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Can the Gender Pay Gap Be Partly Explained by a Reluctance of Women to Ask for Higher Pay?
Some observers have speculated that one explanation for the gender pay gap is that women are less likely than men to negotiate with their employers for higher pay. But a new report from the Pew Research Center finds that women are almost as likely as men to ask for a higher salary than was originally offered by a new employer.
Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Janelle Scott to Serve as President of the American Educational Research Association
Janelle Scott is a professor and the Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities in the School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Scott joins the AERA Council in 2023–2024 as president-elect. Her presidency begins at the conclusion of the association’s 2024 annual meeting.
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.
Scholars Provide a Blueprint for Ending the Gender Pay Gap in Organizations
A new study by scholars at the University of Florida, the University of Maryland, and Villanova University in Pennsylvania, found that businesses can close gender pay gaps, reward high performance and improve their compensation strategy by identifying the true source of pay inequity and fairly allocating raises to the most underpaid women.
Texas A&M University Study Finds Exercise Can Help Fight Breast Cancer
A new study led by researchers at Texas A&M University finds that a currently unspecified factor released during exercise suppresses signaling within breast cancer cells, which reduces tumor growth and can even kill the cancerous cells.
Universities Announce the Appointment of Three Women to Endowed Chairs
Deborah Small was recently appointed the Adrian C. Israel Professor of Marketing at Yale University School of Management. Lisa H. Harris, was named a Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan and Kathryn Howell is the inaugural holder of the Urban Child Institute Chair of Child Well-Being at the University of Memphis.
Some Alarming Data on the Mental Health of High School Girls
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that nearly 3 in 5 (57 percent) U.S. teenage girls felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021 — double the rate of boys. Nearly one third of high school girls said they had thought about suicide in the past year compared to 14 percent of high school boys.
How Teacher Development Initiatives Can Increase Girl Students’ Pursuit of STEM Degrees
A new study led by scholars at Rice University in Houston, Texas, found that when middle and high school teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) pursue continuing professional development, their students benefit. The effect was particularly evident for girls and had its largest impact on Black girls.
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.
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: Margaret JoAnne Safrit, 1935-2023
Dr. Safrit had a long career in academia, holding faculty positions at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, American University in Washington, D.C, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Debunking the Claim That Menstruation Negatively Impacts Women’s Athletic Endurance and Performance
Female subjects are excluded from over 90 percent of studies on exercise performance and fatigability because hormonal changes during the menstrual cycle were thought to affect exercise capability. But a new study led by researchers in the department of exercise science at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, finds that this is not the case.
Lori Kloos Appointed President of St. Cloud Technical & Community College in Minnesota
Kloos has been serving as interim president of the college since July 2022. From 2000 to 2022, Kloos served as vice president of administration and chief financial officer at St. Cloud Technical and Community College. She also served as SCTCC’s interim president from 2017 to 2018 and as acting president in 2005 and 2022.
MIT’s Bilge Yildiz Has Been Awarded the Rahmi M. Koç Medal of Science
The award recognizes scientists of Turkish origin younger than 50 who have made outstanding contributions to their fields. It’s given to people from various disciplines, from biological and physical sciences and engineering to social sciences.
France Bélanger Wins the Association for Information Systems Fellow Award
The recognition honors individuals who have impacted the information systems discipline in terms of research, teaching, and service and was given to Professor Bélanger “in recognition of all of the valuable contributions she has made to AIS and to the field of information systems during her distinguished career.”
A New Online Tool to Assess the Campus Climate Regarding Sexual Assault, Prevention, and Victim Support
The Campus Accountability Map + Tool empowers current and prospective students, survivors, and their communities with the ability to view in-depth information on each institution’s sexual assault investigation policies, prevention efforts, and available survivor support resources as well as high-level statistics on definitions, trainings, sanctions, and investigations.
Colleges and Universities Appoint Eight Women to Dean Positions
The new deans are Sabita Manian at Lynchburg University in Virginia, Dorothy E. Mosby at Skidmore College in New York, Lisa Carter at the University of Michigan, Catherine Heyman at High Point University in North Carolina, Alma Littles at Florida State University, Mary Powell at Immaculata University in Pennsylvania, Kate Mamiseishvili at the University of Arkansas, and Rebecca Bichel at the University of North Dakota.
Ingrid Thompson-Sellers Is the New President of Atlanta Metropolitan State College
In 2017, Dr. Thompson-Sellers was appointed president of South Georgia State College in Douglas. Previously, she was a professor of business information systems at Georgia State University in Atlanta and had served as senior associate dean at the university. Earlier she taught at Georgia Perimeter College in Decatur and at what is now Iona University in New Rochelle, New York.
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: Sharon Church McNabb, 1948-2022
Professor Church was a studio jeweler who created innovative works made from metal, stone, wood, bone, and other natural elements. Professor Church joined the faculty at what is now the University of the Arts in Philadelphia in 1979 and remained on the faculty for 35 years retiring in 2014.
Women Make Up a Tiny Percentage of Editors of Scientific Journals
A new study led by researchers at New York University Abu Dhabi examined the gender disparity in the makeup of editorial boards of scientific journals. The researchers used algorithmic tools to infer the gender of 81,000 editors serving more than 1,000 journals and 15 disciplines over five decades. The results show that only 14 percent of the editors were women. Only 8 percent of editors-in-chief were women.
Indiana University Study Examines the Average Age Women Have Given Birth Over the Past 250,000 Years
Researchers determined that the average age that humans had children throughout the past 250,000 years is 26.9. Furthermore, fathers were consistently older, at 30.7 years on average, than mothers, at 23.2 years on average. But the age gap has shrunk in the past 5,000 years. The shrinking gap seems to largely be due to mothers having children at older ages.
In Memoriam: Theresa Mary Malumphy, 1932-2022
Dr. Malumphy held faculty posts at the University of Wisconsin, the University of North Dakota, and the University of Oregon before joining the faculty at the University of Northern Colorado. She taught kinesiology and women’s studies at the University of Northern Colorado for 22 years.
In Memoriam: Rose Marie Kujawa, 1943-2022
In 1976, Rose Marie Kujawa joined the faculty at what is now Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan. She served as the sixth president of the educational institution from 2001 to her retirement in 2015.
Professor Jerrilyn McGregory Wins the Chicago Folklore Prize From the American Folklore Society
Jerrilyn McGregory, a professor of English at Florida State University, was honored for her book on Boxing Day traditions in the Anglicized Caribbean world, which encompasses the Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, St. Croix, and St. Kitts.
Two Women Historians Win Order of the Coif Book Awards
Susan J. Pearson, a professor of history at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and Mia Bay, the Roy F. and Jeannette P. Nichols Professor of American History in the School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, have been honored to “outstanding publications that evidence creative talent of the highest order.”
Columbia University Names Nemat Shafik as Its First Woman President
Dr. Shafik has led the London School of Economics and Political Science since 2017. Earlier, she was the first female permanent secretary of the Department for International Development for the United Kingdom. Dr. Shafik began her career at the World Bank, becoming the bank’s youngest-ever vice president at the age of 36.
Ellen Granberg Will Be the First Woman President of George Washington University
Dr. Granberg is a sociologist who currently serves as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York. Before coming to RIT in 2018, she was a professor of sociology, department chair, associate provost for faculty affairs, and senior associate provost at Clemson University in South Carolina.
Washington State University Names Chancellor’s Residence After a Pioneering Woman Faculty Member
Ida Lou Anderson joined the faculty at what is now Washington State University in 1926 as an instructor in the speech department. She was one of Washington State’s first female faculty members and counted among her many students and mentees Edward R. Murrow, one of the university’s most illustrious alumni.
In Memoriam: Mary Ruth Morris Stone, 1942-2022
Stone taught in public and private K-12 schools and served on the faculty at Lee University on three different occasions. She also taught at the College of Saint Mary, Metropolitan Technical Community College, the University of Nebraska-Omaha, and the School of Christian Ministry and Patten University in California.
Allison Schachter of Vanderbilt University Recognized for Her Translation of Yiddish Short Stories
Allison Schachter, associate professor of Jewish studies and English at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, was awarded the Fenia and Yaakov Leviant Memorial Prize in Yiddish Studies from the Modern Language Association of America. She is sharing the award with her colleague Jordan Finkin of Hebrew Union College in New York.
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.
Study Examines Gender Gap in Q&A Participation After Lectures at Academic Conferences
In an analysis of 32 academic presentations at an interdisciplinary conference – where 63 percent of the attendees were men – men asked 78 percent of the questions. A follow-up survey found that women were more likely to hold back because of anxiety.
Cheryl Nixon Will Be the First Woman to Lead Berea College in Kentucky
Dr. Nixon, an expert in the history of the novel, is currently the provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado. Prior to that, she was the associate provost, English department chair, and graduate program director at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
