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Melissa Gilliam Will Be the First Woman President of Boston University
Dr. Gilliam has been provost at Ohio State University since July 2021. Earlier, she was vice provost, the Ellen H. Block Distinguished Service Professor of Health Justice, and professor of obstetrics and gynecology and pediatrics at the University of Chicago. She will become president of Boston University on July 1, 2024.
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 contact@WIAReport.com.
Yale’s Cécile Fromont Received the 2023 Gustav Ranis International Book Prize
Dr. Fromont, a professor of the history of art at Yale. was born and raised in Martinique. Her ancestors came to the Caribbean island from Africa, South Asia, and Burgundy. She joined the Yale faculty in 2018 after teaching for eight years at the University of Chicago. Her writing and teaching focus on the visual, material, and religious culture of Africa and Latin America.
Stanford University Appoints Jenny Martinez as Its Next Provost
Jenny S. Martinez is the dean of Stanford Law School and the Richard E. Lang Professor of Law. Prior to her appointment as law school dean, she served as associate dean for curriculum from 2013 to 2016. Professor Martinez is a leading expert on the role of courts and tribunals in advancing human rights. She will become the 14th provost of Stanford University on October 1.
Five Women Who Have Been Selected to Serve as Deans
The five women appointed to dean positions are Azita Emani at the Yale School of Nursing, Mary W. Stewart at Mississippi State University-Meridian, Mary Werner at Madisonville Community College in Kentucky, Natasha Hutson at Alcorn State University in Mississippi, and Leah Cohn at the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Missouri.
The American Society of Human Genetics to Honor Vanderbilt University’s Nancy Cox
Professor Cox, who joined the Vanderbilt faculty in 2015 after teaching at the University of Chicago, has focused her research on developing novel quantitative genetic methods to identify and characterize genetic variations that contribute to common human diseases and related complex traits, including diabetes and psychiatric disorders.
Seven Women Who Have Been Assigned to 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.
A Trio of Women Who Have Been Hired to Diversity Posts in Higher Education
Shay Malone was named assistant vice president of diversity and inclusion at Northwest Missouri State University. Karin Gosselink was appointed assistant dean for educational opportunity and will serve as the inaugural director of the Office of Educational Opportunity at Yale College and Keisha Jimmerson has been promoted to dean of students and diversity officer at Seton Hill University in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.
In Memoriam: Evelyn Boyd Granville, 1924-2023
After serving on the faculty at Fisk University in Nashville, in 1956 Dr. Granville was hired by IBM Corporation and was assigned to work on a contract for NASA. Dr. Granville wrote programs to track orbital trajectories and calculations to ensure the safe re-entry of space vehicles into the atmosphere. She later taught at California State University and the University of Texas at Tyler.
A Quarter of Women Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Faculty Positions
The women appointed to endowed positions are Beverly Gage at Yale University, Arline Savage at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Business, Tiffany Morris in the College of Health and Human Sciences at North Carolina A&T State University, and Saonee Sarker in the Pamplin College of Business at Virginia Tech.
Three Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The three women faculty members who have been appointed to endowed professorships are Azadeh Tajdar in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University in New York, Jessica Brantley in the department of English at Yale University, and Kristen Harrison in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Ten Women Who Will Be Taking on New Administrative Duties 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. If you have news for our appointments section, please email the information to contact@WIAReport.com.
Women Are Slower Than Men on the Path From Mentored to Independent Research in the Biomedical Sciences
Researchers examined the percentage of men and women who received National Institute of Health early career awards which included a mentored component over a 10-year period. They then looked at how many of these men and women received R01-equivalent awards (a class of grants that fund specific research projects and provide around $500,000 per year for multiple years) over the next 10-year period. Women trailed men in the transition to the more significant grants.
Carol Christ, Chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley, to Retire in 2024
Dr. Christ began her term as the 11th chancellor of the University of California, Berkeley on July 1, 2017, after serving as provost. From 2002 to 2013, Dr. Christ was president of Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.
The First Woman to Serve on a Permanent Basis as Archivist of the United States
Colleen Shogan has been confirmed by the United States Senate as the eleventh Archivist of the United States.
Yale University’s Beverly Gage Wins the Pulitzer Prize for Biography
Beverly Gage, a professor of 20th-century U.S. history at Yale University, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in the biography category. She was honored for her book G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century.
Nancy Yao Named the Founding Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum
Since 2015, nancy Yao has served as the president of the Museum of Chinese in America in New York City. She is also a lecturer on governance of not-for-profit organizations at Yale University’s David Geffen School of Drama.
A Quartet of Women Faculty Members Taking on New Roles
Delphine Dean was named chair of the department of bioengineering at Clemson University and Ania Jastreboff was appointed director of the new Yale Obesity Research Center. Kia Dolby was appointed professor of digital communication at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Georgia and Amy Laurel Fluker has been granted tenure and promotion to the rank of associate professor of history at Youngstown State University in Ohio.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Are Taking on New Responsibilities in Higher Education
Taking on new duties are Anne M. Cafer at the University of Mississippi, Crystal Feimster at Yale University, Valentina A. Grasso at Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, and Shana O. Kelley at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
In Memoriam: Betty Glassman Trachtenberg, 1933-2023
Betty Trachtenberg worked in the admissions office Yale and then was named director of freshman affairs. She was then promoted to the role of associate dean of Yale College and dean of student affairs, adding all of undergraduate student affairs to her portfolio. She retired in 2007.
Two Women Scholars Win the Bancroft Prize
The Bancroft Prize is one of the nation’s top honors in the field of American history. The prizes are awarded annually by Columbia University. This year, two of the three winners are women: Beverly Gage, a professor of U.S. history at Yale University and Kelly Lytle Hernández who holds an endowed chair in history at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Yale University Announces the Appointment of Three Women Scholars to Endowed Chairs
Lucila Ohno-Machado was named the Waldemar von Zedtwitz Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Informatics and Data Science at Yale. Nancy Banasiak was recently appointed the Wendy U. and Thomas C. Naratil Professor of Nursing and Millicent Marcus was named the Sarai Ribicoff Professor of Italian Studies.
Universities Announce the Appointment of Three Women to Endowed Chairs
Deborah Small was recently appointed the Adrian C. Israel Professor of Marketing at Yale University School of Management. Lisa H. Harris, was named a Thurnau Professor at the University of Michigan and Kathryn Howell is the inaugural holder of the Urban Child Institute Chair of Child Well-Being at the University of Memphis.
Katie McLaughlin to Lead the University of Oregon’s Ballmer Institute
The Ballmer Institute, made possible by a $425 million gift from Steve and Connie Ballmer, seeks to address the growing crisis in children’s behavioral health and well-being. The clinical institute will strive to effect change across family, community, and school aspects of children’s lives.
In Memoriam: Elizabeth Culler, 1948-2023
Dr. Culler served as an adjunct professor in the master’s degree program of marriage and family therapy at Fairfield University in Connecticut and as an associate professor in the master’s program in counseling psychology at Goddard College from 1993 to 1999. Until 2008, she worked at the Yale Child Study Center.
Joy Harjo Awarded Yale University’s Bollingen Prize for American Poetry
The Bollingen Prize, established by Paul Mellon in 1949, is awarded biennially by Yale University Library through Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library to an American poet for the best book published during the previous two years or for lifetime achievement in poetry. The prize includes a cash award of $175,000.
Hilary Link Has Been Named the Fifteenth President of Drew University in Madison, New Jersey
Since 2019, Dr. Link has been the president of Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania. From 2013 to 2019, she served as dean of Temple University Rome. As the senior Temple University administrator in Rome, she was responsible for all aspects of the Rome campus, which enrolls more than 600 students in graduate and undergraduate programs. Earlier, Dr. Link was vice provost at Barnard College in New York City.
Five Women Who Have Been Appointed Deans at Colleges and Universities
The new deans are Lerzan Aksoy at the Gabelli School of Business at Fordham University in New York, Megan Ranney at the Yale School of Public Health, Jenise M. Snyder at Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio, Alma B. Littles at the College of Medicine at Florida State University, and Jennifer Frey at the Honors College at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma.
Eight Women Who Have Been Assigned New Administrative Duties 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.
In Memoriam: Laura M. Whitman, 1964-2023
Dr. Whitman joined the faculty at Yale Medical School in 1997. She served as the associate program director for ambulatory education for the Traditional Internal Medicine Residency from 2004–2013. Later, Dr. Whitman was medical director of the Primary Care Center at Yale New Haven Hospital and then as a medical director of the New Haven Primary Care Consortium.
The American Astronomical Society Honors Yale University’s Meg Urry With the Distinguished Career Award
The award citation lauded Professor Urry “for her remarkable contributions to our understanding of a wide variety of topics in extragalactic high energy astrophysics, for establishing the unification paradigm of active galactic nuclei, her work on the origin of the extragalactic X-ray background, and for her tireless advocacy and support of women and underrepresented groups in science.”
Danielle Holley Will Be the Twentieth President of Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts
In 2014, President-elect Holley was named dean and a professor of law at the Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C. Previously she was associate dean and a professor of law at the University of South Carolina Law School. Earlier in her career, she taught at the Hofstra University School of Law in New York.
In Memoriam: Christine M. Cano, 1962-2022
Dr. Cano joined the department of modern languages and literatures at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, 1999. She taught courses on a wide range of language, literature, and culture courses at the university, including courses on French cinema and the contemporary novel.
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.
Three Women Faculty Members at Yale University Win Book Prizes From the Modern Language Association
The three women scholars at Yale University who were honored by the Modern Language Association for their books are Katerina Clark, a professor of comparative literature and of Slavic languages and literatures, Jill Jarvis, an assistant professor of French, and Jessica Gabriel Peritz, an assistant professor of music.
