At their spring meeting held April 19–21, 2023, Kenyon’s Board of Trustees granted tenure to the following six faculty members.
Awarded Tenure
(promotion to Associate Professor effective July 1, 2023)
Leah Dickens
Assistant Professor of Psychology
2015 — Doctor of Philosophy from Northeastern University
2012 — Master of Arts from Northeastern University
2009 — Bachelor of Arts from Connecticut College, summa cum laude
Austin Johnson
Assistant Professor of Sociology
2017 — Doctor of Philosophy from Kent State University
2013 — Master of Arts from Kent State University
2008 — Bachelor of Arts from University of South Carolina
Iris Levin
Assistant Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies
2012 — Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Missouri–St. Louis
2005 — Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College
David Maldonado Rívera
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
2017 — Doctor of Philosophy from Indiana University
2009 — Master of Arts from Indiana University
2006 — Bachelor of Arts from the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus
Keija Parssinen
Assistant Professor of English
2009 — Master of Fine Arts from the University of Iowa
2003 — Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University
Kai Xie
Assistant Professor of Japanese
2017 — Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Washington
2010 — Master of Arts from the University of Massachusetts
2007 — Master of Arts from Beijing Foreign Studies University
2004 — Bachelor of Arts from Beijing Foreign Studies University
Additionally, the following five members of the faculty will be promoted to Full Professor effective July 1, 2023.
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Abbie Erler, associate professor of political science
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Brian Jones, associate professor of mathematics
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Irene López, associate professor of psychology
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Paula Millin-Lipnos, associate professor of psychology
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Jon Sherman, associate professor of film