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New Assignments for 11 Women Faculty Members
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
Two Women Holding Endowed Chairs Named Editor at Prestigious Journals in STEM Fields
Eva Tardos of Cornell University has been named editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Association for Computing Machinery and Susan Colley of Oberlin College has been named editor-elect of the Mathematical Association of America Monthly.
Oberlin College History Professor Carol Lasser to Lead SHEAR
Carol Lasser, a professor of history at Oberlin College in Ohio, recently was named president-elect of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic. The society was established in 1977 and represents historians whose primary focus is on events between 1776 and 1781.
Eight Women Academics Given Prestigious Honors
The honorees are Dolores M. Shoback, Natalie Winklefoos, Lesley Farmer, Mary Louise Petersen, Dawn J. Wright, Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Colette Heald, and Roslin Growe.
Alina Payne Named Director of the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
Dr. Payne is the Alexander P. Misheff Professor in the Department of History of Art and Architecture at Harvard. She previously taught at Oberlin College and the University of Toronto.
Andrea Kalyn Selected to Lead the Oberlin Conservatory of Music
Since 2005, Dr. Kalyn has been serving as associate dean and chief academic officer of the Oberlin Conservatory and served as interim dean since last July. She holds a a Ph.D. in musicology from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester.
Four Women Win Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards
The winners of the awards, which come with $60,000 grants for research, are Danielle Dube of Bowdoin College, Amanda Grannas of Villanova University, Catherine Oertal of Oberlin College, and Kathleen Purvis-Roberts of the Claremont Colleges.
Oberlin Professor Honored for Her Work to Save Libyan Heritage Sites
Susan Kane, professor of art history and classical archaeology at Oberlin College in Ohio, has been selected to receive the Presidential Award from the Society of American Archaeology.
Fourteen Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
Here is news of 14 women who have been appointed to new positions at college and universities throughout the United States.
Thirteen Women With New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Here’s is a large group of women taking on new administrative posts at educational institutions across the United States.
Mary Ann Samym Wins the 2012 FIELD Poetry Prize
She is an associate professor of English and the Bolton Professor for Teaching and Mentoring at West Virginia University.
Ten Women Named to Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Here is news of 10 women who have been named to high-level administrative posts at colleges and universities across the nation.
Ten New Administrative Appointments for Women in Higher Education
Here is news of some of the latest appointments of women to high-level administrative posts at colleges and universities across the nation.
New Grant Programs Relating to Women in Higher Education
Grants provide money for breast and ovarian cancer research and for scholarships for women in STEM fields.
Quote of the Week
““We can’t expect to hold back the potential of one half of our world and believe we will have the same progress and balance as we would if all people have the option to realize their potential.”
Prestigious Awards for Six Women Scholars
Jeanne Zaino, associate professor of political science and director of the honors program at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York, received the Dr. Carol S. Russett Award from the American Council on Education’s National Network of Women. Dr. Zaino holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees the University of Connecticut. She earned a second master’s degree […]
