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In Memoriam: Maxine Mimms, 1928-2024
Dr. Mimms served as a faculty member at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, for two decades, including 10 years as the founding director of the college’s Tacoma campus.
Ten Women Professors Appointed to New Academic Positions
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new academic positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Sixteen Women Appointed to 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
New Dean Appointments for a Dozen Women Scholars
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new dean positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Patricia LoRusso Elected President of American Association for Cancer Research
Since 2014, Dr. LoRusso has held numerous faculty, research, and leadership positions with the Smilow Cancer Hospital and the Yale University School of Medicine. She will serve as president of the American Association for Cancer Research for the 2024 to 2025 term.
Laurie Lauzon Clabo Named Provost of Wayne State University in Detroit
“Wayne State is truly a mission-driven university that has tremendous impact not only on the lives of our students, but our entire community, serving as an engine of social mobility,” said Dr. Clabo. “I look forward to working with all members of the campus community to grow and enhance that impact.”
Eight Women Leaders Appointed to Administrative Posts
The appointments are Melissa Smiley at Wayne State University, Lisa Ferrell at North Carolina State University, Shani Crayton at Alabama State University, Jessica Brown at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators, Naomi Nixon at Florida International University, Kimberly Shiner at California State University Fullerton, Genita Magnum at Delaware State University, and Marie Harf at the University of Pennsylvania
Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Posts in Higher Education
The four women in new diversity posts are Jamila Lee-Johnson in the Graduate School at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, Katherine King at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Donyale R. Padgett at Wayne State University in Detroit, and Laura Renée Chandler at Colby College in Waterville, Maine.
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.
New Center for Gender and Sexuality Established at Wayne State University in Detroit
The new center will provide services in five areas: research, teaching, student services, programming and advocacy, and student engagement. Academically, the center will provide a singular space to unify the many scholars who already conduct this work in their own departments.
Kimberly Andrews Espy Will Be the First Woman President of Wayne State University in Detroit
Dr. Espy has been serving as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at the University of Texas at San Antonio, a position she has held since 2018. Earlier, she was senior vice president for research at the University of Arizona and dean of the graduate school at the University of Oregon.
Valerie Kinloch Named President of Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte
In 2017, Dr. Kinloch was named the Renée and Richard Goldman Dean of the University of Pittsburgh School of Education. Previously, she held positions as associate dean and professor at Ohio State University and taught at Teachers College at Columbia University.
Four Women Who Have Been Named to Endowed Chairs at Major Universities
The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Anita Raj at the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine at Tulane University in New Orleans, Rhonda Y. Williams at Wayne State University in Detroit, Amy Laurel Fluker at Youngstown State University in Ohio, and Stacey Abrams at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointment of Eight Women to Dean Positions
The new deans are Paula Song at Virginia Commonwealth University, Donna Riley at the University of New Mexico, Denise Taliaferro Baszile at Wayne State University in Detroit, Cathy L. Z. DuBois at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, Kim Litwack at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Lynn M. Linder at West Virginia Wesleyan College, and Viola L. Acoff at the University of Mississippi.
The Labor and Working Class History Association Recognizes the Work of Wayne State University’s Elizabeth Faue
Elizabeth Faue, professor and chair of the department of history at Wayne State University in Detroit, was selected to receive the Distinguished Service Award from the Labor and Working Class History Association, an organization she helped to establish.
In Memoriam: Rose Marie Kujawa, 1943-2022
In 1976, Rose Marie Kujawa joined the faculty at what is now Madonna University in Livonia, Michigan. She served as the sixth president of the educational institution from 2001 to her retirement in 2015.
Loyola University of Chicago’s Eva Wojcik Is the New Leader of the College of American Pathologists Foundation
Dr. Wojcik is the Helen M. and Raymond M. Galvin Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Urology at Loyola Pathology and Laboratory Medicine in Maywood, Illinois.
New Administrative Duties for Seven 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Eight Women Who Are Assuming New Administrative Roles at 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Eight Women Have Been Appointed Deans at Major Universities
The new deans are Susan Rivera at the University of Maryland, Robin Suzanne Poston at Southern Methodist University, Rachel Carnell at Cleveland State University, Andrea Woody at the University of Washington, Shelley Dionne at SUNY Binghamton, Nicole M. Westrick at Morgan State University, Tricia Seifert at Montana State University, and Virginia Franke Kleist at Wayne State University in Detroit.
Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Ten Women to Administrative Posts
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new administrative positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States.
Five Women Taking on New Faculty Roles at Major Universities
The women in new faculty roles are Lisa J. Kewley at Harvard University, Kathryn Higley at Oregon State University, Deidra Hodges at Florida International University, Maysaa Basha at Wayne State University in Detroit, and Michelle Rinehart at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The American Academy of Nursing Honors Antonia Villarruel of the University of Pennsylvania
Antonia Villarruel, the Margaret Bond Simon Dean of the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania, has received the 2021 Health Care Leader Award, which recognizes an influential national leader dedicated to improving the health of the nation.
Nine Women Who Have Been Appointed to New 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.
In Memoriam: Ava Preacher, 1953-2021
Preacher taught at the University of Iowa and Wayne State University in Detroit before coming to the University of Notre Dame in 1985. She was director of the gender studies program for three years and served as an assistant dean in the College of Arts and Letters for a quarter-century.
A Dozen Women Who Have Been 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.
Linda Thompson Will Be the Twenty-First President of Westfield State University in Massachusetts
Dr. Thompson has served as dean of the College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Boston since 2017 and previously held a similar position at West Chester University in Pennsylvania. Earlier, she served as provost and vice-chancellor at North Carolina A&T State University and dean of nursing at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.
New Faculty Assignments, Duties, or Ranks for Seven Women Scholars in Academia
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, have been assigned new duties, or have been promoted.
Nine Women Faculty Members Who Are 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.
Nine Women Faculty Members Who Are Taking on New 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.
Elena Past of Wayne State University Wins Book Award From the Modern Language Association
Elena Past, professor of Italian at Wayne State University in Detroit, was selected to receive the Howard R. Marraro Prize from the Modern Language Association. The award honors an outstanding book in the field of Italian literature or comparative literature involving Italian.
The University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Reappoints Antonia M. Villarruel as Dean
Among Dean Villarruel’s accomplishments are a near-doubling of National Institutes of Health funding, to $15.3 million in fiscal year 2019 from $7.8 million in fiscal year 2015; the launch of a Doctor of Nursing Practice program; and the creation of strategic global initiatives in regions including Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia.
Three State Universities Appoint Women to Provost Positions
Laurie Marie Lauzon Clabo was appointed interim provost at Wayne State University in Detroit. LaTonia Collins-Smith was appointed provost and vice president of academic affairs at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis, and Ann McClellan was appointed interim provost at Plymouth State University in New Hampshire.
Eight Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Posts at Colleges and Universities
As we transition from one academic year to the next, there are always many new appointments to dean positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States. Here is this week’s listing of women who will be serving in dean posts.
University of Wisconsin Historian Wins Book Prize
Jacqueline-Bethel Mougoué, an assistant professor of African cultural studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been awarded the 2020 Frances Richardson Keller-Sierra Prize from the Western Association of Women Historians.
