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Four Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The four women appointed to endowed chairs are: Tajana Rosing at the University of California, San Diego, Bonnie Berger at MIT, Mae C. Jemison at Indiana University, and Lynn S. Fuchs at Vanderbilt University.
Legal Scholar Michelle Alexander Selected to Receive a $250,000 Heinz Award
Michelle Alexander is a visiting professor at the Union Theological Seminary and a senior fellow at the Ford Foundation. Earlier, she taught at Ohio State University and Stanford Law School. Professor alexander is being honored for her research on racial disparities in incarceration rates.
Notable Honors for Seven Women Scholars at Colleges and Universities
The honorees are Sara Goodkind of the University of Pittsburgh, Adrienne R. Carter-Sowell at Texas A&M University, Ellen Goldring and Donna Segar of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Sandra Yancy McGuire of Louisiana State University, and Maureen Oldham Gallagher of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.
In Memoriam: Jane Hepburn Barr, 1927-2016
From 1989 to 1998, Jane Barr taught two seminars at the Vanderbilt Divinity School: Women in Church and Society to 500 C.E. and Women in Church and Society from 500 to 1400.
New Administrative Duties for 18 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.
In Memoriam: Betty Chiles Nixon, 1936-2016
Betty Chiles Nixon was the former assistant vice chancellor in the Office of Community, Neighborhoods, and Government Relations at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She served on the staff at the university for 17 years.
New Assignments for Six Women Faculty Members 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.
A Large Gender Gap Remains in Faculty Positions at Vanderbilt University
Women equal men in undrgraduate enrollments and women are 58 percent of all graduate students and all staff at the university. Yet, women are only 30 percent of the tenured or tenure-track faculty and only 21 percent of the full professors.
Eight Women Faculty Members Who Are Assuming New Roles in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
In Memoriam: Peggy Ann Brainerd Way, 1931-2016
Peggy Ann Brainerd Way was the first woman to hold a full-time faculty post at Vanderbult Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee, and the first woman to hold a full-time faculty position at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
Seventeen Women Faculty Members Taking on New Roles
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
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.
Here Are 11 Women Faculty Members Who Have New Roles at Colleges and Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
Research Finds That High School Vocational Training Benefits Men More Than Women
The study found that high school training in blue-collar communities reduced both men’s and women’s odds of enrolling in a four-year college but led to different outcomes for men and women when they looked for jobs.
University Study Finds a Major Gender Gap in State Judgeship Appointments
The authors assembled a database of more than 10,000 state judges who hear about 90 percent of all court cases in the United States, according to the authors. They found that no state had a judiciary that equaled the percentage of women in the state’s population.
Five Women in Higher Education Who Have Received Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Tanya Sudia at Baylor University in Texas, Esther Jacobson-Tepfer at the University of Oregon, Karina Maza at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Ann Swinker at Pennsylvania State University, and Elizabeth M. Holloway at Purdue University in Indiana.
Prestigious Honors and Awards for Eight Women in Higher Education
The honorees are Debora Rodrigues (University of Houston), Patricia Colleen Murphy (Arizona State), Sharmila Majumdar (UCSF) , Erika Zimmerman (Western Carolina), Karen Bankston (University of Cincinnati), Pam Soltis (University of Florida), Shirley T. Frye (North Carolina A&T), and Cecilia Mo (Vanderbilt).
Three Women Professors Announce Their Retirements
Stepping down from their teaching posts are Gladys Keeton at Texas Woman’s University, Marilyn Rhie at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, and Bonnie S. Slovis at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
A Dozen Women With New Faculty Assignments at Major Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
New Duties or Titles for Eight Women Faculty Members
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
Nineteen Women Who Will Be 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.
Eleven Women Faculty Members Appointed to New Positions in Higher Education
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
Two Women to Direct Libraries at Major Research Universities in the United States
Valerie Hotchkiss was named University Librarian at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, and Anne Jarvis was appointed University Librarian at Princeton University in New Jersey.
New Assignments for 10 Women Faculty Members at Major Universities
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
Seven Women in Higher Education Who Are Stepping Down From Their Posts
They are: Debra Daniels at Joliet Junior College, Lucile C. Jones of CalTech, who is retiring from the USGS, Karen E. Campbell of Vanderbilt University, Virginia Caples of Alabama A&M University, Janet Corson-Rikert of Cornell University, Fay S. Adams of the University of Tennessee, and Catherine M. O’Neill of the University of New Mexico-Taos.
A Trio of Women Academics Honored With Prestigious Awards
The honorees are Anne Marie Tharpe, a professor of hearing and speech sciences at Vanderbilt University, the late Dorothy Stratton, who served as dean of women at Purdue University, and Patricia McGuire, president of Trinity Washington University.
Six Women Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Vanderbilt University in Nashville
The six women appointed to endowed chairs at Vanderbilt University are Nancy J. Cox, Karen M. Joos, Lisa A. Kachnic, and Hillary A. Tindle, all in the School of Medicine, Cecelia Tichi in the department of English, and Ingrid B. Wuerth at the law school.
Four Women Who Are Leaving Their Administrative Posts in Academia
Stepping down from high-level administrative posts are Elizabeth Dykens at Vanderbilt University, Ewa Barczyk at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Candis Claiborn at Washington State University, and Melissa Woo at the University of Oregon.
New Assignments in Higher Education for 11 Women Faculty Members
Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members from colleges and universities throughout the United States who have been appointed to new positions.
A Dozen 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.
Six Women Professors Presented With Notable Awards
The honorees are Chritine Grant of North Carolina State University, Shannor Vallor of Santa Clara University, Kimberly E. Applegate of Emory University, Julie Bullard of the University of Montana, Nance Wilson of SUNY-Cortland, and Mary Kay Washington of Vanderbilt University.
Five Women Appointed to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
The appointees are Padma Raghavan at Vanderbilt University, Elizabeth Canning at the College of the Holy Cross, Julie Hooper at the University of California, Berkeley, Precious Porras at the University of Kansas, and Connie Merriman at Old Dominion University.
Prestigious Honors for Three Women Academics
The honorees are Julia Phillips Cohen of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, Jill Fraley of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and Vicki Kress of Youngstown State University in Ohio.
Three Women University Scientists Taking on New Duties for Federal Agencies
Lorrie Faith Cranor of Carnegie Mellon University was named chief technologist at the Federal Trade Commission. Kathy Partin of Colorado State was named director of an office at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and Anne Kenworthy of Vanderbilt University will review grant proposals at the National Institutes of Health.
Huda Zoghbi Selected to Receive the Vanderbilt Prize in Biomedical Science
Huda Y. Zoghbi is the director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children’s Hospital and a professor of molecular and human genetics at the Baylor University College of Medicine in Houston.
