The appointments are Yvette Huet at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Alison Renee Webel at the University of Michigan, Patricia Sánchez Abril at the University of Miami, Amy Cossentino at Youngstown State University, and Kneka P. Smith at A.T. Still University of Health Sciences.
“A survivor’s access to support shouldn’t be dictated by race, bureaucracy or geography,” said Jermey Levine of the University of Michigan. “Until we remove these administrative gatekeepers — starting with police verification — the system will continue to fail the people it was built to protect.”
The award recognizes exceptional early- to mid-career women researchers in technology (including science, engineering and mathematics), who through their research are driving a positive impact on society and the planet. The winners are Xiwen Gong and Zhen Xu of the University of Michigan and Ellen Roche of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
“Our findings show that later-life family structures in the United States are far more unequal than traditional narratives suggest,” said Zoey Wang of the University of Michigan. “Because many social policies are built around the assumption of stable, long-term marriage, they often fail to protect older adults — especially minority women — whose life courses follow very different family trajectories.”
Originally trained as a chemist, Dr. Wilson held a wide range of academic and administrative roles at several universities before becoming president of Radcliffe College in 1989. She retired in 1999 when the merger of Radcliffe College with Harvard University was completed.
The National Academy of Education has elected 19 distinguished education scholars and leaders to its membership. Of the 19 new members of the National Academy of Education, 12 are women.
Dr. Poole taught at Johns Hopkins University for nearly two decades before retiring with emerita status in 2021. An anthropologist, she conducted extensive field research on politics in Mexico and Peru.
In addition to teaching oboe performance and music theory at the University of Arkansas, Dr. Delaplain frequently performs as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. She is the founding organizer of the SHE Festival of Music, an annual international festival to promote music written by women.
Professor Matthews has taught creative writing and poetry at Bryn Mawr College since 2017. As a poet and educator, she centers her work on the intersections of language, economics, race, and social policy.
Dr. Scott was the first Black woman dean of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Nursing. Originally set to retire in June 2026, she moved up her retirement date for health reasons, ultimately passing less than a week after stepping down from her role.
In the four years following an incident of faculty misconduct, there is a 3.4 percent decline in degree-completion rates in the perpetrator's academic field. However, this decline increases to 7 percent when examining cases occurring after 2015, potentially attributed to the rise of the #MeToo movement.
