All Entries Tagged With: "University of Massachusetts Amherst"
Sarah Ruiz Honored for Early-Career Contributions to Health Education
The Society for Public Health Education has presented its 2025 M. Elaine Aud Horizon Award to Sarah Ruiz, assistant professor at New Mexico State University, for her contributions to the public health profession and education.
In Memoriam: Paulina Stark, 1936-2025
An internationally recognized soprano vocalist, Professor Stark taught in the department of music and dance at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for 20 years.
Study Finds Low-Quality Diets Are Pervasive Among Pregnant and Postpartum Women
The majority of pregnant and postpartum women receive low ratings on the Health Eating Index, a diet quality score based on federal guidelines for health eating habits.
Five Women Professors Taking on New Roles in Academia
The faculty members who have been assigned new duties are Jenny Thigpen at Washington State University, Shameka Shelby at Florida Southern College, Gabriela Weaver at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Stephanie Witt at Boise State University in Idaho, and Kendra Hall-Kenyon at Brigham Young University in Utah.
A Dozen Women Appointed to Administrative Roles in American 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 contact@WIAReport.com.
Eight Women Professors Appointed to New Roles in Academia
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new academic positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Women Faculty Are More Likely to Pursue Entrepreneurial Projects That Address Societal Challenges
Scholars at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have found women faculty are more interested in pursuing entrepreneurship when its primary purpose is framed as addressing societal issues rather than starting a business venture.
Nneka Dennie Receives National Book Prize for Outstanding Bibliographical Scholarship
Dr. Dennie’s award-winning book, Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth-Century Black Radical Feminist, examines the works of North America’s first Black woman newspaper editor.
Seven Women Appointed to Administrative Roles 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 contact@WIAReport.com.
Tanisha Ford Receives National Book Award for a Biography of Prominent Civil Rights Movement Fundraiser
Dr. Ford’s award-winning book Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power, Behind the Civil Rights Movement (Amistad, 2023), examines the social history of Mollie Moon, founding president of the National Urban League Guild.
Four Women Professors Selected for New Academic Positions
The faculty members taking on new duties are Pamela Bourland-Davis of Georgia Southern University, Chaoran Ma of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Courtney Schultz at Colorado State University, and Sylvia Biscoveanu at Princeton University in New Jersey.
In Memoriam: Margaree Crosby, 1941-2024
Dr. Crosby was the first Black woman to earn tenure as a professor of education at Clemson University. She was an active participant in the civil rights movement and a member of the “Greenville Eight” – a group of students whose protest ultimately lead to the desegregation of a public library in South Carolina.
Manisha Sinha Honored for Outstanding Mentorship and Contributions to African American History Research
The Southern Historical Association has awarded their 2024 John W. Blassingame Award to Manisha Sinha, professor of history at the University of Connecticut. She is being honored of her research into African American history and her mentorship of African American students.
Erin Calipari Recognized by the Society for Neuroscience for Outstanding Early-Career Research
Dr. Calipari was recognized for her outstanding research on drug addiction and treatment. She currently serves as an associate professor at Vanderbilt University in Nashville and is the director of the Vanderbilt Center for Addiction Research.
New Faculty Positions for Eight Women Scholars
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Rhetoric Society of America Recognizes Rebecca Dingo for Outstanding Mentorship
Dr. Dingo currently serves as the associate director of the Office of Faculty Development and a professor of English at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she teaches courses on composition and rhetoric.
A Dozen Women Faculty Members Selected for New Academic Appointments
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Ten Women Professors Appointed to New Academic Positions
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
In Memoriam: Cynthia Griffin Wolff, 1936-2024
Dr. Wolff served as a professor of humanities at MIT for more than two decades. She was a scholar of 19th- and 20th-century American women writers, authoring biographies on Emily Dickinson and Edith Wharton.
Elizabeth Sharrow Receives National Recognition for Book on the Legacy of Title IX
Dr. Sharrow’s book Equality Unfulfilled argues that the current state of Title IX policy undermines the efforts to achieve systemic change in college athletics.
Fifteen Women Appointed to Administrative Roles 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 contact@WIAReport.com.
Isabella Weber Honored for Her Research on Corporate Power
Dr. Weber was recognized by the Broadbent Institute for her research on corporate power in systemically important sectors, specifically how the concept relates to economic emergencies and inflation.
New Endowed Positions for Four Women Scholars
The appointments are Irene Peeva at Cornell University, Rachel Eells at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Joya Misra at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and Joan Kee at New York University.
New Administrative Appointments for Ten 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 contact@WIAReport.com.
Eight Women Taking on New Faculty Positions at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Ten Women Appointed to University 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
New Dean Appointments for a Dozen Women in Academia
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new dean positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Elizabeth Chilton Named the Twenty-First President of the University of New Hampshire
Dr. Chilton has over two decades of experience in higher education leadership, most recently serving as provost and executive vice president of the Washington State University System and chancellor of the university’s Pullman campus.
Six Women Academics Awarded Endowed Faculty Positions
Newwly appointed to endowed chairs are Naima Kaabouch at the University of North Dakota, Emily Barrett at Rutgers University, Jenn Jacobs at Northern Illinois University, Jessica Fay at Oklahoma City University, Kristin Goss at Duke University, and Mila Getmansky Sherman at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Three Women Appointed to Diversity Positions in Higher Education
The women appointed to diversity posts are Marsha McGriff at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, JeffriAnne Wilder at Oberlin College in Ohio, and Eliza Yellow Bird at the University of Arizona.
In Memoriam: Lorna Peterson, 1939-2024
For 19 years, Dr. Peterson served as executive director of Five Colleges, Incorporated, a collaborative consortium comprised of Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith College, and the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Thirteen Women Appointed to Higher Education 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Two Women Appointed to Leadership Positions Relating to Diversity
The two women appointed to diversity posts are Jesenia Minier-Jennings at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and Inez Stewart at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Miller Rawlins, 1927-2024
From 1967 to 1992, Dr. Rawlins taught education at Simmons College in Boston, where she also served as associate dean of the human service program for more than decade.
Marialuisa Di Stefano Receives Book of the Year Award from American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education
The award-winning book, Integrando STEAM: A Guide for Elementary Bilingual and Dual Programs serves as a guide for implementing bilingual and dual language curriculums in elementary school programs.
