At their spring meeting held April 21–22, 2022, Kenyon’s Board of Trustees granted tenure to the following 10 faculty members.
Awarded Tenure
(promotion to Associate Professor effective July 1, 2022)
Qussay Al-Attabi
Assistant Professor of Arabic
2017 — Doctor of Philosophy from Brown University
2014 — Master of Arts from Brown University
2006 — Master of Arts from Al-Mustansiriya University, Iraq
Anna Aydinyan
Assistant Professor of Russian
2012 — Doctor of Philosophy from Yale University
2005 — Master of Arts from the University of Michigan
1999 — Bachelor of Arts from Yerevan State Linguistic University, Armenia
Katie Black
Assistant Professor of Economics
2016 — Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Pittsburgh
2011 — Master of Arts from Youngstown State University
2008 — Bachelor of Science from Pennsylvania State University
Joy Brennan
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
2015 — Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago
2007 — Master of Arts from Indiana University
2002 — Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University, summa cum laude
Anton Dudley
Associate Professor of Drama
2001 — Master of Fine Arts from New York University
1996 — Bachelor of Arts from Vassar College
Patrick Ewell
Assistant Professor of Psychology
2015 — Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Alabama
Erin Leatherman
Assistant Professor of Statistics
2013 — Doctor of Philosophy from the Ohio State University
2008 — Master of Science from Bowling Green State University
2006 — Bachelor of Arts from Bluffton University
Claire Novotny
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
2015 — Doctor of Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2007 — Master of Arts from the University of South Florida
2002 — Bachelor of Arts from Whitman College
Sarah Petersen
Ashby Denoon Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
2011 — Doctor of Philosophy from Vanderbilt University
2004 — Bachelor of Science from the University of Tennessee at Martin, summa cum laude
Austin Porter
Assistant Professor of Art History and American Studies
2013 — Doctor of Philosophy from Boston University
2007 — Master of Arts from the University of Kansas
2002 — Bachelor of Fine Arts from Kansas State University
Additionally, the following three members of the faculty will hold endowed chairs beginning on July 1, 2022.
Karen Hicks, Professor of Biology
Peter Rutkoff Distinguished Professor in Diversity and Inclusion
1993 — Doctor of Philosophy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
1986 — Bachelor of Science from Swarthmore College
Travis Landry, Professor of Spanish
William P. Rice Professorship
2008 — Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Washington
2003 — Master of Arts from the University of Washington
1997 — Bachelor of Arts from Brown University
Arianna Smith, Assistant Professor of Biology
Harvey F. Lodish Faculty Development Professorship in the Natural Sciences
2014 — Doctor of Philosophy from Michigan State University
2008 — Bachelor of Science from North Carolina State University, cum laude