Katrina Spencer and Kerry Bierman are the new chief financial officers at Yale University and the University of California, Santa Barbara, respectively. Amy Bantle is chief marketing and communications officer at Washington University in Missouri.
“The pay gap is not about some inherent preference in women for jobs that offer lower wages, but rather it is that we actually do pay women’s occupations less because we devalue women,” said Cate Taylor, associate professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Jennifer Brown has been named interim chancellor of Montana State University-Northern. A scholar of economics, she has served as the university's provost since 2023.
The new deans are Elena Irwin at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Rachel Carpenter at the University of Evansville, Jennifer Wade-Berg at California State University, Long Beach, Mandy Haag at Vincennes University, Christa Payne at Tulane University, and Brandi Renée Avila at Fullerton College.
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.
Dr. Warren was the founding director of the program in women's studies at Princeton University. Later in her career, she taught at Harvard University and Brown University, where she served as director of the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women.
Julie Sanford of the University of Alabama, Eileen Boris of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Itohan Osayimwese of Brown University, Jane Grant-Kels of the University of Connecticut, and Rani Sullivan of Mississippi State University have been appointed to leadership positions with professional organizations in their academic fields of study.
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.
Tupur Chatterjee of Tulane University, Kelley Conway of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Jennifer Holt and Patrice Petro of the University of California, Santa Barbara have all been honored for their scholarly contributions to the field of cinema and media studies.
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.
Deanna M. Barch of Washington University and Brenda Major of the University of California, Santa Barbara have both received the Association of Psychological Science's William James Fellow Award, which honors lifetime achievement in psychology research.
"I am ecstatic to contribute to GovState's vision and mission in partnership with a strong community of students, staff, faculty, and supportive community members," said Dr. Ester. "Together, we will continue to foster an environment of academic excellence, innovation, and inclusivity."
