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Gender Disparities in Drug Side Effects May Not Be Due to Biology
More than half of Americans routinely take prescription or over-the-counter drugs, but women tend to experience side effects at up to twice the rate of men. The difference historically has been chalked up to biological sex differences, but new research from Harvard’s GenderSci Lab debunks that view.
In Memoriam: Colleen J. McElroy, 1935-2023
In 1983, Dr. McElroy became the first Black woman to serve as a full-time faculty member at the University of Washington. From 1995 to 2007, Professor McElroy served as editor of The Seattle Review, a literary magazine based at the university.
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.
How Women Deal With Potentially Discriminatory Behavior at Work When They Are Not Sure
A new study led by Laura Doering, an associate professor of strategic management at the Rotman School of Management of the University of Toronto, finds that women often feel emotional distress when they experience a potentially discriminatory incident at work but cannot classify it conclusively.
Jennifer Rosato Perea Named Director of Accreditation and Legal Education for the American Bar Association
A longtime advocate of student engagement and professionalism, Rosato Perea is one of only a small number of Latina law school deans in the nation, and she would become the first Latina to serve as head of ABA legal education.
In Memoriam: Marie Isabel Charles, 1926-2023
In 1973, Dr. Charles was appointed assistant dean of the College of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame just a year after women were first admitted. In 1976, she became the first woman to serve as a dean at the University of Notre Dame. In 1982 Dr. Charles was appointed assistant provost and director of international studies at Notre Dame.
Survey Examines the Poor State of Maternal Health in Georgia
According to a statewide survey commissioned by Research!America in partnership with the Woodruff Health Sciences Center at Emory University in Atlanta, one in 10 Georgians know of someone who has died during pregnancy, at delivery, or soon after birth, and more than half have experienced or know someone who has experienced complications during pregnancy.
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.
Joan Ferrini-Munday Wins Lifetime Achievement Award From the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Lifetime Achievement Award honors council members who have demonstrated distinguished leadership, instruction, and service to the mathematics education field at the national level for over 25 years. Dr. Ferrini-Mundy has been president of the University of Maine since July 2018.
Robbyn Wacker Leaving the Presidency of State Cloud State University in Minnesota
Dr. Wacker was appointed as the twenty-fourth president of St. Cloud State University in 2018, becoming the first woman to be the educational institution’s permanent president. Earlier, she was a tenured professor of gerontology at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, where she aslo served as provost.
Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars
Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.
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.
Kimryn Rathmell Has Been Named Director of the National Cancer Institute
Kimryn Rathmell is the Hugh Jackson Professor of Medicine and chair of the department of medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Dr. Rathmell will become the seventeenth director of the National Cancer Institute and only the second woman to hold this position leading the nation’s fight against cancer.
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.
Eight Women Taking on New Administrative Duties at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Having Women in the C-Suite Is Not Enough If They Aren’t Given Appropriate Power
Researchers at the University of Mississippi analyzed more than 100 publicly listed retailers and found a positive association between female executives’ structural power – their influence and control of key organizational resources – and company profitability.
The Lingering Effects from the COVID-19 Pandemic on American Women
Some 18.7 million said they felt nervous, anxious, or on edge nearly every day. About half of all women reported symptoms of depression. Some 18 million women reported they feel depressed nearly every day. More than 24 million women said they had great difficulty meeting basic expenses.
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.
UCLA’s Alvine Kamaha Honored by the American Physical Society
Alvine Kamaha, assistant professor of physics at the University of California, Los Angeles, won the 2024 Edward A. Bouchet Award from the American Physical Society for her leadership and accomplishments in the experimental search for dark matter in the universe and advancement of underrepresented minority scientists.
Seven Women Who Have Been Assigned New Higher Education Administrative Duties
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Women Making Some Progress in Business School Enrollments
Five years ago, the business school at the University of Southern California was the first major business school to report that women made up a majority of all enrollments. This year, according to data from the Forte Foundation, five of the world’s leading business schools reported that they had reached gender equality in enrollments.
In Memoriam: Anne Alice Skleder, 1965-2023
Anne Skleder, the tenth president of Brenau University in Gainesville, Georgia, and the first women president in its 145-year history, has died in Atlanta after a lengthy battle with leukemia.
Melanie Robbins Selected to Lead White Mountains Community College in New Hampshire
Robbins has been affiliated with WMCC since 1996, having begun as a part-time teacher assistant for what was then the New Hampshire Technical College-Berlin. Her work shifted to the college’s Littleton Academic Center where he eventually became director.
The Genomics Institute at the University of California, Santa Cruz Names Its New Leader
Lauren Linton is a scientist, entrepreneur, and executive with experience leading institutions in genomics, pharmaceutical and diagnostic development, biotechnology, entrepreneurship, and innovation. She is well known in the genomics community as one of the leaders of the original Human Genome Project.
Mary Eileen O’Brien to Retire From Presidency of Dominican University in Orangetown, New York
In 1977, she joined the staff at what was then Dominican College. She was named president in 1979 and served until 1987 when she left to lead the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Blauvelt for six years. In 1997, she was chosen to serve again as president of the college and has remained in the position ever since.
Artificial Intelligence’s Views of Women in Science Are More Biased Than Those of Humans
Science writer Lisa M.P. Munoz asked the AI-image generation model Stable Diffusion to draw 100 images of a ”photorealistic scientist.” Only 6 of 100 depicted what appeared to be a woman scientist. When she asked the AI software to make 100 drawing of a ”photorealistic engineer,” only one depicted a woman.
Princeton’s Ilana Witten Receives a Director’s Pioneer Award From the National Institutes of Health
Professor Witten, an expert in the brain activity that underlies reward-driven learning and decision making, will receive funding to study the fundamental question of what produces individual differences in behavior, a question often posed as nature versus nurture.
A Trio of Women Appointed to Diversity Posts in Higher Education
Taking on new rols relating to diversity are Seval Yildirim at the University of Buffalo, Tracye Y. Davis at Henry Ford College in Dearborn, Michigan, and Xiomara Giordano at Empire State University in Saratoga Springs, New York.
In Memoriam: Alice L. Laffey, 1944-2023
Dr. Laffey was the first woman to earn a doctoral degree in sacred scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. She then taught for 35 years at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Georgia Tech Researchers Aim to Use Artificial Intelligence to Aid Domestic Abuse Survivors
Georgia Tech researchers are working to create a new software tool powered by artificial intelligence to address the under-researched area of digital security and domestic abuse. These areas frequently overlap with abusers often using the internet and mobile technology to extend the reach of their abuse.
Ana Fostel Wins the Ross Prize From the Foundation for Advancement of Research in Financial Economics
A native of Uruguay, Ana Fostel is a professor of economics at the University of Virginia. The Ross Prize is presented to recognize and encourage significant contributions to research in financial economics. Professor Fostel will share the prize with her colleague John Geanakoplos, the James Tobin Professor of Economics and chair of Hellenic Studies at Yale University.
agInnovation Has Recognized the Work of the University of Arkansas’ Jacquelyn Mosley
Jacquelyn Mosley, professor of human development and family sciences in the School of Human Environmental Sciences at the University of Arkansas, was presented the 2023 National Experiment Station Section Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award at the agInnovation fall meeting in Michigan.
Anne Howsare Boyens Chosen as the Eighth President of the Iowa Valley Community College District
Since 2017, Dr. Howsare Boyens has been serving as provost at Des Moines Area Community College, Urban Campus in Des Moines. She began her tenure at Des Moines Area Community College in 2003 as a counselor.
Women Make Slight Gains in Closing the Income Gap With Men
The median income of households headed by a single woman in the United States in 2022 was $56,030. For households headed by a single man in 2022, the median income figure was $73,630. For single women living alone, the median income in 2022 was $40,200. For single men living alone, the median income was $51,930.
In Memoriam: Carol Clancey Harter, 1941-2023
After serving on the faculty and later as vice president and dean of students at Ohio University, Dr. Harter was named president of the State University of New York at Geneseo. She became the first woman president of UNLV in 1995 and served in that role for 11 years.
