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Section: Demographics > Women
LGBTQ+
Mutcherson Marks Three Major Firsts for Rutgers Law School in Camden
Noted bioethics and health law scholar Kimberly Mutcherson is the first woman, first African-American and first LGBT person to be named co-dean of Rutgers Law School in Camden.
January 3, 2019
African-American
Solange, Black Women & Politics
Several years ago, when my political science colleagues and I were revising our curriculum, I made the argument that we needed to add to our required courses a class that focused on women and politics. Philander Smith College mission is centered on social justice, so it made sense that in our program that we would focus on communities that are often overlooked or understudied in the academy. Therefore we adopted this course along with Black politics and African politics as part of our core curriculum.
December 17, 2018
Leadership & Policy
University of Rochester Names Dr. Sarah Mangelsdorf as its First Female President
The University of Rochester has appointed Dr. Sarah Mangelsdorf as its first female president. Prior to her new role, Mangelsdorf served as a professor of psychology, chief operating officer and provost at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, according to ABC-affiliate WHAM13. “I’m immensely excited to be joining the University of Rochester, and I am […]
December 17, 2018
LGBTQ+
Faculty Bring Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies to LaGuardia Community College
With shifting notions of gender and sexuality, ongoing discussions about reproductive rights and the emergence of the #MeToo and #TimesUp movements, a cohort of faculty members at LaGuardia Community College (LAGCC) within the City University of New York system saw a need for a program that could provide students with an understanding of the systems and theories that shape the world around them.
December 13, 2018
Women
Significant Increase in U.S. Medical School Applicants Among Women and Minorities
According to data recently released by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the number of women and minorities applying to and enrolling in U.S. medical school in fall 2018 has increased compared to previous years. For the first time in 14 years, more women applied to medical schools in the U.S. than men, consisting […]
December 4, 2018
Women
Report Shows Continued Discrimination for Women, People of Color in U.S. Businesses
A recent research report by Bentley University’s Gloria Cordes Larson Center for Women and Business (CWB) details the reasons why women and women of color are disappearing from the career pipeline. Such factors include structural barriers and unconscious bias against working mothers. Using research and media coverage, the CWB found that entry-level women make 20 […]
November 28, 2018
Women
Michigan State University Police Department Appoints First Female Chief
Deputy Chief Kelly Roudebush, a 24-year veteran of the Michigan State University Police Department will make history and become the first woman to be the chief of the department, effective Jan. 1, 2019. Roudebush has previously served in the department as a field training officer, canine handler, threat assessment team commander, and uniform division captain, […]
November 28, 2018
African-American
Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole Appointed Chair & President of the National Council of Negro Women
Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole has been appointed chair and seventh president of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) during the end of the council’s 58th Biennial National Convention in Washington, D.C. “At this moment when I have the exceptional honor of beginning my service as the chair of our beloved National Council of Negro […]
November 15, 2018
Women
Scholars Mentored By Shalala Predict Support for Higher Ed and Diversity
Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings is a proud member of “the Class of Shalala,” an informal name adopted by a group of Black women faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) whose academic careers were boosted by the newly elected Congresswoman, who mentored women and minority faculty in higher education long before she ventured into politics.
November 8, 2018
Women
Barbara Ransby Receives Scholarship for her Work to Better Society
Activist and writer Dr. Barbara Ransby, who’s also a historian at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), was recently selected as the recipient of the American Studies Association’s 2018 Angela Y. Davis Prize for Public Scholarship. The scholarship honors intellectuals who have exceptional work that is used to “educate the lay public, influence policies, […]
November 7, 2018
Women
Former NC Governor Named Chair of the National Assessment Governing Board
Dr. Beverly Perdue, the former governor of North Carolina, was recently named chair of the National Assessment Governing Board. She will be the first female chair in the board’s 30-year history. “I am delighted to welcome former North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue as the chair of the National Assessment Governing Board,” said U.S. Secretary of […]
November 4, 2018
African-American
Author Ntozake Shange Dead at 70
Playwright, poet and author Ntozake Shange, whose most acclaimed theater piece is the 1975 Tony Award-nominated play “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf,” died Saturday, according to her daughter. She was 70. Shange’s “For Colored Girls” describes the racism, sexism, violence and rape experienced by seven Black women. It has […]
October 28, 2018
LGBTQ+
Mentoring Emphasized at TIAA Institute Women’s Leadership Forum
The importance of making an impact on higher education and creating pipelines for diverse talent were salient topics at the TIAA Institute Women’s Leadership Forum held on Thursday in New York City.
October 18, 2018
Women
Debra McCurdy Named Baltimore City Community College President
Dr. Debra McCurdy will assume the role of president of Baltimore City Community College (BCCC) this spring after serving as president of Rhodes State College in Ohio for the last 11 years. McCurdy will succeed interim president Dr. James H. Johnson, Jr. in Spring 2019 as the college is working to boost enrollment and graduation […]
October 18, 2018
Sports
Feminism, Womanism and Election 2018
As we stand a month away from the midterm elections, we do so as a record number of women of color are running for office. Congressional candidates like Rashida Tliab of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Jahana Hayes of Connecticut. New Mexico’s Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids of Kansas are poised to become the first American Indian women ever elected to Congress. Their entry would come over 190 years after Hiram Revels of the Lumbee tribe was elected as the first African -American and first American Indian to enter the legislature.
October 12, 2018
Women
Report Examines Degree Completion for Parents with Young Children
After paid work, childcare and other responsibilities, a college student with preschool-aged children has, on average, about 10 hours left per day to sleep, eat, relax and complete schoolwork, leaving the student parent less likely to complete their degree, according to a study examining the impact of student parenting status on college degree completion.
September 25, 2018
African-American
Three Black Alumnae Make History in Dartmouth Leadership
As Dartmouth College approaches its 250th anniversary next year in the midst of an unprecedented $3-billion fundraising campaign, three Black alumnae are making history as the first African-American women to hold top leadership positions.
September 21, 2018
African-American
The Metaphysical Dilemma: Academic Black Women
Daughter, sister, wife, mother, these titles are typically attributed to women. Academic, researcher, doctor, professor, scholar, these titles are typically attributed to men. African-American, Black, Black American, Colored and Negro are terms used to describe Americans in the Black (socially constructed) racial group. What though, if you identify with all of the descriptors?
September 20, 2018
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