Tag: Bryn Mawr College

The professors selected for new positions are Jamie Taylor of Bryn Mawr College, Jill Sible of Virginia Tech, Bethany Neilson of Utah State University, Jessica Calarco of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ann Fisher-Wirth of the University of Mississippi, Miechelle McKelvey of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Maura Rhodes of Sacred Heart University in Connecticut.

The new deans are Mei Zhao at the University of North Florida, Emily Roper-Doten at Brandeis University, Melissa Craft at the University of Oklahoma, Stephani Etheridge Woodson at the University of Northern Colorado, Sandra Smith at Brown University, Keisha Pollack Porter at Johns Hopkins University, Lisa Saltzman at Bryn Mawr College, and Saskia van de Gevel at Virginia Tech.

Laura Grafe, professor at Bryn Mawr College, passed away earlier this month at the age of 39. Bryn Mawr Provost Tim Harte stated, "Laura was a brilliant scholar, an outstanding teacher, and a dedicated student advisor and mentor. She will be sorely missed."

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 [email protected].

A scholar of British and American literature, Dr. Flaxman taught at Brown University for two decades. After her retirement, she founded the Open University of Wellfleet, a nonprofit organization dedicated to lifelong learning.

Johannas Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany has presented its 2025 Gutenberg Research Award to Anna Balazs, professor of chemical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh.

The five women in new faculty roles are Jennie Bradbury at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, Siobahn Day Grady at North Carolina Central University, Amber Wutich at Arizona State University, Danielle Cover at the University of Wyoming, and Pamlea Brady at Talladega College in Alabama.

A University Professor at Rice University, Naomi Halas was honored for her creation and development of nanoshells, which are used in many biomedical and chemical applications.

Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.

The Modernist Studies Association has presented its First Book Prize to Pardis Dabashi, assistant professor at Bryn Mawr College, and Kirsty Sinclair Dootson, lecturer at University College London who earned her Ph.D. at Yale University.

Dr. Ridgway was a scholar of Greek and Italian art and archaeology. She taught at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania for over three decades.

In addition to her own clinical work as a pediatric cardiologist, Dr. Newburger has mentored dozens of researchers and healthcare professionals as a professor at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital.