Claire Masteller, assistant professor of earth and planetary sciences in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, won a $149,417 grant from the U.S. Army Research Office’s Early Career Program.
Announcement
Jessica Gold, M.D., Reflection on 12 Months of Covid
Dr. Jessica Gold sits on a panel on St. Louis Public and reflects on “12 Months Of COVID-19 — The Losses, The Struggles And The Lessons”.
Ignacio Sánchez Prado on the importance of Asian American Studies
Professor Sánchez Prado was interviewed in The Chronicle of Higher Education on why ethnic studies are so essential after the media response to the Atlanta massacre.
Teaching, Research, and Practice Fellows Announced
The Office of the Provost has appointed Seema Dahlheimer, Senior Lecturer in McKelvey School of Engineering, and Heather Rice, Teaching Professor in the School of Arts & Sciences as the inaugural TRaP (Teaching, Research, and Practice) Fellows who will work on policies and programming to support TRaP faculty during Spring 2022.
Distinguished Visiting Scholar Rhoda Reddock
Rhoda Reddock, Emerita Professor, Institute for Gender and Development Studies, The University of West Indies, will be visiting Washington University from April 9-17, 2022 under the Distinguished Visiting Scholar initiative.
Gender Equity Month
The Office of the Provost encourages all faculty to attend one the events to take place during March 2022. The Gender Equity Month will kick off on March 2 with the Keynote presentation “Creating Equitable Universities: Recognizing Faculty Workload” by Joya Misra.
Wanzo wins Society for Cinema and Media Studies award
Rebecca Wanzo, chair and professor of women, gender and sexuality studies in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, has won the Katherine Singer Kovács Book Award for outstanding scholarship in cinema and media studies from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS).
Open position for a Fellow in the Office of the Provost’s Faculty Affairs and Diversity area to work on projects designed to support non-tenure track teaching, research, and practice faculty.
Applicants should have a background designing and implementing programs in areas such as professional/faculty development and mentoring. This assignment is open to full-time, non-tenure track faculty at Washington University. Application details and more information about this position can be found here: http://apply.interfolio.com/96700
Caldwell named vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity
Kia Lilly Caldwell, professor of African, African American and diaspora studies at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, has been named vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity at Washington University in St. Louis, effective July 1, 2021.
Review the most recent data from the Fourth Annual Town Hall on Danforth Campus Gender Equity.
To ensure communication, transparency, and community-building, the Office of the Vice Provost for faculty Affairs and Diversity hosts regular events, including faculty lunches, professional development programming, and an Annual Town Hall on Danforth Campus Gender Equity.