In 1971, Dr. Blackall became the first woman to receive tenure in Cornell University's department of English. Seven years later, she was the department's first woman promoted to full professor. She was a scholar of British and American fiction and women's studies.
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].
The new endowed professors are Catherine Petrany at Saint Vincent College in Pennsylvania, Carrie McDermott at the University of Arkansas, Shelagh Gallagher at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, Doreen Keller at Whitworth University in Spokane, Washington, and Dorsey Wanless at Boise State University in Idaho.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].
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].
Jessica Lamont, an assistant professor at Yale University, was honored for her book, In Blood and Ashes: Curse Tablets and Binding Spells in Ancient Greece, a historical study of ritualized curse practice in ancient Greece.
Dr. Román-Lagunas has nearly three decades of experience in academic and administrative roles in higher education. She has spent the past seven years as executive vice chancellor for academic affairs at IU-Northwest
The five women scholars taking on new positions are Kathi Kern at the University of Miami, Ruth Simmons at Prarie View A&M University in Texas, Pamela Eddy at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, Jenna Cobb at Boston College Law School, and Xiaoxia “Silvie†Huang at Syracuse University in New York.
Dr. Anderson currently serves as the interim associate vice chancellor for student success at Elizabeth City State University in North Carolina. NACADA, with approximately 15,000 members in 35 countries, is housed in the College of Education at Kansas State University.
Dr. Jeltema, whose research addresses cosmological questions such as the nature of dark matter and dark energy and the evolution of galaxies, founded the university's Women in Physics and Astrophysics group in 2011 and serves as its faculty adviser. She is being honored for her mentorship activities.
Here is a listing of women faculty members or administrators in higher education who have been honored by colleges and universities or who have received notable awards from other organizations.
The sundial area near the Swem Library at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, has been named in honor of Mary-Cooke Branch Munford, who served on the Board of Visitors from 1920 to 1924 and was a major force in establishing co-education at the college.
