At St. Catherine University, Dr. Miller served as the inaugural Archbishop Harry Flynn Endowed Chair in Catholic Identity. From 2006 to 2019, she directed the university's Myser Initiative on Catholic Identity.
Dr. Baker, Distinguished Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, is known for her research on decision-making under uncertainty as it relates to energy and the environment.
Dr. Carson is known for her work in poetry, fiction, and translation. She has taught at several educational institutions throughout Canada and the United States.
Schmidt Sciences is a nonprofit organization founded in 2024 by Eric and Wendy Schmidt. Eric Schmidt is the former CEO of Google. Zohreh Davoudi of the University of Maryland, Grace X. Gu, of the University of California, Berkeley, and Lauren Zarzar of Penn State will each receive up to $2.5 million for their research.
The Nancy Pelosi Institute for Representative Democracy at the University of California, Berkeley, will address the nation's most pressing societal, economic, environmental, and political challenges. Pelosi will teach a class on the Congress.
In a new study, researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have found that assault injury rates among Californian women in 2022 exceeded those in 2005. Black women of all ages and multiracial women over the age of 65 face the greatest risk of assault.
Across a series of five experiments, scholars at Cornell University and the University of California, Berkeley found that women are consistently perceived as more trustworthy negotiators. Furthermore, this focus on relationship-building in negotiations did not lead to worse economics outcomes for women negotiators compared to their male counterparts.
Dr. Solomon has taught environmental studies at MIT since 2012. She is known for her seminal work on ozone layer depletion, CO₂ emissions, and climate change, which has greatly influenced global climate negotiations.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new dean 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 women who are taking on new administrative roles in higher education are Susan Monagan, Sherria N. King, Amanda Canales, Jamie Steiger, Talibah M. Bayles, Ellen Herbst, Janny Manasse, Traevena Byrd, Nicole J. Sakraida, Sarah Sussman, Michelle McDonald, and Gita Manaktala.
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a national program run by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. Dr. Yelick, a computer scientist and longtime UC Berkeley faculty member, will become the laboratory's next director on July 1.
