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Five Women Retire From the Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences at Emory University
The women faculty who are retiring from their teaching posts at Emory University are Wendy Farley in religion, Carole Hahn in educational studies, Ann Hartle in philosophy, Wan-Li Ho in Russian and East Asian languages and culture, and Judith C. Rohrer in art history.
Women Accepted for Admission at High-Ranking Colleges and Universities
Recently, the nation’s highest-ranked colleges and universities informed applicants if they had been accepted for admission. Some of the nation’s most selective institutions provided acceptance data broken down by gender.
Director Announced for New Legal Clinic on Child Endangerment and Sexual Exploitation
Emma M. Hetherington, a graduate of the University of Georgia School of Law, was named as the inaugural director of the new clinic at the law school. She had been in private practice representing clients in child welfare dependency proceedings and sexual exploitation cases.
Three Women Scholars Elected to Lead National Organizations
Nancy Marcus of Florida State University will chair the board of the Council of Graduate Schools. Mary L. Dudziak of Emory University will lead the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations and Allison A. Campbell was named president-elect of the American Chemical Society.
Northwestern University Art History Scholar Wins Book Award
Krista A. Thompson, the holder of the Weinberg College Board of Advisers Chair in the department of art history at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, has been selected to receive the the Charles Rufus Morey Book Award from the College Art Association.
Six Women Professors Presented With Notable Awards
The honorees are Chritine Grant of North Carolina State University, Shannor Vallor of Santa Clara University, Kimberly E. Applegate of Emory University, Julie Bullard of the University of Montana, Nance Wilson of SUNY-Cortland, and Mary Kay Washington of Vanderbilt University.
Ashley Leeds to Head the International Studies Association
Ashley Leeds, professor and chair of the department of political science at Rice University in Houston, Texas, is the new president-elect of the International Studies Association. She will become president of the association in March 2017.
University of California, Santa Barbara Historian Earns Two Book Awards
Mireille Miller-Young, an associate professor of feminist studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has won awards from the American Studies Association and the National Women’s Studies Association for her book A Taste for Brown Sugar: Black Women in Pornography.
Four Women Stepping Down From High-Level University Posts
The four women retiring or leaving their positions are Diane Baxter at the University of California, San Diego, Carolyn R. Hodges at the University of Tennessee, Mary H. Gresham at the University at Buffalo, and Melissa Maxcy Wade at Emory University in Atlanta.
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.
New Administration Posts for 10 Women 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.
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.
Emory University Professor to Be Subject of a New Film Starring Hilary Swank
Deborah Lipstadt is the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University in Atlanta. Professor Lipstadt’s 2005 book about her libel trial in British courts for accusing David Irving of being a “Holocaust denier” is coming to the big screen.
In Memoriam: Verdelle B. Bellamy, 1927-2015
In 1963, Verdelle Bellamy received a master’s degree in nursing from Emory University. She was one of two Black students to earn a degree that day, the first African Americans to earn degrees from the university.
Three Women Among the Four Finalists for Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Georgia
The three women finalists for dean of the Graduate School at the University of Georgia are Suzanne E. Barbour of the National Science Foundation, Carolyn Drews-Botch of Emory University, and Juli S. Wade of Michigan State University.
Six Women in New Teaching Roles at Major Universities
The women in new roles are Erica J. Hashimoto at the University of Georgia, Julia Randall at Wesleyan University, Hilary Blumberg at Yale University, Lydia Conklin at Emory University, Concetta DiRusso at the University of Nebraska, and Carol Berry at Louisiana State University.
In Memoriam: Linda Womack, 1951-2015
Linda Womack was the director of state and government affairs at Emory University in Atlanta. She had been on the staff at Emory since 2000.
Sixteen Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Here’s is this week’s roundup of appointments of women to high-level administrative posts at colleges and university across the United States.
Scripps College Anthropologist Shares the British-Kuwait Friendship Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern Studies
Lara Deeb is a professor of anthropology at Scripps College in Claremont, California. Dr. Deeb will share the award with her co-author Mona Harb, a professor at the American University of Beirut.
University of Alabama Scholar Wins Book Award
Ellen Griffith Spears, an assistant professor in New College and the department of American studies at the University of Alabama is being honored by the medical care section of the American Public Health Association for her book on environmental racism.
A Trio of Women Honored With Prestigious Awards From National Associations
The honorees are Helen Mayberg, a professor of psychiatry at Emory University in Atlanta, Waded Cruzado, president of Montana State University, and Kristin Fink, a member of the faculty of the School of Teacher Education at Utah State University.
Sandra Stone Named Regional Chancellor at the University of South Florida
Dr. Stone has been serving as vice president for academic affairs at Dalton State College in Georgia. She will begin her new role as regional chancellor at the Sarasota-Manatee campus of the University of South Florida on November 1.
Five Women Stepping Down From High-Level Posts at Colleges and Universities
The women who have or will retire are Belle Wei at California State University, Chico, Hudlin Wagner at Carleton College, Nancy Dunlap at the University of Virginia, Jennie Taylor at Emory University, and Sharon Stahl at Washington University in St. Louis.
New Posts in Higher Education Administration for 14 Women
The appointees are Maria E. Hamilton Abegunde, Patricia S. Smith, Belkis Torres-Capeles, Cecilia Rivera, Jennifer Seal, Nevada Winrow, Cindy Claycomb, Stacy Strauss, Jenny Tate, Jin Liu, Joyce Wilkerson, Carol Dillon Kissal, Kim Spang, and Angel Mason.
Five Women Scholars at American Universities Earn Notable Honors
The five honorees are Susan Muaddi Darraj of Harford Community College and Johns Hopkins University, Blanca Bernstein of Arizona State University, Susan V. Olesik of Ohio State University, Sheila Kennedy of MIT, and Jada Bussey-Jones of Emory University.
In Memoriam: Tamara Makdad Albrecht, 1955-2014
Tamara Albrecht was a longtime instructor in the department of music at Emory University. Dr. Albrecht joined the faculty at Emory University in 1987 and recently served as organist and choirmaster at Cannon Chapel.
Rebecca Chopp Appointed Chancellor of the University of Denver
Since 2009, Dr. Chopp has served as president of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania, which enrolls about 1,550 undergraduate students. The University of Denver enrolls more than 5,000 undergraduate students and 6,000 graduate students.
Seven Women Named to Dean Positions at Major Universities
The new deans are Bridgette Young Ross at Emory, Sheryl Fontaine at CalState, Fullerton, Beverly Wendland at Johns Hopkins, Vikki Vandiver at the University of Alabama, Ann B. Bain at the University of Arkansas Little Rock, Sharon Lovell at James Madison, and Tarrell Awe Agahe Portman at Winona State.
Eight Women Are Appointed to Dean Positions
The eight women appointed to dean posts are Marie Hardin, Chandice Covington, Erika Hayes James, Shelley F. Conroy, Wanda J. Blanchett, Cynthia Berg, Marion E. Broome, and Joann Bangs.
Mary Ann Peters to Lead The Carter Center at Emory University
Mary Ann Peters spent 30 years in the diplomatic service, including a term as U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh. Currently, she is provost at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.
Awards for Five Women Academics
The honorees are Shali Zhang at the University of Montana, Shauna Carlisle at the University of Washington-Bothell, Rebecca L. Platt at Michigan State University, Lisa Tedesco at Emory University, and Maria C. Pantelia at the University of California at Irvine.
Emory University Establishes New Center Focusing on Women’s Heart Health
The goal of the Emory Women’s heart Center is to raise awareness of the dangers of heart disease among women and to conduct research to determine the best diagnostic tests and treatments specific to women.
Natasha Trethewey to Receive the 2014 William Meredith Award for Poetry
She is the Robert W. Woodruff Professor of English and Creative Writing at Emory University in Atlanta. She has also begun her second term as poet laureate of the United States.
Two Women Appointed to Serve as Deans at Leading Southern Universities
Lisa Garvin was named acting dean of the chapel and religious life at Emory University in Atlanta and Susan Weeks was named acting dean of the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
