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Women in Academia Report regularly publishes a list of new books that may be of interest to our readers. Here are the latest selections.

A Novel Approach to Help Fight Sexual Assault on College Campuses

A Novel Approach to Help Fight Sexual Assault on College Campuses

The university is offering free coasters that women can take to bars, parties, and restaurants. The coasters afford users the ability to test their drinks for gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and ketamine, two substances that are used to incapacitate women by rapists.

Four Women Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure at Williams College in Massachusetts

Four Women Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure at Williams College in Massachusetts

The four women scholars promoted to associate professor and granted tenure at Williams College in Massachusetts are Michelle Apotsos in art, Corinna Campbell in music, Susan Godlonton in economics, and Pamela Harris in mathematics.

Two Women Political Scientists From the University of Hawaiʻi Win Book Awards

Two Women Political Scientists From the University of Hawaiʻi Win Book Awards

Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua and Noenoe K. Silva, both political science professors in the College of Social Sciences at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, have won 2019 Ka Palapala Poʻokela awards from the Hawaiʻi Book Publishers Association.

C. Nicole Mason Is the New President of the Institute for Women's Policy Research

C. Nicole Mason Is the New President of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Prior to taking over the leadership of the Institute, Dr. Mason was the executive director of the Women of Color Policy Network at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. She has also taught at Georgetown University and Spelman College.

The Gender Gap in Finance Faculty Positions at the Leading Business Schools in the United States

The Gender Gap in Finance Faculty Positions at the Leading Business Schools in the United States

According to a new study by scholars at the University of Massachusetts and Yale University, women hold just 16 percent of faculty positions in finance at top U.S. business schools. Women faculty members were less likely to be tenured, are paid less, and tended to be more likely to hold positions at lower-ranked business schools.

New Book Examines the Issue of Sexual Consent on College Campuses

New Book Examines the Issue of Sexual Consent on College Campuses

The research included interviews of a large group of students as part of the Sexual Health Initiative to Foster Transformation initiative at Columbia University in New York City. The research was conducted by Jennifer S. Hirsch, a professor of sociomedical sciences, and Shamus Khan, a professor of sociology at Columbia University.

Sally Pratt Is the New Chair of the Board of the Council of Graduate Schools

Sally Pratt Is the New Chair of the Board of the Council of Graduate Schools

Sally Pratt is a professor and vice provost for graduate programs at the University of Southern California. She has served on the faculty there for 40 years. A professor of Slavic languages and literatures, she came to the university in 1980 as the Russian language program coordinator.

Study Finds Paid Family Leave Is Effective in Getting College-Educated Women to Return to the Workforce

Study Finds Paid Family Leave Is Effective in Getting College-Educated Women to Return to the Workforce

A new study conducted by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research finds that states that have implemented paid leave policies found a 20 percent reduction in the number of women leaving their jobs in the first year after welcoming a child, and up to a 50 percent reduction after five years. The effect was even more pronounced for college-educated women.

Elizabeth Spiller to Be the Next Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer at the University of Nebraska

Elizabeth Spiller to Be the Next Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Academic Officer at the University of Nebraska

Since 2017, Dr. Spiller has served as dean of the College of Letters and Science at the University of California, Davis. Earlier, Professor Spiller served as dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences at Virginia Tech. She will begin her new job at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in March.

Online Articles of Interest to WIA<em>Report</em> Readers

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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

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.

AAUW Report Documents the Long-Lasting Negative Impact of Workplace Sexual Harassment

AAUW Report Documents the Long-Lasting Negative Impact of Workplace Sexual Harassment

A new report from the American Association of University Women finds that the vast majority of women have been subjected to sexual harassment in the workplace. Furthermore, women who have been victimized face long-term consequences that can affect their careers, their health, their economic well-being, and the rest of their lives.

Study Finds That After a Period of Unemployment, Men Are More Likely to Consider Traditional Female Jobs

Study Finds That After a Period of Unemployment, Men Are More Likely to Consider Traditional Female Jobs

The researchers found that when men take jobs traditionally held by women, their wages increase, on average, by 4 percent from their previous employment and their occupational prestige also increases. Men who eventually find new employment in male-dominated or mixed-gender fields either maintain past levels or lose ground in these areas.

Mothers Shown to Be More Concerned When Boys Play With Girls' Toys Than When Girls Play With Boys' Toys

Mothers Shown to Be More Concerned When Boys Play With Girls’ Toys Than When Girls Play With Boys’ Toys

Brain regions involved in mentalizing or storage of social knowledge, understanding goal-directed behavior, behavioral control, and conflict monitoring were activated when viewing child targets that violated gender expectations. This was particularly true when mothers observed boys playing with traditional girls’ toys.

Online Articles of Interest to WIA<em>Report</em> Readers

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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

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.

University of Kansas Renames its Integrated Sciences Building for Bernadette Gray-Little

University of Kansas Renames its Integrated Sciences Building for Bernadette Gray-Little

Dr. Gary-Little became the 17th chancellor of the University of Kansas in 2009. She is the only woman to serve in that role. Dr. Gray-little stepped down as chancellor after the 2016-17 academic year.

New Assignments for Five Women Scholars at Major Universities

New Assignments for Five Women Scholars at Major Universities

Taking on new roles are Thelma Hurd at the University of California, Merced, Monica Brown at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, Joni Adamson at Arizona State University, Alice Kaplan at Yale University, and Johnnie Hamilton-Mason at Simmons University in Boston.

Study Finds That Male Authors of Scientific Papers Tend to Hype Their Own Work More Than Women Authors

Study Finds That Male Authors of Scientific Papers Tend to Hype Their Own Work More Than Women Authors

Researchers found that articles where the lead or senior author was a man, were 22 percent more likely than articles where the lead or senior author was a woman to use language in the abstract calling their findings using such words as significant, unique, unprecedented, prominent, and noteworthy.

Women College Students More Likely to Suffer Concussions Than Their Male Peers

Women College Students More Likely to Suffer Concussions Than Their Male Peers

A new study authored by three researchers at the University of Colorado presents some interesting data on concussions suffered by U.S. college students. A majority of all concussions were not suffered by varsity athletes and women were more likely to suffer concussions than male students.

Women From Underrepresented Groups Get Snubbed in Offers to Present at a Major Earth Science Conference

Women From Underrepresented Groups Get Snubbed in Offers to Present at a Major Earth Science Conference

The study found that at the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union women from ethnic minorities were invited to give fewer talks, invited to give talks less often, and opted for poster presentations more than researchers who were not from underrepresented minorities.

Nicole Stanton Will Be the Next Provost at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut

Nicole Stanton Will Be the Next Provost at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut

Stanton joined Wesleyan in 2007 as an associate professor of dance. She served as chair of the department for two three-year terms and is currently serving as dean of the Arts and Humanities. Earlier in her career, she taught at Ohio State University.

Recent Books of Interest to Women Scholars

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 WIA<em>Report</em> Readers

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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.

Online Articles of Interest to WIA<em>Report</em> Readers

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

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.

Hollins University Associate Professor and Novelist Jessie van Eerden Wins Fiction Award

Hollins University Associate Professor and Novelist Jessie van Eerden Wins Fiction Award

Jessie van Eerden, associate professor of creative writing at Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia, has been selected as the winner of the 2019 Dzanc Books Prize for Fiction. The award recognizes daring, original, and innovative writing.

Three Women Scholars Appointed to Dean Positions at Universities

Three Women Scholars Appointed to Dean Positions at Universities

Susan L. Perkins was appointed dean of science at the City University of New York. Mona Hicks was named dean of students and associate vice provost at Stanford University in California and Cora Thompson has been appointed interim dean for the College of Education at Savannah State University in Georgia.

The Gender Gap in College Participation Rates

The Gender Gap in College Participation Rates

In October 2018, there were 13,421,000 women between the ages of 18 and 24 in the United States. Of these, 50.2 percent were enrolled in postsecondary education. For men in this age group, 44.7 percent were enrolled in postsecondary education. A similar college participation gap existed for 2018 high school graduates.

Why Do Women Choose College Majors With Lower Earnings Potential Than Men?

Why Do Women Choose College Majors With Lower Earnings Potential Than Men?

The study by Natasha Quadlin, a sociologist at Ohio State University, found that when men and women both prioritize economic returns in their preferences for a major, men still choose majors that pay more. But even when men and women prioritized other preferences for their major – such as helping people – men still chose higher-paying majors.

Harvard Medical School Study Ties Societal Gender Inequality to Perceptual Bias Against Women

Harvard Medical School Study Ties Societal Gender Inequality to Perceptual Bias Against Women

The authors suggest that men living in countries with low gender equality are prone to cognitive “lumping” that obscures individual differences. The effect is similar to earlier research that shows that people tend to overlook interpersonal variations in the faces of people from races other than their own.

Online Articles of Interest to WIA<em>Report</em> Readers

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

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.