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Two Women Scholars Awarded the Bancroft Prize
The award recognizes outstanding scholarship in American history. The two women among this year’s three honorees are Mary Sarah Bilder, a professor at Boston College Law School, and Deborah A. Rosen, the David M. ’70 and Linda Roth Professor of History at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Cumberland County College in New Jersey Names Its Next President
Yves Salomon-Fernandez, who is fluent in four languages, has been serving as interim president of Massachusetts Bay Community College in Wellesley Hills. She will begin her role as president of Cumberland County College on July 1.
Three American Women Among the Seven Finalists for the George Washington Prize
The $50,000 prize recognizes the best book on the nation’s founding era. Among the authors who are finalists for the award are Mary Sarah Bilder of the Boston College Law School, Kathleen Duval of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Janet Polasky of the University of New Hampshire.
Jamel Santa Cruze Bell to Lead Eureka College in Illinois
The board of trustees of Eureka College in Illinois has named Jamel Santa Cruze Bell as interim president of the educational institution, effective July 1, 2016. She currently serves as vice president for strategic and diversity initiatives.
Eight Women Professors Honored With Prestigious Awards
The eight women faculty members who received awards are Prerna Dua, Vicky Kalogera, Anna C. Balazs, Allison Doupe, Brenda Major, Lindsey Aloia, Janice Naegele, and Ann Wolbert Burgess.
Boston College Sociologist Wins Book Award
Sharlene Hesse-Biber, a professor of sociology at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, has been selected to received the 2015 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award. Alpha Sigma Nu is an honor society for scholars at Jesuit institutions of higher learning.
New Boston College Program Provides Mentors for Women Seniors
The RISE program will pair up 64 women seniors with prominent women faculty and staff members on campus to offer advice and guidance as the students transition to graduate school or their careers.
Four Women Appointed to Named Professorships
The four women appointed to endowed faculty posts are Michelle Miller at Boston College, Patricia L. Vahle at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, Diann Williams at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, and Katie Plax at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
New Administrative Duties for 10 Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Four Women Scholars Honored by National Organizations
The honorees are Noma Anderson of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis, Julie Bullard of the University of Montana, Jeanne Alhusen of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and Joyce K. Edmonds of Boston College.
Notable Honors and Awards for Four Women Scholars
The honorees at Teresa Huerta of California State University, Fresno, Charmaine Cadeau of High Point University in North Carolina, J. Elisenda Grigsby of Boston College, and Mary Lloyd Ireland of the University of Kentucky.
New Administrative Roles for Nine Women in Higher Education
The nine women who have been appointed to administrative posts at colleges and universities are Carrie Okinaga, Celina Clarich Polanco, Lisa Wolf-Wendel, Elisabeth Medvedow, Beth Winkelstein, Elizabeth Smith, Alice Holland, Nicole Gibbs, and Heidi L. Tracey.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Four Women Professors Win Prestigious Honors
The honorees are Claire Max of the University of California, Santa Cruz, Swathi Ravichandran of Kent State University, Lisa Sowle Cahill of Boston College, and Fionna Harrison of the California Institute of Technology.
Deborah Levenson Wins Best Book Prize in Latin American Studies
Professor Levenson is a professor of history at Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. She was honored by the New England Council of Latin American Studies for her book Adios Nino: The Gangs of Guatemala City and the Politics of Death.
New Administrative Posts in Higher Education for Nine Women
The women taking on new administrative roles are Elizabeth D. Liddy, Sherrill Berry Scott, Sally E. McRorie, Cinda Scott, Tracee de Hahn, Meredith Gurley Johnson, Deborah M. Wiltrout, Jona Burton, and Nanci Tessier.
Sociologist Patricia Leavy Honored by the American Creativity Association
Until 2012 when she left the academic world to devote all her energies to research and writing, Dr. Leavy was an associate professor and head of the gender studies program at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts.
A Trio of Women Appointed to Endowed Professorships
Tina Packer at Boston College, Sandra Russ at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, and Mary Uhl-Bien at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth were appointed to endowed chairs.
In Memoriam: Mary Gilmore Helming, 1918-2014
Mary Gilmore Helming taught nursing at Boston College and then became one of the founding members of the faculty at the nursing school at the University of Massachusetts.
Two Women Among Finalists for Dean of Libraries at North Dakota State University
Bridget J. Burke is the associate university librarian for special collections and the digital library at Boston College and Barbara J. Mann is associate director for public services at the library of the University College of the University of Maryland.
Seventeen Women in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Mary Ann Fuchs, Carla Sanderson, Sharon Tennyson, Cheryl Johnson, Nalia Baloch, Binti Harvey, Susan C. Dolbert, Andrea Greenhoot, Lesia Crumpton-Young, Jodi Kupper, Ellen Anderson, Jenni Evans, Matella Nelson, Jaime Seguin, Debra Fraser Janie Long and Catherine Criswell are the new appointees.
AAUW Names Seven Colleges and Universities That Empower Women
The American Association for University Women has identified seven colleges and universities that the group says empower women. The AAUW says that these seven schools are “making the world a more equitable place for women.”
American Sociological Association to Honor Boston College’s Juliet Schor
Professor Schor was named the winner of the 2014 Public Understanding of Sociology Award for advancing the understanding of sociology and sociological research among the general public.
Ruth McRoy Honored as Child Advocate of the Year
Ruth G. McRoy, the Donahue and DiFelice Professor of Social Work at Boston College, has been selected to receive the Child Advocate of the Year Award from the North American Council on Adoptable Children.
Three Women Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The three women named to endowed chairs are Cathleen Kaveny at Boston College, Rachael Pepper at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington and Roberta Klatzky at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.
Eight Women Named to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
The women with new administrative jobs are Melissa Lavitt, Rhonda Risser, Shelly Berkley, Maria O’Mara, Cathi Cody-Hudson, Joyce A. Ingram, Paula Dias, and Rosa Isela Cervates.
Two Women Appointed to Positions as Dean
Maureen Kenny was appointed the ninth dean of the Lynch School of Education at Boston College and Joyce E. McConnell was reappointed to a second five-year term as dean of the College of Law at West Virginia University.
Boston College Scholar to Lead Association of Catholic Hispanic Theologians
Nancy Pineda-Madrid, an associate professor in the School of Theology and Ministry at Boston College was elected vice president of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States. She will become president of the organization in 2015.
Rosalind Barnett of Brandeis University Recognized for a Lifetime of Scholarship on Gender Equality
Dr. Barnett’s, a senior scientist at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University, is an expert on how gender stereotypes affect women in every stage of life in school, work, and the home. She has published eight books.
Eight Women Taking on New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
The appointees at Irma Becerra-Fernandez at Florida International, Makaela Kingsley at Wesleyan, Geneva Henry at George Washington, Debra Fickler at Villanova, Lisa McBride at PCOM, Diane Paukstelis at Kansas State, Melissa Wargo at Western Carolina, and Barbara Jones at Boston College.
Two Women Named to Distinguished Teaching Positions
Mary McAleese, the former president of Ireland, will be a visiting scholar at Boston College next fall and Jennifer R. Joe was named to an endowed chair in accounting at the University of Delaware.
Three Women in New Faculty Roles
Malak Kotb is the founding chair of the department of basic sciences at the University of North Dakota. Catherine Cornille was appointed to an endowed chair at Boston College and Lisa Bowleg has joined the psychology department faculty at George Washington University.
Boston College Scholar Awarded Honorary Degree From the University of Glasgow
Marilyn Cochran-Smith is the John E. Cawthorne Professor of Teacher Education for Urban Schools at Boston College’s Lynch School of Education.
Boston College’s M. Brinton Lykes Wins Peace Practitioner Award
Professor Lykes is being honored by the Society for the Study of Peace, Conflict, and Violence of the American Psychological Association.
Women in Higher Education Faculty News
M. Katherinr Hutchinson, Jennry R. Kehl, Emily Fox, and Kamani Lankachandra have been appointed to new faculty posts.
