All Entries Tagged With: "San Diego State University"
Debra Bangasser Receives National Recognition for Outstanding Psychiatric Research
Dr. Bangasser conducts research on how stress affects the risk for various psychiatric disorders, with a focus on addressing women’s historical underrepresentation in clinical studies.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
Report Finds Only 18 Percent of 2023 Top-Grossing Films Feature More Women Characters Than Men
Every year since 2002, Dr. Martha Lauzen of San Diego State University conducts the “It’s a Men’s (Celluloid) World” report to analyze the representation of women in film. This year’s study found women’s share of lead roles in 2023 movies decreased compared to 2022.
Jessica Robinson Is the First Alumna to Serve as President of Cuyamaca College in California
Dr. Robinson was most recently the college’s interim president and vice president of student services. Earlier, she served as assistant dean for student affairs and interim associate dean for academic affairs in the College of Health and Human Services at San Diego State University. She has also taught courses on leadership, social work, and community organizing at Sand Diego State University and the University of San Diego.
Martha Garcia Will Be the Next President of Mount San Antonio College in Walnut, California
When she takes office on July 1, Dr. Garcia will be the college’s tenth president, the first woman to lead the college in 50 years, and the first person of color to lead the college. Dr. Garcia is currently president of College of the Desert in Palm Desert, California, a post she has held since August 2021.
In Memoriam: Dorothy Louise Christel White Smith, 1939-2022
Dr. Smith taught at Long Beach City College, Grossmont Community College, San Diego City College, and San Diego State University. At San Diego State, she taught courses in writing & rhetoric, African American studies, and teacher education courses.
Guillermina Gina Núñez-Mchiri Will Be the Next Leader of the Imperial Valley Campus of San Diego State University
Dr. Núñez-Mchiri, a native of Calexico, California, has been serving as an associate professor of anthropology at the University of Texas at El Paso. She began as a visiting assistant professor at UTEP, where she eventually gained tenure and became director of Women’s and Gender Studies.
Deans by the Dozen: Large Group of Women Scholars in New Leadership Positions
The 12 new deans are Guillermina Gina Núñez-Mchiri, Autumn Tooms Cyprès, Deborah M. Cady Melzer. Melinda R. Roberts, Kathy Giacomini, Mary Stromberger, Linda Haddad, Valerie Howard, Sonya Hardin, Cindy D. Kam, Andrea Hickerson, and Vicki Ellingrod.
Eleven Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts 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.
In Memoriam: Dorothy L.W. Smith, 1939-2022
After moving to California in 1969, Smith taught at Long Beach City College, Grossmont Community College, and later San Diego City College, where she was a professor for 24 years. Smith also lectured at San Diego State University, teaching courses in teacher education and rhetoric and writing.
Women Athletes at San Diego State University File a Sex Discrimination Lawsuit
Seventeen former and current women athletes at San Diego State University have filed a class-action lawsuit charging the university with sex discrimination for not adhering to Title IX guidelines requiring gender equality in college sports.
In Memoriam: Linda Lopez McAlister, 1939-2021
Dr. McAlister first came to the Unversity of South Florida in 1982, After working for the state university system, she returned to the University of South Florida in 1987 as a professor of philosophy and women’s studies, specializing in feminist philosophy, the history of women in philosophy, and feminist film studies. She served as chair of the philosophy department from 1996 to her retirement in 1999.
In Memoriam: Laura Mays Hoopes
An avid advocate for women in science, Dr. Hoopes served as Pomona College’s vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college from 1993 to 1998. She was the first scientist and woman appointed dean of the college at Pomona.
Six Women Full Professors Who Have Retired
The retiring full professors are Esther Rothblum at San Diego State University, Thomasine Heitkamp at the University of North Dakota, Debra Bacharz at the University of St. Jospeh in Joliet, Illinois, Anne Zajac at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine, Amy Struthers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Carolyn Sabo at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Marsha Gable Selected as the New Leader of Grossmont College in El Cajon, California
Dr. Gable has been serving for the past five years as vice president of student services at Grossmont College. She served for eight months in 2019 and 2020 as interim president of San Diego Miramar College. Earlier, Dr. Gable was dean of counseling services and admissions and records at Cuyamaca College in Rancho San Diego, California.
California State University, Northridge Names Erika Beck as Its Next President
In 2016, Dr. Beck was named the second president of California State University, Channel Islands in Camarillo. Previously, she was provost and executive vice president of Nevada State College in Henderson. Dr. Beck will become president of California State University Northridge on January 11.
New Positions or Roles for Eight Women Scholars in Higher Education
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Angélica Garcia Selected as the Next President of Berkeley City College in California
Before being named president of Berkeley City College, Dr. Garcia has been serving as the vice president of student services at Skyline College, a community college in San Bruno, California. She will begin her new job on May 7.
Helen Griffith to Lead the Highly Successful Charter School at the University of California, San Diego
Since 2012, Dr. Griffith has been serving as the founding executive director and CEO of е3 Civic High, a public charter high school located in the San Diego Central Public Library. The Preuss School of the University of California, San Diego caters to low-income students who strive to become the first in their families to graduate from college.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Seven Women to Dean Positions
The new deans are Mary Ann Krough at South Dakota State University, Priscilla Elsass at Clark University in Massachusetts, Nicola Boothe Perry at Florida A&M University, Ana Gaillat at Vermont Technical College, Peggy Shannon at San Diego State University, Sarah Whiting at Harvard University, and Lise Youngblade at Colorado State University
A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Have Been Honored With Notable Awards
The honorees are Marilee Bresciani Ludvik of San Diego State University, Mary Catherine Harper of Defiance College in Ohio, Laurel Willingham-McLain of Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, and Elizabeth Payne of the University of Mississippi.
New Study Aims to Identify Best Practices in Mentoring to Increase Diversity in STEM Fields
Angela Byars-Winston, professor of medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been selected to lead a committee of the National Academy of Sciences that will seek to identify the best mentoring techniques to bring more women and members of underrepresented groups into STEM fields.
For Breast Cancer Survivors, Race Appears to Be an Important Factor in Their Employment Prospects
In a study of breast cancer survivors conducted at Washington University in St. Louis, the data showed that African-Americans were four times more likely to leave the workforce despite fighting a breast cancer with high survival rates than was the case for White patients of the same age.
Adela de la Torre Will Be the First Woman President of San Diego State University
Currently, Dr. De la Torre serves as vice chancellor for student affairs and campus diversity at the University of California, Davis. Earlier in her career, Dr. De la Torre was director of the Mexican American Studies and Research Center at the University of Arizona. She will begin her new job this coming June.
The Next President of the State University of New York-Oneonta
Since 2011, Dr. Barbara Jean Morris has served as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fort Lewis College in Durnago, Colorado. Earlier, she worked for 16 years at the College of the Redlands in California, where she served as professor of government and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
A Pair of Women Academics Honored by the Academy of American Poets
Marilyn Chin is a professor emerita at San Diego State University in California and Marie Howe teaches poetry at New York University and Sarah Lawrence College. Both scholars have been named chancellors of the Academy of American Poets.
Women Making Huge Advances in Research Grants at the University of California, San Diego
In 2013 women were the principal investigators on grant programs that amounted to $24.5 million. In contrast, men led grants totaling $133.3 million. In 2017, women were the principal investigators on grants totaling $89.1 million, while men led grant programs totaling $72.5 million.
Sally Roush to Lead San Diego State University
Roush joined the staff at San Diego State in 1982 as director of personnel services. In 1994, she was promoted to senior vice president for business and financial affairs. She retired in 2013 after 31 years of service to the university. She is expected to serve as interim president for one year, beginning July 1.
Erika Beck Chosen as the New President of California State University, Channel Islands
Dr. Beck currently serves as provost and executive vice president of Nevada State College in Henderson. Before becoming provost, she served as dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences, chair of the Faculty Senate, and as a faculty member in the psychology department.
The Next President of Cuyamaca College in California
Since 2013, Dr. Julianna Barnes has been serving as vice president of student services at San Diego Mesa College. Previously, she was vice president of student services at Cuyamaca College. She will take office on October 5.
University Study Finds Support for Working Mothers Is at an All-Time High
A new study by researchers at San Diego State University has found that in 1977, 66 percent of adults believed that “a preschool child is likely to suffer if his or her mother works.” By 2012, only 35 percent agreed with this statement.
Marilyn Chin Wins the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Poetry
Professor Chin was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Portland, Oregon. She is a professor of poetry at San Diego State University. Professor Chin is the only woman among the five winners of this year’s Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards.
University Study Finds Gender Differences in How Intimate Partner Violence Affects Children
The research found that boys who witnessed the violence are more apt to be aggressive and mimic the behavior observed. But girls who witnessed the violence tended to internalize their emotions. Neither reaction leads to proper social development.
San Diego-Area Universities Team Up to Encourage Girls to Improve Computer Skills
GirlTECH San Diego will provide afterschool computing clubs for girls in secondary schools. Participating universities include the University of California San Diego, San Diego State University, the University of San Diego, and Point Loma Nazarene University.
Study Finds a Significant Increase of Female Pronouns in Books Written Over the Past 40 Years
The research team used the Google Books datatbase to examine the use of pronouns in 1.2 million books that were published in the United States from 1900 to 2008.
