Dr. Frye's academic career was dedicated to literature, social justice, and women's studies. At the College of Wooster in Ohio, she founded the women's studies program, which she chaired for several years.
Dr. McCall has been serving as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. Prior to coming to Xavier in 2016, Dr. McCall was dean of the Harpur College of Arts and Sciences at Binghamton University in New York.
Taking on new roles n higher education relating to diversity are Tabbye M. Chavous at the University of Michigan, Catherine Chan at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wendy Smooth at Ohio State University, and Cheryl Nuñez at the College of Wooster in Ohio.
Students in grades 1 to 6 were given the task of drawing a political leader. Of the 1,604 students in the study, 66 percent drew a man as the primary political leader but only 13 percent depicted a woman. Of note, male political leaders dominated the drawings of students regardless of sex.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Barbara Atkinson, a professor emerita at the University of Kansas School of Medicine, has spent the past 18 months as planning dean at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. In this role she has hired faculty and staff, raised funds, and developed curriculum.
The women taking on new roles are Karen Levitov, Rachel Fester, Rebecca L. Kohler, Maureen McCarthy, Kelley Hartley Hutton, Deanna McCormick, and Lee Benton.
