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University of Iowa Names Barbara J. Wilson as its Next President
Since 2016, Dr. Wilson has served as executive vice president and vice president for academic affairs for the University of Illinois System. Earlier at the University of Illinois, she served as the Harry E. Preble Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and as head of the department of communication.
Michigan State University Study Examines Why Young Women Do Not Report Sexual Violence
The researcher found that many of the young women who were raped by their boyfriends had experienced a lot of abuse growing up, which led them to minimize the sexual violence. Additionally, some participants who had been raped noted they had been socialized to believe that forced sex was part of their role as a girlfriend.
Study Finds That Women Faculty Perceive Unfairness in Workloads
The researchers, led by Joya Mira, a professor of sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, found that faculty members in departments with greater transparency in workloads – knowing not only what they do, but what their colleagues do – perceive their departments as having more equitable workloads.
Stanford University Study Finds Women Suffer “Zoom Fatigue” Far More Than Men
The researchers found that what contributed most to the feeling of exhaustion among women was an increase in what social psychologists describe as “self-focused attention” triggered by the self-view in video conferencing. That prolonged self-focus can produce negative emotions, or what the researchers call “mirror anxiety.”
In Memoriam: Regula A. Meier, 1929-2021
Regula Meier, a native of Switzerland was hired to teach German and French part-time at what is now Old Dominion University in the early 1960s. She taught classes at the university until 2016.
Women in Sports Continue to Be Ignored by Mainstream Television New Shows
The authors have analyzed coverage of women’s sports in televised sports news shows for three decades. They have found “little change in the quantitative apportionment of coverage of women’s and men’s sports over the past 30 years.” Of all the sports news showed watched by researchers, 80 percent had no stories whatsoever about women’s sports.
The National Academy of Engineering Honors MIT’s Linda G. Griffith for Innovative Teaching
Professor Griffith was honored for “the establishment of a new biology-based engineering education, producing a new generation of leaders capable of addressing world problems with innovative biological technologies.”
Faith Lutze Honored With the Founder’s Award From the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences
Dr. Lutze, a professor in the department of criminal justice and criminology at Washington State University, was honored for “a career of providing substantial contributions to the Academy and to the discipline of criminal justice through education and research.”
M. Katherine Banks Chosen to Lead the Flagship Campus of Texas A&M University
Dr. Banks currently is dean of the College of Engineering at Texas A&M. She also is vice chancellor of engineering and national laboratories for the A&M System — a title she will retain. Before coming to Texas A&M in 2012, she was chair of the department of civil engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.
Study Confirms a Global Surge in Domestic Violence During the Pandemic
Researchers compared the number of domestic violence incidents before and after multiple jurisdictions began imposing stay-at-home restrictions last spring. They found an average 8.1 percent spike in the U.S. The authors say the increase is probably much higher as they believe many incidents were not reported.
In Memoriam: Cyrilla Patricia Barr, 1929-2021
Dr. Barr, professor emerita at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., lectured widely in the U.S. and Europe on aspects of Italian medieval studies, women’s studies, and twentieth-century music patronage.
Online Articles of Interest to WIAReport Readers
Each week, Women in Academia Report will provide links to online articles that may be of interest to our readers. Here are this week’s selections.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Smith College Announces the Promotion of Four Women to Full Professor
Smith College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution for women in Northampton, Massachusetts, has announced the promotion of six faculty members to the rank of full professor. Four of the promotions went to women: Ibtissam Bouachrine, Darcy Buerkle, Lucy Mule, and Maria Helena Rueda.
In Memoriam: Millie Elizabeth Hughes-Fulford, 1945-2021
Millie Hughes-Fulford was a professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the Univerity of California, San Francisco. She was the first woman to serve as a payload specialist on a space shuttle mission.
Julia Chinyere Oparah Will Be the Next Provost at the University of San Francisco
Dr. Oparah has served on the faculty at Mills College in Oakland, California, for more than 20 years. In 2017, she was named provost and dean of the faculty at Mills College. She will assume her new duties at the University of San Francisco on July 12.
Women in the Health Sciences Face Significant Barriers and the Pandemic Made Things Worse
In a study conducted prior to the pandemic, scholars at Florida International University found several significant barriers facing early-career women researchers in the health sciences. The authors state that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated women’s opportunities to achieve success in the field.
Stanford University Study Finds That Lack of Self Confidence Can Explain Part of the Gender Pay Gap in STEM Fields
Researchers found that women earned $61,000 in their first jobs compared to $65,000 for men, despite having the same degrees and grade point averages. According to the subjects’ answers to questions about their capabilities, the researchers concluded that a portion of the pay gap between men and women could be explained by a gap in self-confidence.
Nine Women Named Mitchell Scholars
The US-Ireland Alliance recently announced the 12 members of the George J. Mitchell Scholar Class of 2022. Nine of the Mitchell Scholars this year are women.
A Record Number of Women Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences recently announced the election of 100 new members. This year, 40 of the new members are women, the most ever elected to the academy in a single year.
A Woman’s Appearance Impacts Their Perceived Credibility on Sexual Harassment Claims
A new study by researchers at Colby College in Maine, Princeton University in New Jersey, and the University of Washington finds that women who are young, “conventionally attractive” and appear and act feminine are more likely to be believed when making accusations of sexual harassment than other women.
In Memoriam: Yvette Marie Fallandy, 1926-2021
Dr. Fallandy served on the faculty at Sonoma State University in California for more than three decades. She also served as dean of students and was the first woman to be named vice president of academic affairs.
New Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities for Nine Women
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
In Memoriam: Dollye Mary Emily Robinson, 1927-2020
Robinson began her career at Jackson State University in Mississippi in 1952 as the assistant band director and instructor of music. After a 60-year career at the university, she was named dean emerita in 2012.
New Faculty Roles at Major Universities for Seven Women
Taking on new roles are Wanda Heading-Grant at Carnegie Mellon University, Hope M. Anderson at Arizona State University, Julia Ballenger at Texas A&M University-Commerce, Samar S. Ali at Vanderbilt Unversity, Vivian Ibrahim at the University of Mississippi, Nichole Chapel Anderson at Texas Tech University, and Anne Hubbell at New Mexico State University.
Theresa Keeley Wins Book Award From the Duke University Human Rights Center
Theresa Keeley, an assistant professor of history at the University of Louisville, was honored for her book on the role of the faith community, in particular the Maryknoll order, on U.S. policy in Central America in the 1980s.
Harvard Law School Has Appointed Two Women to Dean Positions
L. Tracee Whitley as its new dean for administration, Harvard Law School’s chief administrative officer. Natasha Onken was named assistant dean for student financial services.
New UCLA Initiatives Aims to Increase Women in Computing Education and Technology Careers
Momentum: Accelerating Equity in Computing and Technology will engage in critical research and actions to diversify participation in computing and technology fields. The effort is sorely needed. Women currently hold just 26 percent of computing jobs.
In Memoriam: Miriam DeCosta-Willis, 1934-2021
Nearly, a decade after she was not allowed to enroll at what is now the University of Memphis because of the color of her skin, Dr. Decosta-Wilis was hired as the university’s first Black faculty member. During her more than 40-year career, Dr. Decosta-Wilis also taught at Lemoyne-Owen College in Memphis, Howard University in Washington, D.C., George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
In Memoriam: Judy Yung, 1946-2020
After working as a librarian. Dr. Yung was hired by the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1990 to establish an Asian studies program. She taught there until her retirement in 2004.
In Memoriam: Lydia Averell Hurd Smith, 1929-2020
Lydia Smith was founder of the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program at what is now Simmons University in Boston. She served on the faculty at Simmons for 28 years.
The Year in Review: Notable Research on Women in Higher Education in 2020
Over the course of 2020, WIAReport has published a large number of posts highlighting research on women in higher education. In case readers missed some of these posts, here are links to some of the items published over the past year that related to research on women in higher education.
In Memoriam: Nancy D. Harrington, 1939-2020
Dr. Harrington was appointed the 12th president of what was then Salem State College in 1990. She served as president for 17 years, paving the way for the school to transition to university status in 2010.
Sabrina Cherry of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington Wins Peace Corps Award
The Franklin H. Williams Award recognizes ethnically diverse Peace Corps volunteers who have returned from their assignments and have demonstrated a lifelong commitment to civic engagement, service, diversity, inclusion, and world peace.
Study Led by UCLA Faculty Finds Prenatal Stress of Mothers May Negatively Impact a Child’s Aging Process
The researchers found evidence that maternal stress during pregnancy adversely affects the length of a baby’s telomeres — the small pieces of DNA at the ends of chromosomes. Shortened telomeres have been linked to a higher risk of cancers, cardiovascular and other diseases, and earlier death.
