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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