All Entries Tagged With: "University of California Santa Cruz"
New Faculty Assignments for Eight Women at Major Universities
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
University Names College After Environmentalist Rachel Carson
The University of California, Santa Cruz is honoring Rachel Carson, the writer and conservationist who is widely considered as the founder of the modern environmental movement, by the renaming of College Eight to Rachel Carson College.
Professor Shelly Stamp’s Book to Be Honored by the Theatre Library Association
Shelly Stamp, a professor of film and digital media at the University of California, Santa Cruz has been selected to receive the 2015 Book Award from the Theatre Library Association. The award honors the best English-language book on theatre, film, or broadcasting.
University of California, Santa Cruz Historian Wins Book Award
Catherine A. Jones, an associate professor of history at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was named the recipient of the Grace Abbott Book Prize presented by the Society for the History of Children and Youth.
Four Women Scholars Honored With Notable Awards
The honorees are Karen Molek of the University of West Florida, Patricia Zavella of the University of California, Santa Cruz, Naomi Oreskes of Harvard University, and Judy Genshaft, president of the University of South Florida System.
Michelle Anderson Named President of Brooklyn College in New York
President Anderson has been serving as a professor and dean of the City University of New York School of Law. She has held that post since 2006. Earlier, she taught at the Villanova University School of Law in Pennsylvania.
Six Women in New Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities
Taking on new roles are Kathy Langan Pusecker at the University of Delaware, Sheree M. Marlowe at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Barbara R. Russo at the University of Mississippi, Nyree Gray at Claremont McKenna College, Adrianne Nagy DaPonte at Princeton University, and Ronné Patrick Turner at Washington University.
New York University Historian Martha Hodes Wins the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
Professor Martha Hodes is being honored for her book Mourning Lincoln which examines how ordinary Americans – Black and White, northerners and southerners – reacted to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865.
Six Women Appointed to New Administrative Posts at Major Universities
The appointees are Andrea Tawney at New Mexico State University, Sarah Scalese at Syracuse University, Eva K. Pickens at Texas Southern University, Paula Arce-Trigatti at Rice University, Alison Bracewell McCullick at the University of Georgia, and Erin Robinson Swink at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Claire Max Named Director of the University of California Observatories
The University of California Laboratories operates the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, east of San Jose. It also operates laboratories on the campuses of UCLA and the University of California, Santa Cruz and oversees the university’s partnership in the W.M. Keck Observatory in Hawaii.
Ten Women in New Teaching Roles at U.S. Higher Education Institutions
The 10 women with new faculty assignments are Rasha Ahmed, Paula P. Schnurr, Carleen Maitland, Jonda C. McNair, Beth Ann Clayton, Susan Strome, Nicole Hodges Persley, Carrie Kitko, Cerasela Zoica Dinu, and Shaunna Scott.
University of Arkansas-Little Rock Historian Wins Book Prize
Susanah Shaw Romney, a professor of history at the University of Arkansas -Little Rock, has been awarded the First Book Prize from the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians.
A Trio of Academic Women Honored With Prestigious Awards
Selected to receive honors or awards are Julie Guthman of the University of California, Santa Cruz, Nancy Jack of the University of Arkansas, and Carol Shanklin of Kansas State University.
Only One Woman Among the Five Finalists for Dean of the University of North Carolina School of Law
Since 2006, Michelle J. Anderson has served as dean of the City University of New York School of Law in Long Island City. Previously, Dean Anderson was on the faculty at the Villanova University School of Law in Pennsylvania for eight years.
Four Women Professors Win Prestigious Honors
The honorees are Claire Max of the University of California, Santa Cruz, Swathi Ravichandran of Kent State University, Lisa Sowle Cahill of Boston College, and Fionna Harrison of the California Institute of Technology.
In Memoriam: Karen Cook McNally, 1940-2014
Karen Cook McNally was professor emerita of earth sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She was one of the nation’s leading authorities on earthquake risk assessment.
Nine Women Appointed to New High-Level Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities
The women taking on new administrative roles are Cassandra Lachica-Chavez, Beth Bryant-Claxton, LeAnn Alexander, Sian Beilock, Jacqueline A. Washington, Haiyan Gao, Jessica Fiske Bailey, Eileen Loftus-Berlin, and Jolynne Tschetter.
New University Faculty Appointments for Seven Women
The appointees are Susan Altizer at the University of Georgia, Maria Chudnovsky at Princeton University, Nadine Finigan-Carr at the University of Maryland-Baltimore, Robin Hunicke at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Sarah L. Harris at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Kami Chavis Simmons at Wake Forest University, and Abby Walker at Virginia Tech.
Nine Women Appointed to New Faculty Positions
The nine women taking on new faculty roles are Beverly McIver, Stacy Reischman Fletcher, Codrina Popescu, Jung Eun Lee, Claire Max, Jennifer R. Grandis, Ellen Weber, Theresa A. Johnson, and Susan Schneider.
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.
University Study Finds That, for Women, Social Media Photos Can Be a No-Win Situation
A new study reveals that women who post sexy photographs on social media sites to appear more attractive to men are viewed as less physically and socially attractive by other women and are deemed less competent to perform tasks.
Sixteen Women Appointed to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
The appointees are Pamela Walker, Donna Stewart, Jennifer Seal, Cynthia Noyes, Myra Blanco, Kimberly Luce, Sherry J. Yennello, Mia Henry, Susan Salvador, Terry Bumgardner, Gina Crabtree, Tommye Lou Davis, Pauline Entin, Calandra Waters Lake, Saleha Suleman, and Elizabeth Caldwell.
Oceanographer Is the New Head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Kathryn Sullivan will direct the federal agency with a $4.7 billion budget and 12,000 employees. Dr. Sullivan was the first American woman to walk in space and served on three space shuttle missions.
Ten Women With New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The new appointees are Adela de la Torre, Alice Kinsler, Marie Blakey, Lorna Jean Edmonds, Julie Buehler, Jennifer Curry, Aida Martinez-Freeman, Julie Barroso, Helen Shapiro, and Carol Carbary.
Anna L. Tsing Named to $5 Million Niels Bohr Professorship
Anna L. Tsing, a professor of anthropology at the University of California at Santa Cruz, has been selected as one of six Niels Bohr Professors by the Danish National Research Foundation. She will receive $5 million over five years to support her research.
Professor Alison Galloway Honored by the American Academy of Forensic Sciences
Professor Galloway, who joined the faculty at the University of California Santa Cruz in 1990, is a frequent consultant to law enforcement officials and helps them identify human remains. She also serves frequently as an expert witness in homicide cases.
Among College Students, Tradition Holds Sway When It Comes to Gender Roles in Marriage Proposals
In a survey of college-age men and women, about two thirds of both men and women said they definitely would want the man to be the one to propose marriage.
Less than 18 percent of women respondents said they were either “very unwilling” or “somewhat unwilling” to change their name when they got married.
Four Women Named Winners of the National Medal of Science
The four women who will be awarded the National Medal of Science are Sallie Chisholm of MIT, Sandra Farber of the University of California Santa Cruz, Lucy Shapiro of Stanford University, and Anne Treisman of Princeton University.
Three Women Named to Faculty Positions
Jane Gordon will be moving from Temple to the University of Connecticut, Shawna Klahn is now teaching at Virginia Tech, and Brenda Romero will be teaching at the University of California Santa Cruz.
Ph.D. Program in Feminist Studies Launched at the University of California Santa Cruz
The goal of the program is to train teachers in feminist studies and also to produce graduates who can serve as leaders in public policy and human rights organizations.
Two Women to Share Presidential Chair in Feminist Studies at the University of California Santa Cruz
Bettina Aptheker and Karen Yamashita will develop undergraduate and graduate curriculum in feminist studies, and support research and intellectual life through seminars, colloquia, and other events.
Nine Women With New Administrative Duties in Higher Education
Here is this week’s summary of women who have been named to key administrative positions at college and universities across the United States.
In Memoriam: Aaronette M. White, 1961-2012
She was an associate professor of psychology and associate dean of equity and social responsibility in the Division of Social Sciences of the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Six Women Academics Win Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Sandra Faber, Elaine Walker, Nalini Nadkarni, Donna Alvermann, Evelyn Wiener, and Kimiko Gunji.
Four Women Named Fellows of the American Geophysical Union
Of the 61 new fellows for 2012, only four are women.
