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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.
Linda Strong-Leek Is the New Provost at Berea College in Kentucky
Since 2015, Dr. Strong-Leek had been serving as vice president for diversity and inclusion at the college. Earlier in 2012, she was named associate vice president for academic affairs. Dr. Strong-Leek is also a professor of women’s and gender studies.
Seven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Faculty Roles
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.
Women Are a Majority of School Principals But Trail Men by a Large Margin at the High School Level
In public elementary schools, women made up two thirds of all school principals during the 2017-18 school year. But women were only 40 percent of principals at public middle schools and 33 percent of principals at public high schools.
Study Finds Many College-Age Women Have Not Been Vaccinated to Prevent Human Papillomavirus
A new study led by Alica L. Best, an assistant professor in the College of Health at the University of South Florida in Tampa, has found that 25 percent of college-age women had not been vaccinated. The research also found that religion may be a contributing factor.
Scientists Look to Explain Why Women Are More Likely Than Men to Suffer From Anxiety and Depression
In experiments on mice, a team of researchers led by scholars at Fordham University in New York, found that chromatin, a microscopic cell component, changes its shape during the ovarian cycle — especially when females experience a drop in estrogen. Fluctuations in hormones that might be increasing women’s vulnerability to anxiety and depression.
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.
Texas Woman’s University Launches First-of-its-Kind Graduate Certificate in Biliteracy
Biliteracy is the ability to read and write proficiently in two languages, as opposed to bilingualism, which is the ability to fluently speak in two languages.
Diane Goldstein Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from International Society for Contemporary Legend Research
Diane Goldstein is a professor of folklore in the department of folklore and ethnomusicology in the College of Arts and Sciences at Indiana University. Previously she served on the faculty at the Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada for 24 years, culminating in her appointment as a University Research Professor.
U.S. Census Data Shows the Vast Majority of Women With Advanced Degrees Return to Work After Having Children
The U.S. Census Bureau reports that 71.2 percent of women with a graduate or professional degree who gave birth within the past year had returned to work, compared to 60.9 percent of women with a bachelor’s degree and 38.6 percent of women with only a high school diploma.
In Memoriam: Ann Snitow, 1943-2019
In 1972, Ann Snitow, co-founded the gender studies program at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She also twice founded gender studies programs at The New School in New York City, where she taught for 30 years.
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.
New Exhibit Honors the 50th Anniversary of Coeducation at Yale College
On December 22, 1783, Yale President Ezra Stiles interviewed 12-year-old Lucinda Foote and was impressed with her intellect. According to his diary, Stiles “found her well fitted to be admitted into the Freshman Class, if it were not for her sex.”
In Memoriam: Faye Duffy, 1958-2019
Duffy joined the admissions staff at the University of Delaware in 1986. Over the course of her 33-year career, she organized a variety of admissions programs. She was responsible for revamping the transfer admissions process, resulting in a large increase in transfer enrollments.
A Dozen Women Scholars 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.
Five Women Named University Distinguished Professors at Michigan State University
The new University Distinguished Professors at Michigan State are Lalita Udpa in electrical and computer engineering, Ann Austin in education, Robin Buell in plant biology, Christina Chan in chemical engineering, biochemistry, and molecular biology, and Megan Donahue in physics and astronomy.
Study Finds Link Between Stressful Events Among Middle-Aged Women and Memory Decline Later in Life
A new study led by Cynthia Munro, an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, has linked stressful life experiences among middle-aged women to greater memory decline in later life. The same trend was not found among men.
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 Faculty Members Announce Their Retirement From the College of the Holy Cross
The three women faculty members at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, who have retired are Isabel Alvarez Borland in Spanish, Patricia Bizzell in English, and Carol Lieberman in music.
In Memoriam: Erin Stewart Lindquist, 1975-2019
Dr. Erin Lindquist first joined the faculty Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 2006. She taught courses on biology and environmental sustainability.
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.
Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Named Faculty Posts
The three scholars appointed to named faculty positions are Nina Stark at Virginia Tech, Julie Dorsey at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, and Elizabeth Marvin at the University of Rochester in New York.
Melissa Kwasny of Carroll College to Serve as Poet Laureate of the State of Montana
Melissa Kwasny, an instructor in the English department at Carroll College in Helena, Montana, was appointed poet laureate of the state of Montana. Before teaching at Carroll College, Kwasny taught at Eastern Washington University, the University of Wyoming, and the University of Montana. She will serve as poet laureate until 2021.
Five Women Faculty Members Earn Emerita Status at Princeton University in New Jersey
The five women scholars who were named professor emerita at Princeton University in New Jersey are Emily Carter in engineering, Carol Greenhouse in anthropology, Andrea LaPaugh in computer science, Jacqueline Stone in religion, and Virginia Zakian in molecular biology.
The Gender Gap in Participation in High School AP, IB, and Dual Enrollment Programs
According to a new report released by the U.S. Department of Education, high school girls are far more likely than their male peers to take Advanced Placement (AP) classes, international baccalaureate (IB) courses or participate in dual enrollment courses with colleges.
Deena Gonzalez Named Provost and Senior Vice President at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington
Since 2001, Dr. Gonzalez has held various academic and administrative roles at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California. These included chair of the department of Chicana/o studies, director of faculty development, and associate provost of faculty affairs.
In Memoriam: Chloe A. Wofford Morrison, 1931-2019
Toni Morrison was a giant of American literature and the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities Emeritus at Princeton University in New Jersey. In 1993, Professor Morrison was the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Prize in literature.
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.
Swarthmore College Acquires Papers of Social Activist, Mira Sharpless Townsend
Mira Sharpless Townsend was a Philadelphia Quaker who was an advocate for social reform movements of the mid-19th century such as the abolition of slavery and capital punishment and the improvement of prison conditions.
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 Launches Complex Contraception Clinic for Women Who Need to Avoid Pregnancy
The clinic’s team from the department of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham will counsel women on evidence-based contraceptive options and develop temporary or permanent plans that best suit each patient’s medical needs.
Eight Women Scholars Taking on New Roles 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.
