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Penn State Study Finds Girls Less Likely Than Boys to Be Encouraged by Parents to Study Computers
The results found that there is still a gender difference when it comes to parental support of academic studies in computing. However, on the bright side, nearly half of the participating students agreed that their high school teachers and counselors stressed the importance of computing skills.
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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.
Four Women Scholars Receive 2019 Whiting Awards
The four women with ties to the academic world who are winners of this year’s Whiting awards are: Terese Marie Mailhot of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Nafissa Thompson-Spires of the University of Illinois, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal of the University of Southern California, and Lauren Yee of Princeton University.
University of Pittsburgh Scholar Wins Book Award From the Organization of American Historians
Keisha N. Blain, an assistant professor in the department of history at the University of Pittsburgh, was honored by the Organization of American Historians for her book on 20th-century Black women nationalists.
Five Women Educators Who Have Been Selected to Receive Notable Honors or Awards
The honorees are Myria Allen of the University of Arkansas, Julianne L. Holloway of Arizona State University, Bronwyn MacFarlane of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Judy Genshaft, president of the University of South Florida, and Jane Dané of Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia.
National Survey Finds Gender Pay Gap Among Social Work Faculty in Higher Education
Women make up the majority of all social work faculty, but were more likely than men to hold less prestigious ranks. Women social work faculty make less than their male counterparts by nearly $6,000 year. Also, women experience a greater salary penalty when they teach in undergraduate-only social work programs.
Barbara Mistick Appointed President of the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities
Dr. Mistick has served as the president of Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania since 2011. During her tenure there, she transitioned the college to a full co-educational institution. Earlier in her career, Dr. Mistick served as president of the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Stanford University Study Finds Women-Made Products in Male-Dominated Industries Suffer From Gender Bias
A new study from Stanford University suggests that gender stereotyping significantly impacts the way we evaluate products, and, in traditionally male-orientated markets, such as beer, power tools, and automobile parts, products made by women can stack up very negatively.
Gender Expectations and “Always-On” Work-Culture Hurt Women’s Chances for Career Advancement
A new study has found that the 24/7 work culture and gender expectations at top professional service companies are why women employees struggle to earn promotions. This contrasts with the widespread corporate belief that women struggle to advance because of their work-life conflict.
Joy Connolly Elected President of the American Council of Learned Societies
Currently, Dr. Connolly serves as interim president and distinguished professor of classics at the Graduate Center at the City University of New York. Previously, she served as provost and senior vice president of the Graduate Center.
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.
Johns Hopkins University Is Making Progress in Hiring Women Faculty
A new report found that the university-wide proportion of women faculty is 44 percent, up from 42 percent in 2015. The school with the largest growth in women faculty members was the Whiting School of Engineering, which jumped from 19 percent women faculty in 2015 to 26 percent in 2017.
Brown University Launches New Digital Archives Relating to Women’s History
The digital collections are divided into two archives: The Christine Dunlap Farnham Archive, which offers a comprehensive history of women at Brown and in Rhode Island, and the Feminist Theory Archive, which documents the work of influential feminist theorists and scholars.
Six Women Named 2019 Luce/ACLS Fellows in Religion, Journalism, and International Affairs
The fellowships support scholars in the humanities and related social sciences pursuing research on any aspect of religion in international contexts with a desire to connect their specialist knowledge with journalists and media practitioners.
University of Southern Mississippi Scholar Receives 2019 STEM Educator Ada Lovelace Award
Dr. Julie Cwikla was honored for her efforts at advancing STEM opportunities for her students at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Two Women Scholars Appointed to Named Professorships
Daphne Ann Brooks has been named the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of African American Studies at Yale University and Sherry Fowler has been named a Keeler Family Intra-University Professor at the University of Kansas.
Notable Honors and Awards for Eight Women in the Academic World
Here is a listing of women in higher education who have been honored by colleges and universities or who have received notable awards from other organizations.
Study Examines Obstacles Women Face in Climbing the Faculty Academic Ladder
In a new report for the Brookings Institution, Bridget Turner Kelly, an associate professor in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, finds that women are making slow progress in closing the gender gap in the highest levels of college and university faculty.
Study Shows How Women Students in Entrepreneurship Overcome Obstacles to Success
Through interviews with students and faculty as well as classroom observations, the study found that women preparing for entrepreneurial careers shared three common characteristics: they were high-achieving “super women,” they face real adversity, and they benefited from close relationships with mentors, family, and friends.
Eight Women Elected Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
The American Academy of Arts and Letters recently inducted 11 individuals into the 250-member honorary society. New members are elected only upon the death of other members. Of the 11 new members, eight are women.
University Study Finds Attractive Businesswomen Are Viewed as Less Truthful and Trustworthy
According to new research from the University of Colorado and Washington State University, attractive businesswomen are considered less trustworthy, less truthful, and more worthy of being fired than less attractive women. The researchers call this the “femme fatale effect.”
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.
Simmons University in Boston Launches a Leadership Institute For Women
The new institute will continue the university’s success in developing empowered women leaders. Susan MacKenty Brady has been named the managing director of the leadership institute.
Anna Maria Hong Wins Norma Faber Book Award From the Poetry Society of America
Anna Maria Hong is a creative writing faculty member at Bennington College in Vermont. Earlier, she taught at the University of Pennsylvania, Ursinus College in Pennsylvania, the University of California, Los Angeles, Eastern Michigan University, and the University of Washington Bothell.
Uju Anya Wins First Book Award From the American Association for Applied Linguistics
Uju Anya is an assistant professor of education and research affiliate for the Center for the Study of Higher Education at Pennsylvania State University. The award recognizes a scholar whose first book represents outstanding work in the field of applied linguistics.
A Dozen Women in Academia Who Have Received Notable Honors or Awards
Here is a listing of women in higher education who have been honored by colleges and universities or who have received notable awards from other organizations.
Rutgers Professor Finds Women Executives Are Better at Promoting Diversity in the Workforce
Dr. Anuja Gupta, an assistant professor of management in the School of Business at Rutgers University Camden in New Jersey, cites a major study of leadership competencies of 7,000 executives that shows that women scored better than men in 12 of 16 competencies in the evaluation.
Study Finds Girls More Likely Than Boys to Notice Bullying and Realize Its Harm
Research has found girls are more likely to recognize the harm of bullying and experience more emotional distress when experiencing bullying as a victim or a bystander,” said lead author Lyndsay Jenkins, assistant professor in the College of Education at Florida State University.
Three Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Yale University
Katarzyna Chawarska has been named the Emily Fraser Beede Professor of Child Psychiatry. Veneeta Dayal has been named the Dorothy R. Diebold Professor of Linguistics and Jane Tylus has been named the Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Italian.
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.
Columbia University Acquires the Papers of American Author Lydia Davis
Lydia Davis currently serves as a professor of creative writing at the University at Albany of the State University of New York System. She previously served as the Lillian Vernon Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at New York University.
Universities Appoint Six Women to Dean Posts
The new deans are Michèle Alexandre at Stetson University in Florida, Kristine L. Blair at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Bernadette Boden-Albala at the University of California, Irvine, Melissa Gresalfi at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Julia DeLoia at Hollins University in Virginia, and Teresa Reed at the University of Louisville.
Five Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The five women appointed to endowed chairs are Bethany Rittle-Johnson at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Debra Fischer at Yale University in Connecticut, Jane Aiken at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., Pearl K. Dowe at Emory University in Atlanta, and Tami Bond at Colorado State University.
The Gender Gap in Persistence and Degree Attainment Rates
If we look at only those students who enrolled at two-year colleges in the 2011-12 academic year, 14.3 percent of women went on to earn a bachelor’s degree within six years. For men who initially enrolled at a two-year college, 10.9 percent went on to earn a bachelor’s degree by 2017.
Federal Cap on Monetary Damages for Workplace Sexual Harassment Lowers Incentive for Firms to Combat It
According to a study from an economist at Vanderbilt University, the current federal cap on monetary damages for workplace sexual harassment is far too low. Thus firms have little or no incentive to take stronger measures to prevent the behavior. The author, Joni Hersch, believes that one of the reasons sexual misconduct is prevalent in the […]
