All Entries Tagged With: "Hendrix College"
Lindsey Claire Smith Appointed as the Inaugural Director of NYU Tulsa
NYU Tulsa is an initiative that brings New York University students to Tulsa, Oklahoma to engage in academic courses, community activities, and local internships. The program is the university’s sixteenth global location and fourth in the United States.
Beverly Henry Wheeler Receives National Award Named in Her Honor for Lifetime Achievement in College Admissions
The National Association for College Admissions Counseling has named its inaugural lifetime achievement award after Beverly Henry Wheeler, interim director of admission at Hendrix College. She is honored for her contributions to advancing equity in college admissions.
Karen Petersen Will Be the Thirteenth President and Second Woman to Lead Hendrix College in Arkansas
Dr. Petersen currently serves as a professor of political science and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. Earlier, Dr. Petersen served for nearly 16 years at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. In addition to being a faculty member, she served in three progressively responsible leadership roles culminating with her tenure as dean of the College of Liberal Arts.
Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas, Announces the Hiring of Three Women to Its Faculty
At Hendrix College, a liberal arts educational institution in Conway, Arkansas, Jericka S. Battle and Rosilyn Sanders were hired as instructors of psychology and Latorya D. Hicks was appointed an assistant professor of chemistry.
New Administrative Posts for Eight Women 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.
Scholar Finds a Hidden Bias Against Women Authors of Economics Papers
Erin Hengel, an American economist who teaches at the University of Liverpool, has completed a new study that finds that economics papers authored by women are more “readable” than those authored by men. However, despite being better written, articles authored by women take an average of six months longer to go through the peer-review process.
The New Provost at Hendrix College in Conway, Arkansas
Terri L. Bonebright has been serving as a professor of psychology and dean of the faculty at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana. She joined the faculty at DePauw University in 1995 and will begin her new job in July.
Sleep Deprivation Causes Misperceptions Among College-Age Men About Women’s Desire for Sex
Under circumstances where they were sleep deprived, college-age men perceived women’s interest in sex to be similar to their own, whereas as under normal sleep circumstances, men correctly perceived women as less interested in sex than themselves.
