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University of Louisville Honors Julia Belser for Book on Disability Studies and Religion

University of Louisville Honors Julia Belser for Book on Disability Studies and Religion

Julia Watts Belser currently teaches at Georgetown University as a professor of Jewish studies and conducts research with the university’s Berkley Center for Religion, Peace, and World Affairs.

Soycia Diggs Colbert Selected to Lead Academic Affairs at Georgetown University

Soycia Diggs Colbert Selected to Lead Academic Affairs at Georgetown University

A Georgetown faculty member for more than a decade, Dr. Colbert has been serving as the inaugural vice president for interdisciplinary studies and the Idol Family Professor in the department of Black studies and the department of performing arts.

Report Reveals New Data on Sexual Assault and Misconduct in Higher Education

Report Reveals New Data on Sexual Assault and Misconduct in Higher Education

According to a new report from Westat, nearly 19 percent of women and 21 percent of genderqueer students experienced some form of nonconsensual sexual misconduct in 2024. This is a decrease from 2019.

Jill McCluskey Selected to Lead the International Association of Agricultural Economists

Jill McCluskey Selected to Lead the International Association of Agricultural Economists

Dr. McCluskey currently serves as the first woman director of the School of Economics at Washington State University. She will serve as the second-ever woman president of the International Association of Agricultural Economists when she assumes her new role in 2027.

Georgetown University Examines Gender Gap in Income Among American Graduate Degree Holders

Georgetown University Examines Gender Gap in Income Among American Graduate Degree Holders

Despite representing over half of all graduate degree holders in the United States, women with graduate degrees earn, on average, $34,000 less per year than their male peers.

New Administrative Appointments for Twelve Women in Higher Education

New Administrative Appointments for Twelve 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.

Georgetown University Launches Women, Peace, and Security Conflict Tracker

Georgetown University Launches Women, Peace, and Security Conflict Tracker

The Women, Peace, and Security Conflict Tracker aims to address global armed conflict, protect women from violence, and include women in conflict resolution efforts.

Camille Davidson Appointed President of Mitchell Hamline School of Law

Camille Davidson Appointed President of Mitchell Hamline School of Law

The Mitchell Hamline School of Law has appointed Camille Davidson as its third president, making her the first Black woman to hold the position. Davidson currently serves as a professor and dean of the School of Law at Southern Illinois University.

Margaret Sullivan Will Lead the Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at Columbia Journalism School

Margaret Sullivan Will Lead the Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at Columbia Journalism School

Sullivan is a weekly columnist for the Guardian US. She writes on media, politics and culture. She has benn serving as the 2023 Jack and Pamela Egan Visiting Professor at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy and Dewitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy.

Universities Appoint Three Women to Dean Positions

Universities Appoint Three Women to Dean Positions

Claudia Arias-Cirinna was appointed associate vice president and dean of students at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Marie-Carmel Chery is the new dean of the chapel and spiritual engagement at Voorhees University in Denmark, South Carolina, and Julie Greenwood will join the University of California, Davis as its next dean of continuing and professional education

Agustina S. Paglayan Wins Award for the Best Paper in Political Science

Agustina S. Paglayan Wins Award for the Best Paper in Political Science

Agustina S. Paglayan, an assistant professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, has received the 2023 Heinz I. Eulau Award from the American Political Science Association. She is being recognized for the best article published in the American Political Science Review.

In Memoriam: Elizabeth Mary McCormick, 1963 -2023

In Memoriam: Elizabeth Mary McCormick, 1963 -2023

At the University of Tulsa College of Law, Professor McCormick founded the Immigrant Rights Project. She was the first associate dean of experiential learning, interim dean in the fall 2001 semester, and served for several semesters as the associate dean of academic affairs.

The First Woman to Serve on a Permanent Basis as Archivist of the United States

The First Woman to Serve on a Permanent Basis as Archivist of the United States

Colleen Shogan has been confirmed by the United States Senate as the eleventh Archivist of the United States.

Ten Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities

Ten Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.

Five Women Faculty Members Taking on New Assignments at Universities

Five Women Faculty Members Taking on New Assignments at Universities

The women scholars in new roles are Naomi Halas at Rice University in Houston, Tennille Presley at Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina, Lauren Surovi at Syracuse University in New York, Tatiana Engel at Princeton University in New Jersey, and Soyica Colbert at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

A Trio of Women Who Have Been Appointed to University Diversity Positions

A Trio of Women Who Have Been Appointed to University Diversity Positions

Felicia Benton-Johnson has been named vice president for diversity and inclusive excellence at Clemson University in South Carolina. Anjali Bindra Patel is now serving as the director of the Office of Equity and Inclusion at the Georgetown University Law Center and Sonia Toson was appointed vice president and chief diversity officer at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.

Two Women Scholars Share Book Prize From the American Political Science Association

Two Women Scholars Share Book Prize From the American Political Science Association

Nadia E. Brown, a professor of government and director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at Georgetown University in Washington D.C., and Danielle Casarez Lemi, a Tower Center Fellow at the John G. Tower Center for Political Studies at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, are sharing the Ralph J. Bunche from the American Political Science Association.

How Higher Education Contributes to Occupational Segregation by Gender in the United States

How Higher Education Contributes to Occupational Segregation by Gender in the United States

Students entering postsecondary institutions already are segregated across fields of study by gender. For example, about 6 percent of male students entering college intend to major in computer science, compared to 1 percent of women. Some 12 percent of entering male students plan to major in engineering compared to 2 percent of entering women students.

Young Women Are Better Educated But Are Still Less Likely to Have Good Jobs

Young Women Are Better Educated But Are Still Less Likely to Have Good Jobs

Even though young women are more likely to have good jobs than women in the earlier generation, they are still substantially less likely than young men to have good jobs. These gaps have not closed even though young women have higher levels of postsecondary education than young men.

In Memoriam: Madeleine Albright, 1937-2022

In Memoriam: Madeleine Albright, 1937-2022

Madeleine Albright was the first woman to hold the post of Secretary of State and a long-time faculty member at Georgetown University in Washington D.C.

A Dozen Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Positions in Higher Education

A Dozen Women Who Have Been Appointed to 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.

Two Women Scholars Appointed to Dean Positions

Two Women Scholars Appointed to Dean Positions

Hollis Robbins has accepted an offer to serve as the next dean of the College of Humanities at the University of Utah and Roberta Waite will be the dean of the Georgetown University School of Nursing. Both appointments are effective on July 1.

The American Association of University Women Names Gloria Blackwell As Its New Leader

The American Association of University Women Names Gloria Blackwell As Its New Leader

Blackwell had been serving as the executive vice president and chief program officer for the association. For 17 years, she directed AAUW’s highly esteemed fellowships and grants program which has awarded more than $70 million in funding to women scholars and programs in the U.S. and overseas.

Georgetown University Scholar to Serve as U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank

Georgetown University Scholar to Serve as U.S. Executive Director of the World Bank

Dr. Adriana Kugler, who served as vice provost for faculty at Georgetown University from 2013-2016, is a professor of public policy and economics in the McCourt School of Public Policy. Her research focuses on the role of public policies, unemployment, and immigration. She previously served as chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor during the Obama administration.

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Eight Women to Dean Positions

Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Eight Women to Dean Positions

The new deans are Rosario Ceballo at Georgetown University, Venetria K. Patton at the University of Illinois, Andrea Goodwin at the University of Maryland, Sharon Subreenduth at Georgia Southern University, Michelle Corley at Central State University in Ohio, Emmeline de Pillis at the University of La Verne in California, Toneyce S. Randolph at Clinton College in South Carolina, and Linda R. Edwards at the University of Florida -Jacksonville.

Two Women Academics Awarded Pulitzer Prizes

Two Women Academics Awarded Pulitzer Prizes

Natalie Diaz, an associate professor of English at Arizona State University, has been awarded the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and Marcia Chatelain, a professor of history and African American studies at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., won the Pulitzer Prize in history.

Georgetown University Task Force Issues Report on Gender Equity in Faculty and Staff

Georgetown University Task Force Issues Report on Gender Equity in Faculty and Staff

As is the case with many research universities, the percentage of women faculty members drops in higher ranks. The report found similar rates of tenure, retention, and compensation. Men tended to receive higher start-up packages than women.

The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Honors University of Kentucky Neuroscientist

The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics Honors University of Kentucky Neuroscientist

Jill Turner, an associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Pharmacy, concentrates her research on the pharmacogenomics of addiction, which is a way of applying precision medicine to patients with substance use disorders. She focuses on creating therapy specific to the patient instead of using a ‘one size fits all’ approach.

Lafayette College in Easton Pennsylvania Appoints Nicole Hurd as Its Eighteenth President

Lafayette College in Easton Pennsylvania Appoints Nicole Hurd as Its Eighteenth President

Dr. Hurd has been serving as chief executive officer of College Advising Corps, which she launched in 2005.  CAC has helped more than 525,000 low-income, first-generation, and underrepresented students enroll in higher education by placing more than 800 recent college graduates as near-peer advisers in 795 high schools across America.

Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments at Universities

Five Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Assignments at Universities

Taking on new roles are Ammina Kothari at the University of Rhode Island, Margaret Jacobs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lesley Morris at the University of Nevada, Reno, Karen Detlefsen at the University of Pennsylvania, and Nadia Brown at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.

Five Women Who Will Be Assuming New Faculty Roles at Major Universities

Five Women Who Will Be Assuming New Faculty Roles at Major Universities

Taking on new assignments are Natalia Henao-Guerrero at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Kristin Lee at the University of Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Ranit Mishori at Georgetown University, Felicia Griffin-Fennell at the University of Massachusetts, and Kathleen Clark at Florida State University.

Patricia Ramsey Will Be the First Woman President of Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York

Patricia Ramsey Will Be the First Woman President of Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York

Dr. Ramsey, whose appointment is effective May 1, comes to CUNY from the Thurgood Marshall College Fund in Washington, D.C., where she spent the past year as a senior executive fellow. A biologist by training, Dr. Ramsey previously served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania.

Four Universities Announce the Appointment of Women to Dean Positions

Four Universities Announce the Appointment of Women to Dean Positions

The new deans are Ariela Sofer at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, Shaily Menon at the University of New Haven in Connecticut, Soyica Colbert at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., and Usha Menon at the University of South Florida.

American Institute of Physics Gives the Science Communications Award to Professor Susan Hockfield

American Institute of Physics Gives the Science Communications Award to Professor Susan Hockfield

Susan Hockfield is a professor of neuroscience, a member of the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research, and president emerita at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She was honored for her book, The Age of Living Machines: How Biology Will Build the Next Technology Revolution.

In Memoriam: Marie Marcelle Buteau Racine, 1934-2020

In Memoriam: Marie Marcelle Buteau Racine, 1934-2020

In 1969, Dr. Racine, a native of Haiti, joined the foreign languages faculty at Federal City College, which later became part of the University of the District of Columbia. She taught there until her retirement n 2013.