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A Check-Up on the Progress of Women in Academic Radiology
In 2019, women were more than 51 percent of all students enrolling in U.S. medical schools. But women were only 27 percent of all residents in radiology. Although progress has been made, women remained vastly underrepresented in radiology faculty at U.S. medical schools.
Alison Buckley Appointed President of the State University of New York Ulster
Dr. Buckley has been serving as vice president for enrollment management and student affairs at Connecticut State Community Colleges in New Britain. She previously served as associate vice president for enrollment services at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland.
Eight Women Have Been Appointed Deans at Major Universities
The new deans are Susan Rivera at the University of Maryland, Robin Suzanne Poston at Southern Methodist University, Rachel Carnell at Cleveland State University, Andrea Woody at the University of Washington, Shelley Dionne at SUNY Binghamton, Nicole M. Westrick at Morgan State University, Tricia Seifert at Montana State University, and Virginia Franke Kleist at Wayne State University in Detroit.
Colleges and Universities Have Appointed Nine Women Scholars to Dean Positions
The nine women appointed to dean positions are Yuqing Melanie Wu, Keren Yarhi-Milo, Akilah Carter-Francique, Deborah R. Marinski, Kimberly Griffin, Alyssa Crittenden, Kimberly White-Smith, Glenda Gillaspy, and Ana M. Franco-Watkins.
Rochelle Ford Selected as the Next President of Dillard University in New Orleans
Since 2018, Dr. Ford has been serving as dean of School of Communications at Elon University in North Carolina. Before becoming dean at Elon, she was a professor of public relations in the Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University in New York.
Six Universities Announce the Appointments of Women to Dean Positions
The new deans are Ingrid Guerra-López at George Mason University in Virginia, Susan Shelangoskie at Siena Height University in Michigan, Marianne Baernholdt at the University of Virginia, Nandita Mani at the University of Massachusetts, Stephanie Shonekan at the University of Maryland, and Jolie Graybill at North Dakota State University.
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.
In Memoriam: Miah Im, 1974-2021
Miam Im was director of opera studies at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston, Texas. Before coming to Rice University in 2020, Im was principal coach and conductor of the University of Toronto Opera School and music director of the University of Maryland Opera Studio.
In Memoriam: Genevieve Madeline Knight, 1939-2021
Dr. Knight taught at Hampton University in Virginia from 1963 to 1966 and from 1970 to 1985. She then taught mathematics at Coppin State University in Baltimore for more than two decades.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Eight Women to Dean Positions
The new deans are Rosario Ceballo at Georgetown University, Venetria K. Patton at the University of Illinois, Andrea Goodwin at the University of Maryland, Sharon Subreenduth at Georgia Southern University, Michelle Corley at Central State University in Ohio, Emmeline de Pillis at the University of La Verne in California, Toneyce S. Randolph at Clinton College in South Carolina, and Linda R. Edwards at the University of Florida -Jacksonville.
Elizabeth Paul, a Rising Star in Plasma Physics, Wins Award From the American Physical Society
Elizabeth Paul, a Presidential Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Princeton University and the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory has won the prestigious and highly competitive 2021 Marshall N. Rosenbluth Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award, presented by the American Physical Society.
In Memoriam: Judith Leonhard Hendricks, 1949-2021
Judith Leonhard Hendricks was a retired assistant professor of nursing at the University of Delaware. A founding member of the American College of Nurse Practitioners, she served as that group’s president from 2004 to 2005.
In Memoriam: Sarah Taylor-Rogers, 1947-2021
Sarah Taylor-Rodgers was the former acting director of what is now the University of Maryland’s Harry R. Hughes Center for Agro-Ecology in Queenstown. Earlier in her career, she was the first woman secretary of the Department of Natural Resouces of the State of Maryland.
Jessica Marie Johnson of Johns Hopkins University Wins Book Award
Jessica Marie Johnson, an assistant professor of history at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, has won the Kemper and Leila Williams Prize in Louisiana History. The honor is bestowed by The Historic New Orleans Collection and the Louisiana Historical Association.
Five Women Who Have Announced They Are Stepping Down From Their University Posts
The five women who are retiring are Mary Ann Rankin at the University of Maryland, Renée A. Middleton at Ohio University, Regina Vasilatos-Younken, at Pennsylvania State University, Glenda Jones at Prairie View A&M University in Texas, and Cassandra Vaughn at Alcorn State Univerity in Mississippi.
New Assignments for Five Women Faculty Members at Universities
The five women scholars who are taking on new roles at Natalia Castro Picón at Princeton University in New Jersey, Kathleen Feeley at the University of Redlands in California, Karsonya Whitehead at Loyola University of Maryland, Morgan Pfieffer at Oklahoma State Univerity, and Rhamin Ligon of the University of Maryland.
Women’s Studies Department at the University of Maryland Named to Honor Harriet Tubman
Harriett Tubman was born into slavery in Maryland. After escaping to the North, she made numerous returns to the South to lead dozens of slaves to freedom. During the Civil War, she served a spy, scout, and nurse for the Union Army.
In Memoriam: Nancy Ryan Lowitt, 1956-2020
Nancy Lowitt was an assistant professor of medicine who had recently been promoted to senior associate dean for faculty affairs and professional development at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
In Memoriam: Barbara Ferguson Harland, 1925-2020
In 1984, Dr. Harland accepted a faculty position at Howard University. She served as a tenured graduate professor within the department of nutritional sciences in College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences for 30 years. She continued to conduct research in her university laboratory until the age of 90.
The First Woman to Serve as President of Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington
Sara Thompson Tweedy currently serves as the vice president of student access, involvement, and success at Westchester Community College in Valhalla, New York. She has held leadership positions at the State University of New York system over the past nine years.
Rutgers University-Camden Chancellor to Lead the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Phoebe A. Haddon became chancellor of Rutgers University-Camden in July 2014. From 2009 to 2014, she was dean of the Carey School of Law at the University of Maryland. Chancellor Haddon will continue to fulfill all her duties at Rutgers University-Camden while serving as board chair.
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.
Art History Scholar Caitlin Beach From Fordham University Wins Book Prize
The University of Maryland-Phillips Collection Book Prize supports publication of the first book by an emerging scholar presenting new research in modern or contemporary art from 1780 to the present. Winners have their books published by the University of California Press
Seven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Faculty Roles
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.
New Assignments in Higher Education for Eight Women Scholars
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.
Swarthmore College Acquires Papers of Social Activist, Mira Sharpless Townsend
Mira Sharpless Townsend was a Philadelphia Quaker who was an advocate for social reform movements of the mid-19th century such as the abolition of slavery and capital punishment and the improvement of prison conditions.
In Memoriam: Joan Callahan, 1946-2019
In 1986, Dr. Callahan joined the faculty at the University of Kentucky, where she taught philosophy for the remainder of career. There she was director of what is now the Gender and Women’s Studies Program from 1998 to 2002 and again from 2003 to 2007. She retired in 2011.
Elizabeth Adkins-Regan Wins Lifetime Achievement Award From the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology
Dr. Adkins-Regan joined the Cornell faculty as an assistant professor of psychology and of neurobiology and behavior in 1975. She retired and was conferred the title of professor emerita in 2018. As a researcher, Dr. Adkins-Regan focuses on the neuroendocrine basis of social behavior.
Ten Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions at American Educational Institutions
Here is a large group of women who recently have been appointed to dean positions at educational institutions across the United States.
Alicia Harvey-Smith Selected as the New President of Pittsburgh Technical College
Currently, Dr. Harvey-Smith serves as the executive vice chancellor at Lone Star College in Houston, Texas. Earlier in her career she served as president of River Valley Community College in Claremont, New Hampshire, and as vice president of student affairs at Baltimore City Community College.
Study Examines Obstacles Women Face in Climbing the Faculty Academic Ladder
In a new report for the Brookings Institution, Bridget Turner Kelly, an associate professor in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, finds that women are making slow progress in closing the gender gap in the highest levels of college and university faculty.
Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Universities Announce the Appointment of Seven Women to High-Level Administrative Positions
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Two Women Scholars Appointed as Co-Editors of the American Journal of Political Science
Kathleen Dolan and Jennifer L. Lawless have been named co-editors of the American Journal of Political Science, the flagship journal of the Midwest Political Science Association. They will lead the editorial team, consisting of four associate editors and a 56-member editorial board, for a four-year term beginning in June 2019.
In Memoriam: Bernice Sandler, 1928-2019
Bernice Sandler was often referred to as the “godmother of Title IX.” When she applied for her first job in academia, she was told she came “on too strong for a woman.”
