All Entries Tagged With: "University of Louisville"
In Memoriam: Barbara Buchanan Lewis, 1938-2017
Barbara Buchanan Lewis was the first woman to serve as dean of the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville. Prior to her career in academia, Professor Lewis worked as an attorney for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Why the Gender Makeup of the Nursing Profession Is Changing
The study, published by the Washington Center for Equitable Growth and authored by economists at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Louisville, finds that from 1960 to 2013, the percentage of men among all registered nurses rose from 2.2 percent to 13 percent.
Fourteen Women Faculty Members Taking on New Assignments
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.
Four Women Scholars Win 2017 Grawemeyer Awards
The four women scholars are Diana Hess and Paula McAvoy who will share the prize in Education, Marsha Linehan who will receive the award in Psychology, and Dana Burde who will be honored in the Improving World Order category.
Nine Women Faculty Members Taking on New Assignments at Colleges and 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.
Tara J. Schapmire to Serve as President of the Association of Oncology Social Work
Tara J. Schapmire is an assistant professor of general internal medicine at the School of Medicine of the University of Louisville. She also is an affiliated faculty member at the university’s School of Social Work. She will serve one-year as president-elect and then become president of the organization in January 2018.
In Memoriam: Ann Wagner Harper, 1924-2016
Ann Wagner Harper was a long-time faculty member at Butler University in Indianapolis and a member of the Indiana Broadcasters Hall of Fame. She was the first woman disc jockey in Indiana and the first woman vocalist for an Indiana television station.
University of Louisville Scholar Named Editor of Medical Journal
Heidi Koenig, a professor of anesthesiology and perioperative medicine at the University of Louisville and president of the Kentucky Society of Anesthesiologists, was named editor-in-chief of the journal of the Federation of State Medical Boards.
Seven Women Faculty Members Taking on New Assignments
Taking on new roles are Susan Galandiuk at the University of Louisville, Monica Biernat at the University of Kansas, Sara Sybesma Tolsma at Northwestern College, Karla McGehee at the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, J’Aime Jennings of the University of Louisville, Shana Hagan-Burke at Texas A&M, and Erin Kempker at Mississippi University for Women.
The New President of the American Academy of Oral Medicine
Wendy S. Hupp is an associate professor and interim chair of the department of general dentistry and oral medicine at the School of Dentistry at the University of Louisville. Dr. Hupp has served on the faculty at the University of Louisville since 2007.
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.
New Roles for Three Women Faculty Members
Taking on new assignments are B. Gloria Choi at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Adrea Lawrence of the College of Education at the University of Montana, and Brandy N. Kelly Pryor at the University of Louisville.
Susan Holman Selected to Receive the 2016 Grawemeyer Award in Religion
Dr. Holman is a senior writer at the Global Health Education and Learning Incubator at Harvard University. The award is one of five Grawemeyers given out annually by the University of Louisville. Each Grawemeyer Award comes with a $100,000 honorarium.
Johns Hopkins University Scholars Share the 2016 Grawemeyer Award in Education
The award is being shared by three scholars including the late Doris Entwisle, who was a research professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins, and Linda Olson, who recently retired as an associate research scientist at the university’s Center for Social Organization of Schools.
In Memoriam: Diana S. Richmond Garland, 1950-2015
She was the founding dean of the School of Social Work at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and had served on the faculty at the university since 1997. Earlier, she taught for 17 years at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.
The New President of Saint Catharine College in Kentucky
Cindy Meyers Gnadinger was named the eighth president of Saint Catharine’s College in Kentucky. She had been serving as provost at the college. Previously, Dr. Gnadinger was vice president for academic affairs at William Peace University in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Northwestern University Study Questions the Practice of Mothers Eating Their Placenta
Many non-human mammal mothers consume their placenta after giving birth. Now the practice – called placentophagy – is becoming popular among new mothers. But the benefits and the possible risks are unknown, according to a new study by scholars at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University.
Three Women in High-Level University Positions Are Stepping Down
Mary Brown Bullock executive vice chancellor of Duke Kunshan University in China, Shirley Willihnganz, provost at the University of Louisville, and Laura Huenneke, provost at Northern Arizona University are all leaving their posts this summer.
New Administrative Posts for 11 Women in Higher Education
The women with new administrative roles are Joan Gallagher, Susan S. Williams, Jean Rawlings Sumner, Bess Marcus, Leslie Chambers Strohm, Theresa Mendoza, Jyl R. Shaffer, Patricia R. DeLucia, Nancy R. Grden, Dorianne Johnson, and Shirley A. Weis.
In Memoriam: Connie L. Drisko, 1941-2014
Dr. Drisko worked as a dental hygienist for 16 years before earning a doctor of dental medicine degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. From 2003 to 2013 she served as dean of the College of Dental Medicine at Georgia Regents University in Augusta.
Seven Women Appointed to Dean Positions
The new deans are Barbara J. Wilson at the University of Illinois, Erica D’Agostino at Lafayette College, Susan Duncan at the University of Louisville, Alondra Nelson at Columbia, Barbara Atkinson at UNLV, Tina Whalen at the University of Cincinnati, and Denise Seachrist at Kent State.
Four Women Who Are Stepping Down From Their Higher Education Posts
The women stepping down from administrative or faculty posts are Dorothy Robinson at Yale University, Linda Abriola at Tufts University, Carolyn Callahan at the University of Louisville, and Elizabeth Tyree at the University of North Dakota.
Seven Women Tabbed for Dean Positions
The new deans are Christine Himes at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Camilla Bendow at Vanderbilt, Elizabeth Spiller at Virginia Tech, Nancy Butler Songer at Drexel, Kimberly Kempf-Leonard at the University of Louisville, Marion Preest at Scripps College, and Marsha Mailick at the University of Wisconsin.
Four Women Named to Dean Positions
The four women who have or will become deans are Laura Burton at Duke University, Graciela Slesaransky-Poe at Arcadia University, Ann Larson at the University of Louisville, and Nancy Mathews at the University of Vermont.
Two Women Are Winners of the 2014 Iowa Short Fiction Awards
Heather A. Slomski held the Axton Fellowship in Fiction at the University of Louisville and taught English at Concordia College and Kathleen Founds in an instructor in English at Cabrillo College in Watsonville, California.
Stanford Professor Wins the Grawemeyer Award for Religion
Tanya Luhrmann, the Watkins University Professor in the department of anthropology at Stanford University, wins one of five Grawemeyers given out annually by the University of Louisville. The award includes a $100,000 prize.
Diane Ravitch Wins Grawemeyer Award in Education
Diane Ravitch, now a research professor of education at New York University, had been a strong advocate for standardized testing, universal educational standards, charter schools, and school choice. But in a 2010 book, Dr. Ravitch said she had been wrong.
Social Work Scholar Examines Cancer Patients’ Relationships With Their Daughters
The study found that mutual concern about each other’s well-being enabled mothers who were battling cancer and their daughters to become more comfortable with emotional expression.
Six Women in New Faculty Roles
The women in new teaching roles are Madeline Henry at Purdue University, Karyn Ogata Jones at Clemson University, Debra DeLaet at Drake University, Kerri Remmel at the University of Louisville, Cynthia Gordon at Syracuse University and R. Turner Goins at Western Carolina University.
A Dozen Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The new appointees are Gloria Waters, Sonia Cardenas, Jennifer Jimenez Marana, Geralyn Heystek, Camisha Duffy, Lee J. Skinner, Wesley C. Hogan, Annie N. Kerrick, Kelly A. Rusch, Jennifer Elliott, Sonja Harris-Heywood, and Joellen Popma.
Five Women in Academia Who Have Been Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Eugenia Wang of the University of Louisville, Vicki Croft of Washington State University, Margaret Phillips of West Virginia University, Melissa Harrington of Delaware State University, and Gabriela Hug of Carnegie Mellon University.
Rutgers Hires a Woman to Lead Its Troubled Athletics Department
Julie Hermann, who was executive senior associate athletic director at the University of Louisville, will be one of only five women athletics directors at the 124 colleges and universities that make up the NCAA’s Football Bowl Subdivision.
The First Woman Dean of the College of Business at the University of Louisville
Carolyn M. Callahan will become dean in July 2014. She is currently the KPMG Distinguished Professor of Accounting and director of the School of Accountancy at the University of Memphis in Tennessee.
University of Louisville Adds Six Women to Its Faculty in the College of Education and Human Development
The new faculty members at the College of Education and Human Development are Tammie Davis, Pam Jett, Kate Snyder, Kathleen Carter, Cody Hinton, and Beth Bukoski.
Harvard’s Lelia Ahmed Wins Grawemeyer Prize for Religion
The Victor S. Thomas Professor of Divinity at Harvard University is being honored for her book on the resurgence of the wearing of the veil by Muslim women in the United States.
