Tag: Wesleyan University

Jody Lewen Honored for Lifetime Achievement in Higher Education

Dr. Lewen has received the 2024 Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education. She is the founder and president of Mount Tamalpais College, a higher education institution which offer courses at San Quentin State Prison in California.

In Memoriam: Shani Mott, 1976-2024

Dr. Mott was a lecturer in the department of history and Center for Africana Studies at Johns Hopkins University where she worked for the past 16 years. Her academic studies focused on racial language in American popular culture.

Universities Announce New Assignments for Seven Women Faculty Members

Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

Eleven Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Roles in Higher Education

Here is this week’s roundup of women faculty members who have been appointed to new positions or given new duties at colleges and universities throughout the United States. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to [email protected].

Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships

The four women named to endowed professorships are Patricia Bricker at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, Cynthia Reinhart-King at Rice University in Houston, Sonia Sultan at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and Margot Pollans at the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University in White Plains, New York.

Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships

The four women named to endowed professorships are Merve Gül Emre at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, Imani Perry at Harvard University, Jhumpa Lahiri at Barnard College in New York City, and Susan K. Serrano at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa William S. Richardson School of Law.

J. Kēhaulani Kauanui Recognized for Lifetime Achievement in American Indian History

J. Kēhaulani Kauanui, a professor of American studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, was recognized with the American Indian History Lifetime Achievement Award, given by the Western History Association. The award honors one scholar each year who has served in the trenches on all fronts to advance Indigenous history.

Beverly Daniel Tatum Selected to Lead Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts

Dr. Tatum served as president of Spelman College in Atlanta from 2002 to 2015. Previously she was a professor of psychology and dean of the college at Mount Holyoke College. Earlier in her career, she taught at Westfield State College in Massachusetts and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

President of Hobart and William Smith College Wins Award From the American Economic Association

Joyce Jacobsen was named the winner of the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award, which has been given annually since 1998 to an individual who has furthered the status of women in the economics profession through example, achievements, increasing our understanding of how women can advance in the economics profession or mentoring others.

In Memoriam: Sheila Tobias, 1935-2021

In 1967, Tobias she appointed assistant to the vice president for academic affairs at Cornell University. In 1970 she was named associate provost at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, where she led efforts to transition the once all-male school into a coeducational institution. Tobias' writings and research focused on women's anxiety toward pursuing math and science fields.

Four Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Positions at Major Universities

The four women appointed to endowed positions are Arlene Fiore at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Ulka Anjaria at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, Stacy Tessler Lindau at the University of Chicago, and Tracy Heather Strain at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.

Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships

The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Delores Albarracín at the University of Pennsylvania, Julie Dash at Spelman College in Atlanta, Suzanne O'Connell at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha at the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston.