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Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Stephanie Martin at Boise State University in Idaho, Louise Meintjes at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, Regina Stevens-Truss at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, and Hala Auji at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
Amy Elman holds the William Weber Endowed Chair in Social Science at Kalamazoo College in Michigan. Deondra Rose was named the Kevin D. Gorter Associate Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, and Cynthia Devers will be the R.B. Pamplin Professor of Management in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech.
Why Women in the Workplace Have Negative Responses to Supposedly-Positive Gendered Stereotypes
A new study co-authored by Devon Proudfoot, assistant professor of human resource studies at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, finds that women feel more frustrated than men by the gendered expectations placed on them at work, even when those expectations appear to signal women’s virtues.
The Eve Kosofsky Sedgwck Archives at Duke University Are Now Available to Researchers
Dr. Sedgwick, who in 2009 at the age of 58, was a poet, artist, literary critic, and teacher. She is best known as one of the founders of the field of Queer Theory. Professor Sedgwick taught at Duke for a decade and later at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Seven Women to Administrative Posts
Taking on new duties are Yakut Gazi at Duke University, Chanelle Reese at the University of Iowa, Jaclyn Rossi at Niagara University, Reneé Watson at Central Michigan University, Julie Payne-Kirchmeier at Indiana University, Mary Duvall at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, and Romy Riddick at Prinecton University.
How the Appointment of Women Leaders Can Alter the Mindset of Organizations
A new study finds that when women serve as CEOs or board members at a firm, language at the organization shifts, and women are more likely to be associated with traits such as decisiveness and assertiveness – qualities typically associated with male leaders.
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.
Valerie Sheares Ashby Will Be First Woman President of the University of Maryland Baltimore County
Since 2015, Dr. Ashby has been dean of the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. From 2003 to 2105, Dr. Ashby served on the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There, she chaired the chemistry department from 2012 to 2015.
In Memoriam: Marta Aida Sánchez, 1961-2022
Dr. Sánchez, an educational anthropologist, joined the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington in 2014. She was also a faculty affiliate at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University.
In Memoriam: Ann Richardson Kenney, 1950-2022
Kenney first joined Cornell University Library in 1987 as associate director in the department of preservation and conservation. She served as the interim university librarian in 2007 and was selected the following year as the 11th Carl A. Kroch University Librarian.
Syracuse University Scholar Wins Book Prize for Her Study of Non-Governmental Organizations in Egypt
Catherine E. Herrold, associate professor of public administration and international affairs in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in New York, has been awarded the Virginia A. Hodgkinson Research Book Prize from the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action.
Geological Society of America Bestows Award on Tulane University’s Cynthia Ebinger
Cynthia Ebinger, a professor in the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, has won the 2021 George P. Woollard Award from the Geological Society of America. The award honors Professor Ebinger’s “outstanding contributions to geology through the application of the principles and techniques of geophysics.”
Marjoleine Kars will Share the Frederick Douglass Book Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Center
Marjoleine Kars, an associate professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will share the Frederick Douglass Book Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition at Yale University. The prize is awarded each year to the “best book(s) written in English about slavery, abolition and their legacies across all borders and all time.”
Thema Bryant-Davis Has Been Named President-Elect of the American Psychological Association
Dr. Bryant Davis. professor of psychology and director of the Culture and Trauma Research Lab at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, is the youngest person to be elected president of the association.
Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New University Assignments
The five women scholars in new roles are Jennifer Lodge at Duke University in North Carolina, Tracey Conti at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Lindy Elkins-Tanton at Arizona State University, Angela Williams at the University of Arkansas, and Nicole Roberson at the University of Mississippi.
Six Women Who Have Been Selective to Serve in Higher Education Administrative Positions
Taking on new administrative duties are Nadine Wong at Duke University, Jamilyn Penn at Highline College in Des Moines, Washington, Stephanie Droker at the Peralta Community College District in Oakland, California, Liudmila Sergeevna Mainzer at the University of Wyoming, Leslie Rodriguez-McClellon at Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Melissa Yuen at the Syracuse University Museum of Art.
In Memoriam: Teresa Ann Miller, 1962-2021
Teresa A. Miller was senior vice chancellor for strategic initiatives and chief diversity officer for the State University of New York. Earlier, Miller was a tenured professor of law at the University at Buffalo, specializing in immigration law, criminal procedure, and prisoner law.
Sharmla Chetty Is the New Chief Executive Officer of Duke Corporate Education
Duke Corporate Education spun out of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business in 2000 to focus specifically on leadership development. The group offers ready-to-learn courses and virtual masterclasses that address current problems facing leaders. Chetty joined the organization in 2007 and since 2019 has been head of the global markets division.
Eight Women Who Have Been Hired to New 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.
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.
Cynthia Rudin Wins the $1 Million Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity
Cynthia Rudin, professor of computer science and electrical and computer engineering at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, was won the $1 million Squirrel AI Award for Artificial Intelligence for the Benefit of Humanity from the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Founded in 1979, AAAI serves as the prominent international scientific society serving […]
St. Catherine University Scholar Wins the Teaching Literature Book Award
Tarshia Stanley, dean of the division of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences, and professor of English at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, has been selected as the winner of the Teaching Literature Book Award, an international prize for the best book on teaching literature at the college level. The award is presented biennially by the graduate faculty in English at Idaho State University.
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Positions in Higher Education
The five women appointed to endowed positions are Eneida Mendonca of Indiana University, Natalie Fixmer-Oraiz at the University of Iowa, Emily Greenwood at Princeton University in New Jersey, Jennifer Siegel at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and Rachael Gordon at the University of Louisiana Lafayette.
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Ann Clark, 1938-2021
Elizabeth A. Clark was the John Carlisle Kilgo Professor Emerita of Religion and Professor of History at Duke University. She served on the faculty at Duke for nearly 40 years.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Ten 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.
In Memoriam: Paula Joan Caplan, 1947-2021
A native of Springfield, Missouri, Dr. Caplan served as a professor of psychology and an assistant professor of psychiatry and lecturer in women’s studies at the University of Toronto between 1979 and 1995. She went on to teach at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Brown University, the University of Rhode Island, Connecticut College, American University, and Harvard University.
New Administrative Positions for 11 Women 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.
New Faculty Member at the College of William and Mary Honored by the Society of American Historians
Brianna Nofil, an assistant professor of history at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, was recognized with the Allan Nevins Prize from the Society of American Historians for her dissertation, “Detention Power: Jails, Camps, and the Origins of Immigrant Incarceration, 1900-2002.”
In Memoriam: Jing Wang, 1950-2021
Dr. Wang joined the faculty at MIT in 2001 as a professor in the Foreign Languages and Literatures Section of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences. She chaired the Foreign Language and Literatures Section from 2005 to 2008.
Professor Rebecca Wanzo of Washington University in St. Louis Has Won Two Book Awards
Rebecca Wanzo, professor and chair of women, gender, and sexuality studies in the College of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has won two major awards in the field of comic book studies.
In Memoriam: Paula Joan Caplaan, 1947-2021
Paula Joan Caplaan, was a psychologist and prominent feminist scholar who taught at Harvard University and the University of Toronto.
Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Named to Endowed Professorships
The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Sianne Ngai at the University of Chicago, Charmaine Royal at Duke University in North Carolina, Dina Katabi at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Nancy Wagner at Youngstown State University in Ohio.
Four Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Major Universities
The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Daphna Shohamy at Columbia University in New York City, Thavolia Glymph at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, Millicent Sullivan at the University of Delaware, and Rachel Mindrup at Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska.
Thavolia Glymph of Duke University Wins Three Awards From the Organization of American Historians
Thavolia Glymph, the Peabody Family Distinguished Professor of History at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, was honored with three awards for her book on the role of women during the Civil War.
Six Women Who Have Been Named to New Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities
Taking on new roles are Robin L. Rasor at Duke University, Kimberly D. Whitehead at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, Sarah Klaper at Northwestern University, Lavinia Boxill at Rutgers University in New Jersey, Kimberly Shiner at Pitzer College in Claremont, California, and Mary Ritayik at the State University of New York.
