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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.
In Memoriam: Diana Reid Nemergut, 1974-2015
Diana Nemergut was an associate professor of biology at Duke University. She came to Duke in 2014 after teaching in the department of environmental studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Two American Women Scholars to Receive Lautenschlaeger Awards
The Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award for Theological Promise is awarded to 10 scholars from around the world each year for outstanding scholarship on God or spirituality. Two of this year’s 10 winners are American women: Alison L. Joseph of Towson University and Brittany E. Wilson of Duke Divinity School.
Duke University Study Finds a Huge Gender Gap in Cardiology
The study found that women make up about 12 percent of all cardiologists, whereas women now make up almost half of all medical school graduates. Male cardiologists tended to make an average of $100,000 more per year. The data also showed that for men and women cardiologists in the same specialty, men made about $32,000 more.
Eleven Women Appointed to 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.
Six Women in New Faculty Roles at U.S. Colleges and Universities
Taking on new assignments are Claudia Arteaga at Scripps College, Christena Cleveland at Duke Divinity School, Olga Isengildina-Massa at Virginia Tech, Zella Palmer at Dillard University, Anna Hohler at Boston University, Lorraine Linn at Tuskegee University.
In Memoriam: Ernestine Friedl, 1920-2015
Ernestine Friedl was the James B. Duke Professor Emerita of anthropology at Duke University. In 1980 she was appointed dean of Trinity College at Duke, the first woman to hold that position.
Indiana University’s Jacinda Townsend Wins Award for Her First Novel
Jacinda Townsend, an associate professor of English at Indiana University, is being honored by the Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Rochester.
University Study Finds a Significant Gender Bias in the Assessment of Creativity
When presented with identical designs or proposals, survey participants tended to rate the presentations as more creative when they believed men were responsible for the work.
New Roles for 12 Women Faculty Members
Here is news of a dozen women faculty members who are taking on new duties at colleges, universities, or professional associations.
Seven Women Scholars Are Honored With Awards of Distinction
The honorees are Sherryl A. Broverman of Duke University, Lydia Kavraki of Rice University, Condoleezza Rice of Stanford University, Lonna Atkeson of the University of New Mexico, Karen Thole and Beverly A. Cigler of Penn State, and Mary Fainsod Katzenstein of Cornell University.
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.
Thirty Women With New Administrative Positions 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.
Seven Women Scholars Honored With Prestigious Awards
The seven women scholars who have been selected to receive national awards are Beverly Ann Chin, Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski,, Candice L. Odgers, Darcia F. Narvaez, Sandra D. Lane, Heather J. Conrad, and Katherine C. Hendrix.
Nineteen Women Appointed to 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.
Three Women Scholars Names to Dean Positions
The new deans are Mary Betsy Brenner at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Kathrin Engisch at Wright State University in Ohio, and Ellen Davis at Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina.
Nineteen Women With New Administrative Posts at U.S. 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.
A Dozen Women Taking on New Administrative Roles 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.
Seven Women Faculty Members Taking on New Roles
Taking on new assignments are Barbara Cantalupo at Pennsylvania State University, Alicia Carriquiry at Iowa State University, Hannah Scherer at Virginia Tech, Helen Elaine Lee at MIT, Natasha Kirienko at Rice University, Maria Doerfler at Duke University, and Katie Corcoran at West Virginia University.
Paula Mabee Named Director of the National Science Foundation’s Division of Environmental Biology
Paula Mabee is a professor of biology at the University of South Dakota. Her appointment will last from one to four years and she will reside in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area for the duration of her appointment. But she will remain on the faculty at the university.
In Business Settings, Men, but Not Women, Who Ask for Help Are Viewed as Less Competent by Their Peers
In two experiments the researchers found that men in leadership positions who asked for help were considered less competent by their associates. But women in leadership positions who asked for help were not considered less competent.
Five Universities Appoint Women to Dean Positions
The women appointed to dean posts are Valerie Sheares Ashby at Duke University, Marianne Lewis at the University of Cincinnati, Shannon O’Brien at the University of Montana, Carol D. Edwards at Florida State University, and Mary Margaret Farrell at Clemson University in South Carolina.
Duke University Professor Wins a New Book Award
Margaret Humphreys, the Josiah Charles Trent Professor in the History of Medicine at Duke University in North Carolina, has won the inaugural George Rosen Prize from the American Association of the History of Medicine.
Seven Women in New University Faculty Posts
The women in new teaching roles are Suzanne C. Segerstrom at the University of Kentucky, Cynthia A. Toth at Duke, Khiaria M. Bridges at Boston University, Anita Berrizbeitia at Harvard, Veerle Keppens at the University of Tennessee, Maureen McHugh at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Gian Turrigiano at Brandeis.
Four Women Named to New Faculty Posts at Leading Universities
The four women in new faculty posts are Stephanie A. Sanders at Indiana University in Bloomington, Ann M. Reed at Duke University in North Carolina, Rebecca Dutch at the University of Kansas, and Roshawnda Annette Derrick at Pepperdine University in California.
Duke University Acquires a Vast Archive of Women’s Historical Materials
The Lisa Unger Baskin collection includes more than 8,600 rare books and thousands of other documents including manuscripts, journals, and artifacts. Included in the collection is the writing desk used by Virginia Woolf.
University of Colorado Scholar Wins the Pulitzer Prize for History
Elizabeth A. Finn is an associate professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Finn’s research has focused on the spread of epidemic diseases among Native Americans.
Prestigious Honors and Awards for Seven Women Scholars
The honorees are Yeonhwa Park at the University of Massachusetts, Mary Staehle at Rowan University, Beverly Purswell at Virginia Tech, Jennifer West at Duke University, Deborah Waldrop at the University at Buffalo, Eve Adler at Middlebury College, and Janet L. Miller at Columbia University.
Company Ranks the Most Influential Deans of Nursing in the United States
Mometrix Test Preparation recently published a list of “The 30 Most Influential Deans of Nursing in the United States.” Twenty-eight of the 30 influential deans are women. Leading the rankings is Patricia Davidson, dean of nursing at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Four Women Scholars Elected to Leadership Positions at National Organizations
The four women elected are Cynthia Struthers at the Rural Sociological Society, Pamela Barber-Freeman at the Research Association of Minority Professors, Anna M. Allen at the Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics, and Joanne Kurtzberg at the Cord Blood Association.
New Website to Highlight the Contributions of Early Women Philosophers
A group of philosophers at Duke University, Columbia University, and the University of Pennsylvania are developing a website that hopes to highlight the contributions of early women philosophers.
Two Medical School Professors Appointed to High-Level Government Research Posts
Naomi Fukagawa of the University of Vermont will director the Human Nutrition Research Center in Beltsville, Maryland, and Holly Lisanby of Duke University was named director of the Division of Translational Research for the National Institute of Mental Health.
Arizona State University Researchers’ Efforts to Develop a Method for the Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
Ovarian cancer is the cause of death for 125,000 women worldwide each year. In the United States, about 15,000 women die each year after suffering from ovarian cancer. One reason for the high death rate is because ovarian cancer is difficult to detect until it is in an advanced stage.
Six Women in New Teaching Roles
The six women in new faculty posts are Sarah Demers at Yale, Margaret Skurka at Indiana University Northwest, Deborah Jenson at Duke, Debi Switzer at Clemson, Cynthia Ward at the University of Georgia, and Lauren Caldwell at Wesleyan University.
Two Women to Be Honored by the Society for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
Karla FC Holloway, the James B. Duke Professor of English at Duke University, and Bonnie TuSmith, an associate professor of English at Northeastern University in Boston, will be honored in April in Athens, Georgia.
