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Nine Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to dean at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
University of North Carolina School of Law Appoints Seven Women to Endowed Chairs
The School of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has appointed Kaci Bishop, Alexa Chew, Barbara Fedders, Deborah Gerhardt, Osamudia James, Maria Savasta-Kennedy, and Kathleen Thomas to endowed chairs.
Study Uncovers Racial Disparities in Postpartum Depression Treatment
Although there were no disparities found in the diagnosis of perinatal mood and anxiety disorder among postpartum mothers, White women were significantly more likely to receive mental health treatment than women from other racial groups.
Texas A&M Professor Jennifer Griffith Recognized for Excellence in Undergraduate Education
“Witnessing undergraduate students realize their passion and love for the field of public health has been and continues to be the most rewarding aspect of my career,” said Dr. Griffith, a professor in the department of health policy and management in the School of Public Health at Texas A&M University.
Laura Stultz Named Provost of Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama
After serving as interim provost for the past year, Dr. Laura Stultz has been officially appointed provost of Birmingham-Southern College in Birmingham, Alabama. She has been a faculty member with the college for over two decades. However, Birmingham Southern College has announced that it is closing at the end of the academic year.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Establishes Cybersecurity Exchange Program for Women
The University of North Carolina Chapel Hill has partnered with Nagoya University in Japan to establish the Women’s Undergraduate Cybersecurity Engagement Program, in which women students from both institutions will participate in workshops and learning simulations led by faculty from their partnering school.
New Research Analyzes Relationship Between Education Level and Fertility Goals
A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the Ohio State University has found that highly educated individuals are more likely to intend to have children than those with less educational experience.
Four Women Who Are New Diversity Officers at Colleges and Universities
Taking on new administrative roles relating to diversity are Alina Wong at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, Patricia Harris at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Sarah Mell at the University of Vermont, and Brianna Davis Johnson at Central Ohio Technical College.
For the First Time, the University of Michigan Is Naming an Academic Building for a Woman
For the first time in its history, the University of Michigan has named an academic building to honor a woman. The building that houses the Life Sciences Institute, a hub for bioscience research, will be known as Mary Sue Coleman Hall. Dr. Coleman was president of the university from 2002 to 2014.
In Memoriam: Sherrell Virginia Martin, 1940-2020
After teaching at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, in 1979 Dr. Martin joined the music department faculty at the Univerity of North Carolina at Wilmington. She taught there for nearly 40 years.
In Memoriam: Marjorie Rosenthal, 1967-2020
Majorie Rosenthal was an associate professor of pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine. At the time of her death, she was completing work on her memoir relating her experiences as a mother, daughter, pediatrician, widow, and person living with metastatic cancer.
Three Women Appointed to Dean Positions at Colleges and Universities
Angela Kashuba is the new dean of the Eshelman School of Pharmacy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dawn Brown McNair was appointed dean of mathematics and sciences at Livingstone College and Doze Y. Butler has been named dean of the School of Agriculture, Fisheries and Human Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff.
Women CEOs Increase Company Performance and Lower the Gender Wage Gap
The study found that if a firm had a workforce that was at least 20 percent women and was led by a woman, there was a 14 percent increase in sales over other firms. The study also found that in firms led by a woman, the wage gap among the 25 percent highest-paid workers was reduced by 10 percent over firms led by men.
Cynthia Lightfoot Is Now Serving as Chancellor of Pennsylvania State University Brandywine
Dr. Lightfoot first joined the Pennsylvania State University Brandywine community in 1998 as an associate professor of human development and family studies. She was named director of academic affairs at the branch campus of Penn State in July 2014.
Kathleen Harring Selected to Lead Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Since April 2017, Dr. Harring has served as provost of Muhlenberg College. Previously she held other roles at the college including vice president and dean of institutional effectiveness and planning, dean of institutional assessment and academic planning, and chair of the psychology department.
LaKeesha Walrond Will Be the First Woman President of New York Theological Seminary
Dr. Walrond has served as the executive pastor of the First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, New York, for over 10 years. When she assumes the presidency of the New York Theological Seminary on June 3, 2019, she will be the first woman to lead the educational institution.
In Memoriam: Claire Hill Collins, 1975-2019
Claire Collins was assistant to the chancellor at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina. She began her career at the university in 2010 as an administrative assistant in the Public Policy Institute.
Women Nearly 40 Percent of New Members of National Academy of Medicine
A WIAReport analysis of the list of the 75 members of the latest cohort elected into the National Academy of Medicine finds that 29, or 39 percent, are women. Just two years ago, women were just 30 percent of the new members.
Three Women Scholars Honored With a Book Award From the American Musicological Society
The honorees are Maureen Carr, a Distinguished Professor of Music at Pennsylvania State University, Severine Neff, professor emerita of music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Gretchen Horlacher, professor of music at Indiana University.
Fifteen Women Who Are Taking on New Administrative Duties 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.
Princeton’s Tera Hunter Wins Book Award From the Organization of American Historians
Tera W. Hunter, a professor of history and African American studies at Princeton University in New Jersey, has been awarded the Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women’s and/or Gender History from the Organization of American Historians.
All Four Finalists for Dean of the College of Pharmacy at the University of Georgia Are Women
The University of Georgia College of Pharmacy has announced a field of four finalists to serve as dean. All four finalists will visit campus by the end of the month for a series of interviews and public presentations. All four finalists are women.
Doris Tsao Selected as Winner of the 2018 Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize
The award is given out by the UNC-Chapel Hill School of Medicine for a seminal discovery in neuroscience. CalTech Professor Doris Tsao is being honored for “major contributions to our understanding of how the brain recognizes human faces.”
Juliette Bell to Step Down From Presidency of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Dr. Bell became president of the university on July 1, 2012. From 2009 to 2012, Dr. Bell was provost and vice president for academic affairs at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. In retirement, she plans to write a book on her journey from the cotton fields of Alabama to the presidency of a state university.
Indiana University Astrobiologist Will Be NASA’s New Planetary Protection Officer
Lisa Pratt, Provost Professor in the department of earth and atmospheric sciences at Indiana University, will be assigned the lofty responsibility of protecting the Earth from potential contamination by extraterrestrial life forms, such as microorganisms that could live in the ice on Mars.
Kristi A. Nelson Is the New Provost at the University of Cincinnati
Dr. Nelson had retired from the university in 2015 before being called to serve as interim provost in October 2016. She served on faculty of the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning for 36 years. She was senior vice provost for 15 years.
Three Women Faculty Members Taking on New Roles
Leila Mansouri is a new assistant professor of English at Scripps College. Angela Lewis, was named interim chair of political science at the University of Alabama Birmingham, and M. Sue Kirkman was named chair of the National Diabetes Education Program.
Five Women Named to the Nineteenth Class of George Mitchell Scholars
Winners of the prestigious George J. Mitchell Scholarships are selected to pursue a year of postgraduate study at universities on the island of Ireland. Students are selected on the basis of academic merit, leadership, and service. This year, five of the 12 Mitchell Scholars are women.
Geography Scholar Files a Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit Against the University of North Carolina
The suit alleges gender discrimination and retaliation against associate professor of geography Altha Cravey after she raised concerns about sexual and racial discrimination at the university.
University of North Carolina Psychologist Wins the $100,000 Tang Prize
Barbara L. Frederickson is the Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is being honored by the Tang Foundation of Toronto, Canada, for “exceptional contributions to the well-being of humanity.”
Thirteen Women Scholars Who Are 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.
New Administrative Posts for Nine 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.
College Women Who Hold on to Traditional Gender Stereotypes May Be Prone to Unhealthy Relationships
A new study led by Stacey J.T. Hust, an associate professor in the College of Communication at Washington State University in Pullman, finds that women college students who held traditional stereotypes on the role of women in society were less likely to refuse unwanted sexual advances.
Former Assistant Attorney General Named to Lead the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City
When she takes office on August 1, Karol V. Mason will be the first woman and the first person of color to serve as president of the college. She served as an assistant attorney general during the Obama administration and was the director of the Office of Justice Programs.
Vanderbilt University’s Kimryn Rathmell to Lead the American Society for Clinical Investigation
Professor Rathmell is the Cornelius Abernathy Craig Professor of Medicine at Vanderbilt University and the director of the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center. She is also the associate editor of the Journal of Clinical Investigation.
