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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.
Wesleyan University in Connecticut Promotes Three Women Faculty Members
Wesleyan University, the highly rated liberal arts college in Middletown Connecticut, has announced the promotion of seven faculty members. Three of these promotions were awarded to women scholars: Hilary Barth, Meredith Hughes, and Stéphanie Ponsavady.
Julian Lim of Arizona State University Wins the 2019 Institute for Humanities Research Book Award
Dr. Lim was honored for her book that presents the case that nations and governments have long used borders to regulate race and national identity and that racially charged immigration laws have created a monoracial identity and effectively erased the multiracial reality of the past.
Harvard University’s Danielle Allen to Receive the 2019 Governor’s Award in the Humanities
Danielle Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor and director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Earlier she taught at the Insitute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey and the University of Chicago.
Erica Trabold Chosen to Receive a 2019 Nebraska Book Award
Erica Trabold is a visiting assistant professor of creative writing at Sweet Briar College in Virginia. Trabold is a graduate of the University of Nebraska-Omaha. She earned a master of fine arts degree from Oregon State University.
The Gender Gap in Voter Turnout Rates by U.S. College Students
Among college students, women were more likely to vote than men. In 2018, the voting rate was 39.6 percent among women and 35.4 percent for men, compared to 19.5 percent and 17.9 percent, respectively, in 2014. Thus, the gender gap widened from 1.6 percentage points to 4.2 percentage points.
University Study Finds That Early Childhood Trauma Impacts Women’s Health at Midlife
The study, led by a sociologist at Ohio State University, found that women who experienced childhood trauma were more likely than others to have their first child both earlier in life and outside of marriage – and that those factors were associated with poorer health later in life.
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.
The Univerity of Houston Launches New Women’s Studies Research Institute
The Institute for Research on Women, Gender & Sexuality will focus on issues including workforce, health, family and relationships, social dynamics, leadership, and equity as well as examining how gender and sexuality impact all aspects of life in Houston.
New Duties for 10 Women Faculty Members at Colleges and Universities
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.
Ohio Wesleyan’s Amy McClure to Be Honored by the International Literacy Association
Amy McClure, professor emerita at Ohio Wesleyan University, has been selected to receive the 2019 Jerry Johns Outstanding Teacher Educator in Reading Award. She will be honored on October 12 in New Orleans
The Gender Gap in Scores on the SAT College Entrance Examination
On the combined SAT test, men had a mean score of 1066 and women had a mean score of 1053. Scores for both men and women were down from a year ago.
Study Finds That Women Have Better Episodic Memories Than Men
So-called episodic memory is defined in the Encyclopedia of Neuroscience as “consciously recollected memories related to personally experienced events.” A new study led by a graduate student at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden finds women outperform men in episodic memory.
Vanderbilt University in Nashville Appoints Three Women to Endowed Professorships
Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, has announced the appointment of eight scholars to endowed chairs. Three of these appointments went to women: Nancy Carrasco and Sandra F. Simmons in the School of Medicine and Sarah E. Igo in history.
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: Jane Whitaker Mead, 1958-2019
For many years Jane Mead, an accomplished poet and educator, served as poet-in-residence at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Nine Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Duties at Colleges and Universities
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.
Mississippi State’s Melanie Loehwing Wins Book Award From the National Communication Association
Melanie E. Loehwing, an associate professor in the department of communication at Mississippi State University, is being honored for her book that examines homelessness and the relationship between public policy and ideas and practices of democracy.
Simmons University’s Johnnie Hamilton-Mason to Receive the 2019 Feminist Scholar Award
The Simmons University professor of social work will be honored at the Council on Social Work Education’s annual program meeting in Denver, Colorado, on October 26. Dr. Hamliton-Mason has taught at the Simmons School of Social work since 1991.
University Study Examines Workplace Discrimination and Harassment in Technical Theater
A new survey of women professionals in theatrical design occupations conducted by Caitlyn Garrity, a recent graduate of Milliken University in Decatur, Illinois, finds that more than three quarters of respondents reported harassment on the job and more than half said they were not paid equally to men.
Study Finds Significant Gender Pay Gap Among Pediatricians in the United States
Women pediatrcians surveyed in 2016 earned $51,000 less, or 78 percent of what men earned. When adjustments were made to compare pediatricians with similar worklife characteristics, women made 94 percent of what was earned by their male counterparts.
In Memoriam: Joanna Kellogg Uhry 1937-2019
Dr. Uhry taught at Teachers College at Columbia University before joining the faculty at Fordham in 1994. Dr. Uhry retired from the Fordham faculty in 2015 and was named professor emerita of literacy education.
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.
All-Women Robotics Team Makes Big Splash at the International RoboSub Competition in San Diego
The robotics team at Arizona State University built a robotic submarine that took the top prize in a recent national competition. It then placed third at the RoboSub international competition in San Diego. The university’s robotics team has close to a dozen members. All are women.
Cedar Crest College to Offer Qualified Students Same Tuition They Would Pay at Flagship Public Campus in Their State
The State Tuition Access Rate (STAR) program will offer a private liberal arts education at Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, to qualified women students at the same tuition they would pay at the flagship public university in their home states.
Princeton University’s Jo Dunkley Will Be Honored With the New Horizons in Physics Prize
Jo Dunkley, a professor of physics and astrophysical sciences at Princeton University in New Jersey, will receive a 2020 New Horizons in Physics Prize. The New Horizons Prize is worth $100,000. It is part of a family of awards from the Breakthrough Prize Foundation.
A Quartet of Women Faculty Members Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The four women who have been appointed to endowed chairs are Isabela Mares at Yale University, Camellia Okpodu at Xavier University of Louisiana, Victoria Niederhauser at the Univerity of Tennessee College of Nursing, and Ellen Pawlikowski at the School of Engineering at the University of Southern California.
Study Finds Longer Tests Can Eliminate the Gender Scoring Gap in STEM
The researchers found that the longer the test, the lower the gender gap. The authors report that “for more than 20 percent of the countries where male students had an initial advantage in math and science, this gap was completely offset or even reversed after two hours of test-taking.”
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.
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.
