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In Memoriam: Carol Lani Guinier, 1950-2022
Lani Guinier was the first woman of color to be a tenured professor at Harvard Law School. Earlier, she taught for 10 years at the law school of the University of Pennsylvania.
Four Women Who Who Have Been Appointed to Diversity Positions at Colleges and Universities
The four women taking on new roles as diversity officers are Liliana Madrid at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina, Sharon Perry-Fantini at Iowa State University, Krishauna Hines-Gaither at Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles, and Cindy Crusto, at the Yale School of Medicine.
Seven Women Who Have Been Appointed to Administrative Posts at Colleges and Universities
Taking on new administrative duties are Annemarie Martin-Boyan at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Lorraine Goffe at Northwestern University in Illinois, Courtney Roberts at the Ivy Tech Community College System in Indiana, Marquita Armstead at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Ellen Ossorio at the University of Mississippi, Elizabeth Conklin at Yale University, and Orielle Hope at Salem College in North Carolina.
Katrina Armstrong to Lead the Columbia University Medical Center and the College of Physicians and Surgeons
Dr. Armstrong has been serving as the Jackson Professor of Clinical Medicine at Harvard Medical School, professor of epidemiology at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and chair of the department of medicine and physician-in-chief at Massachusetts General Hospital. She joined the staff at Harvard in 2013.
A Trio of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to University Endowed Professorships
Graça Vicente, a professor of chemistry at Louisiana State University was named a Boyd Professor at the university. Jacqueline Goldsby has been appointed the Thomas E. Donnelley Professor of African American Studies and English at Yale University and Pamela L. Allison has been named to the Endowed Chair in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Jennifer Collins Appointed President of Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee
Collins has served since 2014 as the Judge James Noel Dean and professor of law at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. She was appointed to the law faculty at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 2003 and was named associate provost for academic and strategic initiatives in 2010 and vice provost in 2013. She will become president of Rhodes College on July 1.
Andrea Talentino Will Be the Next President of Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois
Dr. Talentino currently serves as provost of Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. Before arriving at Nazareth, Dr. Talentino served as the dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Norwich University in Vermont. Prior to that, she was an associate dean at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. She also has served on the faculty at Tulane University in New Orleans.
Marjoleine Kars will Share the Frederick Douglass Book Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Center
Marjoleine Kars, an associate professor at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will share the Frederick Douglass Book Prize from the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition at Yale University. The prize is awarded each year to the “best book(s) written in English about slavery, abolition and their legacies across all borders and all time.”
In Memoriam: Frances McCall Rosenbluth, 1958-2021
Frances McCall Rosenbluth was Damon Wells Professor of Political Science at Yale University. She was the first woman to chair the political science department at the university.
Yale Physicist Honored for Her Study of Fast Radio Bursts From Distant Galaxies
Yale physicist Laura Newburgh is participating on the research team of the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME). The research group is the winner of the 2022 Lancelot M. Berkeley – New York Community Trust Prize for Meritorious Work in Astronomy. The American Astronomical Society has presented the Berkeley Prize since 2011.
Four Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The four women who have been appointed to endowed chairs are Jennifer Klein at Yale University, Kjerstin Thorson at Michigan State University, Rosemary Nabaweesi at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, and Anne Rimoin at the Fielding School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles.
In Memoriam: Laura Mays Hoopes
An avid advocate for women in science, Dr. Hoopes served as Pomona College’s vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college from 1993 to 1998. She was the first scientist and woman appointed dean of the college at Pomona.
The New Provost at Fort Valley State University in Georgia
Dr. Fontenot has been with the university since 2019, serving first as interim chief of staff and more recently as interim provost. Before coming to Fort Valley State University, Dr. Fontenot served as the interim regional vice chancellor for academic affairs at the University of South Florida – St. Petersburg.
Study Shows How Evaluators’ Gender Biases Can Be Reduced
In ratings on Yelp, women restaurant servers were more likely than men to receive just one star in approval ratings and were less likely than men to get the highest five-star rating. But the authors found that among Yelp reviewers who had received an “Elite” designation, the gender gap in their reviews became smaller.
Shelley Lowe of Harvard University Selected to Lead the National Endowment for the Humanities
Lowe is the executive director of the Native American program at Harvard University. If confirmed by the Senate, she will be the first Native American and the second woman to lead the federal agency that provides more than $100 million in grants to cultural and educational institutions each year.
Yale’s Debra Fischer to Lead the Division of Astronomical Sciences at the National Science Foundation
Dr. Fischer is the Eugene Higgins Professor of Astronomy at Yale University. Dr. Fischer will relocate to Washington, D.C. for the new job, but will continue to oversee her Yale research. She is the first Yale faculty member to be selected for the role.
Study Finds Managers Rate Women’s Performance High but Their Potential Low
The analysis by scholars at the University of Minnesota, MIT, and Yale University, found that women are 14 percent less likely to be promoted at the company in each year, and that a major factor preventing women from being promoted is that they are consistently judged as having lower leadership potential than men.
Yale Faculty Member Appointed Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health
Manisha Juthani is an associate professor of medicine and infectious diseases at Yale School of Medicine and an associate professor of epidemiology and microbial diseases at the Yale School of Public Health. She will take a public service leave of absence from the faculty at Yale while serving in state government.
Pennsylvania State University’s Kimberly Lau Is a Real “Rock” Star
Kimberly Lau, assistant professor of geosciences and an associate in the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute at Pennsylvania State University, received the Pre-tenure Excellence Award from the Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division of the Geological Society of America. She will be honored at the society annual meeting in Portland, Oregon in October.
New Administrative Positions for 11 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.
Five Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Endowed Professorships
The five women named to endowed chairs are Stephanie Yuhl at the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, Josephine McDonagh at the University of Chicago, Maureen Long at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, Catherine Juillard at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Elizabeth Krause at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Yale’s Sharon Hammes-Schiffer Recognized for Her Pioneering Work in Chemistry Research
The Willard Gibbs Award, established by the American Chemical Society in 1910, is named for pioneering Yale scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs. Past winners include Marie Curie and Linus Pauling. The award honors pioneering work that opens new fields of chemistry research.
Eight Women Who Have Been Appointed 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.
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.
Melissa Nobles Appointed Chancellor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The provost and chancellor are the Institute’s two most senior academic appointments; both report to the president of MIT. The chancellor oversees matters including admissions, teaching and learning, residential life, student support, and efforts to prevent sexual harassment and misconduct. Dr. Nobles has been serving as dean of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at MIT.
New Online Digital Library Aims to Boost Resources for Women Leaders in Academic Medicine
The books and talks available on the new Women’s Leadership Resource Library address topics like building confidence, embracing vulnerability, knowing your worth, responding in crisis, and the soft skills needed to become an effective leader.
Five Women Who Are Taking on New Faculty Roles at Major Universities
Taking on new faculty assignments are Jodi Byrd at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Liza Comita at Yale University School of the Environment, Stacy Creel at the University of Southern Mississippi, Michelle Scherer at the University of Iowa, and Beth Wahler at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Have Been Appointed to Dean Positions
The new deans are Kathleen Guzman at the University of Oklahoma College of Law, Kymberly Pinder at the Yale School of Art, Mary Ellen Poole at the Collge of Fine Arts at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, and Henrietta Williams Pichon at the new College of Health, Education and Social Transformation at New Mexico State University.
Five Women Faculty Members Who Have Been Hired to New Positions or Promoted to New Ranks
Taking on new positions or ranks are Cindy Crusto at the Yale School of Medicine, Sharmistha Bagchi-Sen at Arizona State University, Abigail Killeen at Arizona State University, Gloria Meredith at Binghamton University of the State University of New York System, and Eliana Perrin at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Universities Have Announced the Appointment of Three Women to Endowed Chairs
The three women scholars appointed to endowed chairs are Sarbani Basu, an astronomer at Yale University, April Kloxin, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Delaware, and Jennine Capó Crucet in the department of English at the University of Nebraska.
In Memoriam: Esther Arvilla Harrison Hopkins, 1926-2021
Esther A. H. Hopkins was a biophysicist, chemist, educator, and environmental attorney. She taught for several years at what is now Virginia State University before embarking on a career as a research scientist.
New Assignments in Higher Education for Eight Women Faculty Members
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, have been assigned new duties, or have been promoted.
A Trio of Women Scholars Appointed to Endowed Chairs at Major Universities
Laurie Santos was appointed to an endowed chair in psychology at Yale University. Jody Koenig Kellas is the holder of a named professorship in communication at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Rachel Mednick Thompson was named to an endowed chair in pediatric orthopaedics at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Women Outnumber Men in the Entering Class of Physics Doctoral Students at Yale University
Nationally, only about 20 percent of physics doctorate holders are women. But for the first time in the history of Yale University, the incoming class of physics doctoral students, who will likely graduate in 2027 or 2028, will include more women than men.
A Quartet of Women Scholars Who Have Been Named to Endowed Professorships
The four women appointed to endowed chairs are Tara Sethia at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, Claudia Johnson at Indiana University Bloomington, L.A. Paul at Yale University, and Daphne Pedersen at the University of North Dakoata.
