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Geography Scholar Files a Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit Against the University of North Carolina
The suit alleges gender discrimination and retaliation against associate professor of geography Altha Cravey after she raised concerns about sexual and racial discrimination at the university.
Nine Women Scholars Taking on New Assignments in Higher Education
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Ladee Hubbard to Receive the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence
Ladee Hubbard, who teaches in the Africana studies program at Tulane University in New Orleans, is being honored for her debut novel The Talented Ribkins, the story of an African American family whose members have unique superpowers.
A Quartet of Women in New Faculty Positions at Major Universities
The four women in new faculty posts are Pajarita Charles at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Daphne A. Bascom at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, Rena Robinson at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, and Miriam Rocah at Pace University in New York.
In Memoriam: Gloria Johnson-Powell, 1936-2017
Gloria Johnson-Powell, one of the first women to hold a tenured faculty post at Harvard Medical School. She also taught at the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Wisconsin.
Ten Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Faculty Roles in Higher Education
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
In Memoriam: Juana Gamero de Coca, 1959-2017
Juana Gamero de Coca was an associate professor of Spanish at Middlebury College in Vermont. A native of Spain, Dr. Gamero de Coca’s scholarship was focused on twentieth and twenty-first century Spanish culture and literature with a focus on gender issues.
New Assignments in Higher Education for 10 Women Faculty Members
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
The First Woman to Win the Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry
Laura Kiessling, the Novartis Professor of Chemistry at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will receive the 2017 Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry at the 2018 annual meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston next summer.
A Dozen Women With New Faculty Roles at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Hannah Tavares Wins Book Award From the American Educational Studies Association
Hannah M. Tavares is an associate professor in the College of Education at the University of Hawaii. She was honored for her book Pedagogies of the Image: Photo-Archives, Cultural Histories and Postfoundational Inquiry (Springer, 2016)
Addressing Sexual Harassment in the Environmental Sciences
Erika Marín-Spiotta, an associate professor of geography at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is partnering with scientific societies and geoscience faculty colleagues from colleges and universities across the country to develop sexual harassment bystander intervention training for the earth, space and environmental sciences.
A Large Group of Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Posts 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.
Four Women Named to Executive Positions at College and University Art Museums
Taking on new roles at major academic art museums are Elizabeth Chodos at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Christina Olsen at the University of Michigan, Amy Gilman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Jill Greenwood at Oberlin College in Ohio.
Seventeen Women Who Are Taking on New Administrative Roles 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.
In Memoriam: Patricia K. Keely, 1963-2017
Patti Keely was the Jan and Kathryn Ver Hagan Professor of Translational Research and chair of the department of cell and regenerative biology at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health.
Study Identifies Risk Factors for Sexual Abuse of Early Maturing Girls
A new study by scholars at the University of Pennsylvania and Boston University find that early maturing girls are more likely to be abused if their friend group contains a large number of boys.
New Administrative Positions for 15 Women 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.
A Dozen Women Appointed to Administrative Posts 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.
Eight Universities Appoint Women to High-Level Administrative Positions
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
In Memoriam: Mary Alice Morrison, 1921-2017
Mary Alice Morrison was a professor emerita in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. During World War II, she served in the Royal Canadian Air Force.
New Assignments for 10 Women Faculty Members
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Eleven Women Appointed to Administrative Positions 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.
A Half Dozen Women Who Have Been Named to Dean Positions in Higher Education
The new deans are Allyson Leggett Watson at the University of South Florida, Soyeon Shim at the University of Wisconsin, Carol Strohecker at the University of Minnesota, Kathryn Graff low at Bates College in Maine, Ann Walters Robertson at the University of Chicago, and Bonnie J. Dow at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee.
New Duties for Seven Women Faculty Members at Major Universities
Here is this week’s listing of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions or have been assigned new duties.
Anne P. Massey and Mary Rezac Named to Dean Positions
Anne P. Massey was named the next dean of the Wisconsin School of Business and Mary Rezac will be the next dean of the Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture at Washington State University in Pullman.
Three Women Appointed to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Professorships
The three women named to Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation Professors are Jane Collins in sociology, Paula Niedenthal in psychology, and Aili Mari Tripp in political science and gender and women’s studies.
Six Women Academics Selected to Receive Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Beverly Edmond of the University of Montana, Sally G. Hoskins of City College of New York, Gail Mellow of LaGuardia Community College in New York, Lori Ideta at the University of Hawaii, Tamara Scerpella at the University of Wisconsin, and Janelle Baker at Alcorn State University in Mississippi.
In Memoriam: Dorothy Pechman Rice, 1922-2017
Dorothy Rice was a professor emerita of heath economics in the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco and an early proponent of the Medicare system.
One Woman Among the Three Finalists for Dean of the Business School at the University of Wisconsin
Anne P. Massey is the Dean’s Research Professor and professor of information systems in the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University in Bloomington. She also serves as associate vice president for academic affairs for the university.
Cornell University Offers New Online Certificate Program on Women in Leadership
The five-course certificate program examines the issues facing women in leadership positions and offers strategies for handling them. The program can be completed in three months with five, two-week courses.
Five Women Who Are Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The appointees are Sarah Curran at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, Marsha C. Senior at Syracuse University in New York, Mary Jo Gonzales at Washington State University, Shira Thomas at Florida A&M University, and Kristen Roman at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Caroline Levine of Cornell University Wins a Book Award From the Modern Language Association
Professor Levine will receive the 47th annual James Russell Lowell Prize from the Modern Language Association. The award is given to the author of an outstanding book; either a literary or linguistic study, a critical edition of an important work, or a critical biography.
Five University Women Who Have Announced They Are Stepping Down
At the end of the calendar year or the end of an academic semester, there are always a number of announcement regarding retirements. Here are five women who are leaving their high-level university posts.
Four Women Scholars Win 2017 Grawemeyer Awards
The four women scholars are Diana Hess and Paula McAvoy who will share the prize in Education, Marsha Linehan who will receive the award in Psychology, and Dana Burde who will be honored in the Improving World Order category.
