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Four Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New Roles
Taking on new duties are Cheri Canon at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Nicki Wise at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Clemson University in South Carolina, Mediget Teshome at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Elizabeth Hiltbold Schwartz at Auburn University in Alabama.
The Linguistic Society of America Recognizes the Work of Princeton’s Laura Kalin
Dr. Kalin joined the faculty at Princeton in 2016. Her research focuses on the syntax and morphology of understudied (and often endangered) languages with a current focus on a group of Neo-Aramaic languages originally spoken in Kurdish areas of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Türkiye.
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.
UCLA’s Alvine Kamaha Honored by the American Physical Society
Alvine Kamaha, assistant professor of physics at the University of California, Los Angeles, won the 2024 Edward A. Bouchet Award from the American Physical Society for her leadership and accomplishments in the experimental search for dark matter in the universe and advancement of underrepresented minority scientists.
President of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York Is Stepping Down
Robin L. Garrell has served as president since August 1, 2020. Dr. Garrell had come under fire in August for the hiring of Marc Lamont Hill as the Presidential Professor of Urban Education. Professor Hill has been criticized for his remarks relating to the state of Israel.
In Memoriam: Amy Lohmann
Dr. Lohmann’s journey at UCLA began as a student in the nursing school’s Dual Primary Care PNP/CNS program. After graduating in 2005, Drt. Lohmann went on to practice as a pediatric nurse practitioner at Facey Medical Foundation and at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. She returned to UCLA in 2012, this time as a faculty member.
Karen Colley Is the New Provost at the University of Illinois Chicago
Dr. Collley has been serving as acting provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. She joined the faculty at the university in 1991 and was named a full professor in the department of biochemistry and molecular genetics in 2002. Dr. Colley is the former dean of the Graduate College.
Four Woman Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The four women named to endowed chairs are Mapuana Antonio at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Sandra Kingery, a professor of Spanish at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Lorrie Frasure at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Rebecca L. Aft at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Universities Announce the Appointment of Eight Women to Dean Positions
The women named deans are Ah-Hyung Park at UCLA, Hopi Hoekstra at Harvard University, Jill Dixon at West Chester University in Pennsylvania, Twinette Johnson at the University of the District of Columbia, Mary Margaret Frank at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Heather Woofter at the University of Texas at Austin, Sharonda Ragland at Virginia Union University, and Camille Su-Lin Johnson at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Given New Positions or Duties at Colleges or Universities
The women scholars in new roles are DeAnna Toten Beard at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, Elisha Chambers at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Maegan Tucker at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Erin O’Leary at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Amy Nsil at Salem College in Winston-Salem, South Carolina.
Sylvia Alva Selected to Lead California State University, Fullerton
Dr. Alva has been serving as the executive vice chancellor of academic and student affairs for the California State University System. Earlier,. she was provost and vice president for academic affairs at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and dean of the College of Health and Human Development at California State University, Northridge.
In Memoriam: Janet Suzanne Sinsheimer
Dr. Sinheimer began teaching at UCLA in 1995 and was named an assistant professor of human genetics in 1999. She was granted tenure in 2002 and appointed to full professor in 2007. Dr. Sinheimer was a member of the faculty of three departments: biostatistics, computational medicine, and human genetics.
Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs
The three women appointed to endowed chairs are Beth Karlan at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, LaQuandra S. Nesbitt at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C., and Susannah J. Ural at Mississippi State University.
Two Women Scholars Win the Bancroft Prize
The Bancroft Prize is one of the nation’s top honors in the field of American history. The prizes are awarded annually by Columbia University. This year, two of the three winners are women: Beverly Gage, a professor of U.S. history at Yale University and Kelly Lytle Hernández who holds an endowed chair in history at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs at State Universities
Katherine McCulloh was named to the newly created Rebecca Blank Professorship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Artha Gillis will be the inaugural holder of the RNPH Board Advisors Term Chair in Psychiatry at UCLA, and Jenna Jambeck was named the Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor in Environmental Engineering at the University of Georgia.
Ten Women With Current Ties to Academia Named MacArthur Fellows
The Chicago-based MacArthur Foundation has announced the selection of 20 individuals in this year’s class of MacArthur Fellows. Ten women academics are among the 20 new MacArthur Fellows.
Sonya Christian Appointed Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
Since 2021, Dr. Christian has been serving as chancellor of the Kern Community College District. In 2013, she was appointed the tenth president of Bakersfield, College, a campus of the Kern Community College District.
Linda Mills Appointed the Seventeenth President of New York University
Dr. Mills has been serving as vice chancellor and senior vice provost for global programs and university life at NYU. Dr. Mills is also the Lisa Ellen Goldberg Professor of Social Work, Public Policy, and Law and has served as the executive director of the NYU Center on Violence and Recovery. Dr. Mills’ principal areas of scholarly focus are trauma, bias, and domestic violence.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions
Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris is the new interim dean of the Luskin School of Public Affairs at the University of California, Los Angeles. Heather Quire was appointed associate vice chancellor and dean of campus life at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and J. Celeste Lay has been appointed interim dean of Newcomb-Tulane College at Tulane University in New Orleans.
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Positions at University Art Museums
Vanja V. Malloy has been appointed as the Dana Feitler Director of the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago. Ayşin Yoltar-Yıldırım was named the Norma Jean Calderwood Curator of Islamic and Later Indian Art at Harvard and Silvia Forni was appointed the Shirley & Ralph Shapiro Director of the Fowler Museum in the School of the Arts and Architecture at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Could a Shorter Workweek Help Eliminate the Gender Wage Gap?
Melanie Wasserman, an assistant professor at UCLA, set out to find whether women in the early stages of their careers were choosing careers based on the time requirements and, if so, what this meant for achieving wage parity. Some researchers suggest a significant part of the remaining gender wage gap is due to men taking higher-paying jobs that require longer hours with less flexibility.
In Memoriam: Joyce Mann, 1957-2022
Joyce Mann was the director of the International Public Policy and Management Program at the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. She joined the faculty at the university in 1999.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Positions in Higher Education
Delia Saenz was named vice chancellor and chief diversity officer at the University of California Merced. Anya Dani is the new director of community engagement and inclusive practice in the conservation of cultural heritage at UCLA and Francellis Quiñones has been selected as the first chief officer of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion for Northern Essex Community College in Haverhill, Massachusetts.
Universities Announce the Appointment of Nine Women to Administrative Posts
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.
Jayathi Murthy Has Been Appointed the Sixteenth President of Oregon State University
Since 2016, Dr. Murthy has been serving as the Ronald and Valerie Sugar Dean at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. She was the first woman to hold that position. She was also a professor in the mechanical and aerospace engineering department.
UCLA-Led Study Finds Increased Levels of Depression During Pregnancy Impacts Children’s Behaviors
The seven-year study, which tracked mothers and their offspring from preconception until the children were 5 years old, is the first to demonstrate how changes in mothers’ level of depression over time may impact early childhood behavior and emotional well-being, according to the authors.
Jennifer Mnookin Appointed Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Since 2015, Dr. Mnookin has been dean of the School of Law and Ralph and Shirley Shapiro Professor of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. She joined the faculty at UCLA in 2005. Earlier, she was a professor at the University of Virginia School of Law.
Three State Universities Announce the Appointments of Women to Dean Positions
Alexandra Minna Stern will be the new dean of humanities at the University of California, Los Angeles. Beth Virnig has been named dean of the College of Public Health and Health Professions at the University of Florida and Erika Engel Small was named dean of the College of Business Administration at Coastal Carolina University.
Research Examines Gender Pay Gap for Faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
University-wide, women faculty members on average had a annual salary of $89,943. Men on the university’s faculty had an average salary of $108,668. Thus, the average salary for women faculty members was only 83 percent of the average salaries of men on the faculty.
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.
Ten Women Who Have Been Hired or Promoted to New 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.
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.
Kimberlé Crenshaw Presented With the Triennial Award for Lifetime Service to Legal Education and the Legal Profession
Kimberlé W. Crenshaw is the Promise Institute Professor of Human Rights at the School of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles and the Isidor and Seville Sulzbacher Professor of Law at Columbia University. She was honored by the Association of American Law Schools for her work on critical race theory and intersectionality.”
Andrea Talentino Will Be the Next President of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois
Dr. Talentino currently serves as provost of Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. Before arriving at Nazareth, Dr. Talentino served as the dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Norwich University in Vermont. Prior to that, she was an associate dean at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. She also has served on the faculty at Tulane University in New Orleans.
Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The four women who have been appointed to endowed chairs are Jennifer Klein at Yale University, Kjerstin Thorson at Michigan State University, Rosemary Nabaweesi at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, and Anne Rimoin at the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles.
