The honorees are Rachael Chanin at Stanford University, Amy C. Fan at the University of Caliofornia, San Francisco, Simone Park at the University of Pennsylvania, Carolina Rodriguez Tirado at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in The Bronx, New York, and Madeline Rollins at the University of Chicago.
Dr. Mayeri's award-winning book, Marital Privilege: Marriage, Inequality, and the Transformation of American Law, examines how the privileged legal status of marriage survived decades of constitutional struggle and social change.
The appointments are Katrina Armstrong at Columbia University, Melissa Schwartzberg at Princeton University, R.F. Kuang at the College of the Holy Cross, Khadijah Ali-Coleman at Coppin State University, Stacey Saunders-Adams at Ohio University, Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, and Jess Jones at the University of Pennsylvania.
Here is this week’s roundup of women scholars at colleges and universities who have been appointed to new positions throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Dr. Perera's new book on the variations in mental health care services in affluent democracies has been honored by both the International Political Sciences Association and the Council for European Studies.
Dr. Rosenfeld, the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History in the School of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania, recently received the István Hont Book Prize from the Institute of Intellectual History at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
According to a new study, women who participated in an online career training program with an all-women cohort were more likely to complete their training on time, obtain a professional certification, and secure employment than women who were trained in mixed-gender environments.
Dr. Gamson was a longtime professor at the University of Michigan and the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she founded the doctoral program in higher education and the New England Resource Center for Higher Education.
The Breakthrough Prize – popularly known as the “Oscars of Science” – was created to celebrate the wonders of our scientific age. Prizes are awarded in the life sciences, mathematics, and physics.
Jennifer Hunt, who has been serving as interim dean of the University of Florida College of Medicine, has been appointed dean of the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. She will be the first woman to lead the Ivy League medical school in its 229-year history.
Dr. Frey was affiliated with the College of Arts & Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania for three decades. During her tenure, she served as the college's assistant dean and director of advising.
Dr. Aiken is the founding director of the the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing. She has conducted extensive research on nurse's education and work environments, providing the foundation for modern staffing policies around the world.
