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Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Positions in Higher Education
Taking on new roles relating to diversity are Haley Morgan Smith at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, Lynette Yarger at the Schreyer Honors College at Pennsylvania State University, and Nicole Del Castillo at the Carle Illinois College of Medicine at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Mary Boyd Will Be the Next President of Emmanuel College in Boston
Since 2017, Dr. Boyd has served as provost at Berry College in Mount Berry, Georgia. Dr. Boyd served from 2008 to 2013 as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of San Diego. She has also served as chair of the department of chemistry at Georgia Southern University and was a faculty fellow for the Center for Ethics and Social Justice at Loyola University Chicago.
The Extent of Gender and Racial Bias in Academic Research
A new study of more than 5 million articles published between 2008 and 2019 — primarily by U.S.-based researchers found that Black, Latino, and women authors are underrepresented in many STEM fields and often appear as authors only in less-cited fields.
The First Woman President of Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
Kathy Brittain Richardson currently serves as provost and professor of communication at Berry College in Georgia. When she becomes president of Westminster College in July, she will be the first woman to the lead the liberal arts college in its 164-year history.
