Women In Academia and Higher Education
Group Eniac #3
Iris AvalosBruce Baciu
Marcus SuzukiJonathan Miron
Michael HernandezJohn Michael Quintero
What is Academia and Higher education?
Academia• Academic Institutions• Discipline
Higher Education • Degree
Bachelors Masters PH.D
• Teaching or Research
Iris Avalos
Academia - Lisa Randall• In 1987 Received a PhD in Physics from
Harvard University.
• Currently she is a professor of Physics at Harvard University.
• Best known for the Randall-Sundrum
model - The 5-dimmensional wrapped geometry theory.
• Wrote the book "Warped Passages" – The New York Times top 100 book of 2005.
Bruce Baciu
Academia - Sarah Raymond
• 1872 Transferred and Promoted to Assistant Principal to Number 5 High School
• 1873 Promoted to Principal of Number 5 School
• 1874 Appointed Superintendent of Number 5
• 1848 Born in LeSalle
• 1868 Graduates from ISUN and starts teaching at Old Barn
• 1869 Promoted to Principal at Old Barn
• 1871 Succeeded enrolling colored children into white schools
Michael Hernandez
Academia-data analysisMarcus Suzuki
Higher Education - Laura Bassi
• Became the first woman to take a teaching position at a university in Europe in 1732, at the University of Bologna, Italy.
• She was only the second woman to have received an actual university degree
• 50 theses and dissertations, there five books from her, but these are apparently nowhere near being representative of the breadth of her work. Jonathan Miron
Higher Education - Zoe Timms
• In 1997 she earned a B.A. in History for University of Wisconsin-Madison. • Founder of the Women's Education Program. • WPE's purpose is to facilitate support for women in India willing to attend
higher education institutions. • Opened WPE centers in Madurai and Hyderabad, South India
Bruce Baciu
Higher Education - Welthy Honsinger Fisher
Accomplishments
• 1879 Born September 18, Rome, New York • 1900 B.A., Syracuse University • 1940's Travelled to South America
and Middle East frequently, studying women and educational systems. Lectured throughout the
US on women of the world and promoted Chinese Industrial Cooperatives
• 1948 Chairman, World Day of Prayer
Jonathan Miron
More Accomplishments – Welthy Honsinger Fisher
• 1959 Hon. President, World Literacy of Canada, Toronto
• 1963 Hon. International Member, Beta Sigma Phi
• Hon. Ph.D., Western College for Women, Ohio
• 1963 Hon. International Member, Beta Sigma Phi
• Hon. Ph.D., Western College for Women, Ohio
Jonathan Miron
Higher education data / Analysis
• 28,962 women and 28,469 men earned doctorate degrees at U.S. colleges and universities during the 2008-09 academic year.
• The percent of undergraduates in the United States that were women, has gone from:• 30% in 1947 to 39% in 1960 • and has since then risen to an
astonishing 57%.
John Michael Quintero
Determination!
Iris Avalos
• “The act or an instance of making a decision “
• All the Ladies we presented today, have a determination of Academia and Higher Education
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