs.
Two Women Named Directors of Interdisciplinary Academic Programs at Florida Atlantic University
Barbara Ganson was named director of the Caribbean and Latin American studies program and Lynn Appleton was appointed acting director of the Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Nine Women in New University Teaching Posts
Taking on new teaching assignments are Senay Simsek, Catherine R. Bazemore-Walker, Erin Iski, Anna-Katherine Ward, Maureen G. Phipps, Adell Amos, Valerie Accetta, Sharon Ballard, and Yea-Fen Chen.
Two Women Appointed to the Tenure-Track Faculty at Hamilton College
Hamilton College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Clinton, New York, has announced the addition of five new tenure-track faculty for the coming academic year. Two of the five new faculty members – Courtney Gibbons and Alexandra List – are women.
Five Women in New Faculty Posts
The new appointees at Jane Christopher-Hennings at South Dakota State, Donna Fick at the Institute of Aging Research, Catherine Royer at RPI, Kimberly Mathe-Soulek at Virginia Tech, and Holly Michael at the University of Pennsylvania.
Five Women in New Teaching Roles
The five women taking on new faculty roles are Galina Goloverda at Xavier University of Louisiana, Barbara Creel at the University of New Mexico, April Vallerand at Wayne State University, Elissa Y. Weichbrodt at Covenant College and Emma Q. Hao at Wilkes University.
The Gender Gap in Faculty Posts at British Universities
There are 3,558 women among the 17,145 professors at universities in the United Kingdom. Thus, women are 20.8 percent of all professors at UK universities. Women do slightly better at universities in England and Northern Ireland but slightly worse at universities in Scotland and Wales.
Two Women Promoted to Full Professor at Grinnell College
Grinnell College, the highly rated liberal arts institution in Iowa, has announced the promotion of four faculty members to the ranks for full professor. Two of the four new full professors are women – Shuchi Kapula in English and Sarah Purcell in history.
Seven Women in New Teaching Roles
The seven women who have been appointed to new faculty posts are Allyson Watson, Anita Hjelmeland, Mary Rizzo, Regina Dehen, Sarah Stein, Hortensia Amaro, and Suzanne Wilson.
Five Women Appointed to Named Chairs at the University of Chicago
The five women appointed to named chairs at the University of Chicago are Maryellen L. Giger, Lauren Berlant, Karin Knorr Cetina, Elisabeth S. Clemens, and Susan C. Levine.
Three Women Join the Faculty at the Washington State University College of Pharmacy
The College of Pharmacy of Washington State University in Spokane has hired three women as clinical assistant professors of pharmacy. They are Julie Akers, Connie Remsberg, and Shannon C. Panther. They are all alumnae of the College of Pharmacy.
Two Women Awarded Tenure at Hamilton College
Hamilton College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Clinton, New York, has announced the awarding of tenure to Joana Sabadell-Nieto in Hispanic studies and Katherine H. Terrell in the English department.
Five Women Faculty Members in New Teaching Positions
The women in new teaching roles are Jody Lisberger at California Polytechnic, Cristal Truscott at Prairie View A&M University, Nancy Scherer at Arizona State University, Jane Lehr at the University of New Mexico, and Karen Apolloni at Wayne State University.
Honors for Five Women Faculty Members
The honorees are Charyl Swanier of Fort Valley State University, Stacy Reischman Fletcher of the University of Southern Mississippi, Mary Ann Parris Stephens of Kent State University, Kendra Kattelmann of South Dakota State University, and Leslie Edgar of the University of Arkansas.
