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In Memoriam: Monica Vance, 1975-2024
Vance served as director of student disability services at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania for the past six years. In this role, she focused her efforts on DEI initiatives, student accessibility, and disability rights.
New Dean Appointments for Six Women Scholars
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed deans at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Five Women Taking on New Dean Positions in Academia
The new deans are Renee Butler at the University of West Georgia, Anna Carpenter at the University of Oklahoma, Ece Erdogmus at Clemson University, Debra Burns at the University of Memphis, and Gina Lovasi at Drexel University.
Susan Aldridge Becomes the First Woman President of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia
Dr. Aldridge has over two decades of higher education leadership experience, including presidencies at two other institutions: Drexel University Online and the University of Maryland Global Campus.
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The three women scholars who have been apoointed to endowed professorships are Monica Prasad at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Kara Spiller at Drexel University in Philadelphia, and Karen Flynn at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
The New President of the American College of Sports Medicine
Stella L. Volpe is department head and professor of the department of human nutrition, foods, and exercise in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech. Dr. Volpe’s research focuses on obesity and diabetes prevention using nutrition and exercise interventions, mineral supplementation, and by altering the environment to result in greater physical activity and healthy eating.
In Memoriam: Kelly Ann Machovec, 1978-2022
Dr. Machovec, a pediatric anesthesiologist and an associate professor at Duke University, focused her research primarily on the hemostasis management of children following open heart surgery performed on cardiopulmonary bypass.
In Memoriam: Kenya Siana Flash, 1980-2021
Kenya Siana Flash was the librarian for political science, global information, and government information at the Marx Science and Social Science Library on the campus of Yale University.
Colleges and Universities Announced the Appointments of 10 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.
Six Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to New University Faculty Positions
Appointed to new potions are Alejandra Rojas Silva at Ohio Wesleyan University, Kathleen Cagney at the University of Michigan, Nahid Bhadelia at the University of Michigan, Sharrelle Barber at Drexel University in Philadelphia, M. Diane Burton at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and Elizabeth Lightfoot at Arizona State University
Eleven Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts 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.
Addressing the Lack of Women in Leadership Positions in Academic Pediatrics
in 2017, women were 35 percent of all physicians in the United States but 63 percent of all pediatricians. Women made up 57 percent of all medical school faculty in pediatrics but were just 35 percent of all full professors in pediatrics and 26 percent of pediatric department chairs.
Nine Women Appointed to Positions as Deans
Nine college and universities across the United States have recently announced the appointments of women to dean positions. The women deans are Kelley Bidle, Laura Vosejpka, Lynn Cooley, Susan Hubbard, Nicola Boothe Perry, Penny Hammrich, Kimberly Gaiters, Teresa Garrett, and Ann Goodman.
Six Medical Schools Partner With TIME’S UP Healthcare to Support Women in Medicine
The participating institutions are the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, the Drexel University College of Medicine, the Mayo Clinic, the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin Health, and Yale School of Medicine.
Lucile Adams-Campbell Honored as a 2018 Washingtonian of the Year
Lucile Adams-Campbell is a professor of oncology, associate director for minority health and health disparities research at the Georgetown University Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, and associate dean of community health and outreach at the Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Drexel University Study Examines the Role Parents Play in Their Daughters’ Engagement in Technology
The survey found that parents’ affinity for technology only marginally impacts girls’ excitement about involvement in technology. The survey found that girls felt slightly more supported by their fathers (94 percent) than their mothers (85 percent) regarding their interest in technology.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Twenty-One Women Faculty Members Taking on New 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.
Study Finds That Weight Stigma Among Women Leads to Avoidance of Doctor Visits
A new study led by researchers at the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University in Philadelphia, finds that women who are overweight tend to avoid getting the healthcare they need due to a perceived bias against them by healthcare personnel and embarrassment about their body image.
Two Women Scholars Changing Universities to Take Dean Positions
Sharon L. Walker was appointed dean of the College of Engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia and Beth Angell will be the next dean of the School of Social Work at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. Both women will begin their new jobs this summer.
In Memoriam: Catherine V. Bieber
Bieber joined the faculty at the University of Delaware in 1956, She was an associate professor of home economics education and served from 1969 to 1979 as associate dean of what is now the College of Education and Human Development.
Why Women Could Make Firefighting Safer for All Firefighters
A new study by researchers at the Center for Firefighter Injury Research & Safety Trends at Drexel University in Philadelphia, finds incorporating new ideas from women can improve safety in traditionally male fire departments, but the hypermasculine culture in some can make female firefighters feel unwelcome and less likely to share their ideas.
A Quartet of Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities
The new deans are Laura N. Gitlin at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Carol Fawcett at Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, Illinois, Shanan Gwaltney Gibson at Texas A&M University-Commerce, and Carole Chabries at Alverno College in Milwaukee.
The Next President of Bowie State University in Maryland
For the past three years, Aminta Hawkins Breaux has served as vice president for advancement at Millersville University, a campus of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. She was vice president for student affairs at Millersville University from 2008 to 2014.
Laurie Glimcher to Receive the 2016 Marion Spencer Fay Award
The award, now in its 53rd year, honors a woman physician or scientist who has made significant contributions to healthcare. In January, Dr. Glimcher will become the president and chief executive officer at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Drexel University Opens New Postpartum Depression Clinic
Mother-Baby Connections encourages women to bring their babies to therapy sessions. It is one of only five such clinics nationwide and the only one in the mid-Atlantic region.
Six Women Scholars Are Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Twyla J. Cummings at the Rochester Institute of Techology, Courtney Meyers at Texas Tech University, Nicole Baganz at Vanderbilt University, Deborah K. Fitzgerald at MIT, Suzanne O’Connell at Wesleyan University, and Donna De Carolis at Drexel University.
In Memoriam: Mona Reidenberg Sutnick, 1936-2015
Dr. Sutnick wrote a newspaper column on nutrition and was frequently featured as a nutrition expert on television and radio. She taught at Drexel University, Temple University, Thomas Jefferson University, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Thirteen Women Appointed to Key Administrative Positions 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.
In Memoriam: Meg Ellen Spencer, 1959-2015
Meg Spencer served on the staff at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania for 34 years. Since 1999, she had been the science librarian at the high-ranking liberal arts college.
UCLA’s Connie Kasari to Lead a New Academic Network for Autism Intervention Research
Connie Kasari, a professor of psychological studies in education and psychiatry at the University of California, Los Angeles, has been chosen to lead the Autism Intervention Research Network for Behavioral Health. The academic network of five universities will be supported by a $10 million federal grant.
Katherine L. Knight to Be Honored by the Drexel University College of Medicine
Katherine L. Knight, professor and chair of the department of microbiology and immunology at Loyola University in Chicago, has been chosen as the 2015 recipient of the Marion Spencer Fay Award from the Institute for Women’s Health and Leadership at the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia.
Six Women Scholars Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Kethleen Lowney of Valdosta State University in Georgia, Andrea Modica at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Sarah G. Holterhoff at Valparaiso University in Indiana, Daniell Walsh at East Carolina University, Judith Cone at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Jennifer Katona at the City University of New York.
Tina Q. Richardson Named Chancellor of the Lehigh Valley Campus of Pennsylvania State University
Tina Q. Richardson has been serving as associate dean of academic affairs in the School of Education at Drexel University in Philadelphia. She will begin her new job on July 15.
