Tag: Hamilton College

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.

Celeste Day Moore of Hamilton College Wins Book Prize From the Society for French Historical Studies

The Gilbert Chinard Prize from the Society for French Historical Studies is awarded each year for the best book published for the first time by a North American press in one of the two following fields: the history of French-American relations; or the comparative history of France and North, Central, or South America.

Four Women Faculty Members at Hamilton College Have Been Awarded Tenure

Hamilton College, the highly rated liberal arts college in Clinton, New York, recently announced the awarding of tenure to five faculty members, effective July 1. Four of the tenure awards went to women scholars: Kira Jumet in government, Celeste Day Moore in history, Claire Mouflard in French, and Rachel White in psychology.

Suzanne Keen Will Be the Next President of Scripps College in Claremont, California

Dr. Keen is a distinguished scholar and professor of English literature. Since 2018, she has served as vice president of academic affairs and dean of faculty at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. She is the former dean of the college at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, where she served as chair of the English department. She will become president of Scripps College on July 1, 2022.