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Laura Tohe Named Poet Laureate of the Navajo Nation
Professor Tohe grew up on the Navajo reservation in Crystal, New Mexico, which was a four-hour round trip to the nearest library. She has served on the faculty at Arizona State University since 1994.
The Gender Gap in Graduate School Enrollments and Degree Attainments
According to a new report from the Council of Graduate Schools, in 2014 women were 57.7 of all graduate enrollments. In addition, women earned 59 percent of all graduate degrees and 52.2 percent of all doctoral degrees awarded in the 2013-14 academic year.
Arizona State’s Kimberly Scott to Lead the National Academic STEM Collaborative
Dr. Scott is an associate professor in the department of women and gender studies at Arizona State University. She is also the founding executive director of the Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology at Arizona State.
The First Woman President of SUNY’s Upstate Medical University
Dr. Danielle Laraque-Arena has been serving as chair of the department of pediatrics at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, and as a professor of pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University.
Elizabeth Fleming Announces Her Plan to Retire as President of Converse College
Elizabeth A. Fleming, the ninth president of Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina, has announced that she will step down at the end of the current academic year. Dr. Fleming will have led the women’s college for 11 years.
The New Provost at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Zoe Woodell Locklear first joined the faculty at what is now the University of North Carolina at Pembroke in 1988. She has served three terms as dean of the university’s School of Education.
Evelyn Witkin, 94 Years Old, Wins the Lasker Basic Medical Research Award
Evelyn M. Witkin, professor emerita at the Waksman Institute of Microbiology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, is being honored for her work in creating the field of DNA mutagenesis and DNA repair which have played an important role in clinical radiation therapy for cancer.
The Next President of Cuyamaca College in California
Since 2013, Dr. Julianna Barnes has been serving as vice president of student services at San Diego Mesa College. Previously, she was vice president of student services at Cuyamaca College. She will take office on October 5.
Two Women Business Scholars Named Executive Editors of a Prestigious Journal
Linda Shea is a professor of hospitality and tourism management and associate dean of the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts and Misty Johnson is professor and director of the School of Hospitality Leadership in the College of Business at DePaul University in Chicago.
The Only On-Campus MBA Program for Women Is Closing
Simmons College in Boston has seen declining enrollments in its on-campus MBA program for women. So it is now moving its MBA programs exclusively online and the new programs will be available for both men and women. Students in the new online MBA will have the option of an elective gender component.
Claire Max Named Director of the University of California Observatories
The University of California Laboratories operates the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, east of San Jose. It also operates laboratories on the campuses of UCLA and the University of California, Santa Cruz and oversees the university’s partnership in the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii.
The New President of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
Mary Leigh Wolfe is a professor and chair of the department of biological systems engineering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg. She recently began a one-term as president of the society.
The New Faculty Director of the Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice
Melissa Murray has been on the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law since 2006. She teaches courses on family law, criminal law, constitutional law, and reproductive rights.
Elizabeth Loboa Will Head the College of Engineering at the University of Missouri
Dr. Loboa has been serving as a professor of material science and engineering at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, where she was the director of the Cell Mechanics Laboratory. She will become dean at the University of Missouri on October 15.
Harvard Scholar Leads New Technology Journal
Latanya Sweeney was appointed editor-in-chief of Technology Science, a new journal published by the Data Privacy Lab at Harvard University. During 2014, she served as the chief technology officer for the Federal Trade Commission.
Barbara J. Wilson Is the New Leader of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Since 2014, Dr. Wilson has served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the university. She will continue to serve in that role. Before being named dean, she was was executive vice provost for faculty and academic affairs.
Harvard Scholar Appointed Director of the Office of Science at the Department of Energy
Cherry A. Murray is the Benjamin Peirce Professor of Technology and Public Policy and professor of physics at Harvard University. She recently completed a five-year term as dean of the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard.
University of Maryland’s Debra Shapiro Now Leads the Academy of Management
Deborah L. Shapiro is a professor in the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland at College Park. She will lead the 20,000-member Academy of Management for the next year.
U.S. Justice Department Debuts New Website on Campus Sexual Assault
The Center for Changing Our Campus Culture offers a wide variety of information on sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking on campus. It provides a wealth of information for law enforcement, victim service providers, students, parents and other key stakeholders to use to improve campus safety.
Phyllis Wise Steps Down as Chancellor of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Wise, who has been chancellor since 2011, has been criticized over the past year for her actions relating to the firing of Professor Steven Salaita over issues of free speech. Dr. Wise will return to her tenured position in the department of cell and developmental biology at the university.
The Society for Psychological Anthropology Names Its Next Leader
Jill E. Korbin is the Lucy Adams Leffingwell Professor in the department of anthropology, associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, and the director of the Schubert Center for Child Studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.
Oberlin College History Professor Carol Lasser to Lead SHEAR
Carol Lasser, a professor of history at Oberlin College in Ohio, recently was named president-elect of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. The society was established in 1977 and represents historians whose primary focus is on events between 1776 and 1781.
Mary Way Bolt Named President of Cecil College in Maryland
Dr. Bolt She has been serving as interim president since November 2014. Previously, she was vice president for academic programs. She has served on the faculty and/or the administrative staff at the college since 1990. Dr. Bolt will be the college’s first woman president.
The New Provost at the University of South Carolina
Joan T.A. Gabel has been serving as dean of the Trulaske College of Business at the University of Missouri in Columbia since 2010. Previously, she taught at Florida State University and Georgia State University.
A Pair of Women Academics Elected to Lead National Organizations
Candace Floyd of the University of Alabama Birmingham is president-elect of the National Neurotrauma Society. Marilys R. Nepomechie of Florida International University is the new president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
Two Women Economic Scholars Appointed to Top Government Posts
Sandra Black of the University of Texas at Austin has been has been appointed to serve as one of three members of the Council of Economic Advisers. Kathryn M.E. Dominguez of the University of Michigan was named to the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System.
Susan Martin to Take Over the Leadership of San Jose State University
On July 7, Susan Martin stepped down as president of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti. Eleven days later, she was appointed interim president of San Jose State University. She is expected to serve in her new role until June 30, 2016.
Flora Tydings is the New President of Chattanooga State Community College in Tennessee
Since 2003, Dr. Tyding has served as president of Athens Technical College in Georgia. Earlier in her career, she was vice president of academic affairs at Central Georgia Technical College in Warner Robins.
Jean Bartels Is the New Leader of Georgia Southern University
Dr. Bartels assumed the role of interim president of Georgia Southern University in Statesboro on July 20. Since July 2012, Dr. Bartels served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Georgia Southern. She is the former dean of the university’s College of Health and Human Sciences.
Rosemary Ashby to Lead Pine Manor College Once Again
Dr. Ashby served as president of Pine Manor College from 1976 to 1996. She will serve as interim president of the college while the board of trustees searches for a new permanent president for the educational institution.
Scripps College President Leaving Post to Head the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County
Lori Bettison-Varga, the eighth president of Scripps College in Claremont, California, will become president of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County in October. She has served as president of Scripps College since July 2009.
The Next Provost at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Sylvia Alva has been serving as dean of the College of Health and Human Development at California State University, Northridge. She is the former associate vice president for undergraduate programs at California State University, Fullerton.
The New Poet Laureate of the State of South Dakota
Lee Ann Roripaugh is a professor of English and creating writing at the University of South Dakota. She will serve a four-year term as poet laureate. Professor Roripaugh is the author of four collections of poetry including her latest book Dandarians.
Geophysicist Marcia McNutt Will Be the Next President of the National Academy of Sciences
Dr. McNutt currently serves as editor-in-chief of the Science family of journals. From 2009 to 2013, Dr. McNutt was director of the U.S. Geological Survey. She has served on the faculty at MIT and Stanford University.
Leslie Bellavance Is the New President of the Kendall College of Art and Design
President Bellavance, who also will hold the title of vice president of Ferris State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was a professor and dean of the School of Art and Design at Alfred University in Alfred, New York.
