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.
The new deans are Ka Yee C. Lee at the University of Chicago, Marjorie Shavers at Missouri State University, Christina Saenger at Youngstown State University in Ohio, and Emily Tanner-Smith at the University of Oregon.
Dr. Cooper Whitehead brings extensive experience in student affairs and academic leadership to her new role. She comes to Regis university from Boston College, where she has served as vice president of student affairs since 2021.
In 1978, Dr. Vargus was named dean of Temple University's School of Social Administration, making her the university's first African American and first woman to serve as an academic dean. She was an expert on family reunions, particularly the importance of such events in African American culture.
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.
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.
