A scholar of comparative politics, women's rights, social justice, and inclusive STEM environments, Dr. Htun taught political science in academia for over two decades. At the time of her passing, she was a distinguished professor at the University of New Mexico.
Jean Yarbrough is the Gary M. Pendy Sr. Professor of Social Sciences at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. She was honored for her "understanding of, and actions taken to, preserve and foster the principles upon which the United States was built.â€
Penelope Trickett was the David Lawrence Stein/Violet Goldberg Sachs Professor of Mental Health in the School of Social Work at the University of Southern California. She served on the faculty at USC for 27 years.
The women appointed to endowed chairs at colleges and universities are Maya Wiley, Sally C. Morton, Julia Wallace, Jodi Upton, Hui Fang, Beth Simmons, Pia Albinsson, Shontavia Johnson, and Anne Gelb.
The winners of the prestigious awards include Charlotte Gordon of Endicott College in the biography category, Margo Jefferson of Columbia University and The New School in the autobiography category, and Maggie Nelson of the California Institute of the Arts in the criticism category.
The National Book Critics Circle Awards are given out in six categories with five finalists in each category. Several of the finalists are women who currently hold academic posts at American colleges and universities.
Michelle J. DePass has been appointed dean of the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy at the New School for Public Engagement in New York City. She will also hold the title of Tishman Professor of Environmental Policy and Management.
A professor emerita at the University of Wisconsin, she was a pioneering scholar in the field of women's history and in 1972 established the first graduate program in the discipline in the United States.
