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Wellesley College President Has Announced Her Retirement
H. Kim Bottomly became the 13th president of Wellesley College on August 1, 2007. Previously, she was deputy provost at Yale University and professor of immunobiology at the Yale University School of Medicine.
University of Colorado Scholar Wins the Pulitzer Prize for History
Elizabeth A. Finn is an associate professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Dr. Finn’s research has focused on the spread of epidemic diseases among Native Americans.
Five Women With New College and University Faculty Posts
The appointees are Carmen Guerrero at Lee University, Susan Tananbaum at Bowdoin College, Suzanne Wenzel at the University of Southern California, Medha D. Makhlouf at Pennsylvania State University, and Elizabeth Bradley at Yale University.
Seven Women Taking on New Administrative Roles in Higher Education
The appointees are Kimberly Saunders at the University of Delaware, Jill Ashton at Virginia Tech, Rebecca Brodigan at Colby College, Joyce Jacobsen at Wesleyan University, Teresa Gould at UC-Davis, Regina Lawrence at the University of Oregon, and Catherine Panter-Brick at Yale University.
Research Finds a Way to Boost Retention of Women in STEM Fields
The research found that in engineering women participate more and feel less anxious when they are assigned to work in small groups where women make up at least half of the members.
New Faculty Posts for Nine Women at Colleges and Universities
The women who have been appointed to new faculty positions are Catherine C. Eckel, Beth Bailey, Angie Maxwell, Hee Oh, Marilyn L. Flynn, Lesley Irvine, Collin Roesler, Robin Buell, and Kathleen A. Jamison.
Only One Woman Among the Five Finalists for Dean of the University of North Carolina School of Law
Since 2006, Michelle J. Anderson has served as dean of the City University of New York School of Law in Long Island City. Previously, Dean Anderson was on the faculty at the Villanova University School of Law in Pennsylvania for eight years.
Six Women in New Teaching Roles at Major Universities
The women in new roles are Erica J. Hashimoto at the University of Georgia, Julia Randall at Wesleyan University, Hilary Blumberg at Yale University, Lydia Conklin at Emory University, Concetta DiRusso at the University of Nebraska, and Carol Berry at Louisiana State University.
Six Women in New Teaching Roles
The six women in new faculty posts are Sarah Demers at Yale, Margaret Skurka at Indiana University Northwest, Deborah Jenson at Duke, Debi Switzer at Clemson, Cynthia Ward at the University of Georgia, and Lauren Caldwell at Wesleyan University.
Ana Mari Cauce to Lead the University of Washington
Dr. Cauce joined the faculty at the University of Washington in 1986 as an assistant professor of psychology. For the past three years she has served as provost and executive vice president at the university.
Barbara Schaal to Take the Helm at the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Barbara A. Schaal is the Marry-Dell Chilton Distinguished Professor of Biology and dean of the faculty at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Schaal was born in Germany but grew up in Chicago. She joined the Washington University faculty in 1980.
Elizabeth Alexander Named to Yale’s First Endowed Professorship Dedicated Solely to Poetry
Elizabeth Alexander, who was selected to write a poem and read it at President Obama’s inauguration in 2009, has been a member of the faculty at Yale since 2000. She previously taught at the University of Chicago.
Sixteen Women Who Have Been Appointed to New Administrative Positions in Higher Education
Here’s is this week’s roundup of appointments of women to high-level administrative posts at colleges and university across the United States.
Yale University Acquires the Archives of Playwright Paula Vogel
The Vogel papers will be the first archive of a woman playwright in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library’s Yale Collection of American Literature. Professor Vogel currently serves as playwright-in-residence at the Yale Repertory Theatre.
Two Women With New University Teaching Roles
Mandie Weinandt was named faculty coordinator for the MBA program at the Beacom School of Business at the University of South Dakota and Anne Underhill was appointed chair of the department of anthropology at Yale University.
Two Women Appointed to Endowed Professorships at Yale Law School
At Yale Law School, Cristina M. Rodriguez was named the Leighton Homer Surbeck Professor of Law and Claire Priest is the new Simeon E. Baldwin Professor of Law. Both women are graduates of Yale University and Yale Law School.
Four Women in New Teaching Roles
The four women with new teaching roles are Sharmila Makhija at Yeshiva University, Kathryn Birkeland at the University of South Daktoa, Ewelina Bolcun-Filas at the Jackson Laboratory, and Jacqueline Goldsby at Yale University.
Yale Scholar Honored by the Vergilian Society
Irene Peirano Garrison, associate professor of the Classics at Yale University, has received the 2015 Alexander G. McKay Prize for Vergilian Studies from the Vergilian Society for her book The Rhetoric of the Roman Fake.
Five Women in New Teaching Roles
The women in new teaching posts are Anjelica L. Gonzalez at Yale University, Luann Lynch at the University of Virginia, Mary C. Stiner at the University of Arizona, Mea S. Cook at Williams College, and Janet Napolitano at the University of California, Berkeley.
Four Women Professors Honored With Prestigious Awards
The four women honored are Jennifer Klein of Yale University in Connecticut, the late Carol Ann Paul of Wellesley College in Massachusetts, Susan Hanson of Clark University in Massachusetts, and Susan J. Carroll of Rutgers University in New Jersey.
Three Women Named to Endowed Chairs at the Yale School of Nursing
The three women appointed to endowed chairs at the Yale School of Nursing in New Haven, Connecticut, are Majorie Funk, Nancy S. Redeker, and Nancy R. Reynolds.
New Administrative Posts in Higher Education for Nine Women
The nine women with new administrative positions are Susan Gibbons, Mary E. Coleman, Courtney M. Marshall, Yvonne Moore Coston, Lindsay Allen, Sandra Jowers, Martha Sutter, Ruth Cain, and Tricia Penniecook.
Three Women Academics Announce Their Retirements
Joan Hinde Stewart, president of Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, Linda Koch Lorimer, vice president for global and strategic initiatives at Yale, and Judith Picard Cronk, professor of theatre at Oklahoma State University, have announced their retirements.
Yale University’s Louise Gluck Wins National Book Award
Louise Gluck, an adjunct professor of English and the Rosenkrantz Writer in Residence at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, received the National Book Award in poetry. She is a previous winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Five Women Scholars in New Teaching Roles
The women with new faculty assignments are Amy Young at the University of Texas, Jamie Greenberg Reuland at Priinceton University, Leslie Leinwald at the University of Colorado, Maire M. Kenna Liberace at Rockland Community College, and Ardis R.T. Butterfield at Yale University.
Four Women Scholars Who Have Won Prestigious Awards
The women who won awards are Hee Oh of Yale University in Connecticut, Bonnie Cramond of the University of Georgia, Ruth Haas at Smith College in Massachusetts, and Tara N. Richards of the University of Baltimore.
New Mentoring and Networking Group for Women in STEM Fields at the University of Georgia
A new student run organization at the University of Georgia seeks to increase the retention rate of women in STEM disciplines. Women in Science, or WiSci, will match women undergraduate students in STEM fields with graduate student mentors in the same or similar fields.
In Memoriam: Elga Ruth Wasserman, 1924-2014
A native of Berlin, Germany, Elga Wasserman and her family fled the Nazis in 1936 and settled in New York. After graduating from Smith College and obtaining a Ph.D. in organic chemistry, Dr. Wasserman oversaw the transition to co-education at Yale University.
Four Women Named to Endowed or Distinguished Professorships
The four women promoted to key professorships are Kris D. Gutierrez at the University of Colorado, Melody A. Swartz at the University of Chicago, Karolyn Stonefelt at the State University of New York at Fredonia and Fiona M. Scott Morton at Yale University.
Yale University’s Rolena Adorno Honored by the Modern Language Association
Rolena Adorno, the Sterling Professor of Spanish and chair of the department of Spanish and Portuguese at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, has been selected to receive the Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award from the Modern Language Association.
Indiana University Honors a Longtime Faculty Member Who Was a Pioneer of Ethnohistory
A new archive of documents that encompasses 350 years of American Indian history in the midwestern United States has been named to honor Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin, who taught anthropology, history, and folklore at the university from 1943 to 1969.
Yale University Scholar to Receive a Prestigious Medal for Literary Achievement
Professor Hazel V. Carby has been selected to received the 2014 Jay B. Hubbell Medal for Lifetime Achievement in American Literary Studies. The award is sponsored by the American Literature Section of the Modern Language Association.
Amy Hungerford Named Divisional Director of the Humanities at Yale University
Amy Hungerford, professor of English and American studies at Yale University, was named divisional director for the humanities in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the university. She is one of three divisional directors in the new governing structure of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Six Women Named to New Faculty Positions in Higher Education
Anupama Kaul was appointed professor of metallurgical and materials engineering at the University of Texas El Paso. She will also serve as associate dean for research and graduate studies in the university’s College of Engineering. Dr. Kaul was program director in electronics, photonics, and magnetic devices at the National Science Foundation. From 2002 to 2011, […]
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.
