A Purdue faculty member since 2022, Dr. Kirby leverages theories of self, identity, and acculturation to explore why diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts often fail to obtain their desired goals.
Dr. Carberry taught computer science and linguistics at the University of Delaware for more than five decades. During her tenure, she spent five years as chair of the department of computer and information science.
“We need a second gender revolution,” said Dr. Low of the University of Pennsylvania. “The first was women entering the workforce and taking on these roles; the second is men stepping up at home and sharing chores equally.”
The women recently appointed to endowed faculty positions are Lindsay Lally at Virginia Tech, Diana Robertson at the University of Pennsylvania, Kate Richmond at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania, Joanne Freeman at Yale University in Connecticut, and Nina Rowe at Fordham University in New York.
Jie Deng, J. Margo Brooks Carthon, and Catherine McDonald have been selected for endowed professorships at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing.
Dr. Sanday, a longtime professor at the University of Pennsylvania, was known for her anthropology research that challenged western assumptions about male dominance in human societies. She also studied the culture of American college campuses, specifically how institutions respond to sexual assault.
The women taking on new academic roles are Meng Zhu at Virginia Tech, Sara Roccabianca at Washington University, Ayako Kano at the University of Pennsylvania, Vicky Lai at the University of Arizona, Jennifer Hunter at the University of Kentucky, Laura Machia at Syracuse University, Allison Koenecke at Cornell University, Tamara Caspary at Emory University, Nukhet Sandal at Ohio University, and Debbie Fleming at Central Baptist College.
The appointments are Sandra Guzmán at Hartnell College, Kelly Ball at James Madison University, Leigh Whitaker at the University of Pennsylvania, Angie Zirschky at Boise State University, Brandi Tatum-Fedrick at Florida A&M University, Ayanna Tweedy at Bakersfield College, Amy Owens at Vanderbilt University, and Kimberly Lewis at Rutgers University.
The women who have been selected for endowed positions are Johanna Burton at the University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Contemporary Art, Elizabeth Hinton at Yale University, and Christine Dinh at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.
Even in regards to similar incidents, women's reports of workplace abuse are more likely to be dismissed than men's reports, according to a new study from scholars at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Pennsylvania.
Jane Muir, an assistant professor of nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, focuses her research on identifying models of care that improve timely and equitable care in community-facing settings, such as hospital emergency departments.
