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Great Progress Has Been Made But Males Are Still More Likely to Be the Lead Characters in Children’s Books
In a study of children’s books over the past 60 years by scholars at Emory University in Atlanta and Princeton University in New Jersey, male protagonists outnumber female protagonists by a margin of 3 to 1. However, in the last decade, males outnumber females by just 1.2 to 1.
Stanford University Study Finds Women Academics Often Held Back Due to The Nature of Their Research
Analyzing nearly 1 million doctoral dissertations from U.S. universities over a recent 40-year period, a teams of researchers at the Stanford University Graduate School of Education found that scholars who wrote about topics associated with women, or used methodologies associated with women, were less likely to go on to get senior faculty positions than those who did not.
In Memoriam: Melinda Micco, 1947-2021
After raising a family, at age 39, Melinda Micco decided to pursue higher education and enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley. She earned a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a Ph.D. in ethnic and Native American studies in less than seven years. She then taught at Mills College in Oakland, California.
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.
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.
Yale’s Deborah Berke Has Been Awarded the 2022 Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education
In July 2016, Berke became the first woman dean of the School of Architecture at Yale. She was appointed to a second five-year term earlier this year. Before being named dean, Berke had been an adjunct professor of architecture at Yale since 1987. She is the founder of the design firm Deborah Berke Partners in New York.
Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, Appoints Four Women Scholars to Endowed Chairs
Vassar College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Poughkeepsie, New York, has announced the appointment of four women to endowed chairs. They are Eve Dunbar, Shona Tucker, Myra Hughey, and Michele Tugade.
The Gender Gap in Employment and Salary for Students Who Earned Doctorates in 2020
For 2020 doctoral recipients who had a job offer, 47.1 percent of women had accepted positions in the academic arena. For men who had job offers, only 33 percent were heading to academia. In the field of education, the median salary for men was still $5,000 higher than the median salary for women.
Lori Gonzalez Appointed to Lead the University of Louisville
Lori Stewart Gonzalez was appointed interim president of the University of Louisville in Kentucky. Since April 2021, Dr. Gonzalez has served as executive vice president and provost at the university. From 2015 to 2020, Dr. Gonzalez was vice chancellor for academic, faculty, and student affairs at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.
New Data Finds Wide Gender Disparities in Specialties of Medical Residents
The data shows there were 46,257 men who had graduated from U.S. or Canadian medical schools who were serving as medical residents in 2020-21. There were 41,405 women medical residents. Thus, women were 47.2 percent of all medical residents who had graduated from medical schools in the U.S. or Canada. Women were vastly underrepresented in many surgical fields.
Crystal Williams Will Be the Eighteenth President of the Rhode Island School of Design
President-elect Williams has been serving as a professor of English and vice president and associate provost for community & inclusion at Boston University. She began her academic career at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. She later served as associate vice president for strategic initiatives at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
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.
In Memoriam: bell hooks, 1952-2021
The leading feminist scholar bell hooks, the Distinguished Professor in Residence in Appalachian Studies at Berea College in Kentucky, died at her home in Berea on December 15 at the age of 69.
Duke University’s Terrie Moffitt Has Been Selected to Receive the 2022 Grawemeyer Award in Psychology
Dr. Moffitt, a Duke University psychologist and King’s College, London, social development professor, discovered two types of antisocial behavior in juveniles. One persists from early childhood to adulthood, is relatively rare, and is seen mostly in males, while the other occurs only in adolescence and is seen in both males and females. Her insights have changed the way the courts prosecute juveniles.
Amy Finstein of the College of the Holy Cross Wins Book Award
Amy D. Finstein, assistant professor of architectural history in the visual arts department at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, was recently honored with the 2021 Fred B. Kniffen Book Award from the International Society for Landscape, Place and Material Culture Studies.
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to University Endowed Professorships
Graça Vicente, a professor of chemistry at Louisiana State University was named a Boyd Professor at the university. Jacqueline Goldsby has been appointed the Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of African American Studies and English at Yale University and Pamela L. Allison has been named to the Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
The Wide Gender Gap in Doctoral Degree Awards in Specific Academic Disciplines
Women made up a small majority of all U.S. citizens or permanent residents who earned doctorates in 2020. But when we look at doctorate degree awards in specific disciplines, we find a continuing wide gender gap in many specific disciplines.
Jennifer Collins Appointed President of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee
Collins has served since 2014 as the Judge James Noel Dean and professor of law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She was appointed to the law faculty at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 2003 and was named associate provost for academic and strategic initiatives in 2010 and vice provost in 2013. She will become president of Rhodes College on July 1.
Study Suggests That Stress Endured by Pregnant Women May Alter the Genes of Their Children and Grandchildren
Veena Prahlad, an associate professor of biology at the University of Iowa, conducted research on roundworms and found that a mother roundworm release serotonin when she senses danger. The serotonin travels from her central nervous system to warn her unfertilized eggs, where the warning is stored, so to speak, and then passed to offspring after conception.
The Pandemic Produced Some Positive Effects for Teenage Girls, Study Finds
A study led by Jennifer Silk, a professor of psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, found that in the early days of the pandemic quality time with family was linked to better mental-health days, and girls were more likely to spend time doing healthy and creative activities that school and extracurriculars would normally leave no time for. They also were able to get more sleep.
Andrea Talentino Will Be the Next President of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois
Dr. Talentino currently serves as provost of Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. Before arriving at Nazareth, Dr. Talentino served as the dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Norwich University in Vermont. Prior to that, she was an associate dean at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. She also has served on the faculty at Tulane University in New Orleans.
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.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Positions as Deans
Judy Liesveld was appointed dean of the School of Nursing at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Ellen M. Bassett has been selected as the John Portman Dean’s Chair in the College of Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Jessica Lang was appointed dean of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences at Baruch College of the City University of New York.
Jinx Coleman Broussard of Louisiana State University Honored for Her Mentoring Work in Public Relations
Jinx Coleman Broussard, the Bart R. Swanson Endowed Memorial Professor in the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State Univerity, has been selected as the 2021 Bruce K. Berger Educator Honoree from the Plank Center for Leadership in Public Relations. The center is housed at the University of Alabama.
The Number of U.S. Women Earning Doctorates Dropped for the Third Year in a Row
In 2020, women earned 69.1 percent of all doctoral degrees awarded in education and 65.7 percent of all doctorates in the health sciences. In contrast, women earned only a third of the doctorates in the physical sciences. In engineering, women earned 24.8 percent of the doctorates awarded in 2020. In mathematics and computer science, women earned just under a quarter of all doctorates awarded in 2020.
New Study Examines Impact of Industrial Robots on the Male and Female Workforces
In 741 U.S. regions that were more exposed to industrial robots, the research team found a statistical decline in men’s wages and workforce participation. They also saw a decline in marriage stability, marriage fertility, and the earning power of men. Men’s decreased income translated into a reduction in the gender income gap by 4.2 percent and the workforce-participation gender gap by 2.1 percent.
Study Finds High Rates of Cervical Cancer in Lower-Income New York City Neighborhoods
Cervical cancer is highly preventable with vaccination and regular screening. But a new study finds that the rate of cervical cancer among women living in New York City neighborhoods with the lowest socioeconomic indices is nearly two times higher than the rate among New Yorkers who live in the city’s neighborhoods with the highest socioeconomic indices.
In Memoriam: Kariamu Welsh, 1949-2021
After studying as a Fulbright scholar in Africa, Welsh joined the faculty at Temple University in 1985. She earned a doctorate in dance history at New York University and joined the dance faculty at Temple in 1999.
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.
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.
In Memoriam: Joanne H. Clarey, 1941-2021
Joanne Clarey, a novelist, counselor, and educator who taught at the University of Maine and the Univerity of Southern Maine, died on November 2 at her home in Jackson, New Hampshire. She was 80 years old. A native of York, Pennsylvania, Dr. Clarey grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English […]
Harvard Professor Tiya Miles Wins National Book Award in the Nonfiction Category
Tiya Miles has won the National Book Award in the nonfiction category. Professor Miles was honored for her book All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, A Black Family Keepsake.
Marjoleine Kars will Share the Frederick Douglass Book Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Center
Marjoleine Kars, an associate professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will share the Frederick Douglass Book Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition at Yale University. The prize is awarded each year to the “best book(s) written in English about slavery, abolition and their legacies across all borders and all time.”
