Tag: University of California Santa Barbara

Three American-Based Women Professors Receive 2025 Suffrage Science Awards

The Suffrage Science Award is an international prize presented to women scientists who are pioneers in their field. This year's cohort of 12 awardees includes Danielle Julie Carrier of the University of Tennessee, Priyamvada Natarajan of Yale University, and Thuc-Quyen Nguyen of the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Exposure to Radiation Causes More Long-Term Health Complications for Women Than Men

A new study has found evidence that exposure to radiation causes more cancer, heart disease, and stroke in women compared to men.

Leah Stokes Recognized for Outstanding Climate Science Communication

ClimateOne has honored Leah Stokes, an associate professor of political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, for her outstanding scientific contributions and efforts to communicate climate change research to the public.

Jill McCluskey Selected to Lead the International Association of Agricultural Economists

Dr. McCluskey currently serves as the first woman director of the School of Economics at Washington State University. She will serve as the second-ever woman president of the International Association of Agricultural Economists when she assumes her new role in 2027.

African Literature and Culture Society Honors Duriel Harris for Outstanding Achievement in Poetry

Dr. Harris has served as a professor of poetry and poetics at Illinois State University for the past 15 years. Her teaching and academic interests include poetry writing, poetics, and African American literature.

University of San Francisco Selects Eileen Chia-Ching Fung as Provost

Dr. Fung has been officially appointed provost of the University of San Francisco after holding the role in the interim for the past year. She has been a faculty member with the university for over two decades.

Modern Language Association Honors Jody Enders With Lois Roth Award

Professor of French at the University of California at Santa Barbara, Jody Enders, has received the Lois Roth Award from the Modern Language Association for one of her many collections of translated French plays

The Ann S. Bowers Women’s Brain Health Initiative Debuts at the University of California

The new effort is a brain-imaging consortium whose mission is to close the gender data gap and make neuroscience inclusive — in terms of both who asks the questions and who is served by the answers.

New Administrative Duties for Five Women 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

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.

Ashley Duggan Wins a Best Book Award From the National Communication Association

Synthesizing empirical evidence and associated theoretical constructs from the literature on health/illness in close relationships, Professor Duggan's book compares foundational assumptions of research on relational processes and research on health and illness.

Multiple Honors for the University of California Santa Barbara’s Rachel Segalman

Rachel A. Segalman, the Edward Noble Kramer Professor and chair of the department of chemical engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has won awards from the U.S. Department of Energy and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.