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Kate Shaw Appointed Executive Director of the Pennsylvania State Board of Higher Education
“It is a tremendous honor to support this first-of-its-kind Board here in Pennsylvania, and I look forward to working alongside the experienced leaders on the Board to strengthen postsecondary education and expand its capacity to serve the needs of the Commonwealth and its residents,” said Dr. Shaw.
Claire Jiménez Wins Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction
Dr. Jiménez, an assistant professor of English at the University of North Carolina, was honored for her novel, What Happened to Ruthy Ramirez.
In Memoriam: Barbara Arnstine, 1934-2024
For over 25 years, Dr. Arnstine served as a professor of education at California State University, Sacramento, where she taught courses on teacher preparation and the philosophy of education.
Women Making Progress in Ice Core Science, But a Huge Gender Gap Remains
The gender makeup of co-authors differs substantially for man vs. woman-led studies. Within the past decade, woman-led studies have contained on average 20 percent more women coauthors than man-led studies.
Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Posts in Higher Education
The four women in new diversity posts are Jamila Lee-Johnson in the Graduate School at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, Katherine King at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Donyale R. Padgett at Wayne State University in Detroit, and Laura Renée Chandler at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
Eleven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
New Administrative Duties for Eight 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Four Women Promoted and Granted Tenure at Colby College in Waterville, Maine
The four women promoted to associate professor and granted tenure at Colby College are Sarah Braunstein in English and creative writing, Nadia El-Shaarawi in global studies, Arisa White in English and creative writing, and Nora Youngs in mathematics.
Six Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments at Colleges and Universities
The six women who have been appointed to new roles are Amy Ralston at Michigan State University, Tomi Obe at the University of Arkansas, Pardis Dabashi at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, Sonya Donaldson at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Jennifer Russell at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and Mara Revkin at Duke Law School in Durham, North Carolina.
A Half Dozen Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Taking on new administrative roles are Kelli Mosteller at Harvard University, Roshaunda Ross-Orta at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Jaci Lindburg at the University of Nebraska-Omaha, Jordan Brandt at the University of Kansas, Patricia M. Lampkin at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and Julie K. Wood at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Eleven Women to Administrative Positions
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.
Three Women Scholars Promoted and Granted Tenure at Colby College in Maine
Colby College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Waterville, Maine, has announced the promotion of four faculty members to the rank of associate professor. Each was granted tenure. Three of the promotions went to women: Marta Ameri in art, Britt Halvorson in anthropology, and Ying Li in computer science.
In Memoriam: Sonia Chalif Simon, 1925-2022
Sonia Chalif Simon was an associate professor of art, emerita at Colby College in Waterville, Maine. She was an art historian specializing in Medieval, Baroque, and nineteenth-century art.
In Memoriam: Sheila McCarthy, 1942-2022
Dr. McCarthy taught Russian language and literature at Antioch College, Cornell, and Grinnell College, where she worked for 16 years and earned tenure. She then joined the faculty at Colby College in 1987 and taught there until her retirement in 2009.
Amanda Stent to Lead New Artificial Intelligence Institute at Colby College in Maine
Before working in the private sector, Amanda Stent was a tenured associate professor of computer science at Stony Brook University in New York, where she created an interdisciplinary computational linguistics graduate program and designed and taught new graduate courses in speech processing, natural language processing, and information retrieval.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Selected to Serve as Deans
Lin Zhan will be the new dean of the School of Nursing at the University of California, Los Angeles. Susan S. Smyth was named executive vice chancellor and dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and Randi Arsenault has been named dean of admissions at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
Ten Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Women to Administrative Posts
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Nine Women Scholars Who Have Been Assigned New Duties 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 or have been assigned new duties.
Eight Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Faculty Assignments
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.
A Woman’s Appearance Impacts Their Perceived Credibility on Sexual Harassment Claims
A new study by researchers at Colby College in Maine, Princeton University in New Jersey, and the University of Washington finds that women who are young, “conventionally attractive” and appear and act feminine are more likely to be believed when making accusations of sexual harassment than other women.
In Memoriam: Sonya Orleans Rose, 1935-2020
Dr. Rose joined the University of Michigan faculty as a professor of history and sociology in 1993. In 1995, she received an additional appointment as a professor of women’s studies. In 2002, Dr. Rose was appointed the Natalie Zemon Davis Collegiate Professor of History, Sociology, and Women’s Studies.
Rachel Isaacs of Colby College Wins the Pomegranate Prize
Now in its 10th year, the Pomegranate Prize — so named for the fruit’s 613 seeds, which correspond to the 613 commandments in the Torah — recognizes emerging Jewish educators from across the country whose work has been influential through bold, inclusive, and creative action.
Five Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Assignments in Academia
Taking on new roles are Claudia Rankine at New York Univerity, Lydia Moland at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Pamela VanHaitsma, at Pennsylvania State University, Fotini Christia at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Heather Nachtmann at the University of Arkansas.
A Half Dozen Women Who Are Taking on New Faculty Assignments
Taking on new duties or positions are Tina Hernandez-Boussard at Stanford University. Kristina Douglass at Pennsylvania State University, Diana Tamir at Princeton University in New Jersey, Yuri “Lily” Funahashi at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Sarah Runcie at Mihlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and Hannah Hazard-Jenkins at West Virginia University.
In Memoriam: Suellen Diaconoff, 1940-2020
Suellen Diaconoff taught French at Tufts, North Carolina State, and Case Western Reserve universities before joining the faculty at Colby College in 1986. She retired in 2006.
Eight 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.
Colleges and Universities Appoint Eight Women to Administrative Positions
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Lori Kletzer Appointed Provost at the University of California, Santa Cruz
Dr. Kletzer initially joined the faculty at the University of California, Santa Cruz in 1992. From 2010 to July 2017, Dr. Kletzer was provost and dean of faculty at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
Colby College in Waterville, Maine, Promotes and Awards Tenure to Three Women Scholars
Colby College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Waterville, Maine, has announced that it has promoted six faculty members to the rank of associate professor. All three were awarded tenure. Three of these promotions went to women. Megan Cook is an internationally respected scholar of medieval English literature. She is the author of […]
Colby College Historian Elizabeth D. Leonard Wins Book Award
Elizabeth D. Leonard, the John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History at Colby College in Waterville, Maine, has been selected to receive the Thomas D. Clark Medallion from the Thomas D. Clark Foundation. She is being honored for her book on slavery in Kentucky.
In Memoriam: Susan Nutter, 1944-2019
Susan Nutter was the former vice provost and director of the North Carolina State University Libraries. She served in that role for 20 years before retiring in 2017.
New Administrative Positions for 11 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.
Pamela Thoma to Lead the Women’s Studies Program at Washington State University
Dr. Thoma joined the faculty at Washington State University in 2007. She is an expert in Asian American literary and cultural studies, feminist media studies, and women’s literature.
New Positions for Six Women Faculty Members at Colleges and Universities
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 Taking on New 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 or have been assigned new duties.
