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Victoria Chang Wins The Forward Prize for Best Poetry Collection
Professor Chang is the first Asian American and first woman to hold the Bourne Chair of Poetry at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She was honored by The Forward Foundation for her new poetry collection, With My Back to the World
Gilda Barabino Awarded the 2024 Carnegie Mellon Dickinson Prize in Science
Dr. Barabino, president of Olin College of Engineering in Needham, Massachusetts, has conducted extensive research on the understanding of sickle cell disease and orthopedic tissue engineering, as well as advancing diversity and belonging in engineering education and research.
In Memoriam: Marilyn Lillith Minus, 1977-2024
Dr. Minus taught mechanical and industrial engineering at Northeastern University for more than a decade. Earlier this year, she stepped away from Northeastern to become senior vice president and CTO for Hexcel.
Professor Rachel Dickey Wins the Cultural Heritage Landscape Award for a Plaza in Rock Hill, South Carolina
Rachel Dickey is an associate professor in the David R. Ravin School of Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and founder of Studio Dickey, a Charlotte-based art and design practice.
Georgia Tech Researchers Aim to Use Artificial Intelligence to Aid Domestic Abuse Survivors
Georgia Tech researchers are working to create a new software tool powered by artificial intelligence to address the under-researched area of digital security and domestic abuse. These areas frequently overlap with abusers often using the internet and mobile technology to extend the reach of their abuse.
Nine Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Duties
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Universities Announced the Appointment of Eight Women to New 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Chatham University in Pittsburgh Names Rhonda Phillips as Its Twentieth President
Dr. Phillips has been serving as dean of the Honors College at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Earlier, she was associate dean for the Honors College, at Arizona State University, where she also served as professor and director of the School of Community Resources and Development.
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Given New Positions or Duties at Colleges or Universities
The women scholars in new roles are DeAnna Toten Beard at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, Elisha Chambers at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Maegan Tucker at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Erin O’Leary at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Amy Nsil at Salem College in Winston-Salem, South Carolina.
Penn State’s Denise Okafor Wins the Mason Award for Women in the Chemical Sciences
First awarded in 2015, the Mason Award is a highly competitive award that attracts applications from the very best early-career female chemists across the country. Dr. Okafor’s research focuses on understanding how protein function is regulated.
The Long Road to Gender Parity in Academic Publishing in STEM Fields
A forthcoming book, authored by Cassidy R. Sugimoto of the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Vincent Larivière of the University of Montreal, presents evidence that women will not reach parity with men in scientific publishing for many decades. In some fields, parity will not be achieved for more than a century.
Do Biased Teacher Evaluations Contribute to the “Leaky Pipeline” of Women Faculty
A new study led by Whitney Buser, senior academic professional and associate director of academic programs in the School of Economics at the Georgia Institute of Technology investigated whether bias exists at the outset of the semester and whether backlash after grading exacerbates it.
Thirteen Women Who Have Been Appointed to 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.
Thirteen 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
How COVID-19 Impacted Pre-Term Birth Rates in the United States
A new study led by Daniel Dench of the Georgia Institute of Technology, found that premature births from cesarean and induced deliveries fell by 6.5 percent during the first month of the Covid-19 pandemic and remained consistently in the ensuing months. The research raises questions about medical interventions in pregnancy and whether some decisions by doctors may result in unnecessary preterm deliveries.
Ten Women Faculty Members in New Positions or Taking on New Duties
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties 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 Who Are Taking on New Assignments
The women scholars in new roles are Angelica Sanchez at Bard College in Avondale-on-Hudson, New York, Fatemeh Shahedipour-Sandvik of the State University of New York, Stephanie Hicks at the University of Arkansas, Kim Cobb at Brown University in Rhode Island, and Alyssa Panitch, at Georgia Tech and Emory University in Atlanta.
Five Women Taking on New Faculty Roles at Major Universities
The women in new faculty roles are Lisa J. Kewley at Harvard University, Kathryn Higley at Oregon State University, Deidra Hodges at Florida International University, Maysaa Basha at Wayne State University in Detroit, and Michelle Rinehart at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Five Women Faculty Members Taking on New Assignments at Universities
Taking on new duties are Samira Daroub of the Everglades Research & Education Center of the University of Florida, Lisa Jones at the University of California, San Diego, Carrie Grimes at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Michelle Rinehart at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Anfrea Faber at Wright State University in Ohio.
Cynthia Barnhart Appointed Provost at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dr. Barnhart, a Ford Foundation Professor of Engineering and professor of operations research at the MIT Sloan School of Management, has served MIT in a variety of roles. She has been both associate and acting dean of the School of Engineering, and co-director of the Operations Research Center and the Center for Transportation and Logistics, and chancellor.
The Extent of Gender and Racial Bias in Academic Research
A new study of more than 5 million articles published between 2008 and 2019 — primarily by U.S.-based researchers found that Black, Latino, and women authors are underrepresented in many STEM fields and often appear as authors only in less-cited fields.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Positions as Deans
Judy Liesveld was appointed dean of the School of Nursing at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Ellen M. Bassett has been selected as the John Portman Dean’s Chair in the College of Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Jessica Lang was appointed dean of the Weissman School of Arts and Sciences at Baruch College of the City University of New York.
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.
Study Finds That Women Often Do Not Receive the Credit They Deserve for Academic Scholarship
According to the study of more than 5,500 researchers in multiple fields, women were significantly more likely than men to report disagreements about who was named on a paper and in the order of authorship. The researchers found this to be particularly true in natural sciences and engineering.
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Named Directors of Schools at State Universities
Paola Sanguinetti has been named the new director of The Design School in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University. EunSook Kwon is the new chair of the School of Industrial Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Kathleen Vogel has been named the interim director for the School for the Future of Innovation in Society at Arizona State University.
A Quartet of Women Who Have Been Selected to Serve as Chairs of Their Academic Departments
Hui Cai was named chair of the department of architecture at the University of Kansas and Reeta Rao has been appointed interim head of the department of biology and biotechnology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Machelle Pardue is the new chair of biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University and Constance Vale is leading undergraduate architecture at Washington University in St. Louis.
Three Women Scholars Appointed to Lead Schools at State Universities
Ece Erdogmus was named chair of the School of Building Construction in the College of Design at the Georgia Institute of Technology. Sarah J. Tracy is the new interim director of the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University and Tracey Rizzuto was appointed interim director of the School of Leadership & Human Resource Development at Louisiana State University.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Head Schools at Major Universities
Gulsah Akar was appointed head of the School of City and Regional Planning at Georgia Tech and Karen C. Spence is the new director of the School of Architecture at Mississippi State University. Also, Tusty ten Bensel was named the director of the School of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and Tijana Rajh will lead the School of Molecular Sciences at Arizona State University.
Six Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to University Dean Positions
The new deans are Julie Petherbridge at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia, Helen Boucher at Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Tamika Wordlow Williams at Belmont University in Nashville, Teri Browne at the University of South Carolina, Michelle Rinehart at Georgia Tech, and Karen Brown at the University of the Virgin Islands.
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.
Susan Margulies to Head the National Science Foundation’s Directorate of Engineering
Dr. Margulies, who teaches at Emory University and Georgia Tech, will be the first biomedical engineer to head the directorate, which supports fundamental research, enhances the nation’s innovation through a range of initiatives, and is a driving force behind the training and development of the United States’ engineering workforce.
In Memoriam: Susan Anne Odom, 1980-2021
Susan Odom, an associate professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky, died late last month after falling on the stairs at her home in Lexington, Kentucky. She was 40 years old.
New Assignments or Roles for Eight Women Who Serve as University Faculty Members
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.
The National Academy of Engineering Honors MIT’s Linda G. Griffith for Innovative Teaching
Professor Griffith was honored for “the establishment of a new biology-based engineering education, producing a new generation of leaders capable of addressing world problems with innovative biological technologies.”
Eight Women Scholars Appointed to Dean Positions at Major Universities
As we transition from one academic year to the next, there are always many new appointments to dean positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. Here is this week’s listing of women who will be serving in dean posts.
