All Entries Tagged With: "University of Southern California"
Laila Lalami Wins Another Honor for Her Novel The Moor’s Account
Laila Lalami, a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, has won the 2015 Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award for Fiction presented by the Hurston/Wright Foundation in Washington, D.C.
Eleven Women in New Faculty Roles at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Three Women Appointed to Dean Posts
Rebecca Royal was appointed dean of student success at Union County College and Cody Yeager was named dean of career and technical education at Southwestern Oregon Community College. Elizabeth M. Daley was named to a new term as dean of School of Cinematic Arts at USC.
Survey Finds That 23 Percent of Undergraduate Women Are Subjected to Unwanted Sexual Contact
A major new study on sexual assault on 27 college campuses was recently published by the Association of American Universities. The report found that 23 percent of undergraduate women students said that they had been victims of sexual contact involving physical force or incapacitation since entering college.
Safiya Sinclair Receives $25,800 Fellowship Award From The Poetry Foundation
Safiya Sinclair is currently a Dornsife Doctoral Fellow in literature and creative writing at the University of Southern California. She is a graduate of Bennington College in southwestern Vermont and holds a master of fine arts degree from the University of Virginia.
University Study Finds Lack of Gender Diversity in Hollywood’s Top-Grossing Films
Women were less than one third of the actors with speaking roles in the 100 top-grossing films. More than one quarter of all women with speaking roles in the 100 top-grossing films of 2014 were shown in some degree of nudity.
In Memoriam: Kim West
Kim West was the associate dean for undergraduate programs at the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. For 13 years, she served as director of residence life at the California Institute of Technology.
Laila Lalami of the University of California, Riverside Wins an American Book Award
Laila Lalami, a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, won an American Book Award from The Before Columbus Foundation for her latest novel The Moor’s Account.
A Trio of Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Major Universities
Stephanie Valberg was named to an endowed chair in equine sports medicine at Michigan State. Claudia Rankine was appointed to an endowed chair in English at the University of Southern California and Jessica Fanzo will hold a Bloomsburg Professor post at Johns Hopkins University.
Safiya Sinclair Wins the 2015 Prairie Schooner Book Prize for Poetry
Sinclair, a native of Montego Bay, Jamaica, is a graduate of Bennington College in southwestern Vermont and holds a master of fine arts degree from the University of Virginia. She is currently a Dornsife Doctoral Fellow at the University of Southern California.
University Study Finds Women’s Sports Are Ignored on Television Sports News
A study by researchers at Purdue University and the University of Southern California found that coverage of women’s sports has declined over the past 25 years and now constitutes 2 percent to 3 percent of television sports broadcast news coverage.
Women Making Inroads in Academic Institutions of the Male-Dominated Animation Industry
Traditionally, the animation industry has had very few womein in its ranks. But a new study by Deborah Vankin of the Los Angeles Times, finds that over the past five years women are beginning to make major inroads in animation education.
U.S. Educated Soonja Choe Is the New President of Inha University in Korea
Soonja Choe is the new president of Inha University in South Korea. She is the first woman president in the 61-year history of the university. Dr. Choe earned master’s and doctoral degrees at the University of Southern California.
Five Women With New College and University Faculty Posts
The appointees are Carmen Guerrero at Lee University, Susan Tananbaum at Bowdoin College, Suzanne Wenzel at the University of Southern California, Medha D. Makhlouf at Pennsylvania State University, and Elizabeth Bradley at Yale University.
New Faculty Posts for Nine Women at Colleges and Universities
The women who have been appointed to new faculty positions are Catherine C. Eckel, Beth Bailey, Angie Maxwell, Hee Oh, Marilyn L. Flynn, Lesley Irvine, Collin Roesler, Robin Buell, and Kathleen A. Jamison.
The New President of the American Society for Public Administration
Maria Aristigueta is the Charles P. Messick Professor of Public Administration at the University of Delaware. For the past six years she has served as the director of the School of Public and Policy Administration at the university.
University of Toledo Has Announced the Appointment of Its First Woman President
Sharon L. Gaber is provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of Arkansas. Earlier in her career she held faculty and administrative posts at Auburn University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Honors and Awards for Seven Women From the Academic World
The honorees are Lisa Feigenson of Johns Hopkins, Hilary Close of the University of Hawaii, Bess Pierce of Virginia Tech, Aida Hurtado of the University of California, Santa Barbara, Jann Warren-FIndley of Arizona State, Rosie Phillips Bingham of the University of Memphis, and Amelia Jones of the University of Southern California.
New Faculty Posts at Leading Universities for Six Women
Taking on new teaching roles are Margaret Karagas at Dartmouth, Jennifer Alexander at the Air Force Academy, Naomi Halas at Rice University, Constance Iloh at the University of California, Irvine, Nancy Nelson Hodges at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro and Deepa Bhojwani at the University of Southern California.
In Memoriam: Maria Elena Martinez-Lopez, 1966-2014
Maria Elena Martinez-Lopez, a respected scholar on Latin American colonial history, was an associate professor of history and American studies and ethnicity in the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences at the University of Southern California.
New Faculty Posts for Six Women Scholars
The appointees are Trudy Tuttle Arriaga at California Lutheran University, Kathy S. Northern at Ohio State University, Laura P. Sands at Virginia Tech, Kelly Shannon at the University of Southern California, Katherine Sullivan at Berkeley College, and Lenore A. Grenoble at the University of Chicago.
In Memoriam: Katrina Jane Edwards, 1968-2014
Katrina Edwards was a professor of biological sciences and a professor of earth sciences at the University of Southern California. Dr. Edwards’ research focused on “intraterrestrials” or microbes living below the ocean’s crust and sediment.
Shana Redmonds Is the First Holder of a Professorship Honoring Civil Rights Activist Ella Baker
The University of California, Santa Barbara, has established a visiting professorship to honor Ella Baker, a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and its network of Freedom Schools. Shana Redmond of the University of Southern California will be the first holder of the post.
In Memoriam: Harriet Herta Forster, 1917-2014
A native of Vienna, Austria, Professor Forster escaped the Nazi occupation in 1939. She joined the faculty at the University of Southern California in 1948 and taught physics there for nearly four decades.
Cornell University’s First Woman President
Elizabeth Garrett is currently provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. When she takes office on July 1, 2015, she will become the first woman president of Cornell.
Six Women Presented With Prestigious Honors
The honorees are Christine Franklin of the University of Georgia, Marjorie Perloff of Stanford University, Magda Peck of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Jane McLeod of Indiana University, Vanessa Cook of Michigan State University, and Joan Mace of Ohio University.
Seven Women Named to New Faculty Posts at Major Universities
The appointees are Huyla Eraslan at Rice, Wendy Freeman at the University of Chicago, Carolyn Cannon at Texas A&M, Susan Kern at the College of William and Mary, Naminata Diabate at Cornell, Geraldine Knatz at the University of Southern California, and Nancy McGehee at Virginia Tech.
Two Women Join the Dance Faculty at the University of Southern California
Jackie Kopcsak is a ballet dancer and choreographer who has taught at the University of California, Irvine. Saleemah E. Knight, a choreographer and performer, will be a lecturer at the dance school.
Eight Women in New Higher Education Teaching Roles
Taking on new assignments are Haco Hoang at California Luthern, Lisette Waits at the University of Idaho, Jacqueline Wemimont at Arizona State, Kelly Shannon and Laura Mosqueda at USC, Janice Herbert-Carter at Morehouse, Celia Lo at Texas Woman’s University, Heather Quagliana at Lee University.
A New President for Los Angeles Valley College
Erika A. Endrijonas has been serving as executive vice president at Oxnard College in California. Earlier in her 22-year career in higher education, she held posts at Santa Barbara City College, the Union Institute and University in Cincinnati, and the University of Southern California.
Prestigious Honors for Eight Woman in Academia
The honorees are Anita Allen of Penn, Alleen Nilsen of Arizona State, Susan Rodger of Duke, Roseann Mulligan of the University of Southern California, Christine A. Curcio of the University of Alabama Birmingham, Lesley Wheeler of Washington & Lee, Phyllis Bridges of Texas Woman’s University, and Kimberly Dulaney of Virginia Tech.
Six Women Scholars Receive Notable Awards
The winners are Hannah Sanghee Park of USC, Kathy Lee Heuston of Austin Peay State, Alicia Dewey of Biola University, Sylvia Barack Fishman of Brandeis, Donna Shalala of the University of Miami, and Diana Lados of Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
AAUW Names Seven Colleges and Universities That Empower Women
The American Association for University Women has identified seven colleges and universities that the group says empower women. The AAUW says that these seven schools are “making the world a more equitable place for women.”
Willow Bay to Lead the School of Journalism at the University of Southern California
Willow Bay has held prominent broadcasting posts at ABC News, CNN, and NBC. Most recently, Bay has been a senior editor of the Huffington Post and a special correspondent for Bloomberg TV.
Grants or Gifts Relating to Women in Higher Education
Here is this week’s news of grants and gifts that may be of particular interest to women in higher education.
