Dr. di Bonaventura was an academic administrator for Yale University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for nearly two decades. She ultimately served as the school's lead academic dean for students.
Dr. Balidemaj-Basha has been a member of the RIT Kosovo community for nearly two decades. Most recently, she served as dean of faculty. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, Dr. Balidemaj-Basha earned her Ph.D. from Clemson University in South Carolina.
The women taking on new roles in higher education are Jennifer Soyka at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey, Amanda Voigt at the University of North Dakota, Anne Marie Schettini-Lynch at Hofstra University in New York, Dawn Osborne-Adams at Yale University in Connecticut, Tracy Foster at Texas A&M University, and Precious McKenzie at Montana State University Billings.
Jennifer Gandhi was named the Phyllis A. Wallace Dean of Faculty Development for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Yale University. Catherine Volle is the inaugural Joanne Paulsen Buresh '51 and Wendy Buresh, MD '74 Endowed Chair in Biology at Cornell College in Iowa and Kalmia Kniel was named the Unidel S. Hallock du Pont Chair at the University of Delaware.
According to a new study, women who participated in an online career training program with an all-women cohort were more likely to complete their training on time, obtain a professional certification, and secure employment than women who were trained in mixed-gender environments.
Andrews is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in English and creative writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her award-winning manuscript will be published by Yale University Press in March 2027.
Dr. Whiting, a scholar of architectural history and theory, is the first woman to serve as dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She previously served as dean of the School of Architecture at Rice University in Houston.
Here is this week’s roundup of women who have been appointed to new faculty 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.
This summer, Yunhyae Kim and Rhea Banerjee are slated to join the faculties of Princeton University and North Carolina State University, respectively. Tycie Coppett of Yale University, Michelle Gervasio of Sweet Briar College, Sonja Pruitt-Lord of San Diego State University, and Trina Fletcher of the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff are taking on leadership roles at their institutions.
Yale University has announced the eight recipients of the 2026 Windham-Campbell Prizes, one of the world’s most significant international literary awards. Three of the eight award winners are American women with ties to the academic world. Each will receive $175,000 to support their work.
The new deans are Eunice Santos at Drexel University, Cristina Goletti at Ball State University, Marika Peterson at Virginia State University, Tada Lindahl at Allen Community College, Evan Yionoulis at Yale University, Cassidy Sugimoto at Carnegie Mellon University, and Marie Moeller at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
According to a new study, startups in states with legislation that weaken or nullify non-disclosure agreements restricting discussions of sexual harassment hired less women after those laws went into effect.
