Dr. Lundberg has conducted extensive research on labor economics and the economics of the family. Her recent work has centered on the sources of educational inequality and gender gaps in education.
Professor Kafai, the Lori and Michael Milken President's Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, has been honored by Association for Computing Machinery for her long-lasting contributions to computer science education for children and youth.
Camille A. Brown was named the Claude and Alfred Mann Endowed Artist in Dance at the University of Southern California. Lauren Massimo is the Anthony Buividas Chair in Gerontology at the University of Pennsylvania and Ashley Valanzola is the David P. Angel Endowed Professor in Holocaust Pedagogy and Antisemitism Studies at Clark University.
Dr. Ryu has taught at Elon University in North Carolina for the past seven years. She was recently honored by the Mathematical Association of America for her dedication to undergraduate mathematics education, mentorship, and research.
The women who have been selected for endowed positions are Yuehwern Yih at Purdue University in Indiana, Dominique Somda at Kalamazoo College in Michigan, Abigail Swingen at Yale University, Erika Consoli at the University of Idaho, and Melanie Kornides at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication has honored Washington State University's Jennifer Henrichsen for her scholarship on how structural conditions and evolving forms of risk shape journalistic work, and what those pressures mean for journalism and democratic life.
Dr. Birch, an endowed professor and co-director of the Institute for Urban Research at the University of Pennsylvania, is known for her research on global urbanization with an emphasis on urban climate finance, sustainable urban development, and multilevel government in implementing global agreements.
Professor Fernandez Lynch currently teaches as an associate professor at the University of Pennsylvania's Perelman School of Medicine and the Carey Law School. She is known for her work on clinical research ethics and regulation, access to investigational medicine, and FDA pharmaceutical policy.
Jordana B. Cohen of the University of Pennsylvania and Daria V. Ilatovskaya of Augusta University have been honored by the American Journal of Hypertension for their outstanding research contributions in clinical science and basic science, respectively.
They are Kristen Ghodsee, a professor of Russian and East European studies; Ayako Kano, a professor of East Asian languages and civilizations; Leigh Stearns, a professor of Earth and environmental sciences; and Deborah A. Thomas, a professor of anthropology.
Vanderbilt University's Shatema Threadcraft received two book awards from the American Political Science Association. Lisa Messeri of Yale University was honored by the Society for Cultural Anthropology and Fiona Cunningham of the University of Pennsylvania was honored by Cornell University.
According to a large global study of nearly 545,000 couples from 29 high-income countries, relationships where women earn more than their male partners are 36 percent more likely to separate than male-breadwinner couples — particularly among couples with children.
