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The Large Persisting Gender Gap in Faculty Posts in Higher Education
Sure, women have made tremendous progress in higher education, but in faculty positions there is a long way to go before equality is achieved.
Five Women Join the Faculty at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut
Cheyenne S. Brindle, Meredith E. Safran, Lisa R. Schulkind, Kari L. Theurer, and Abigail Fisher Williamson are new assistant professors at the highly-rated liberal arts college in Hartford, Connecticut.
Seven Women Faculty Members Promoted at Washington and Lee University
Two women are among the eight new full professors and five women are among the 14 faculty members granted tenure and promoted to associate professor.
Women in Higher Education Faculty News
M. Katherinr Hutchinson, Jennry R. Kehl, Emily Fox, and Kamani Lankachandra have been appointed to new faculty posts.
Three Women Faculty Earn Promotions at Trinity College
Kathleen Kete and Theresa Morris were promoted to full professorships and Zayde Antrim was promoted to associate professor and granted tenure.
Deborah Estrin Is the First Faculty Hire at CornellNYC Tech
She has been serving as a professor of computer science and the founding director of the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing at the University of California-Los Angeles.
Eight Women Win Pew Scholarships in the Biomedical Sciences
These eight young women are at the cutting edge of scientific research.
Princeton Hires 10 Women to Its Faculty
Two of the new faculty members were hired as full professors, one is an associate professor, and seven are assistant professors.
Three Notable Appointments of Women to Faculty Positions
Dagmar Herzog was named Distinguished Professor at CUNY, Nina Assimakopoulos has joined the faculty at West Virginia University, and Kathryn Lofton was named to endowed chair at Yale.
Five Women Promoted to Full Professor at Oklahoma State University
The five new full professors are Jeanette Mendez, Judith Cronk, Lynna Ausburn, Hongyu Wang, and Amanda Morris.
Three Women Named to Endowed Chairs at Washington and Lee University
The three new professors holding endowed chairs are Ellen Mayock, Domnica Radulescu, and Joan M. Shaughnessy.
Two Women Named University Distinguished Professors at the University of Kansas
Ann Cudd, a professor of philosophy and women’s studies and Maryemma Graham, a professor of English, receive appointment to these distinguished faculty positions.
Two Women Scholars Awarded Tenure at Bates College
Sue E. Houchins and Nancy S. Koven are among four associate professors at Bates College who have been awarded tenure.
Four Women Promoted to Full Professor at the College of William and Mary
The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, has announced that 12 faculty members have been promoted from associate professor to full professor. Four of the new full professors are women.
University of North Carolina Greensboro Scholar Heading to Washington
Jacquelyn White, a professor of psychology and a member of the faculty for 41 years, will be a Catherine Acuff Congressional Fellow.
Three Women Named to Department Chairs
Karen L. Furie at Brown University, Christy Johnson at Cornish College of the Arts, and Laura Prestwood at Texas Christian University were all named department chairs.
Two Women Are the First Holders of Endowed Chairs
Kristen Butcher at Wellesley College and Marsha Dutton at Ohio University are the first holders of new endowed chairs.
Vanderbilt Hires Three Women Faculty for Its Center for Medicine, Health, and Society
The new hires for the multidisciplinary center are Dominique Béhague, Amy Non, and Laura Stark.
Drake University in Iowa Promotes 15 Women Faculty
Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, has announced promotions for 26 faculty members. Fifteen of those receiving promotions are women.
Study Finds Women and Minority Doctoral Candidates May Face Faculty Discrimination
Prospective doctoral students with Caucasian sounding male names were 26 percent more likely to be granted an interview than candidates with names that indicated they were minorities or women.
Twelve Women Awarded Tenure at Boston University
Boston University recently announced that 12 women faculty members had been promoted from assistant professor to associate professor.
New Faculty Appointments for Four Women
Nadine Aubry at Carnegie Mellon, Karen Dreyfus at USC, Myra Sabir at Binghamton, and Sierra Guynn at the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine have been appointed to faculty posts.
Wesleyan University Names Two Women to Endowed Chairs
Jill G. Morawski and Laurie Nussdorfer are among six Wesleyan faculty members appointed to named professorships.
Two Women Scholars Promoted at Stanford University
Nancy Zhang was promoted to associate professor of statistics and Christina Smolke was named associate professor of bioengineering.
Grinnell College Promotes Three Women Faculty Members
Jin Feng, Elaine Marzluff, and Janet Davis are among eight faculty members who were promoted to either associate professor or full professor at the highly rated liberal arts college in Iowa.
Eight Women Named Distinguished Professors at the State University of New York
This year, eight of the 21 new Distinguished Professors are women.
Stanford Recruits Three Women Full Professors From Other Universities
Nergis Mavalvala from MIT, Catherine Cole from Berkeley, and Kathleen Sakamoto from UCLA will now be teaching at Stanford.
Grinnell College Appoints Two Women to Endowed Chairs
Johanna Meehan and Astrid Henry are appointed to named chairs at the Iowa liberal arts college.
Six Women Named to New Faculty Posts
The new appointees are Susan Trout, Christine Evans, Edith Clowes, Dina Khapaeva, Barbara Ehren, and Laurie Anderson.
Two Women Named to Endowed Chairs at Duke University
Esther Garbara and Judith Kelley are among nine Duke faculty members named to endowed chairs in its Bass Program for Excellence in Undergraduate Education.
Three Women Chemists Promoted at Xavier University of Louisiana
Xavier University in New Orleans has announced the promotions of three women in its chemistry department.
Appointments and Promotions of Women Faculty
Six women have been appointed or promoted to key faculty positions in higher education.
University of California Irvine Shows Progress in Adding Women to Its Faculty
During the 2001 to 2011 period, the percentage of women among new faculty hires increased from 33 percent to 41 percent.
Two Longtime Deans Stepping Down
Virginia McLaughlin at the College of William and Mary and Linda Maxson at the University of Iowa will return to teaching.
Two Women Named to Endowed Chairs
Carolyn Tucker at the University of Florida and Ann Rosenthal at the Medical College of Wisconsin have been named to distinguished faculty positions.
