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In Memoriam: Susan Courtney, 1966-2024
Dr. Courtney joined the faculty in the department of psychological and brain sciences at Johns Hopkins University in 1999. She conducted research on how the brain’s structure is altered through aging and disease.
Safa Zaki Will Be the First Women to Lead Bowdoin College Since Its Founding in 1794
Currently, Dr. Zaki is dean of the faculty and the John B. McCoy and John T. McCoy Professor of Psychology at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She joined the faculty at Williams in 2002 as an assistant professor of psychology and was promoted to associate professor in 2005 and to full professor in 2010.
Sally Kornbluth Will Be the Eighteenth President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A distinguished researcher and dedicated mentor, Dr. Kornbluth has served for the past eight years as provost at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. She also is the Jo Rae Wright University Professor of Biology at the university. Dr. Kornbluth first joined the faculty at Duke in 1994.
In Memoriam: Sara Suleri Goodyear, 1953-2022
Dr. Goodyear taught at Williams College in Massachusetts and, for most of her career, at Yale University, beginning in 1983. She was a founding editor of the Yale Journal of Criticism.
Eiko Maruko Siniawer Appointed Provost at Williams College in Massachusetts
Dr. Siniawer is the ’97, the Class of 1955 Memorial Professor of History and chair of Asian studies at the liberal arts college. She joined the faculty at the college in 2003. A scholar of modern Japan, Professor Siniawer teaches a variety of courses on Japanese history.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions at Highly Selective Colleges and Universities
Margaret Vendryes has been appointed dean of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts. Heather K. Gerken, the Sol & Lillian Goldman Professor of Law, has been appointed to a second five-year term as dean of Yale Law School, and Gretchen Long, the Frederick Rudolph ’42 – Class of 1965 Professor of American Culture at Williams College in Massachusetts, will serve as the next dean of the college.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Positions as Deans
The four women who have been appointed deans are Nicquet Blake at the University of California, San Francisco, Allison Brashear at the University at Buffalo of the State University of New York System, Mary Edith Stacy at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, and Christina Walsh at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
Nan Jenks-Jay Is Only the Third Person to Win AASHE’s Lifetime Achievement Award
Nan Jenks-Jay, former dean of environmental affairs at Middlebury College in Vermont, has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. She retired from Middlebury College in 2019 after serving on the faculty for 21 years.
Williams College in Massachusetts Awards Tenure and Promotes Four Women Faculty Members
The board of trustees of Williams College, the highly rated liberal arts institution in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has promoted four women to associate professor and granted them tenure. They are Christine DeLucia in history, Lama Nassif in comparative literature, Christina Simko in sociology, and Emily Vasiliauskas in English.
Cathryn Halverson Wins Book Award From the Western Literature Association
In conducting research for her first two books, Dr. Halverson of Minot State University in North Dakota found that many women writers in the American West had published in the Atlantic Monthly. So she decided to examine this connection in detail for her third book.
Three Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Colleges and Universities
Lucie Schmidt was appointed to an endowed chair in economics at Williams College in Massachusetts. Mary-Louise Timmermans was named the Damon Wells Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Yale University and Amy Laurel Fluker has been named to an endowed professorship in history at Youngstown State University in Ohio.
Harvard’s Emily Balskus Wins the $1 Million Waterman Award From the National Science Foundation
Emily Balskus, a professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Harvard University, received the Alan T. Waterman Award, the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious prize for scientists under 40 in the United States.
Three Woman Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Named Professorships
Eiko Maruko Siniawer, Alexandra Boltasseva and Bettina Cornwall were named/appointed to new professorships at Williams College, Purdue University and the University of Oregon, respectively.
Williams College in Massachusetts Promotes Three Women to Full Professor
Williams College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has announced the promotion of seven faculty to full professorships. Three of these promotions went to women: Jessica Chapman in history, Lisa Gilbert in geosciences, and LeRhonda S. Manigault-Bryant in Africana studies.
Four Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Colleges and Universities
The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Annette-Gordon-Reed at Harvard University, Susan Loepp at Williams College in Williamtown, Massachusetts, Barbara Ransby at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Lesley A. Ross at Clemson University in South Carolina.
Mary Dana Hinton Appointed President of Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia
Since 2014, Dr. Hinton has served as president of the Collge of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minnesota. Before becoming president at the College of St. Benedict, Dr. Hinton was vice president for academic affairs at Mount Saint Mary College in Newburgh, New York.
Four Women Promoted to Associate Professor and Granted Tenure at Williams College in Massachusetts
The four women scholars promoted to associate professor and granted tenure at Williams College in Massachusetts are Michelle Apotsos in art, Corinna Campbell in music, Susan Godlonton in economics, and Pamela Harris in mathematics.
Williams College in Massachusetts Promotes Three Women Scholars to Full Professor
Williams College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has announced the promotions of three women scholars to the rank of full professor: Amy Holzapfel in theatre, Sara LaLumia in economics, and Amanda WIlcox in classics.
Five Women Faculty Members Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Williams College in Massachusetts
The five women scholars appointed to endowed chairs at Williams College are Elizabeth McGowan in art, Joy James in the humanities, Helga Druxes in social studies, Laylah Ali in art, and Soledad Fox in Spanish and comparative literature.
Women Accepted for Admission into the Class of 2023 at High-Ranking Colleges and Universities
Recently, most of the nation’s highest-ranked colleges and universities informed applicants if they had been accepted for admission into the Class of 2023. Some revealed the gender breakdown of their admitted students.
Eleven Women From Foreign Nations But Studying in the United States Have Been Awarded Rhodes Scholarships
There are 16 international Rhodes Scholars who are attending or have recently graduated from American colleges and universities. Out of the 16 international scholars at American educational institutions who have been awarded Rhodes Scholarships, 11 are women.
Four Women Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor at Williams College in Massachusetts
Williams College, the highly rated liberal arts institution in Williamstown, Massachusetts, has promoted four women to the rank of associate professor. They have also been granted tenure. The four women are Julie Blackwood in mathematics, Jessica Fisher in English, Aparna Kapadia in history, and Anjuli F. Raza Kolb in English.
Janet Rapelye Named President of the Consortium on Financing Higher Education
For the past 15 years, Rapelye has been dean of admissions at Princeton University in New Jersey. During her tenure, annual applications to Princeton have nearly tripled. Before coming to Princeton, Rapelye was dean of admission at Wellesley College from 1991 to 2003.
Sally Kornbluth’s Tenure as Provost at Duke University Extended for Five Years
Dr. Kornbluth became provost on July 1, 2014. Earlier, she had served as the James B. Duke Professor of pharmacology and cancer biology and the vice dean for basic science at the Duke School of Medicine. She will now serve as provost until at least 2024.
New High-Level Administrative Posts for Eight Women at 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.
Eight Women Named 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.
Fourteen Women Appointed to Administrative Positions at 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.
New Administrative Positions for Eight 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.
Maud S. Mandel Will Be the Eighteenth President of Williams College in Massachusetts
Dr. Mandel currently serves as dean of the college and as a professor of Judaic studies and history at Brown University in Providence, Rhode island. She joined the faculty at Brown in 2001 and was promoted to full professor in 2014. She will become preident of Williams College on July 1.
New Duties for Five Women Faculty Members at Colleges and Universities
Taking on new roles are Mehrsa Baradaran at the University of Georgia, Laura Ephraim at Williams College in Massachusetts, Nancy Lynch at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Elinor Sullivan at the University of Oregon, and Marianne Janack of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.
New Roles 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.
Women Accepted for Admission at High-Ranking Colleges and Universities
Recently, the nation’s highest-ranked colleges and universities informed applicants if they had been accepted for admission into the Class of 2021. Some of the nation’s most selective institutions provided acceptance data broken down by gender.
Six Women Faculty Members Taking on New Roles
The women in new roles are Azra Aksamija at MIT, Catherine B. Stroud at Williams College in Massachusetts, Robin White at Virginia Tech, Deb Markowitz at the University of Vermont, Kathleen Sprows Cummings of the University of Notre Dame, and Clare McCabe at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
A Trio of Women Faculty Members in New Roles
Taking on new assignments at their current educational institutions are Amy Milligan at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, Rashida K. Braggs at Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, and Gwyn E. Campbell at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
Early Admission of Women to Leading Colleges and Universities
Several of the nation’s highest-ranked colleges and universities have reported data on students they have accepted under early decision or early action admissions plans. Some of these selective educational institutions have provided data broken down by gender.
