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University of Virginia Scholar Wins Book Award
Anna Brickhouse, an associate professor of English at the University of Virginia, received one of two book prizes awarded by the journal Early American Literature. Dr. Brickhouse holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.
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.
Rita Dove to Receive the $20,000 Stone Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement
The Stone Award was established in 2011 to highlight the work of the creative writing program at Oregon State University’s School of Writing. Literature, and Film. The award comes with a $20,000 prize. Professor Dove, the Commonwealth Professor of English at the University of Virginia, will accept the award next spring in Oregon.
Seven Women Taking on New Administrative Duties 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.
University Scholars Find a Biomarker That May Predict Women With a High Risk of Postpartum Depression
Postpartum depression affects about 20 percent of new mothers. A new study by researchers at five universities has determined that a biomarker in blood can identify women who are at a higher risk for postpartum depression.
New Administrative Roles for 22 Women at American 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.
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.
Virginia Tech Scholar Earns Three Awards from the American Society of Interior Designers
Lisa Tucker is an associate professor and chair of the interior design program in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies at Virginia Tech. She will be honored for service to the society, for support of the interior design profession, and for outstanding scholarship.
Georgia State University Scholar Named to State Education Post
Dr. Caitlin Dooley will take a one-year leave of absence from her faculty duties in the College of Education at Georgia State to serve as deputy superintendent of the Georgia Department of Education. In this role, Dr. Dooley will lead a statewide early literacy campaign.
Jennifer Mnookin to Lead the UCLA School of Law
Jennifer Mnookin was selected as the ninth dean of the School of Law at the University of California, Los Angeles. An expert in evidence law, Dr. Mnookin has been on the UCLA law faculty since 2005 and currently is the David G. Price and Dallas R. Price Professor of Law.
University of Virginia Extends Contract of President Teresa Sullivan
In 2012, the board of visitors at the University of Virginia announced that Teresa A. Sullivan would be leaving the presidency of the university after only two years on the job. After protests by students and faculty, she was reinstated just 16 days later. Now her contact has been extended.
University of Virginia to Publish Martha Washington’s Letters
After her husband death, Martha Washington destroyed most of the correspondence between her and the nation’s first president. But thousands of letters between Martha Washington and others have survived.
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.
Two Women Stepping Down From High-Level University Administrative Posts
Beth Miller, senior associate athletics director and senior woman administrator at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Sharon Davie, the founding director of the University of Virginia Women’s Center, are retiring this summer.
The Three Finalists for This Year’s $250,000 Cherry Award for Great Teaching Are All Women
The three finalists for the $250,000 Cherry Award are Teresa C. Balser of the University of Florida, Michelle Rae Hebl of Rice University, and Lisa Russ Spaar of the University of Virginia.
Four Women Faculty Members Receive Notable Honors
The honorees are Catherine Ruth Pakaluk of Ave Maria University in Florida, Jane Sojka of the University of Cincinnati, Anita Jones of the University of Virginia, and Jamila Stockman of the University of California, San Diego.
The Next President of Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania
Valerie Smith, dean of the college and the Woodrow Wilson Professor of Literature at Princeton University, was named president of Swarthmore College. She will take office on July 1.
Three Women Scholars to Lead Organizations With Ties to Higher Education
Meredith Jung-En Woo will lead the International Higher Education Support Program of the Open Society Foundations. Cynthia Cherry will be CEO of the International Leadership Association and Melanie Domenech Rodriguez will lead the National Latina/o Psychological Association.
Five Women in New Teaching Roles
The women in new teaching posts are Anjelica L. Gonzalez at Yale University, Luann Lynch at the University of Virginia, Mary C. Stiner at the University of Arizona, Mea S. Cook at Williams College, and Janet Napolitano at the University of California, Berkeley.
Valerie Harrison Now Leading The Lincoln University
The board of trustees of The Lincoln University in Pennsylvania has named Valerie Harrison as acting president of the university. She has been serving as the university’s General Counsel since 2013 and previously had held a similar post at Arcadia University.
Kelley Fanto Deetz to Lead Research Project on the History of Slavery at the University of Virginia
The University of Virginia has appointed Kelley Fanto Deetz to a three-year postdoctoral fellowship to conduct research on the role of slavery in the university’s history. She was an assistant professor of history at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia.
Nursing Scholars Seek to Determine If At-Risk Women Are More Likely to Report Domestic Abuse Online
A new study led Camille Burnett, professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Virginia, seeks to determine if pregnant women are more likely to report domestic violence in a computer survey than they are to a practicing clinician.
Five Women Stepping Down From High-Level Posts at Colleges and Universities
The women who have or will retire are Belle Wei at California State University, Chico, Hudlin Wagner at Carleton College, Nancy Dunlap at the University of Virginia, Jennie Taylor at Emory University, and Sharon Stahl at Washington University in St. Louis.
In Memoriam: Sherri King, 1975-2014
Sherri King was the managing director of the University of Virginia Investment Company, where she was in charge of its fixed-income investments and risk management strategies. Previously, she had a 15-year career with Wall Street investment firms.
Report Finds a Significant Gender Gap in Faculty Salaries at the University of Virginia
The study found that women faculty are paid on average $3,638 less than their male colleagues of similar rank and tenure. The authors stated that their research did not determine the reasons for the gender gap in faculty salaries.
Two Women Stepping Down From High-Level University Posts
Karin Wittenborg, university librarian and dean of libraries at the University of Virginia, will retire in December and Lynn Dorn, the director of women’s athletics at North Dakota State University, has announced that she will retire in March.
Kathryn Laughon Wins an Award for Improving Dye Used in Sexual Assault Examinations
Kathryn Laughon, an associate professor of nursing at the University of Virginia, was honored with the 2014 Ann Burgess Forensic Nursing Research Award from the International Association of Forensic Nurses.
University of Virginia’s Pamela Cipriano to Lead the American Nurses Association
Dr. Cipriano, associate research professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing, is the 35th president in the association’s 118-year history. She was the inaugural editor of the association’s official journal, American Nurse Today.
Nine Women in Academia Honored With Notable Awards
The recipients of these major national awards are: Maria Rosario Araneta, Meena Kumari, Kelly Drew, Mary Rogus, Alva Ferdinand, Sarah Holterhoff, Paula Agudelo, Elizabeth H. Maples, and Melody Bianchetto.
New Women Deans at Six Universities
The six women appointed to dean posts are Lisa Bond-Maupin at the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, Elizabeth K. Meyer at the University of Virginia, Sharon L. Wood at the University of Texas, Lisa Plowfield at Towson University, Shannon Blanton at the University of Alabama-Birmingham, and Peris Drell at Stanford University.
Pamela Sutton-Wallace Named CEO of the University of Virginia Medical Center
Sutton-Wallace has been on the staff of the Duke University Health System for 17 years. Most recently, she served as senior vice president for hospital operations at Duke University Hospital. She will begin her new job in July.
Five Women Appointed to New Teaching Positions at American Universities
The appointees are Vivian Chi-Hua Wu at the University of Maine, Miranda Waggoner at the University of Virginia, Ann M. Reed at Duke University, Dora Malech at Princeton University, and Marianne Hillemeier at Pennsylvania State University.
Three Women Competing for a Dean Position at Virginia Tech
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has selected three finalists for the position of dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. All three candidates are women.
Eight Women Taking on New Administrative Assignments at U.S. Universities
The new university administrative appointees are Karen Gwinn Clay, Constance Bland, Susan M. Pollart, Khala Granville, Amy R. Wolfson, Romanda Noble-Watson, Sue Lister, and Bridgette Brady.
Three Women Academics Win Notable Awards
Ruth Wilson Gilmore was honored by the Association of American Geographers. Kim Tanzer won an award from the Association of College Schools of Architecture and Michelle Albert of Howard University was honored for her work to fight heart disease.
