The six women in academia who have received 2026 Association for Asian American Studies Book Awards are Cindy Juyoung Ok of the University of California, Davis, Juliet Nebolon of Trinity College, Monisha Das Gupta of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Pacharee Sudhinaraset of New York University, Celine Parreñas Shimizu of the University of California, Los Angeles, and Sharon Quinsaat of Grinnell College.
“These data show us that a very large portion of those entering our specialty are struggling and not getting the help they need, and we’re not having meaningful discussions about how to help them,” said Helen Kang Morgan, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan Medical School.
Dr. Carson is known for her work in poetry, fiction, and translation. She has taught at several educational institutions throughout Canada and the United States.
The Library of Congress has presented its John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity to Martha C. Naussbaum, an endowed professor at the University of Chicago and an expert in ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, feminist and political philosophy, and philosophy and the arts.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty 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 an analysis of two large datasets from the U.S. Department of Education, a new study has found students with below-average grades and test scores in high school are more likely to major in a discipline where their gender is overrepresented.
In a new study, participants often failed to notice the absence of women in a group of neurosurgeons, as well as the absence of men in a group of teachers.
Since 2021, Dr. Raver has been serving as provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. She will begin her new duties at the University of Michigan on December 1.
“The pay gap is not about some inherent preference in women for jobs that offer lower wages, but rather it is that we actually do pay women’s occupations less because we devalue women,” said Cate Taylor, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Presented every four years by the International Mathematical Union, the Fields Medal is considered the highest honor in the field of mathematics. Dr. Wang has been recognized for her recent resolution of the Kakeya conjecture, a central problem in harmonic analysis and geometry that had been unsolved for more than a century.
The appointments are Diane Simeone at the University of California, San Diego, Mimi Davies Wroten at Sweet Briar College in Virginia, Veena Shankaran at the Fred Hutch Cancer Center in Seattle, Hong Wang at New York University, and Mary Beth Klinger at the College of Southern Maryland.
Cristina M. Rodríguez was appointed dean of Yale Law School earlier this year. The National Hispanic Bar Foundation recently honored Professor Rodríguez for her outstanding academic leadership and contributions to the legal profession.
