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Four Women Scholars Appointed to Dean Positions at State Universities
The new women deans are Susan Anderson at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine, Ellen McIntyre at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Theodorea Regina Berry at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, and Carol Johnson at Northern Michigan University in Marquette.
Louisiana State University Scholar of Media History Has an Award Named in Her Honor
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication has announced the establishment of the Jinx Coleman Broussard Award for Excellence in the Teaching of Media History. Dr. Broussard is the Bart R. Swanson Endowed Memorial Professor in the Manship School of Mass Communications at LSU.
Report Examines the Power Gap in Leadership Positions in Massachusetts Higher Education
The report found that while women are a majority of college students in the state, only 37 percent of college and university presidents in the state are women. And the gender gap is even more pronounced at the state’s major universities.
The Gender Gap in Household Income in the United States Remains Large
The median income of households headed by a single woman in the United States in 2018 was $45,128. For households headed by a single man in 2018, the median income figure was $61,518. For married-couple families, the median income was $93,684.
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.
Princeton University Has Promoted Three Women to the Rank of Full Professor
Wendy Belcher was named a full professor of comparative literature. She also holds a joint appointment in the department of African American studies. Margot Canaday was promoted to full professor of history and Deana Lawson was appointed professor of visual arts.
New Study Documents High Levels of Mistreatment of Women Surgical Residents
The study reports that sexual harassment, verbal/physical abuse and pregnancy/childcare discrimination primarily came from the attending surgeons and other residents. Gender discrimination came mostly from patients and their families.
Women Scientists Are Far Less Likely to Author Invited Commentaries in Medical Journals
The study led by researchers at the School of Public Health at Harvard University found that women scientists were 21 percent less likely to author invited commentaries in medical journals during a five-year period than men with similar scientific expertise, seniority, and publication metrics.
New Report Documents the Persistence of a Gender Pay Gap at Federal Scientific Agencies
The study found that the pay gaps at organizations such as NOAA and the DOE — agencies focused on traditionally masculine fields such as engineering and physical sciences — were largely the result of men being paid more than women for the same jobs.
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.
Changes in Leadership at Stephens College’s Master of Fine Arts Degree Program in Television and Screenwriting
The master of fine arts program in television and screenwriting at Stephens College, a liberal arts educational institution for women in Columbia, Missouri, has made changes to its leadership. Rosanne Welch as the new executive director and Khanisha Foster is the new associate director.
New Endowment Fund at MIT to Support Women Doctoral Students in International Affairs
The endowment fund was made possible by a gift from Jeanne Guillemin, an expert on the use of biological and chemical weapons who has bee a research associate and senior advisor at the MIT Security Studies Program since 2006.
Brandeis University Bucks the National Trend of a Decline in Women Coaches
At Brandeis in Waltham, Massachusetts, women’s teams are mainly coached by women, with only one of the eight teams led by a male head coach. Men’s teams’ head coaches are evenly split along gender lines, with three teams coached by women and four coached by men.
Western Kentucky University Scholar Earns Lifetime Achievement Award From the American Folklore Society
The Kenneth Goldstein Award for Lifetime Academic Leadership, bestowed biennially by the American Folklore Society, recognizes outstanding abilities and achievement by a living scholar in academic leadership relating to folklore.
School Choice in the United States by Gender: Only Slight Differences
For girls, 3.5 percent of all students ages 5 to 17 were homeschooled in 2016. For boys, 3.0 percent were homeschooled. In the 2016-17 academic year, girls made up 48.5 percent of all students in the nation’s public schools. But girls were 50.4 percent of all students enrolled in public charter schools.
Michelle Knight-Manuel is Named Executive Editor of the Teachers College Record
Professor Knight-Manuel is the thirteenth scholar to serve as editor in the journal’s 119-year history. Dr. Knight-Manuel’s research focuses on college readiness and access, immigrant youth’s civic strengths, and culturally relevant teacher preparation and professional development.
Children’s Gender Stereotypes About Intelligence Vary by Race
Previous research has found that by the age of 6, girls become less likely than boys to associate brilliance with their own gender. But a new study shows that this gender stereotype is not applied by children of all races to Black men and 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.
Cedar Crest College Enters Partnership With Salus University to Provide Graduate Opportunities for Women
Under the agreement, women at Cedar Crest who complete a pre-audiology curriculum at Cedar Crest with a 3.3 GPA for three years or above can apply for admission to complete a doctor of audiology degree at Salus University with four additional years of study. A similar 3+4 program will be available for student in optometry.
Birgit Tautz Wins Book Award for Her Work on German Literature
Birgit Tautz, the George Taylor Files Professor of Modern Languages at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, is being honored for her most recent book by the South Atlantic Modern Language Association.
New Survey Shows More Than a Quarter of Undergraduate Women Students Have Been Victims of Sexual Misconduct
A survey conducted by the Association of American Universities finds that 26 percent of undergraduate women students have been victims of sexual assault or misconduct. For graduate women, 10.8 percent were victims of sexual assault or misconduct. For both undergraduate and graduate women, the rates increased from an earlier AAU survey conducted in 2015.
Yale University Study Looks at Fertility Rates of College-Educated Women From Generation X
Generation X women in the United States — those born between 1965-1982 — had higher total fertility rates than their counterparts in the Baby Boomer generation across all levels of education with the greatest increase seen in college-educated women.
In Memoriam: Janice Hardison Faulkner, 1932-2019
Faulkner joined the English department faculty at what is now East Carolina University in 1957. In addition to teaching English, over a long career she served as director of alumni affairs, chair of the board of the ECU Credit Union, director of the Regional Development Institute, and associate vice chancellor for regional development.
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 Faculty at Major Universities Who Are Taking on New Duties
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 First Woman to Be Honored With a Statue on the Campus of Indiana University
In 2009, Elinor Ostrom, a professor of political science at Indiana University became the first – and still the only – woman to win the Nobel Prize in Economics. Now the late Dr. Ostrom will be the first woman to have a statue on the university’s campus.
Susan Lanser of Brandeis University Wins Award From the International Society for the Study of Narrative
In the society’s announcement of the award, Professor Lanser was praised for “sustained contributions to narrative studies” and for advocating for “the importance of extending the corpus of narratology and of developing a historical narratology.”
Examining the Gender Gap in Graduate School Enrollments in the United States
In 2018, there were 1,081,528 women students in graduate degree programs in the United States. They made up 57 percent of all enrollments. Women made up 60 percent of the enrollments in master’s degree programs and 52 percent of all those enrolled in doctoral programs.
New Report Offers Statistics on the Gender of Pell Grant Recipients
Federal Pell grants are financial awards provided to undergraduate students who demonstrate significant financial need. More than 43 percent of women undergraduate students received a federal Pell grant in the 2015-16 academic year. For male students, 34 percent of all undergraduates received a Pell grant. Women were 62 percent of all Pell grant recipients.
Benevolent Sexism at Work Can Negatively Impact New Mothers’ Decisions to Return to Their Jobs
Overall, the authors found that “helpful” behavior at work – regardless of whether the women thought of it as helpful or harmful to their productivity — ultimately made them feel worse about themselves and their workplace abilities and this impacted their plans on returning to the workforce after giving birth.
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.
