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The New President of the American Society for Public Administration
Maria Aristigueta is the Charles P. Messick Professor of Public Administration at the University of Delaware. For the past six years she has served as the director of the School of Public and Policy Administration at the university.
Nancy Brickhouse Appointed Provost at Saint Louis University
Dr. Brickhouse has been on the faculty at the University of Delaware for 27 years. She was promoted to associate professor in 1994 and to full professor in 2002. Dr. Brickhouse has served as deputy provost, interim provost, deputy dean of the College of Education, and director of the School of Education.
Two Women Professors Share Book Award
Lauren Hackworth Peterson of the University of Delaware and Sandra R. Joshel of the University of Washington are sharing the 2015 PROSE Award for Professional and Scholarly Excellence from the Association of American Publishers.
Community College President to Step Down to Lead Achieving the Dream Inc.
Karen A. Stout, president of Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, will leave her post at the end of the academic year to become president and CEO of the nonprofit organization, Achieving the Dream.
Western Carolina University’s Catherine Carter Honored for Her Poetry
Catherine Carter, an associate professor of English at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, won the Jacar Press Chapbook Contest for her collection of poetry entitled Marks of the Witch.
Four Women Promoted to Full Professor at the University of Delaware
The new full professors at the University of Delaware are Julie Hubbard and Beth Morling in psychology, Kalmia Kniel in animal and food science, and Lauren Petersen in art history.
Wendy Bellion’s Book Honored by the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Wendy Bellion, associate professor of history at the University of Delaware, received the 2014 Charles C. Eldredge Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in American Art from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. She will give the Eldredge Prize lecture this fall at the museum.
Awards Bestowed on Seven Women Faculty Members
The honorees are Lara Pudwell of Valparaiso University, Nancy Amato of Texas A&M, Elizabeth Gerber of Northwestern, Cecilia Graham of the University of Alabama Birmingham, Linda Gottfredson of the University of Delaware, Elizabeth Jones of the University of Nebraska, and Luisa Igloria of Old Dominion University.
Gender Gap in Olympic Television Coverage Shrinks
Men’s events made up 45.4 percent of the total coverage, women’s events were shown 41.4 percent of the time and events with both men and women (pairs figure skating and ice dancing) took up 13.2 percent of the coverage.
University of Delaware Sued by Former Student Who Was Sexually Assaulted
When the woman reported the incident, the lawsuit claims she was not informed of her rights and was encouraged to take medical leave. According to the lawsuit, the assault was not reported to police and no campus investigation was conducted.
Eleven Women in New Administrative Roles at Colleges and Universities
The appointees are Cynthia Griffith, Emily Can Houseling, Leslie S. Rush, Dianthia Ford-Kee, Christine Hutchins, Elizabeth Mosely-Hawkins, Marylou Ferry, Sarah Craven Cooke, Margaret L. Anderson, Charlotte E. Exner, and Donna Ng.
Seven Women Academics Honored With Prestigious Awards
The women who are being honored with notable awards are Huda Akil, Suzie Allard, Jionna Carjuzaa, Marie Chisholm-Burns, Maria Hernandez-Reif, Adriana Hofer, and Amanda Jansen.
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.
Ten Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The new appointees are Lorrina Goff-Rush, Suzanne Harrington, Renee Zientek, Renee Reijo Pera, Cynthia Roth, Dawn Thompson, Cheri Soileau, Lorna Stern, Sara Barton, and Mary Phillips.
Ten Women Taking on New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Women taking on new roles are LaShondra Peebles, Michelle, Lepore, Linda Cataldo, Meredith Well-Lepley, Keeley M. Powell, Tamela McNulty Eitle, Nancy Wentworth, Rebecca Benfield, Jennifer M. Schopf, and Kathy Jones.
Five Women in New Faculty Posts
The new appointees at Jane Christopher-Hennings at South Dakota State, Donna Fick at the Institute of Aging Research, Catherine Royer at RPI, Kimberly Mathe-Soulek at Virginia Tech, and Holly Michael at the University of Pennsylvania.
Eight Women Taking on New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
The women taking on new roles are Carol Strohecker, Brenda Malone, Beth Raffeld, Kate Walker, Danielle Rice, Christina V. Tran, Maria Keri, and Dawn Thompson.
Three Women in New Faculty Roles
Taking on new faculty roles are Marsha A. Dickson at the University of Delaware, Lauren Hanna at North Dakota State University, and Heather Henson-Ramsey at Lewis-Clark State College in Idaho.
Six Women Promoted to Full Professor at the University of Delaware
Of the 17 faculty members promoted to full professor at the University of Delaware, six are women: Katharina Billups, Rachel Davidson, Judith Herrman, Arwen Mohun, Marianna Safronova, and Laura Salsini.
Two Women Are Among the Three Finalists for Provost at the University of Kentucky
The two women candidates are Nancy W. Brickhouse, professor of science education and interim provost at the University of Delaware and Christine Riordan, professor of management and dean of the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.
Two Women Named to Distinguished Teaching Positions
Mary McAleese, the former president of Ireland, will be a visiting scholar at Boston College next fall and Jennifer R. Joe was named to an endowed chair in accounting at the University of Delaware.
New 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.
Eight Women Appointed to New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
The new appointees are Julie Patterson Forrester at SMU, Tracy Boleware at Tuskegee University, Penny Rue at Wake Forest, Carli Schiffner at Wenatchee Valley College, Janine Sherrier at the University of Delaware, Lucy France at the University of Montana, Susan Neu at Virginia Tech, and Joni Wadley at Ohio University.
A Dozen Women in New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
Here is this week’s summary of news of appointments of women to key administrative posts at colleges and universities across the United States.
Five Women in New University Administrative Roles
The new appointees are Regina Jenkins at Boise State, Amy Nagorski Johnson at the University of Delaware, Melissa McDaniels at Michigan State, Yohna Chambers at Virginia Tech, and B. Joyce Stallworth at the University of Alabama.
Four Women Named to Endowed Faculty Chairs
The four new chair holders at Sophia Chung at Saint Louis University, Sharon Hammes-Schiffer at the University of Illinois, Micheal Taufer at the University of Delaware and Beverly Roberts Gaventa at Baylor University.
Study Finds Babies Begin to Classify Faces by Gender at an Early Age
The researchers initially hypothesized that babies would show a preference for female faces but the results showed that this was true only for babies whose primary caregiver was a women.
Seven Women in New Administrative Posts in Higher Education
The new appointees are Julie DGraw, Mary Tileston Wagner, Melissa Jordan Love, Dorothy Teegarden, Nancy Guerra, Courtney Leon, and Amy Farmer.
Fourteen Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
Here is a host of appointments of women to key posts at colleges and universities across the United States.
New Award Honors Those Who Carry the Torch for Women’s Equality
The inaugural recipient is Anne M. Boylan, professor of history and women’s studies at the University of Delaware.
Five Women Scholars Win Notable Awards
Vivian Loveless, Leslie Wooten-Blanks, Wanda Spurlock, Karen Edwards, and Sue Haka receive prestigious honors.
Eight Women Academics Are Honored With Distinguished Awards
Mary Rittling, Shannon Rinaldo, Cortney Franklin, Ji Kying Park, Barbara Johnson, Mary Hamilton, Bronwen Lichtenstein, and Susan Adams are the honorees.
Four Women Appointed to Distinguished Faculty Chairs
Sandra Waller Shelton, Maria Aristigueta, Nancy Monteiro-Riviere, and Zayn Kassam have been named to new professorships.
Nine Women Appointed to New Posts in Higher Education
Here is news of nine women who have, or soon will be, assuming new positions at universities across the United States.
Eight Women Named to New Administrative Posts
Here is new of the appointments of eight women to key posts in higher education administration.
