Tag: Hamilton College

A Trio of Women Selected for Dean Positions in Academia

The new deans are Colleen Hallagan Preuninger at Hamilton College in New York, Omayra Arocho at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, and Tammy Burke at Montana Technological University.

Hamilton College Adds Eight Women Assistant Professors to Its Faculty

Hamilton College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Clinton, New York, has announced the hiring of eight new assistant professors. All eight of the new hires are women.

Three American Women Awarded the $300,000 Dan David Prize

The prize has the goal of rewarding and encouraging innovative and interdisciplinary research that cuts across traditional boundaries and paradigms. Of this year’s nine winners of the Dan David Prize, three are women with affiliations at colleges and universities in the United States.

Unconscious Gender Bias Against Women Professors Persists in Student Evaluations

Across several alternative methods of evaluations, students are more likely to negatively review women professors than male faculty.

Jeannine Diddle Uzzi Named Sixth President of Thomas College in Maine

"By leveraging my experiences, I see opportunities to make Thomas a more inclusive community that serves students from all backgrounds — whether they are from Maine or beyond — who are seeking a place where they truly belong,” said Dr. Uzzi.

American Comparative Literature Association Honors Four Women Scholars for Co-Edited Collection of Essays

Pooja Rangan, Akshya Saxena, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, and Pavitra Sundar were honored for their co-edited collection of essays Thinking with an Accent: Toward a New Object, Method, and Practice.

Four Women Awarded Tenure at Hamilton College in New York

Hamilton College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Clinton, New York, has awarded tenure to 10 faculty members. Four of the faculty members awarded tenure are women: Alexsia T. Chan in government, Natalie Nannas in government, Anne Valente in literature and creative writing, and Keelah Williams in psychology.

Nine Women Who Have Been 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

Seven Women Faculty Members Who Have Been Given New Roles or 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 [email protected].

Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs

Tara Righetti is the inaugural Occidental Chair in Energy and Environmental Policies at the University of Wyoming. Laurens Steed was appointed to the John and Gloria Goering Professorship in Family & Private Business at the University of Cincinnati and Shoshana Keller was appointed the William R. Kenan Professor of History at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.

Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Selected for Endowed Professorships

The four women who have been named to endowed chairs are Cynthia E. Rogers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Jane Springer at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, Joya Misra at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Kish Parella at the Washington and Lee University School of Law in Lexington, Virginia.

A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Named Professorships

The women appointed to named chairs are Anamika Dubey in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Washington State University, Sarah Kurtz in the School of Engineering at the University of California, Merced, Ange-Marie Hancock at Ohio State University, and Sharon Werning Rivera at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.