The three new hires are Kourtney Kawano, an assistant professor of education, Charmaine Chua, an acting associate professor of geography, and Ida Yalzadeh, an assistant professor of ethnic studies.
While pursuing her graduate education in comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Hudson hosted a feminist literary salon in her apartment. Those meetings ultimately led to the development of Berkeley's first women's literature course and the women's studies program.
“It is an honor to serve LMU in this role. I am deeply committed to the university and to working alongside faculty, staff, and students in sustaining a collaborative academic community rooted in mission, excellence, and care for the whole person,” said Dr. Weaver.
The American Astronomical Society has honored Cornell University's Anna Y. Q. Ho for her outstanding research on extreme explosions powered by stellar death. Her work has provided key insights into a new class of visual events called Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transients.
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.
A new study has found occupations commonly held by immigrant women living in the United States, such as house cleaners and nurses, have increased exposure to chemicals linked to breast cancer and other common chronic diseases.
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.
For over three decades, Dr. Sadoulet taught agricultural and resource economics at the University of California, Berkeley. A leading scholar of development economics, she co-founded Berkeley's Center for Effective Global Action.
Dr. Chodorow was a longtime professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Throughout her career, she conducted groundbreaking research on mother-daughter relationships, specifically how mothering shapes psychological development and social roles.
Dr. Hagerty is the first woman to ever serve as provost of Northwestern University, where she has taught for the past four decades. She is slated to retire from her position at the end of the current academic year.
Susan Wente became the first woman president of Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in July 2021. A biochemist by training, she previously served as the first woman provost of Vanderbilt University in Nashville.
A former chief scientist with the U.S. Air Force, Dr. Coleman has been selected to lead the Berkeley Space Center, a forthcoming collaborative aviation and space exploration research hub led by the University of California, Berkeley and located on NASA's Ames Research Center in Mountain View.
