Summer Institute for Women and Higher Education Administration
Award Recipients
The Penn Professional Women's Network Awards
The Robert E. Davies Award: Regina Austin, William A. Schnader Professor of Law and Afaf Meleis, Margaret Bond Simon Dean of Nursing. This award is in honor of the late feminist and distinguished Penn scholar, and recognizes individual(s) for their work for social change on campus and beyond.
The Lenore Rowe Williams Award: Dr. Roselyn Eisenberg, professor of microbiology/Vet Med.; Elena Marie DiLapi, and Gloria M. Gay, Penn Women’s Center. This award honors the wife of the former Provost Edwin B. Williams. It is given to a distinguished female scholar/leader whose contributions extend within and beyond the campus.
The Alice Paul Awards: Niva Kramek C ’06, Jennifer Lane C ’05, Lisa Rothfarb C ’06, Desiree Tunstall C ’06; Excelano Project Executive Committee: Amma Asare C ’06, Tracey Gilbert C ’06, Stephen Danley C ’07, Pablo Sierra C ’06, Caroline Rothstein C ’06. Named for the suffragist leader and Penn alumna who founded the National Women’s Party and authored the Equal Rights Amendment, these are awarded to students, who have demonstrated outstanding service to women in the Penn community.
The Lynda Hart Award: Shira Bergman, C ’06. This award is given to a woman student who has made an outstanding contribution to the artistic life on campus. Established in 2001 in memory of Dr. Hart, professor of English and Theatre Arts who was a mentor to many and a moving force behind the Women’s Theatre Festival.
Judith Seitz Rodin Prize for Innovative Leadership: Caroline Rothstein, C ’06.This award is given to a junior or senior woman who has demonstrated innovative leadership through a program, service, or scholarly activity.
Lenore Rowe Williams Awards: Susan Gennaro, Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Health Disparities Research in the School of Nursing
Dr. Robert E. Davies Award: Mary Frances Berry, Geraldine R. Segal Professor of History
Alice Paul Awards: Cassandra Georges, April Hail, Lela Jacobsohn, Cecilia Ramirez
Lynda Hart Award: Caroline Rothstein
Judith Seitz Rodin Prize for Innovative Leadership: Ophelia Roman
Lenore Rowe Williams Award: Dr. Lila Gleitman
Dr. Robert E. Davies Award: Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemmott
Alice Paul Awards:
Jennifer Lee
Daphne Saget
Radhika Gupta
Jennifer Rajkumar and Smita Jain
Lynda Hart Award: Jessica Brand
Lenore Rowe Williams Award: Dr. Stephanie Abbuhl
Dr. Robert E. Davies Award: Jeanne Arnold
Alice Paul Awards:
Andrea Gurmankin
Helen Kim
Lisa Pettinati
Lynda Hart Award: Courtney Patterson
Lenore Rowe Williams Awards: Dr. Phyllis Rackin and Dr. Susan Davidson
Dr. Robert E. Davies Award: Gloria Gay
Alice Paul Awards:
Lustine Andronici
Sara Berger
Pretti Advani
Chekemma Fulmore
Jennifer Moore
Lynda Hart Award: Gabrielle Ianoela
Lenore Rowe Williams Awards: Dr. Mary Naylor and Dr. Barbara Bennett Woodhouse
Dr. Robert E. Davies Award: D-L Wormley
Alice Paul Awards:
Nancy Calderon
Diana Caramanico
Erin Ladley
Jennifer Richards
Kimberly Ciaccia
Cassandra Snyder
Beandrea Davis
Lynda Hart Award: Nina Harris