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How to Reduce the Child Penalty in Incomes After Women Give Birth
A new study finds that after giving birth women’s incomes on average drop significantly — by about 40 percent in the United States. And this so-called “child penalty” lingers for years. The researchers also found that subsidized high-quality child care reduces the child penalty by 25 percent.
In Memoriam: Bettina Gilois, 1961-2020
Bettina Gilois was an award-winning screenwriter and an assistant professor in the Lawrence and Kristina Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University in Orange 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.
Rutgers University Debuts New Database of Women Elected Officials
The Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University in New Jersey has launched its Women Elected Officials Database that includes every woman officeholder in U.S. history at the federal, statewide elected executive, and state legislative levels. The databasse contains entries for more than 11,000 women officeholders dating back to 1893.
Five Women From the Academic World Who Are Stepping Down From Their Posts
The women leaving their college or university posts are Jane Fernandez, president of Guilford College in North Carolina, Kim Kloeppel at the University of New Mexico, Claire Kaplan at the University of Virginia, Lynn M. Morgan at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, and Karen Hammond at Boise State University in Idaho.
Princeton Astrophysicist Jo Dunkley Awarded the Tomossoni Chisesi Prize From the Sapienza University of Roma
The Tomossoni Chisesi Prize encourages and recognizes scientists making outstanding advances in the physical sciences. Dr. Dudley is is being honored for her innovative work exploring the earliest moments of our universe. She is donating the 40,000 Euro prize to the National Society of Black Physicists.
Eight Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education
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.
The Library of Congress Awards the Kluge Prize to Harvard University’s Danielle S. Allen
Danielle S. Allen, a University professor and professor of government who also serves as director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, has been awarded the John W. Kluge Prize from the Library of Congress. The prize includes a $500,000 award.
Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Named Professorships at Major Universities
The four women appointed to named professorships are Wendy Cadge at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, Penny Kris-Etherton at Pennsylvania State University, Anna Shields at Princeton University in New Jersey, and Susan Madsen at Utah State University.
Study Finds Women Outperform Men in College STEM Courses, But Are Still Perceived as Less Competent
The study by researchers at Colorado State University found that women had statistically higher course grades than men, higher university-wide GPAs than men, and were 1.5 times more likely to earn an A or A+ than men. Yet, both men and women students ranked men as the top students in these courses.
A Huge Gender Imbalance in Leadership Positions in Academic Hospital Medicine Programs
A new study led by Carrie Herkze, an assistant professor of medicine and associate vice chair for clinical affairs in the department of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, finds that 79 percent of academic hospital medicine programs are run by men.
Study Finds Judges Who Serve With Women Are More Likely to Hire Women as Clerks
A new National Bureau of Economics research study by researchers at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and Occidental College in Los Angeles, finds that federal appellate judges are more likely to hire women to prestigious court clerkships after serving on panels with female colleagues.
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.
Five Women Who Have Stepped Down From High-Level Posts in the Academic World
The women who are stepping down are Anne Prisco, president of Felician University in New Jersey, Mary Larson Diaz at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Holly Hanson at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, Frances N. Coleman at Mississippi State University, and Jane Hegland at South Dakota State University.
Research Finds a More Effective Mentoring Formula for Women Faculty in STEM Fields
A new study led by Sandra Petersen, a professor of veterinary and animal sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, finds that an online mutual-mentoring model can create “trusting and supportive environments” among underrepresented minority women in STEM across academic institutions.
Stanford University Has Made Only Snail-Like Progress in Reducing Its Faculty Gender Gap
The latest count shows 693 women on the Stanford faculty compared to 1,582 men. Over the past decade, the percentage of women on Stanford’s faculty has increased from 26 percent to 30 percent. In some schools on campus, the percentage of women faculty has decreased or remained stagnant over the last decade.
Survey Reveals That Many Women Economists Feel They Are Not Welcome in the Profession
In a reent survey by the Amerian Economics Association, only 20 percent of women economists agreed with the statement, “I am satisfied with the overall climate within the field of economics.” Only one quarter of women in the field said they “feel valued.” Just over one quarter of respondents said that they felt “included intellectually within the field of economics.”
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 Scholars Retire From the Faculty at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania
Swarthmore College, the highly rated liberal arts institution in suburban Philadelphia, has announced the retirement of six faculty members, with a combined 213 years of service to the college. Three of the retirees are women: Deb Bergstrand, Sara Hiebert Burch, and Connie Hungerford.
In Memoriam: Dudley Jean Dovell Shearburn, 1929-2020
Dr, Shearburn joined the faculty at Salem College and Academy in 1977 to direct the Orton Center, an endowed center in the department of education that focused on special education. When the center closed, Dr. Shearburn remained on the faculty and taught women’s studies. She retired in 1998.
A Half Dozen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions at Universities
The new deans are Paula S. Bontempi at the University of Rhode Island, Ophelie Rowe-Allen at the University of New Haven in Connecticut, Kathryn Boor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Shelley Johnson at Florida A&M University, Laurie Maffly-Kipp at Washington University in St. Louis and Heidi Henschel Pellett at Central Washington University.
Women Make Up a Small Percentage of Authors on COVID-19 Research Papers
The analysis found that women made up only one third of all authors who have published research on COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic. The percentage of women as senior and lead authors is even lower.
A Gender Gap in Promotion to Principal Positions in K-12 Education
Women assistant principals are systematically delayed and denied promotion to principal, compared to their male counterparts, despite having equivalent qualifications and more experience on average, according to a new study from the American Educational Research Association.
The First Woman to Lead the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City
The Jewish Theological Seminary in New York City has selected Shuly Rubin Schwartz to be its eighth chancellor. When she takes office on July 1, she will be the first woman to lead the seminary in its 134-year history. She has been serving as provost at the seminary.
The Experiences of Women of Color at Law Schools in the United States
Recent research found that nearly one-half of law firm offices do not have a single partner who is a woman of color. The current study examines how the experiences of women of color at the nation’s law schools lead to their underrepresentation in the legal profession.
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.
Lilly Irani of the University of California, San Diego Wins Book Award
Lilly Irani, an associate professor of communication and science studies at the University of California, San Diego has been honored with the Outstanding Book Award by International Communication Association. She was honored for her book Chasing Innovation: Making Entrepreneurial Citizens in Modern India.
New Endowed Chair at the University of Hawai’i to Honor Poet Dana Naone Hall
The new Dana Naone Hall Endowed Chair in Hawaiian Studies, Literature and the Environment the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is named in honor of the revered poet and environmental activist.
Carleton College’s Kim Smith Honored by the Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences
The William R. Freudenburg Lifetime Achievement Award honors members of the profession who have devoted their lives to strengthening the field by mentoring the next generation of environmental scientists and activists.
Women Making Little or No Progress in College Sports Administration and Coaching
One of the most striking figures is that in 2019, women held the head coaching job for only 40.6 percent of all women’s athletic teams in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. In contrast, 96 percent of all head coaches for men’s teams in Division I are men.
The Gender Gap in Reading Skills for Adolescents Can Predict the Gender Gap in College Enrollments
Researchers at the University of Missouri and the University of Essex in England found that the combination of both the national reading proficiency levels of 15-year-old boys and girls and the social attitudes toward girls attending university can predict the enrollment in tertiary education 5 years later.
