The women who are taking on new administrative roles in higher education are Susan Monagan, Sherria N. King, Amanda Canales, Jamie Steiger, Talibah M. Bayles, Ellen Herbst, Janny Manasse, Traevena Byrd, Nicole J. Sakraida, Sarah Sussman, Michelle McDonald, and Gita Manaktala.
Of the 629 women who have ever served in statewide elective executive office in the United States, only 72 (11.4 percent) are women from historically marginalized racial and ethnic communities.
Through this new initiative, researchers at Rutgers University in New Jersey aim to address the widespread gaps in the scientific understanding of women's brain function. Ioana Carcea, associate professor in the department of pharmacology, physiology, and neuroscience at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, has been selected to lead the program.
The Association of American Law Schools has recently presented its Deborah L. Rhode Award to Joanna Grossman of the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and Kimberly Mutcherson of Rutgers Law School. The professors were honored for their contibutions to legal education and the legal profession.
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions in academia. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
The women who have been appointed to endowed positions are Zhewei Dai at Alma College in Michigan, Brooke Maslo at Rutgers University in New Jersey, Holly Kuzmich at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, and Julia Hellwege at the University of South Dakota.
Dr. Bolles was a longtime professor of women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Maryland. Trained as an anthropologist, she was known for her scholarship on the labor experiences of Caribbean women.
“We’re thrilled to be working with the highly skilled providers at Axia Women’s Health to ensure our students graduate with the relevant skills needed to deliver exceptional patient care with confidence and compassion,” said Julie Blumenfield, clinical associate professor and nurse-midwifery program at Rutgers School of Nursing.
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions in the academic world. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
A new study from researchers at Rutgers University has found young children are more likely to trust math information presented by men, even when that information is clearly incorrect.
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.
Rose Cuison-Villazor, professor at Rutgers University Law School, and Lily Yan Hughes, assistant dean of the Syracuse University College of Law, are among this year's seven recipients of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association's 2025 Trailblazer Award.
