All Entries in the "Faculty" Category
Four Women Promoted and Granted Tenure at Williams College
Amie Ashley Hane, Anne Reinhardt, Dorothy J. Wang and Li Yu are named associate professor with tenure.
Cornell Professor Suzanne Mettler Named a Fellow of the Century Foundation
Dr. Mettler is the Clinton Rossiter Professor of American Institutions at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
Four Women Named to Prestigious Professorships
Susan T. Mayne, Nan Laird, Midori, and Linda Schadler are appointed high-ranking faculty posts.
Maine Professor Leads Fight Against New Lego Toys
More than 46,000 people have signed an online petition calling on Lego to stop selling the new line of toys.
MIT’s Mildred Dresselhaus to Receive the Enrico Fermi Award
The award comes with a $50,000 prize and a gold medal.
Ball State University Aims to Increase the Number of Women Full Professors
More then three fourths of all full professors at the Indiana university are men.
Rice University Professor of Psychology Has Completed Marathons in All 50 States
Over the past 15 years, Mikki Hebl, a professor of psychology, ran a 26.2 mile marathon in every state.
The Huge Gender Gap for Professors in British Higher Education
At the professorial level, only 19 percent of all staff in British higher education are women.
Rebecca Bennette Granted Tenure at Middlebury College
Her research focuses on modern German history.
Two Women Professors Are Among the Four Finalists for Book Award in Art History
Rebecca Messbarger and Nina Rowe are honored by the College Art Association.
Sharon Bernstein to Teach at Arizona State University
She worked as an editor and a report for the Los Angeles Times for 20 years.
Linda Darling-Hammond Wins Grawemeyer Award in Education
The Stanford University professor is honored for her book on equity in education.
New Medical School Names Its First Faculty Member
Eli Collins-Brown will design curriculum and implementation technologies for the new medical school at Western Michigan University.
Three Women Named to New Faculty Posts
Carmen-Helena Tellez, Deborah Watkins Bruner, and Katie Boes receive new appointments.
Two Women Awarded Tenure at All-Male Wabash College
Agata Szczeszak-Brewer and Elizabeth Morton will be promoted to associate professor in July.
The Faculty Gender Gap at Purdue University
Women make up just 28 percent of the tenure and tenure-track faculty at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Of the 67 department heads at Purdue, only 11 are women.
Four Women Named to Dean Positions
Beate Schmittmann, Hannah Buxbaum, Julianne Serovich, and Joni Boye-Beaman have been named dean.
Four Women Named to Endowed Professorships
Deborah Shelton, Sandie Bass-Ringdahl, Alison Cook-Sather, and Bonnie Daily are named to prestigious faculty positions.
Oregon State University Adds 28 Women to Its Faculty
Women make up 35 percent of the 80 new faculty members at the university this fall.
Duke Names Two Women as Visiting Faculty Fellows
Tess Chakkalakal and Sharon Raynor will spend the spring semester at Duke conducting research in the humanities.
Two Women Join the Faculty at the University of Connecticut Health Center
Christina Stevenson and Karen Hook are new assistant professors.
New Women Faculty at Mount Holyoke and Stony Brook
Micaela Diaz-Sanchez and Melissa Henretta have been appointed to new teaching positions.
The Persisting Gender Gap in Faculty Posts
Women make up only 28.5 percent of the full professors at private, nonprofit colleges and universities.
Martha Finnemore Receives the Highest Faculty Designation at George Washington University
She is only the second woman to be named University Professor at George Washington.
Sally Reis Has Been Appointed to an Endowed Chair at the University of Connecticut
The chair was named after her mother and funded by her aunt and uncle.
Terri Combs-Orme Named to an Endowed Professorship at the Urban Child Institute
She will develop a curriculum on brain development in young children.
Three Women in New Faculty Positions
Jennifer Hamer, Jemima Pierre, and Joan Rentsch has been appointed to new teaching posts.
Two Tufts University Professors Win Presidential Mentoring Awards
They are the only women among the nine individuals honored with Presidential Mentoring Awards.
Two Women Named Professors of the Year
Ursula Shepherd and Kathryn Wetzel are honored by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.
Grant to Support Career Development of Women Faculty in STEM Fields
The WISE program at the College of William and Mary will conduct four symposia, an annual leadership conference, and a retreat.
Bonnie Newman Davis Named to Endowed Professorship at North Carolina A&T State University
A professional journalist with 20 years of experience in the newspaper industry, she recently taught at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Five Women Join the Arts and Sciences Faculty at West Virginia University
The Eberly College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University has 19 new faculty members this fall. But only five of the 19 new faculty are women.
Expanded Childcare Facilities Planned for Northwestern University’s Staff and Faculty
The university is adding considerable capacity to its childcare facilities.
Student Assembly at Cornell Assails Alleged Sexist Comments of Faculty Search Chair
A student leader stated, “The appointment indicates that we don’t have the support of the university in reversing sexism on campus.”
Two Women Named to Dean Positions
Jennifer Cervantes is taking on new duties at New Mexico State and Elaine Watson is the new dean at the Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine.
