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University Research Shows Men Tend to Exaggerate When Their Masculinity Is Threatened
The data in the study by researchers at the University of Washington and Stanford University showed that a group of college men who were given artificially low results on a strength test, proceeded to answer a questionnaire on which they exaggerated their height by an average of three quarters of an inch.
Stanford Sociologist Finds Women More Worried Than Men About Becoming Parents
A new study by Brooke Conroy Bass, a doctoral student in sociology at Stanford University, found that among young heterosexual couples who had not yet had children, women were more likely than men to downsize their career objectives due to the anticipated duties of parenthood.
Nine Women Academics Elected to the American Philosophical Society
Of the 27 new American members of the American Philosophical Society, 10 are women. Nine of the 10 women selected have current ties to the academic world.
Stanford University Promotes Four Women Faculty Members
Liisa Malkki was named professor of anthropology. Karen Casciotti in earth systems science, Michelle Karnes in English, and Karen Parker in psychiatry and behavioral sciences were promoted to associate professor positions.
Seven Women Named to Endowed Chairs at Stanford University
The seven women named to endowed chairs at Stanford University are Michele Dauber, Deborah Gruenfeld, Leonore Herzenberg, Pamela Lee, Bernadette Meyler, Allison D. Morantz, and Erica Plambeck.
Study to Examine Subtle Signals That May Discourage Women in STEM
Mary C. Murphy of Indiana University will use electronically activated recorder technology to capture and analyze spoken interactions between 2,000 male and female undergraduate students and 40 faculty members in the natural and social sciences.
Stanford University Making Slow Progress in Closing the Faculty Gender Gap
In 2004, women were 22.9 percent of the total faculty at Stanford University. A decade later, the number of women faculty increased by more than a third but women made up only 27.2 percent of the Stanford faculty.
The Next Provost at Menlo College in California
Terri Givens has been serving as a professor in the department of government in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. Earlier in her career, Dr. Givens taught at the University of Washington.
In Memoriam: Anna Marie Zarate Porras, 1966-2015
She was the senior associate director of development at Stanford University. Porras joined the staff at Stanford in 1991 as director of outreach to Mexican American students in the undergraduate admissions office.
Three Women Named to Endowed Chairs at the Stanford University School of Medicine
The Stanford University School of Medicine has announced the appointment of five faculty members to endowed chairs. Three of the faculty members named to endowed chairs are women: Susan Hintz, Karla Kirkegaard, and Sheri Spunt.
Study Finds That Smaller Class Sizes Reduce the Gender Grade Gap in Law School
The results of a study conducted by scholars at Stanford Law School showed that in large classes, women earned a grade that on average was .05 points lower than men. When researchers examined grades in classes with a small number of students, the gender gap disappeared.
Carmen Nocentelli Wins the Roland H. Bainton Prize in Literature
Carmen Nocentelli, associate professor of English and comparative literature at the University of New Mexico, was honored by the Sixteenth Century Society for the best new book on the 1450-1660 period.
Study Estimates the Economic and Social Cost of Domestic Violence Worldwide
A new study by scholars at Stanford University and Oxford University has determined that nine times as many people throughout the world are killed by domestic violence than are killed in civil wars but little foreign aid is focused on the issue of domestic violence.
Seven Women With Current Ties to Academic World Named MacArthur Fellows
The Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation has announced the selection of 21 individuals in this year’s class of MacArthur Fellows. Nine are women and seven of these women have current ties to the academic world.
Stanford University’s Condoleezza Rice Receives West Point’s Thayer Award
The award is presented by the U.S. Military Academy’s Association of Graduates to individuals who exemplify West Point’s motto, “Duty, Honor, Country.” Dr. Rice, a former U.S. secretary of state, is now a professor at Stanford University.
Six Women Presented With Prestigious Honors
The honorees are Christine Franklin of the University of Georgia, Marjorie Perloff of Stanford University, Magda Peck of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Jane McLeod of Indiana University, Vanessa Cook of Michigan State University, and Joan Mace of Ohio University.
Three Women Join the Faculty at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon
Tabitha Knight is a new assistant professor of economics. Janet Lorenzen was hired as an assistant professor of sociology and Katja Meyer was named an assistant professor of environmental and earth sciences.
The First Woman to Win the Fields Medal
Maryam Mirzakhani, a professor of mathematics at Stanford University, is the first woman recipient of the Fields Medal, considered by many as the “Nobel Prize of Mathematics.” The award was established in 1936.
Four Women Scholars Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Margaret Clark, a professor of psychology at Yale, Kristen Sanford Bernhardt, a civil engineer at Lafayette College, Maryam Mirzakhani, a professor of mathematics at Stanford, and Libo Shan, a plant molecular biologist at Texas A&M University.
Four Women Named to Positions as Dean at U.S. Universities
The new deans are Rebecca Craik at Arcadia University in Pennsylvania, Jane Shaw at Stanford University in California, Karen Fontenot at Southeastern Louisiana University, and Margaret L. Williams at the University of North Dakota.
Four Women Scientists Named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professors
The scientists are Susan S. Golden, Tracy L. Johnson, Susan K. McConnell, and Anne J. McNeil.
University of Florida Wins the Capital One Cup for Women’s Collegiate Sports
The Capital One Cup signifies the best overall performance by women’s team at a college or university. Eight team at the University of Florida earned Capital One Cup points by finishing among the top 10 ranked teams nationally. The university won national championships in softball and gymnastics.
New Women Deans at Six Universities
The six women appointed to dean posts are Lisa Bond-Maupin at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Elizabeth K. Meyer at the University of Virginia, Sharon L. Wood at the University of Texas, Lisa Plowfield at Towson University, Shannon Blanton at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, and Peris Drell at Stanford University.
Seventeen Women in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
Mary Ann Fuchs, Carla Sanderson, Sharon Tennyson, Cheryl Johnson, Nalia Baloch, Binti Harvey, Susan C. Dolbert, Andrea Greenhoot, Lesia Crumpton-Young, Jodi Kupper, Ellen Anderson, Jenni Evans, Matella Nelson, Jaime Seguin, Debra Fraser Janie Long and Catherine Criswell are the new appointees.
Gillian Lester Appointed the 15th Dean of Columbia Law School
Currently she is the Alexander F. and May T. Morrison Professor of Law, the Mimi Wolfen Research Professor, and acting dean of the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. Professor Lester will become dean at Columbia Law School on January 1.
Three Women to Join the Princeton University Faculty
The women who will be new assistant professors at Princeton are Erin Yu-Tien Huang in East Asian studies, Beatrice Kitzinger in art and archaeology, and Barbara Nagel in German.
Four Women Among the Inaugural Members of the Minerva Academy
The academy honors teaching excellence and innovation in higher education. The new inductees will select the inaugural winner of the $500,000 Minerva Prize that will be announced in May.
Stanford University Scholar Wins Two Awards for Debut Fiction
Bulawayo, a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, is a native of Zimbabwe. She won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award and the Etisalat Prize for her book We Need New Names.
A Report Card on Women Faculty at Stanford University
The report found that in 2013, there were 545 women on the Stanford faculty, compared to 1,498 men. Thus, women made up 26.7 percent of the total faculty. Twenty years ago in 1993, women were 15.7 percent of the total faculty.
Stanford University Students Produce Videos Aimed at Encouraging Young Women to Pursue High-Tech
The videos, featuring women employed at Silicon Valley firms, were produced by the Stanford group she++, a two-year old organization formed to encourage young women to pursue study and careers in high technology disciplines.
Stanford Professor Wins the Grawemeyer Award for Religion
Tanya Luhrmann, the Watkins University Professor in the department of anthropology at Stanford University, wins one of five Grawemeyers given out annually by the University of Louisville. The award includes a $100,000 prize.
In Memoriam: Nalini Ambady, 1959-2013
Dr. Ambady joined the Stanford faculty in 2011. She was the first woman from India to hold a faculty position in the university’s psychology department. Previously, she had taught at the College of the Holy Cross, Harvard University, and Tufts University.
Stanford Study Warns of Risks to Pregnant Women of Heating Foods in Plastic Containers
Chemicals in plastic containers can leak into food when heated and these chemicals can increase the risk of miscarriage by 80 percent, according to the study presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine.
In Memoriam: Susan Valerie Cashion, 1943-2013
Susan Cashion taught dance at Stanford University in California for 35 years. She was a specialist in Mexican, Caribbean, and Latin American dance and was the former president of the California Dance Educators Association.
Ten Women Taking on New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Women taking on new roles are LaShondra Peebles, Michelle, Lepore, Linda Cataldo, Meredith Well-Lepley, Keeley M. Powell, Tamela McNulty Eitle, Nancy Wentworth, Rebecca Benfield, Jennifer M. Schopf, and Kathy Jones.
