All Entries in the "Faculty" Category
Iowa State Names a Woman Chair of Mechanical Engineering, the University’s Largest Department
Caroline Hayes comes to Iowa State from the University of Minnesota.
Thirteen Women Faculty at the University of Idaho Are Promoted and/or Granted Tenure
Ten women faculty were promoted and three others were granted tenure.
Women Are Less Than a Quarter of All New Members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Through our analysis of the list of new fellows, it appears that 52 of the 220 new members of the AAAS are women.
Ten Women Faculty Promoted at the University of Maine
Three women were promoted to full professor and seven more were named associate professors.
Lynn Pardie Named Provost at the University of Illinois Springfield
She has been on the faculty at the university since 1989 and has served as interim provost since January 2011.
Two Women Named to Prestigious Professorships
Dorothy E. Roberts is named a PIK Professor at Penn and Marcia Bunge was named to an endowed chair at Gustavus Adolphus College.
University of Alabama Birmingham Names Two Women to Endowed Chairs
Boni E. Elewski and Karlene K. Ball have been honored with prestigious faculty posts.
Two Women Professors at Hope College Announce Their Retirements
Jane Dickie, professor of psychology, and Diane Lucar-Ellens, associate professor of Spanish, are retiring at the end of the academic year.
Fourteen Mt. Holyoke Faculty Listed Among the Princeton Review’s “300 Best Professors”
Mount Holyoke has more faculty on the list than any other college or university in nation.
Five Women Earn Promotions at Bainbridge College in Georgia
Carol Sinclair was promoted to full professor after serving for more than 10 years on the faculty of the community college. Four other women faculty also received promotions.
Of the 12 New Full Professors at Boston University, Two Are Women
Boston University has announced the promotions of 12 faculty members to the rank of full professor. Two of the 12 promotions went to women. Nazli Kibria was promoted to professor of sociology. She has been on the Boston University faculty since 1994. She is the author of Muslims in Motion: Islam and National Identity in […]
Four Women Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Bates College
Bates College, the highly rated liberal arts institution in Lewiston, Maine, announced the appointment of six faculty members to endowed chairs. Four of the appointees are women. Jane T. Costlow was named the Clark A. Griffith Professor of Environmental Studies. Professsor Costlow is a graduate of Duke University. She holds a master’s degree and a […]
Ten Women Gain Promotions at Marquette University
Four women were named full professors and six women were promoted to associate professor and granted tenure.
Women Are a Small Percentage of the Faculty at Scottish Universities
Government statistics show that 82 percent of the faculty at universities in Scotland are men and only 18 percent are women.
Four Women Appointed to Distinguished Faculty Chairs
Sandra Waller Shelton, Maria Aristigueta, Nancy Monteiro-Riviere, and Zayn Kassam have been named to new professorships.
Five Women Faculty Earn Promotions at Swarthmore College
Aurora Camacho de Schmidt and Elizabeth Vallen were named full professors. Associate professors Jane Gillam, Linda Chen, and Tomoko Sakomura were granted tenure.
Seven Women Faculty Members Are Promoted at Carleton College
Carleton College, the highly ranked liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota, has announced the promotion of 11 faculty members. Seven of the 11 are women.
Engineering Dean at Clemson University Leaves Post
Esin Gulari will remain on the faculty at the university’s College of Engineering and Science.
Four Women Promoted and Granted Tenure at the College of the Holy Cross
Sarah A. Petty, Melissa Boyle, Debra J. O’Connor, and Mary Doyle Roche were promoted to associate professor.
The Status of Women Faculty at the University of Chicago
Women are making gains in faculty ranks at the University of Chicago, but the progress is slow and there is a long way to go to reach equality.
Two Women Named to Prestigious Faculty Positions
Anastasia Boles and Tania Baker have been named to faculty posts at the University of Arkansas Little Rock and MIT, respectively.
A New Provost at Barnard College
Linda Bell, currently professor of economics and provost at Haverford College, will assume her new post in October.
The Gender Gap in STEM Faculty May Persist for a Century
A new study suggests that women will not catch up to men in new hires in STEM fields until 2050 and the overall gender gap in faculty ranks in these disciplines will persist for many more years.
Four Women Granted Tenure at Lee University
Christine Kleinmann, Lisa Long, Kelly Lumpkin, and Lori West were awarded tenure at the university in Cleveland, Tennessee.
Three Women Named to Endowed Chairs
Young-Kee Kim, Beverly Kracher, and Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer are awarded named professorships.
Two Women Promoted to Full Professor at Davidson College
Vivian Dietz in history and Gayle Kaufman in sociology are named full professors.
Myrlie Evers-Williams Named Scholar-in-Residence at Alcorn State University
She will teach, prepared her papers for the university’s archives, and develop a research center on social justice and civic engagement.
Two Women Named to Department Chairs
Ann McKenna and Susan G. Polansky have been named to head their academic departments.
Women Are More Than Two Thirds of All Students at the University of Phoenix
Women also are a majority of the faculty members at the university.
One Woman Among the Three Finalists for Associate Dean of the Honors College at Western Michigan University
Carla Korestky is a professor of aqueous geochemistry and biogeochemistry at the university.
Jeanie O’Hare to Chair Playwriting Department at the Yale School of Drama
She has been a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company since 2005.
Three New Faculty Appointments for University Women
January Gill O’Neil, Diane Swanson, and Elena Grigorenko have been named to new teaching posts.
Bringing More Women Into Computer Science
A Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, women are 31 percent of computer science majors.
Two Women Granted Tenure at Macalester College
Darcy Burgund and Laura Smith are the latest women to receive tenure at highly ranked Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Some Notable University Faculty Appointments for Women
Wendy Reed, Janet Eldred, Ivana Petrovic, and Nancy Ross assume new faculty roles.
