All Entries in the "In Memoriam" Category
In Memoriam: Jerlyn Leigh Mardis, 1949-2024
Mardis served as a lecturer at Rice University in Houston, Texas, for nearly four decades. She taught courses across a wide-range of disciplines, including STEM, communications, and business.
In Memoriam: Joan Marie Shaughnessy, 1953-2024
Shaugnessy served as a professor of law at Washington and Lee University for four decades. Her scholarly work focused on personal jurisprudence, parental rights, and legal issues arising from poverty and child neglect.
In Memoriam: Louise Little, 1935-2024
Dr. Little taught nutrition and dietetics at the University of Delaware for 35 years. During her long tenure, she held several leadership roles within her department.
In Memoriam: Kelly Quin, 1969-2024
Quin was a staff member at Rice University in Houston, Texas, for more than three decades. She most recently served as assistant vice president of campaign and constituent strategy.
In Memoriam: Michèle Longino, 1947-2024
Dr. Longino was a longtime professor of romance studies at Duke University in North Carolina. She was a prominent scholar of seventeenth-century French literature and the author of several books.
In Memoriam: Nikki Giovanni, 1943-2024
Giovanni was a professor at Virginia Tech for 35 years. She was the author of numerous poetry collections, children’s books, and works of nonfiction.
In Memoriam: Sandra Gilbert, 1936-2024
A faculty member at the University of California, Davis for nearly 30 years, Dr. Gilbert was a scholar of feminist literature. She was the author of numerous poetry books, memoirs, and academic publications.
In Memoriam: Audrey McCool, 1940-2024
Dr. McCool taught hospitality management at several universities across the country. As a leader in her field, she was appointed to lead several events during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
In Memoriam: Claire Gaudini, 1944-2024
Dr. Gaudini served as Connecticut College’s first alumna president for 13 years. She was a scholar on the history and economics of philanthropy.
In Memoriam: Margaree Crosby, 1941-2024
Dr. Crosby was the first Black woman to earn tenure as a professor of education at Clemson University. She was an active participant in the civil rights movement and a member of the “Greenville Eight” – a group of students whose protest ultimately lead to the desegregation of a public library in South Carolina.
In Memoriam: Diane Edmund Griffin, 1940-2024
Diane Edmund Griffin taught at Johns Hopkins University for over four decades. She was an expert on infectious disease who frequently lent her expertise to national and global organizations, such as the National Institutes of Health and the World Health Organization.
In Memoriam: Yinghui Guo
For the past 16 years, Dr. Guo taught Chinese language and literature as a senior lecturer with Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
In Memoriam: Caroline Radesky, 1986-2024
Dr. Radesky was a scholar of United States history and women’s and gender studies. She held teaching appointments at the University of Iowa, Harvard University, and Simmons University in Boston.
In Memoriam: Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway, 1929-2024
Dr. Ridgway was a scholar of Greek and Italian art and archaeology. She taught at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania for over three decades.
In Memoriam: Cynthia Paris, 1949-2024
Cynthia Paris’ career in higher education spanned over four decades. At the University of Delaware, she served as an associate professor of human development and family sciences and director of the Lab School.
In Memoriam: Linda Fay, 1946-2024
Linda Fay taught as a professor of nursing at SUNY Canton for over three decades. Throughout her long tenure, she was honored several times for her outstanding teacher contributions.
In Memoriam: Martha May Tevis
A scholar of the history and philosophy of education, Martha May Tevis taught at what is now the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley for five decades.
In Memoriam: Ann Gill
Originally trained as an attorney, Ann Gill taught at Colorado State University for over 30 years. She served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts for more than a decade.
In Memoriam: Hualing Nieh Engle, 1925-2024
Professor Engle was a Chinese novelist and professor emerita at the University of Iowa, where she co-founded the university’s International Writing Program.
In Memoriam: Peggy Lynn Davis, 1961-2024
Peggy Davis was in her 27th year with Virginia State University’s department of athletics at the time of her passing. Throughout her career, she received several awards for her work in intercollegiate athletics, including the CIAA Athletic Director of the Year on seven separate occasions.
In Memoriam: Kathleen Hollowell, 1946-2024
Kathleen Hollowell’s 40-year career in education included service in Massachusetts public schools and the University of Delaware, where she founded the Mathematics and Science Education Resource Center.
In Memoriam: Maxine Mimms, 1928-2024
Dr. Mimms served as a faculty member at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, for two decades, including 10 years as the founding director of the college’s Tacoma campus.
In Memoriam: Mary Helen Goldsmith, 1933-2024
Mary Helen Goldsmith was a scholar of plant physiology. She taught molecular, cellular, and developmental biology, as well as forestry and environmental studies at Yale University for three decades
In Memoriam: Susan Jacobs Johnson, 1945-2024
Dr. Johnon was a longtime professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. She also spent several years of her career as a practicing trial lawyer.
In Memoriam: Anne Clifford
Anne Clifford was the first woman appointed to the Msgr. James A. Supple Chair in Catholic Studies at Iowa State University. Her academic interests including feminist theology, creation theology, and natural sciences.
In Memoriam: June Frazer, 1936-2024
Dr. Frazer was a tenured professor of English at Western Illinois University for more than two decades. After her retirement, she was an elected member of the New Hampshire State House of Representatives for three terms.
In Memoriam: Frances Conley, 1940-2024
In 1982, Dr. Conley became the first woman in the United States to be awarded tenure in neurosurgery. As a professor at Stanford University, she was dedicated to advancing women’s equity in academic medicine.
In Memoriam: Kristin Bervig Valentine, 1933-2024
For nearly three decades, Dr. Valentine served as a professor of communication and women’s studies at Arizona State University. Her academic interests centered around performance studies.
In Memoriam: Mona Sheinfeld Hersh-Cochran, 1934-2024
Dr. Hersh-Cochran was the first woman to ever receive a doctorate from Southern Methodist University in Texas. After receiving her Ph.D. in economics, she went on to teach at Texas Woman’s University for more than three decades.
In Memoriam: E. Jane Doering, 1932-2024
Dr. Doering taught French literature at the University of Notre Dame for two decades. Throughout her lifetime, she authored three books on the works of French philosopher Simone Weil.
In Memoriam: Sybil Haydel Morial, 1932-2024
When pursuing her graduate education in the 1950s, Haydel Morial was denied enrollment at Tulane University and Loyola University because of her race. She went on to become an active member of the civil rights movement and advocate for voting rights in New Orleans as well as aerving as an administrator at Xavier University of Louisiana.
In Memoriam: Marilyn Lillith Minus, 1977-2024
Dr. Minus taught mechanical and industrial engineering at Northeastern University for more than a decade. Earlier this year, she stepped away from Northeastern to become senior vice president and CTO for Hexcel.
In Memoriam: Rejane Genz, 1923-2024
For 25 years, Dr. Genz taught French literature at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. During her tenure, she helped to develop the college’s first women’s studies program.
In Memoriam: Charis Eng, 1962-2024
Dr. Eng made significant research contributions in the field of genetics and genomic medicine, including the discovery of a connection between the PTEN gene and Cowden Syndrome. She was also committed to advancing medical education and clinical research through her several leadership roles at the Cleveland Clinic.
In Memoriam: Christine Capetola, 1987-2024
For the past three years, Dr. Capetola served on the faculty of the department of African American studies at California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Capetola’s work centered around the intersections of queer, Black, sound, affect, and performance studies.
