Faculty Members Awarded Tenure, Promoted, and Granted Emeriti Status
The Trinity College Board of Trustees voted this semester to approve tenure, promotions, and status changes for several faculty members. Six faculty members were awarded tenure, three were promoted to full professor, and nine retiring faculty members have been granted emeriti status.
In her letter to the Trinity community following the Board’s February 2024 meeting, Trinity College President Joanne Berger-Sweeney said, “Our faculty is at the heart of designing—and leading—a distinctive, relevant liberal arts education built for the 21st century. We can’t celebrate their scholarship and teaching achievements enough.”
Berger-Sweeney added that at a reception during the Board’s April 2024 meeting, “We took time to honor our retiring faculty members, who had given much of themselves in service to Trinity and the academic enterprise.”
The following faculty promotions and status changes will go into effect July 1, 2024, unless otherwise noted:
Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor:
Lindsey A. Hanson, Chemistry
Mareike Koertner, Religious Studies
Kirsti A. Kuenzel, Mathematics
Rebecca K. Pappas, Theater and Dance
Gerardo Ruiz Sánchez, Economics
Awarded Tenure (effective for spring 2024 semester):
Michael J. Hatch, Associate Professor of Fine Arts
Promoted to Full Professor:
Shane M. Ewegen, Philosophy
Andrew Flibbert, Political Science
Michelle Kovarik, Chemistry
Retiring Faculty Members Awarded Emeriti Status:
Wendy C. Bartlett, Professor of Physical Education
Daniel G. Blackburn, Thomas S. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Biology
Adrienne Fulco, Associate Professor of Legal and Policy Studies
Adam J. Grossberg, Professor of Economics
Anthony M. Messina, John R. Reitemeyer Professor of Political Science
John Platoff, Professor of Music
Richard V. Prigodich, Scovill Professor of Chemistry
Miguel D. Ramirez, Ward S. Curran Distinguished Professor of Economics
Paula A. Russo, Associate Professor of Mathematics
