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The Huge Gender Gap in Nominations to the United States Service Academies
Out of the 436 current voting members and delegates of Congress analyzed, only one has nominated more women than men. More than 40 percent of current members have nomination rates for women of 20 percent or lower.
Small Class Size Plays a Major Role in Women’s Retention Rate in STEM Majors
Using data obtained from 44 science courses across multiple institutions, the research team calculated that large classes begin to negatively impact women students’ participation when they reach enrollments over 120 students.
Two Women Scholars Appointed to Positions as Provosts
Marion Crain was appointed interim provost at Washington University in St. Louis and Angela M. Salas is the new provost and vice president for academic affairs at Framingham State University in Massachusetts.
University of Colorado Study Finds Sexual Harassment on the Decline But Gender Harassment on the Rise
The study found that since the onset of the #MeToo movement, women are experiencing less sexual harassment in the workplace. But the authors found that gender harassment is increasing as a backlash to anti-sexual harassment movements.
In Memoriam: Karenne Gayle Wood, 1960-2019
Karenne Wood was the director Virginia Indian Programs at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities and taught in the anthropology department at the University of Virginia.
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: Vivian Perlis, 1928-2019
Vivian Perlis was founder of the Oral History of American Music archive at Yale University. The archive contains about 3,000 recordings of interviews with various American composers and other musical figures.
In Memoriam: Naomi Quinn, 1939-2019
Dr. Quinn joined the Duke University faculty in 1972 as an assistant professor. She conducted research on psychological anthropology, exploring how culture is shared, endures, and shapes our lives.
Five Women Appointed to Named Professorships at Major Universities
The women appointed to named chairs are Diane K. Denis at the University of Pittsburgh, Catriona MacLeod at the University of Chicago, Suzanne Berger at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Hanna Pickard at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, and Carolyn Kitch at Temple University in Philadelphia.
Ten Women Scholars Who Will Be Taking on New Assignments 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.
Spelman College President Mary Schmidt Campbell Wins 2018 Hooks National Book Award
Mary Schmidt Campbell’s An American Odyssey is a telling biography of the artist Romare Bearden, whose iconic collages conveyed the richness and complexity of African American life in the civil rights era.
Williams College in Massachusetts Promotes Three Women Scholars to Full Professor
Williams College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has announced the promotions of three women scholars to the rank of full professor: Amy Holzapfel in theatre, Sara LaLumia in economics, and Amanda WIlcox in classics.
Research Finds That Reproductive Coercion Impacts One of Eight Sexually-Active Teenage Girls
A new study led by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh finds that 1 in 8 sexually active high school girls had experienced reproductive coercion within the three months prior to the survey. Reproductive coercion is a form of relationship abuse that includes pressuring a partner to become pregnant when they don’t want to be.
University Study Finds That Women Are Far More Likely Than Men to Suffer Injuries in Car Crashes
Increased emphasis on safety technology has generally reduced serious injuries in automobile crashes over the past decade. But a new study led by researchers at the University of Virginia has found that the reduction in injuries does not apply to women as much as it does for men.
In Memoriam: Leila Leah Amsel Bronner, 1930-2019
Lelia Bronner was a noted biblical scholar who taught at universities in South Africa and the United States. She died in Los Angeles earlier this month and was buried in Jerusalem.
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.
Jessica Hooten Wilson Honored by the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture
Jessica Hooten Wilson, an associate professor of literature and creative writing at John Brown University in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, has been selected to receive the 2019 Hiett Prize in the Humanities. The award, which includes a $50,000 prize, recognizes accomplishment and potential in the humanities by a young scholar.
Three Women Scholars to Receive Lillian Smith Book Awards
The Southern Regional Council in conjunction with the University of Georgia, Piedmont College and the Georgia Center for the Book have announced three winners of the 2019 Lillian Smith Book Awards. The three winners are all women with current academic affiliations: Rachel Devlin, Virginia Eubanks, and Vanessa Siddle Walker.
Mississippi State University Scholar’s Book to Be Honored by the American Sociological Association
Margaret A. Hagerman, an assistant professor of sociology at Mississippi State University, has been selected to receive the 2019 William J. Goode Book Award, which is given each year to a research-based book on the sociological study of families.
Princeton University Announces the Promotion of Six Women Faculty Members
The six women scholars who received promotions are Dara Strolovitch in gender and sexuality studies, Jessica Delgado in religion, Irene V. Small in art and archaeology, Bridgett vonHoldt in molecular biology, Mengdi Wange in operations research and financial engineering, and Claire White in civil and environmental engineering.
The Economic and Educational Status of Women One Year After Earning Their Bachelor’s Degree
One year after earning their bachelor’s degrees, 24.6 percent of women were enrolled in graduate education compared to 20.4 percent of men. Some 14.1 percent of women were both enrolled in graduate programs and were employed compared to 10 percent of men.
A Simple Explanation for the Gender Gap in High-Level Mathematics
In school, girls do just as well as boys in mathematics. A new study by scholars at the Paris School of Economics and Paris Dauphine University finds that the reason for the lower participation rate of women in high-level mathematics may be rather simple: They are better at reading and verbal tasks than they are at mathematics and outperform men in these areas.
Study Finds That Women Doctors Are Often Perceived as Nurses by Hospital Patients
After surveying a large group of patients in an emergency room setting, researchers found that 42 percent of patients thought women doctors were nurses. Both male and female patients had the same level of perception of the role of women physicians in an emergency room setting.
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: Carol Wolfe Konek, 1934-2019
Dr. Konek was associate dean of the Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Wichita State University in Kansas for 19 years. She served on the faculty of the English department and the women’s studies department for 35 years until her retirement in 2005.
National Institutes of Health Director Will Refuse to Serve on All-Male Academic Panels
While there has been much talk about how to expand the participation of women speakers at academic conferences, Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health is actually doing something about it. Recently Dr. Collins announced that he would no longer participate on academic panels where women were not represented.
In Memoriam: Marie Borroff, 1923-2019
In 1959, Dr. Borroff became the first woman appointed to Yale’s department of English. In 1965, she was named a full professor of English, making her one of the first two women granted tenure in any department of Yale’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Five Women Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Williams College in Massachusetts
The five women scholars appointed to endowed chairs at Williams College are Elizabeth McGowan in art, Joy James in the humanities, Helga Druxes in social studies, Laylah Ali in art, and Soledad Fox in Spanish and comparative literature.
Colby College Historian Elizabeth D. Leonard Wins Book Award
Elizabeth D. Leonard, the John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, has been selected to receive the Thomas D. Clark Medallion from the Thomas D. Clark Foundation. She is being honored for her book on slavery in Kentucky.
Eight Women Who Have Been Selected for Dean Positions in Higher Education
The new deans are Lisa D. Ordonez at UC-San Diego, Kristina Odejimi at Bowdoin College, Kathryn Lively at Dartmouth College, Sandra Brown at Southern University, Marianne Lewis at the University of Cincinnati, Laurie Grubbs at Florida State, Joy Williamson-Lott at the University of Washington, and Stephanie J. Rowley at Teachers College of Columbia University.
Most Academic Conferences in Biology Do Not Have Codes of Conduct Governing Sexual Harassment
In examining nearly 200 conferences in the United States and Canada, researchers found that less than one quarter had developed a code of conduct for attendees. Of those conferences that did have a code of conduct, slightly more than half mentioned sexual harassment or sexual misconduct.
For the First Time, Women Now Make Up a Majority of the College-Educated U.S. Workforce
Each year since the 1981-82 academic year, women have earned more bachelor’s degrees than men. By 2007, the number of women with a college degree surpassed the number of men with a college degree for the first time. In 2019, women now make up a majority of all workers who hold a college degree.
Women May Be Better Leaders Then Men in Crises Where Outcomes Are Predictable
A study led by a professor of management at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, finds that women with stong interpersonal skills are better leaders in crises where there is a clear path to solve the problem. But workers may be more trusting of men when the path to a solution is not apparent.
In Memoriam: Joan Callahan, 1946-2019
In 1986, Dr. Callahan joined the faculty at the University of Kentucky, where she taught philosophy for the remainder of career. There she was director of what is now the Gender and Women’s Studies Program from 1998 to 2002 and again from 2003 to 2007. She retired in 2011.
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.
