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A Trio of Women Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Universities
The women appointed to endowed faculty positions are Kali Thomas at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Dorceta Taylor at Yale University, and Kristin Javorsky at Mississippi State University.
Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy Named President of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
“I’m honored to take on this new role at AACTE, an organization with such a rich tradition of leadership, advocacy, and innovation,” Dr. Holcomb-McCoy said. She will assume her new role in January after eight years as dean of School of Education at American University in Washington. D.C.
New Administrative Appointments for Fifteen 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.
A Dozen Women Selected for Administrative Roles 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.
Fourteen Women Appointed to Administrative Roles 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.
Seven Women Appointed to Endowed Faculty Positions
The women appointed to endowed chairs are Fiona Doherty Yale Law School, Madhuri Kango-Singh at the University of Dayton, Meryl “Mimi” Winick at Virginia Commonwealth University, Lisa Gabel at Lafayette College, Ladda Thiamwong at the University of Central Florida, Ebony McGee at Johns Hopkins University, and Marlyse Baptista at the University of Pennsylvania.
New Administrative Appointments for Thirteen 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.
Niloufer Siddiqui Receives Early-Career Book Award From the American Political Science Association
Dr. Siddiqui was honored for her book Under the Gun: Political Parties and Violence in Pakistan, which discusses how political parties behave in anti-democratic behaviors because of political incentives.
Neha Vapiwala Will Head the American Society for Radiation Oncology
Over the next four years, Dr. Vapiwala will serve one-year terms as the national organization’s president-elect, president, chair of the board of directors, and immediate past chair, respectively.
Lauren Gardner Recognized for Developing AI Systems to Discover and Track Potential Pandemics
In January 2020, Dr. Gardner, was essential in creating a web-based COVID-19 dashboard at Johns Hopkins University that was used as a global resource for tracking the pandemic. She teaches at Johns Hopkins as the Alton and Sandra Cleveland Professor in civil and systems engineering.
Rita Colwell Receives Lifetime Achievement Award From the American Society for Microbiology
In the 1960s, Dr. Colwell was the first researcher in the U.S. to develop a computer program to analyze bacteriological data. Her life-saving contributions in the areas of global infectious diseases, water, and health have earned her numerous prestigious awards including the National Medal of Science
Randi Martin Awarded for Distinguished Leadership in Cognitive Neuroscience Research
Dr. Martin’s research focuses on cognitive neuroscience, the psychology and neuropsychology of language, and short-term memory. She has taught at Rice Univesity for over 40 years, currently directing the T.L.L. Temple Foundation Neuroplasticity Research Laboratory.
New Endowed Faculty Positions for Five Women in Academia
The new endowed appointments are Julie Lundquist at Johns Hopkins University, Sarah Knott at the University of Oxford, Sara Coffey at Oklahoma State University, Marjan Boerma at the University of Arkansas for Medical Science, and Judith Byfield at Cornell University.
In Memoriam: Doris Wilkinson, 1936-2024
Dr. Wilkinson was a member of the University of Kentucky’s first African American undergraduate class, graduating with a degree in sociology in 1958. Nine years later, she returned to her alma mater as the university’s first Black woman to hold a full-time faculty position.
In Memoriam: Susan Courtney, 1966-2024
Dr. Courtney joined the faculty in the department of psychological and brain sciences at Johns Hopkins University in 1999. She conducted research on how the brain’s structure is altered through aging and disease.
Seven Women Scholars Appointed to New Faculty Positions
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Endowed Faculty Appointments for Four Women Scholars
The women named to endowed faculty positions are April Mayes at Pomona College, Emilie Townes at Boston University, Jane Carlton at Johns Hopkins University, and Emily Huff at Clemson University.
The National Science Foundation Honors Three Early-Career Women Scientists
The award recipients are Katrina Claw from the University of Colorado, Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio from Yale University, and Muyinatu A. Lediju Bell from Johns Hopkins University.
Trinity College President Joanne Berger-Sweeney Announces Retirement
In 2014, Dr. Berger-Sweeney became the first African American and first woman president of Trinity College since its founding in 1823. Over the past decade, the college has experienced growth in enrollment and graduation rates, hired more diverse faculty, and improved campus infrastructure.
In Memoriam: Shani Mott, 1976-2024
Dr. Mott was a lecturer in the department of history and Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University where she worked for the past 16 years. Her academic studies focused on racial language in American popular culture.
Two Women Appointed to Leadership Positions Relating to Diversity
The two women appointed to diversity posts are Jesenia Minier-Jennings at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Inez Stewart at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
In Memoriam: Barbara Burns, 1941-2024
Dr. Burns was a member of the Duke University faculty for over three decades where she served as a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and director of the services effectiveness research program.
Center for Global Women’s Health and Gender Equity Established at Johns Hopkins University
The new center, led by School of Public Health professor Michele Decker, aims to address global gender inequity through the collaborative research of Johns Hopkins faculty and students, as well as scholars from around the world.
In Memoriam: Jane Guyer, 1943-2024
Dr. Guyer was a professor emerita at Johns Hopkins University where she formerly served as the George Armstrong Kelly Professor of Anthropology and co-chair of The Academy. Throughout her career, she conducted extensive research on economic transformations in West Africa.
Lynne Coy-Organ Is the First Woman President of Husson University
Lynne Coy-Organ has been named the first woman president of Husson University in Maine. She has served as the university’s provost and senior vice president for academic affairs for the past 15 years.
In Memoriam: Christy L. Burns: 1962-2023
Dr. Burns joined the faculty at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1992. She was promoted to associate professor in 1998 and retired in 2020 after 28 years of service to William & Mary.
Columbia University’s Pamela Smith Honored by the American Historical Association
Pamela H. Smith is the recipient of the George L. Mosse Prize from the American Historical Association. The prize is awarded annually for an outstanding major work of extraordinary scholarly distinction, creativity, and originality in the intellectual and cultural history of Europe since the Renaissance.
Geology Pioneer Honored by Johns Hopkins University
Florence Bascom, the trailblazing founder of the geology department at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, was recently honored by Johns Hopkins University, where her name now graces a building – the Bascom Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories – designed to foster undergraduate research.
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The three women scholars who have been apoointed to endowed professorships are Monica Prasad at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Kara Spiller at Drexel University in Philadelphia, and Karen Flynn at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Universities Announce the Appointment of Six Women to Administrative Posts
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.
In Memoriam: Estelle Ackerman Fishbein, 1934-2023
Estelle Fishbein, the first woman to serve as general counsel at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Fishbein retired as general counsel in 2004, after 29 years in the post.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The three women scholars appointed to endowed chairs are Hoda Heidari in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Robyn LeBoeuf at the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, snd Melinda Buntin in health policy and economics at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
In Memoriam: Catherine Ann Pierre, 1970-2023
Pierre arrived at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore in 2003 as associate editor of Johns Hopkins Magazine, becoming its editor in 2007. She then served as editorial director of the university’s central communications office, interim vice president for communications, director of communications, and senior director of integrated marketing.
Princeton’s Bonnie Bassler Shares the 2023 Albany Medical Center Prize in Medicine and Biomedical Research
Dr. Bassler first discovered that bacteria communicate during her postdoctoral work, and she has spent her career identifying and characterizing the molecules that bacteria use to coordinate collective behaviors and share other kinds of information.
Four Women Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Zengyi Shao at Iowa State University, Bonnielin Swenor at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Karen Cook-Bell at Bowie State University in Maryland, and Wendy Berry Mendes at Yale University.
