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In Memoriam: Suellen Diaconoff, 1940-2020
Suellen Diaconoff taught French at Tufts, North Carolina State, and Case Western Reserve universities before joining the faculty at Colby College in 1986. She retired in 2006.
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.
New Assignments for Five Women Scholars at Major Universities
Taking on new duties are Nancy Cox at the University of Kentucky, Tonya Mitchell-Spradlin at Pennsylvania State University, Kristen H. Lagattuta at the University of California, Davis, Shatema Threadcraft at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and Tammy Kahrig at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.
Meredith McCarroll Wins an American Book Award From the Before Columbus Foundation
Meredith McCarroll is a lecturer in English at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. At Bowdoin, she serves as director of the Writing and Rhetoric program and as director of the First-Year Seminar program.
Three Women Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Major Universities
Anne C. Gilbert is the John C. Malone Professor of Mathematics at Yale University. Martha I. Pallante is the inaugural holder of the Charles Darling Endowed Faculty Chair in American Social History at Youngstown State University and Alina Campan is the inaugural holder of the STRAWS Endowed Professorship of Computer Science at Northern Kentucky University.
Seven Women Who Have Been Appointed to Senior Posts as Diversity Officers
At some colleges and universities, a hiring freeze has been enacted due to the pandemic. But with the world’s new focus on racism and social justice, the hiring of diversity and inclusion officers at colleges and universities remains at a brisk pace.
Study Finds No Gender Gap in Computing Skills but a Persisting Gender Gap in Confidence in Those Skills
The results showed that the gender gap in performance is minimal in accuracy with no differences in time spent, while the gap in confidence in computer skills has remained. Women were less confident than men of their answers in all scenarios.
DoVeanna Fulton Is the New Provost at Norfolk State University in Virginia
For the past eight years, Dr. Fulton has served as dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of history, humanities, and languages at the University of Houston–Downtown. Earlier, she taught at the University of Alabama.
Emory University Scholar Finds That Women Who Suffer Cardiogenic Shock Get Less Aggressive Treatment Than Men
Investigators found that women were significantly less likely than men to receive coronary angiography, a procedure that uses a special dye and X-rays to detect blockages in heart arteries, to be treated with stents or balloons to open blockages in the arteries, and to have their heart function temporarily supplemented using a mechanical pump.
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: Virginia James Tufte, 1918-2020
Dr. Tufte joined the English departmeny faculty at the University of Southern California in 1964. She also was a founder of the univerity’s program for the Study of Women and Men in Society, a predecessor of gender and sexuality studies. She retired from teaching in 1989.
University of Memphis Scholar Honored by the National Communication Association
Joy V. Goldsmith, professor of communication studies and founder and co-director of the Center for Health Literacy and Health Communication, was honored for in family caregiving for chronically- and terminally-ill patients.
Adding Women to STEM Fields Can Reduce Gender Bias and Improve the Quality of Science
The authors conclude that a diverse group of researchers is critical for scientific innovation and eliminating unconscious gender bias. Diversity could also help build a more accurate and complete understanding of many scientific fields.
The Psychological Distress Endured by Women With Family Members in Prison
A new study led by Evelyn J. Patterson, an associate professor of psychology at Vanderbilt Univerity in Nashville, finds that this high incarceration rate of family members causes higher levels of depressive symptoms and psychological distress among women than previously understood.
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.
Three Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Women to Dean Positions
Newly appointed to dean positions are Vicki Mazur at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland, Maria Galli Stampino at the Univerity of Miami in Florida, and Deborah Uman at Weber State Univerity in Ogden, Utah.
University of Kentucky’s Cheryl Matias Honored by the American Educational Research Association
Professor Cheryl Matias’ research and teaching are primarily focused on racial justice in education. But, she also is committed to efforts to remove barriers in academia that often impact women, faculty of color, and mothers.
Julie-Ann Scott Pollock Wins Book Award From the National Communication Association
Julie-Ann Scott-Pollock, communication studies professor and director of performance studies at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, has been named the recipient of the Lilla A. Heston Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Interpretation and Performance Studies from the National Communication Association.
Women Are Making Vast Progress in Academic Psychology But Gender Gaps Remain
The study finds that although substantial progress has been made, “women in psychological science who secure tenure-track positions publish less, are cited less, hold fewer grants, are less likely to be represented in the field’s most eminent roles, and do not earn salaries comparable with those of men.”
University of Massachusetts Amherst Names the Next Dean of Its Graduate School
Jacqueline Urla is chair and professor of anthropology in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She is a linguistic and political anthropologist who has conducted long-term ethnographic research on Basque language and cultural politics.
Women Being Shut Out of College and University Varsity Programs in Esports
A new study from North Carolina State University reports that the rapidly growing field of collegiate esports is effectively becoming a two-tiered system, with club-level programs that are often supportive of gender diversity being clearly distinct from well-funded varsity programs that are dominated by men.
Indiana University Study Examines Women’s Worldwide Use of Dating Apps
Researchers surveyed more than 130,000 women in 191 countries. They found that one fifth of all women used dating apps to find sexual partners. The practice was most common in Oceania and least common in Africa and Asia. Women in countries with higher gender inequality reported being more than four times more likely to report sexting than women in more egalitarian regions.
Christen Crouch to Be the Next Dean of Graduate Studies at Bard College in New York
Dr. Crouch has been an associate professor of history and director of American studies at Bard College since 2014. Her research focuses on the histories of the early modern Atlantic, comparative slavery, American material culture, and Native American and Indigenous studies.
In Memoriam: Florence Rosenfeld Howe, 1929-2020
Dr. Howe began her academic career at Hofstra University and then Queens College in New York, In 1957, she joined the faculty at Goucher College in Baltimore. After establishing the Feminist Press in 1970, she joined the faculty at SUNY-Old Westbury.
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.
American Chemical Society Recognizes the Work of Kristin Bowman-James
Kristin Bowman-James, University of Kansas Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, will be the recipient of the American Chemical Society Award in Inorganic Chemistry. She is only the second woman to receive the award since its inception in 1962.
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The new holders of endowed chairs are Mykel Taylor at Auburn University in Alabama, Alice Squires at Washington State University, Renée Crichlow at the University of Minnesota, Susan Stryker at Mills College in Oakland, California, and Kathryn Lofton at Yale University.
Companies’ Parental Leave Policies Stigmatize Women as Less Essential
A new study found that the majority of Fortune 500 companies have paid parental leave policies that offer substantially more leave to mothers than to fathers. The authors found that one third of these companies offer twice as much leave to mothers as to fathers. This signals that mothers are the ones who should take time off.
Yale Medical School Study Discovers Why Women Are Less Likely Than Men to Die From the Coronavirus
Around the world, men account for about 60 percent of deaths from COVID-19. In England, researchers studying 17 million adults found that men could face nearly twice the risk of death from the disease as women. A new study by researchers at Yale Medical School offers an explanation for why this is so.
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: Olga Radko, 1974-2020
Dr. Radko joined the department of mathematics at UCLA in 2002 as a VIGRE Assistant Professor. She also was the director of the mathematics teaching assistant training program.
