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Paid Maternal Leave Has Long-Term Health Benefits for Women Who Receive It
The results of a study of a large group of women who gave birth in the late 1970s showed that women who were given paid maternal leave had lower blood pressure, a lower body mass index, lower cholesterol levels, were less likely to smoke, and more likely to exercise when they reached the age of 40.
Study Finds That Women Presenters at Economic Conferences Are Treated Differently Than Men
Researchers found that women are asked more questions during a seminar and the questions asked of women presenters are more likely to be patronizing or hostile. The authors point to their results as yet another potential explanation for their under-representation at senior levels within the economics profession.
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.
Eight Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Faculty Assignments
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Study Finds Early Academic Excellence Does Not Lead to Future Occupational Success
A study by women sociologists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of British Columbia found that women parents who achieved straight A’s in high schools supervised on average about the same number of employees as did male students who flunked their high school courses.
Scholars Call for an Increase in the Number of Women Mentoring Men
Much attention has been paid to the value of junior women in business working with a mentor. The authors of a new study state that “by mentoring men, women may be able to reduce gender bias, normalize interactions between the genders, and create a new generation of allies.”
Vanderbilt University’s Vanessa Beasley to Lead the Rhetoric Society of America
Dr. Beasley is an associate professor of communication and associate provost and dean of residential faculty at Vanderbilt University. Before joining the faculty at Vanderbilt in 2008, Professor Beasley taught at Texas A&M University, Southern Methodist University in Dallas, and the University of Georgia.
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.
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.
Eight Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Gender Differences in Well-Being for College Graduates Ten Years After Earning Their Degrees
Ten years after earning their bachelor’s degree, women worked on average 37.7 hours a week, compared to 42 hours for men. For full-time workers, women had an average income of $71,518 compared to an average income of men of $91,524.
Dartmouth Researchers Finds a Persistent “Chilly Climate” for Women in College Classrooms
The researchers found that men students speak 1.6 times as often as women in college classrooms. When students didn’t have to raise their hands to participate in class, men spoke three times more often than women.
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: Christina Crosby, 1953-2021
Christina Crosby was a professor of English and professor of feminist, gender, and sexuality studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. She joined the faculty at the university in 1982.
All Four Finalists for Dean of the University of Colorado School of Law Are Women
The four women finalists for dean of the University of Colorado School of Law are Michèle Alexandre of Stetson University, Johanna Bond of Washington and Lee University, Lolita Buckner Inniss of Southern Methodist University, and Sarah Krakoff of the University of Colorado.
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.
Three Women Who Have Been Named to Dean Positions in Higher Education
Sujin Pak is the new dean of the Boston University School of Theology. Lynn Tomaszewski has been appointed chief academic officer and academic dean at Moore College of Art & Design in Philadelphia and Linda S. Greene will be the inaugural dean of the Michigan State University College of Law.
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.
Williams College in Massachusetts Awards Tenure and Promotes Four Women Faculty Members
The board of trustees of Williams College, the highly rated liberal arts institution in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has promoted four women to associate professor and granted them tenure. They are Christine DeLucia in history, Lama Nassif in comparative literature, Christina Simko in sociology, and Emily Vasiliauskas in English.
New Consortium to Research Concussions Among Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
Males and females experience IPV, but violence against women tends to result in more severe and chronic injuries. Due to the high degree of physical aggression associated with this type of abuse, there is a significant risk for traumatic brain injury. A new research group is seeking to learn how this head trauma affects cognitive and psychological functioning in women.
Did Women Leaders Do a Better Job Managing the Pandemic Than Their Male Counterparts?
An analysis of 175 countries around the world, lead by Leah Windsor, a research assistant professor in the Institute for Intelligent Systems at the University of Memphis, found that there were slightly lower reported fatality rates in countries led by women. But these results were not statistically significant.
A Look at Gender Disparities in Union Membership and Wages
Women who were members of labor unions in 2020 had an average weekly wage of $1,067. For women who were not union members, the average weekly wage was $862. Thus, for women, on average, nonunion workers made only 81 percent of the wages of union members.
In Memoriam: Nancy E. Suchman, 1957-2020
Nancy Suchman was an associate professor of psychiatry at Yale Medical School. She devoted her career to the study of parenting as a critical issue in the lives of mothers, and fathers, affected by drug addiction.
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: Deborah Lynn Rhode, 1952-2021
Deborah Rhode was a professor at Stanford Law School for more than 40 years, a world-renowned scholar in the legal profession, and the nation’s most frequently cited legal ethics scholar. She produced 30 books and 200 scholarly articles, many focusing on access to justice.
NASPA Presents an Award for Mentoring Graduate Faculty to Kathy Guthrie of Florida State University
Kathy Guthrie, an associate professor in the College of Education at Florida State University, was selected as the recipient of the 2021 Robert H. Shaffer Award for Academic Excellence as a Graduate Faculty Member by NASPA – Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. The award is the highest honor that NASPA gives to a graduate faculty member.
Gender Gap in Employment and Salary for Students Who Earned Doctorates in 2019
For 2019 doctoral recipients who had a job offer, 49.3 percent of women had accepted positions in the academic arena. For men who had job offers, only were 34.3 were heading to academia. Some 27.1 of women doctoral recipients in 2019 had job commitments in the corporate world compared to 48.4 percent of men.
Study Warns That Women Graduate Students in Chemistry Are Not Receiving Adequate Support
A new study by researchers at the University of Oregon finds that insufficient interactions with advisers and peers, as well as financial problems, are derailing career aspirations of women and minority groups pursuing graduate degrees in the nation’s highest-funded chemistry programs.
Affirmative Action for Women in Hiring Decisions in Hotel Management Can Improve the Bottom Line
New research led by the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management suggests hotel companies that promote a woman over an equally qualified man are perceived as fairer and less discriminatory, creating a stronger organizational culture and higher financial performance.
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.
