A new study by researchers at the University of Alabama, Huntsville finds that women academics are 38 percent more likely to be pressured to add additional authors who have made minimal contributions to papers than is the case for male authors.
The women scholars in new roles are Susan Krauss Whitbourne of the University of Massachusetts, Kristen Johansen of Iowa State University, Andrea Bruder of Colorado College, Donna Sabella at the University of Massachusetts, Judith Schneider at the University of Alabama at Huntsville and Margaret Burnett at Oregon State University.
Taking on new faculty roles are Rebecca Tuttle at Wright State, Dana Charles McCoy at Harvard, Jane Hindman at Guttman Community College, Linda Sturtz at Macalester College, Jennfier Stromer-Galley at Syracuse, Kristin Bergmann at MIT, and Shuang Zhao at the University of Alabama-Huntsville.
The new deans are Miriam Chaiken at New Mexico State, Karen Coats at the University of Southern Mississippi, Kim Chapman at Edmonds Community College, Kim LaScola Needy at the University of Arkansas, Judith Babbits at Sarah Lawrence College, and Marsha Howell Adams at the University of Alabama Huntsville.
