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The Eudora Welty Book Prize Is Awarded to Casey Kayser of the University of Arkansas
Each year, the Mississippi University for Women and the University Press of Mississippi collaborate to award the Welty Prize for an outstanding work of literary scholarship on women’s studies, Southern studies, or modern letters in honor of MUW’s most famous alumna, writer Eudora Welty.
Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Named to Endowed Professorships at Major Universities
The four women who have been appointed to endowed chairs are Rosanna Garcia at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, Shu Yang the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania, Felicity Schaeffer at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and Donatella Stocchi-Perucchio at the University of Rochester in New York.
The Expanding Gender Gap in Poverty Rates in the United States
The gender gap in poverty rates expanded in the year in which the COVID-19 pandemic ravaged the U.S. economy. There were more than 10.1 million women and girls who lived in families where their incomes were less than one half of the official poverty rate. There were just 7.8 million men who lived in these conditions of severe poverty.
Michaele Whelan Will Be the Ninth President of Wheaton College in Norwood, Massachusetts
Since 2013, Dr. Whelan has been provost at Emerson College in Boston. Earlier in her career, she was vice provost for academic affairs at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, and associate dean of academic planning and innovation in the Schools of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts.
Study Finds That Women Often Do Not Receive the Credit They Deserve for Academic Scholarship
According to the study of more than 5,500 researchers in multiple fields, women were significantly more likely than men to report disagreements about who was named on a paper and in the order of authorship. The researchers found this to be particularly true in natural sciences and engineering.
University of Chicago’s Young-Kee Kim Joins the Chain of Presidential Succession of the American Physical Society
Dr. Kim is chair of the department of physics at the University of Chicago. She is the Louis Block Distinguished Service Professor in the department and the Enrico Fermi Institute and senior advisor to the provost for global scientific initiatives. In 2024, she will be the ninth scholar from the University of Chicago to become president of the American Physical Society.
Do Non-Tenured Women Faculty Inflate Grades More Than Men to Increase Their Chance of Retention?
The findings indicate that students are more likely to receive higher grades when they take classes with female instructors who hold positions with more contract uncertainty (temporary or pre-tenure) than if the instructor is tenured, but that there is little to no difference in grades received across faculty rank of male instructors.
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Ann Clark, 1938-2021
Elizabeth A. Clark was the John Carlisle Kilgo Professor Emerita of Religion and Professor of History at Duke University. She served on the faculty at Duke for nearly 40 years.
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.
Colleges and Universities Appoint Five Women to Dean Positions
The new deans are Nathania Montes at the College of DuPage in Illinois, Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto at the University of Arkansas, Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto at Virginia Union University in Richmond, Sonia Cardenas at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and Julia Wilson at Hampton University in Virginia.
New Assignments in Higher Education for Six Women Faculty Members
Taking on new roles are Melissa Sanchez at the University of Pennsylvania, Roslyn Satchel at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, Roslyn Satchel at Barnard College in New York City, Ebony Copeland at Howard University in Washington, D.C., Melissa C. Johnson at Pennsylvania State University, and Chantel Smith at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
Susan Briante of Arizona State University Wins the 2021 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism
The award given by the Poetry Foundation, which includes a cash prize, honors the best book-length works of criticism published in the prior calendar year. The honor can be awarded for biographies, essay collections, and critical editions that consider the subject of poetry or poets.
Census Bureau Reports on the Gender Gap in Median Income and Earnings From Work in 2020
In 2020, the median income level for family households headed by a single woman was 73.1 percent of the median income for family households headed by a single man and 48.5 percent of the median income of married-couple families. Both of these income gaps narrowed slightly from the previous year in 2019.
Study Finds Managers Rate Women’s Performance High but Their Potential Low
The analysis by scholars at the University of Minnesota, MIT, and Yale University, found that women are 14 percent less likely to be promoted at the company in each year, and that a major factor preventing women from being promoted is that they are consistently judged as having lower leadership potential than men.
Gwen Nell Westerman of Minnesota State University Mankato Is the New Poet Laureate of the State of Minnesota
Gwen Nell Westerman, a professor of English, has taught at Minnesota State University Mankato, since 1992. Dr. Westerman, who has won two Minnesota Book Awards, is the first Native American to be Minnesota’s poet laureate.
The Pandemic Widened the Gender Gap in Higher Education Enrollments
There were 11,350,777 women students enrolled in higher education last fall. In the fall of 2019, there were 11,274,609 women enrolled. Thus, enrollments of women were up slightly. In contrast, there were 8,004,350 men enrolled in high education in the fall of 2020, A year, earlier, 8,362,890 men were enrolled. Thus, while women’s enrollments were up, the enrollments of men dropped by 4.3 percent.
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.
Seven Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles or Duties
The women scholars in new roles are Laura McCabe at Michigan State University, Phillis Isabella Sheppard at Vanderbilt University, Rebecca Saxe at MIT, Kirsten T. Edwards at Florida International University, Mari Boor at North Dakota State University, Pamela M. Norris at George Washington University, and Tekla Ali Johnson at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New Yrk.
The American Political Science Association Honors the University of Chicago’s Cathy Cohen
Cathy J. Cohen, the David and Mary Winton Green Distinguished Service Professor in the department of political science at the University of Chicago, received the 2021 Hanes Walton, Jr. Career Award from the American Political Science Association. The award honors a political scientist whose lifetime of distinguished scholarship has made significant contributions to the understanding of racial and ethnic politics.
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Colleges and Universities
The five women appointed to endowed professorships are Susana Marcos at the University of Rochester, Kristin Haglund, at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jan Lacina at Texas Cristian University in Fort Worth, Leslie Lyons at Grinnell College in Iowa, and Morgaen L. Donaldson at the University of Connecticut.
Mills College Board of Trustees Approves Merger With Northeastern University
On September 14, the board of trustees of Mills College approved a merger of the women’s college with Northeastern University. The merger is expected to take effect on or about July 1, 2022, subject to regulatory and other approvals. When completed, Mills will become Mills College at Northeastern University, and the campus will be gender inclusive.
College-Educated Women Are Increasingly Having Babies Before Marriage
A new study authored by Andrew Cherlin, a sociologist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, finds that in 1996, only 4 percent of college-educated women in their 30s had their first babies while unmarried. Twenty years later, that percentage has increased six-fold to 24.5 percent.
The Gender Gap in Online Learning Has Narrowed During the Pandemic
Coursera, Inc., one of the largest online learning platforms in the world, released a new study that found that women in the United States are learning online at higher rates compared to the pre-pandemic period, representing 52 percent of new learners in 2021, up from 47 percent in 2019. Women enrollments in online STEM courses increased from 35 percent to 42 percent.
Laurie Van Egeren Will Be First Woman President of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium
Laurie Van Egeren, interim associate provost for university outreach and engagement and an adjunct faculty member in the department of human development and family studies at Michigan State University, will be the next president of the Engagement Scholarship Consortium. Her three-year term begins in October.
In Memoriam: Sandee Kay McGlaun, 1969-2021
Dr. McGlaun joined the faculty at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, in 2006 as an associate professor of English and director of the Writing Center. Earlier, she served on the faculty and was director of the Writing Center at what is now the University of North Georgia.
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.
Differences in Educational and Employment Histories of Men and Women College Graduates a Decade Later
The study found that a decade after graduating from college, more than 28 percent of women went on to earn a master’s degree compared to 24.5 percent of men. Women were slightly less likely than men to have earned a research doctorate or a professional degree. Men, on average, earned $20,000 more per year than women.
Study Finds Gender Differences in College Student Stress Levels and Coping Mechanisms
Overall, women indicated higher levels of stress than their male counterparts. Gender differences were evident in both coping dimensions and individual coping strategies used. Women were found to utilize the emotion-focused coping dimension and endorsed the use of four coping strategies more often than males. These included self-distraction, emotional support, instrumental support, and venting.
Do Merit-Based Pay Systems Reduce the Gender Compensation Gap?
A new study led by Eunmi Mun, an assistant professor of labor and employment relations at the University of Illinois, finds that rather than reducing gender-based pay inequality by limiting managers’ reliance on factors such as gender bias and favoritism, a shift to performance bonuses and other meritocratic employment practices may actually widen the gap by preserving the status quo.
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: Charlotte Sophia Davis Kasl, 1938-2021
After teaching music at Ohio University, Dr. Kasl became a certified addiction specialist in the areas of chemical dependency and sexuality and had a private psychotherapy practice for more than 30 years in Minnesota and later Montana.
