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Jenna Burton Elected President of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Board of Regents
Currently, Jenna Burton serves as an associate professor of veterinary oncology at Colorado State University and an oncologist with the Flint Animal Cancer Center.
Thomas College President Laurie Lachance Announces Retirement
Laurie Lachance became first woman president of Thomas College in Waterville, Maine in 2012. Under her leadership, the college has expanded its campus and increased its academic offerings.
In Memoriam: Beverly Prosser Gelwick, 1932-2023
Dr. Gelwick’s research focused on the study of women’s leadership roles in society and illuminated the challenges faced by women in higher education and the workforce. She directed the student counseling program at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, the University of New Hampshire, and Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
Ten Women Who Will Be Taking on New Administrative Duties at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Four Women Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Bowdoin College in Maine
Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, has announced the appointments of four accomplished scholars to new endowed faculty professorships. These new positions, which are fully funded by donors, will focus on the interdisciplinary study of race, racism, and racial justice and across themes of environmental justice and belonging, citizenship, and freedom.
Safa Zaki Will Be the First Women to Lead Bowdoin College Since Its Founding in 1794
Currently, Dr. Zaki is dean of the faculty and the John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy Professor of Psychology at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She joined the faculty at Williams in 2002 as an assistant professor of psychology and was promoted to associate professor in 2005 and to full professor in 2010.
Bowdoin College in Maine Appoints Three Women to Endowed Chairs
Judith Casselberry has been named to the Geoffrey Canada Chair in Africana Studies. Barbara Elias has been named the Sarah and James Bowdoin Associate Professor of Government and Legal Studies and Zorina Khan has been named the William D. Shipman Professor in Economics.
Caribbean Philosophical Association to Honor University of Illinois-Chicago Historian Barbara Ransby
University of Illinois Chicago historian Barbara Ransby has been named a recipient of the Caribbean Philosophical Association’s Frantz Fanon Lifetime Achievement Award. She was selected for the award “because of the historical and political importance of her writings, her tireless work as an institution-builder and activist.”
Bowdoin College Professor Emerita to Have Her Work Archived at the Library of Congress
Jorunn Buckley, professor emerita of religion at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, is having her entire academic archive preserved at the Library of Congress. Dr. Buckley, who retired from the Bowdoin faculty in 2016 after 17 years, is arguably the world’s premier expert on a little-known religious sect called the Mandaeans.
Bowdoin College Professor Wins the Salvatori Prize From the Claremont Institute in California
Jean Yarbrough is the Gary M. Pendy Sr. Professor of Social Sciences at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. She was honored for her “understanding of, and actions taken to, preserve and foster the principles upon which the United States was built.”
Barbara Elias of Bowdoin College Wins Book Award From the American Political Science Association
Barbara Elias, who was promoted on July 1 to associate professor of government and granted tenure at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, has received the American Political Science Association’s 2020 award for “Best International Security Book by a Non-tenured Faculty Member.”
Five Women Faculty Members Who Have Been Hired to New Positions or Promoted to New Ranks
Taking on new positions or ranks are Cindy Crusto at the Yale School of Medicine, Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen at Arizona State University, Abigail Killeen at Arizona State University, Gloria Meredith at Binghamton University of the State University of New York System, and Eliana Perrin at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Seven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Faculty Assignments in Higher Education
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, have been assigned new duties, or have been promoted.
New Administrative Roles for Six Women at Colleges and Universities
Taking on new administrative duties are Debbie Snell at Hawai‘i Pacific University, Karissa Morehouse at Merced College in California, Enku Gelaye at Emory University in Atlanta, Elizabeth Boluch Wood at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, Stephanie B. Frost at Bowdoin College in Maine, and Virginia C. Robbins at Syracuse University.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Taking on New Assignments in Academia
The four women taking on new faculty roles are Onja Razafindratsima at the University of California, Berkeley, Vyjayanthi Selinger at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, Anne Messman at Wayne State Univerity in Detroit, and Melanie McReynolds at Pennsylvania State University.
Four Women Scholars Taking on New Faculty Roles
Lilya Yatsunyk was promoted to full professor of chemistry at Swarthmore College. Olga Sendra Ferrer was promoted to associate professor of Spanish at Wesleyan University. Chryl Laird has been named to an endowed assistant professorship at Bowdoin College and Jennifer Redfearn joined the faculty at the University of California, Berkeley.
Five Women Full Professors at Bowdoin College in Maine Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The five women appointed to endowed professorships are Collin Roesler in earth and oceanographic science, Jennifer Taback in mathematics, Shu-chin Tsui in Asian studies, Dharni Vasudevan in chemistry and environmental science, and Hanétha Vété-Congolo in romance languages and literatures.
Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The three women named to endowed professorships are Christine Suniti Bhat in the College of Education at Ohio University, Pallabi Chakravorty at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, and Hanétha Vété-Congolo at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Selected to Fill Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities
Claudia Marroquin has been promoted to senior vice president and dean of admissions and financial aid at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. Taléa Drummer-Ferrell is the new dean of students at Kent State University in Ohio and Teresa Jayroe was appointed dean of the College of Education at Mississippi State University.
Four Women Scholars Promoted and Granted Tenure at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine
The four women appointed to associate professor and granted tenure are Barbara Elias in government, Erika Nyhus in neuroscience and psychology, Kristi A. Olson in philosophy, and Hannah E. Reese in psychology.
Three Women Who Have Announced Their Retirements From High-Level Posts in the Academic World
After 30 years as president of Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, Carol Jean Vale announced that she will retire in June 2022. Also stepping down are Trudy Turner, a professor and university secretary at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Paula Volent, chief investment officer at Bowdoin College in Maine.
Five Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Taking on new administrative roles are Heather M. Messina at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, Sherri Braxton at Bowdoin College in Maine, Shana L. Warkentine Meyer at McPherson College in Kansas, Pepper Jo Six at the University of Wyoming, and Elizabeth McClanahan at Virginia Tech.
Meredith McCarroll Wins an American Book Award From the Before Columbus Foundation
Meredith McCarroll is a lecturer in English at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. At Bowdoin, she serves as director of the Writing and Rhetoric program and as director of the First-Year Seminar program.
Three Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships
Kirsten Martin will hold a chair in the Technology Ethics Center at the University of Notre Dame. Aviva Briefel was appointed to an endowed chair in English language and literature and cinema studies at Bowdoin College in Maine, and Sophie Paczesny will hold an endowed chair at the Hollings Cancer Center of the Medical Univerity of South Carolina.
Five Women Appointed to Dean Posts at Colleges and Universities
The women appointed to dean positions are Jennifer R. Scanlon at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, Laura Lindenfeld at Stony Brook University in New York, Cherisse Jones-Branch at Arkansas State University, Hedi Bostic at Marquette University in Milwaukee, and Terry Terry Rhodes at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Four Women Who Are Stepping Down From College Leadership Posts
The four women who are leaving or have left their posts are Elizabeth McCormack, a dean at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, Constance M. Carroll, the chancellor of the San Diego Community College District, Maria Harper-Marinick, the chancellor of the Maricopa County Community College District in Arizona, and Olivia G. White, dean of students at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland.
Birgit Tautz Wins Book Award for Her Work on German Literature
Birgit Tautz, the George Taylor Files Professor of Modern Languages at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, is being honored for her most recent book by the South Atlantic Modern Language Association.
Three Women Join the Faculty at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine
Bowdoin College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Brunswick, Maine, has announced that there are five new tenure-track faculty on campus this semester. Three of the new appointees are women: Ireri E. Chávez-Barcenas in music, Allison Dzubak in chemistry, and Claire Robison in religion and Asian studies.
Art History Scholar Caitlin Beach From Fordham University Wins Book Prize
The University of Maryland-Phillips Collection Book Prize supports publication of the first book by an emerging scholar presenting new research in modern or contemporary art from 1780 to the present. Winners have their books published by the University of California Press
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.
Eight Women Appointed to Dean Posts at Colleges and Universities
The eight women appointed to dean posts are Oya Tukel at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, Lee Skinner at Tulane, Karen Richardson at Princeton, Janet Lohmann at Bowdoin College, Lisa Garcia Bedolla at the University of California, Berkeley, Leslie Grinage at Barnard College, Glenda M. Prime at Morgan State, and Debra Zeifman at Vassar College.
New Assignments in Academia for Seven Women Scholars
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.
Nine Women Scholars in Academia Who Are Taking on New Duties
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.
Prestigious Awards Presented to Five Women Professors
The honorees are Daret St. Clair at the University of Kentucky, Elif Babul at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, Rachel Beane at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, Gina Athena Ulysse at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and Laurie E. Cutting at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
Four Women Appointed to Faculty Positions at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine
Bowdoin COllege, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Brunswick, Maine, has named four women to its faculty: Asanna Jones in dance, Shenila Khoja-Moolji in gender, sexuality, and women’s studies, Alexandra Marzano-Lesnevich in English, and Mary Rogalski in biology and environmental studies.
