Eight women scholars affiliated with higher educational institutions in the United States were recently presented with awards at the 139th annual meeting of the American Historical Association in Chicago.
Thirty-two members of the University of Chicago faculty recently have been appointed to named professorships. Eight of the faculty members appointed to these positions are women.
Dr. Rogalski comes to her new role from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College, where she has been serving as vice president of academic affairs and workforce development.
Dr. Trimberger was a longtime professor of sociology and coordinator of the women's studies program at Sonoma State University in California. While there, she also conducted research with Institute for the Study of Social Issues at the University of California, Berkeley.
As a historical archaeologist, Dr. Graff studies the relationship between temporality and modernity, consumerism and material culture, and contemporary heritage and urbanism. She currently teaches as an associate professor of anthropology at Lake Forest College in Illinois.
Wendy Laurel Freedman of the University of Chicago, Dedre Gentner of Northwestern University, and Karen Seto of Yale University are among the 2026 laureates of the Benjamin Franklin Medal. They are recognized for their groundbreaking contributions to physics, computer and cognitive science, and earth and environmental science, respectively.
Katherine Tate, professor of political science at Brown University, is a leading scholar on African American politics, race and gender in political science, American public opinion, government, and urban politics.
The women taking on new endowed faculty roles are Avery Willis Hoffman at the University of Chicago's Court Theatre, Rosalind Horowitz at the University of Texas at San Antonio, Jennifer Mueller at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Indiana, and Jungmeen Kim-Spoon at Virginia Tech.
Dr. Raitt's career in higher education spanned over four decades. She was the first woman to earn tenure at the Duke University Divinity School and founded the University of Missouri's department of religious studies.
The six women scholars appointed to named professorships at the University of Chicago are Katherine Baicker, Diana Bolotin, Christina Ciaccio, Yueran Ma, Alison Siegler, and Jennifer Wolf.
Dr. Frisch was a faculty member at the University of Chicago's department of astronomy and astrophysics for nearly 50 years. She was a leading expert on the heliosphere, the region of space influenced by the solar wind and the sun's magnetic field.
Holly Humphrey was a longtime professor and academic administrator at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Throughout her tenure, she focused on advancing inclusive learning, mentorship, and scholarship within medical education.
