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The Gender Scoring Gap on the SAT College Entrance Examination
This year women had a mean score of 539 on the reading test. This was five points higher than the mean score for men. On the mathematics section, men scored on average 542. This was 20 points higher than the mean score for women.
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.
Alison Chapman Wins Book Award from the Milton Society of America
Alison Chapman, professor and chair of the department of English at the University of Alabama at Birmingham was selected as the winner of the James Holley Hanford Award from the Milton Society of America. The award honors the most distinguished book that furthers the scholarship on English poet John Milton.
Princeton University’s Tera Hunter Wins Book Awards From the American Historical Association
Tera W. Hunter, the Edwards Professor of History and professor of African American studies at Princeton University in New Jersey, has been awarded the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in women’s history and/or feminist theory as well as the Littleton-Griswold Prize in U.S. law and society from the American Historical Association.
Six New Women Faculty at Syracuse University’s College of Visual and Performing Arts
The College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University has hired six new full-time women faculty members this fall. Natalie Draper has been named an assistant professor of theory and composition at the Rose, Jules R. and Stanford S. Setnor School of Music. She was a music theory and composition instructor at the Levine […]
Women in Academia Who Have Received Notable Honors or Awards
Here is a listing of women faculty members or administrators in higher education who have been honored by colleges and universities or who have received notable awards from other organizations.
The First Woman President of New River Community and Technical College in West Virginia
In January, Bonny Copenhaver will become the first woman president of New River Community and Technical College in Beaver, West Virginia. She has been serving as vice president of academic affairs and campus administrator at Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College in Superior, Wisconsin.
Study Debunks the Myth That Boys Are Inherently Better at STEM Subjects Than Girls
A new study published in the journal Nature Communications has found that despite the widespread belief that men are inherently better at STEM subjects than women, girls leave high school just as qualified in STEM as boys.
Having Educated Children Contributes to a Woman’s Longevity
A new study led by a scholar at the University of Alabama Birmingham has found that women whose adult children are highly educated are more likely to live longer than women with adult children with lower levels of education.
Research Finds No Evidence That “Stereotype Threat” Affects Women’s Mathematical Abilities
The theory of stereotype threat says that when women are made aware of negative stereotypes about women’s abilities in science and mathematics, this alone can hinder women’s performance in STEM subjects. But a recent study, led by Charlotte R. Pennington of the University of the West of England in Bristol, provides evidence that this is not so.
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.
Colgate University’s Jenna Reinbold Wins Book Award from the American Academy of Religion
Jenna Reinbold, an associate professor of religion at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York, has received the 2018 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion from the American Academy of Religion. The award is given to significant works of scholarship that affect “how religion is examined, understood, and interpreted.”
Honors and Awards for Ten Women Scholars at Colleges and Universities
Here is a listing of women faculty members in higher education who have been honored by colleges and universities or who have received notable awards from other organizations.
The Persisting Gender Gap in Poverty Rates in the United States
Women are more likely to live in poverty than men in the United States. For women who are single heads of families, more than a quarter live in poverty. Obviously, these women have major disadvantages in access to higher education, a path that might provide them a way out of poverty.
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.
Seton Hall University’s Maxine Lurie Wins Award for Her Book on the History of New Jersey
Maxine Lurie, professor emerita in the College of Arts and Sciences at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey, has received an Award of Merit from the American Association for State and Local History for her latest book, which contains 650 historical photographs taken in New Jersey.
College of William & Mary’s Names Plaza in Honor of Its First Woman Board Member
The sundial area near the Swem Library at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, has been named in honor of Mary-Cooke Branch Munford, who served on the Board of Visitors from 1920 to 1924 and was a major force in establishing co-education at the college.
University of California, Berkeley Releases Results of Survey on Sexual Violence and Harassment on Campus
The survey found that survivors often don’t report harm due to a number of reasons including thinking the incident wasn’t serious enough, feeling that they did not need assistance, and worrying that they would be blamed.
Researchers Find Connection Between Gender Diversity and Research Diversity
Londa Schiebinger, the John L. Hinds Professor of the History of Science at Stanford University and colleagues at Aarhus University in Denmark, recently published a paper proposing ways organizations can continue to encourage gender diversity while also supporting diversity in new research directions.
Lynne A. Isbell Chosen to Lead the American Society of Primatologists
Professor Isbell, a professor of anthropology at the University of California, Davis, studies the behavior, ecology, and evolutionary history of primates. She researches primate socio-ecology and any topic that relates to how ecological conditions influence social behavior and organization.
Cornell University Study Finds Women Who Breastfeed Longer Are More Likely to Have More Children
A new study led by Vida Maralani, a professor of sociology Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, has found that women who breastfeed their first child for longer durations than other women were likely to meet or exceed the number of children they expected to have before they started their families.
Karen Haynes Announces Her Retirement As President of California State University, San Marcos
Dr. Haynes became president of California State University, San Marcos in 2004. At the time, the university only enrolled 7,000 students, but under her leadership she more than doubled that number.
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.
Vanderbilt Leaders Collaborate to Address Key Issues Facing Women Staff
Administrative leaders at Vanderbilt University have partnered together to establish a collaborative approach to study and address key issues facing women on the university’s staff.
A Look At Women’s Enrollments in Graduate Education in the United States
A new report from the Council on Graduate Schoolsfinds that in 2017, there were 1,050,901 women students enrolled in U.S. graduate schools. They made up 57.9 percent of all enrollments. Women made up less than 38 percent of all graduate students in engineering, mathematics and computer science, and physical sciences.
New Academic Study Finds Small Numbers of Women Portraying STEM Characters in Television and Film
According to the study from the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media at Mount Saint Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and the Lyda Hill Foundation, 62.9 percent of STEM professionals portrayed in films and on television are men.
College-Age Victims of Sexual Violence Experience More Vivid Memories Than Victims of Other Trauma
The researchers examined a large group of college-aged women, more than a third of whom reported being victims of sexual violence. The women who had suffered from sexual abuse reported stronger memories with specific details, including seeing the incident clearly in their mind than women who had experienced other types of trauma..
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.
Baylor University Scholar Wins Awards for Her Book From the National Communications Association
Leslie A. Hahner, associate professor of communication at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, will receive two awards for her book To Become an American. She will be honored at the National Communication Association’s 104th annual convention in Salt Lake City in November.
New Census Data Shows a Persisting and Large Gender Gap in Median Income in the United States
The median income of households headed by a single woman in the United States in 2017 was $41,703. These households made up nearly 19 percent of all family households in the United States. In contrast, for households headed by a single man in 2017, the median income figure was $60,843.
Study Finds Link Between Number of Women Students and Doctoral Completion Rates
A new study from Ohio State University has found that the fewer women who enter a doctoral program at the same time, the less likely any one of them will earn their doctorate within six years. When there is only one woman in a new doctoral class, she is 12 percentage points less likely to complete her degree within six years than her male classmates.
Do STEM Diversity Efforts Actually Help Women or Does Increased “Stereotype Threat” Lead to Failure?
The study involved 585 participants, both men and women, who watched videos on the STEM gender gap. Both men and women reported an increase in understanding the gender bias problem. However, women reported “decreased anticipated belonging and trust and increased negative affect and stereotype threat concerns about the STEM organization.”
Study Finds That Gender Stereotypes Are Universal and Begin at Age 10
The authors of the report note that “there is a global set of forces from schools, parents, media, and peers themselves that reinforce the hegemonic myths that girls are vulnerable and that boys are strong and independent.”
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.
Cornell University is Launching a New Program for Women Entrepreneurs in STEM Fields
Andrea Ippolito, executive director of the engineering management program and eLab instructor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, is launching a new program called W.E. (women entrepreneurs) Cornell. Program participants will be provided with networking opportunities, mentorship, and leadership development.
