Bryn Mawr College

Committee on Appointments

The Committee on Appointments is charged with making recommendations to the President, on behalf of the Faculty, with regard to the initial appointments, promotion and reappointment of all ranked Faculty and on the appointment and review of Continuing Non-Tenure-Track Faculty, as well as reviewing cause for removal of tenured Faculty in accordance with Article III, Section 9 of the Plan of Governance. 

The Committee also provides procedures for appointments, re-appointments, and promotions.  The Faculty Handbook sets forth the procedures for the initial appointment, reappointment and promotion of continuing members of the faculty.

The 2011-2012 members of the Committee on Appointments are:

• Elizabeth Allen (Russian) (2008-12) (Chair)
• Ignacio Gallup-Diaz (History) (2011-15)
• Marissa Golden (Political Science) (2010-14)
• Steven Levine (History of Art) (2010-14)
• Bill Malachowski (Chemistry) (2009-13)
• Lisa Traynor (Mathematics) (2011-15)
  

Former Chairs of the Committee on Appointments are:

• Marc Schulz (Psychology) (2007-11)
• Robert Dostal (Philosophy) (2009-10)
• Sharon J. Nieter Burgmayer (Chemistry) (2008-09)
• Imke Meyer (German) (2007-08)
• Toba Kerson (Social Work and Social Research) (2006-07)
• Mary Osirim (Sociology) (2005-06)

 

2011-2012 Semester I List of Review Cases

Promotion to Professor

Leslie Cheng (Mathematics)

Tamara Davis (Biology)

Michael Noel (Physics)
Arlo Weil (Geology)

Reappointment with Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor

Amanda Weidman (Anthropology)

Nathan Wright (Sociology)

Continuing Non-Tenure Track Reappoinment and Promotion to Senior Lecturer

Amy Myers (Mathematics)

 

2011-2012 Semester II List of Review Cases

Reappointment with Tenure and Promotion to Associate Professor

Sara Bressi Nath (Social Work and Social Research)

Initial Reappointment

Xuemei May Cheng (Physics)

Jonathan Lanning (Economics)

Rudy Le Menthéour (French and Francophone Studies)

Pedro Marenco (Geology)

Michael Sears (Biology)
Denise Fay-Shen Su (Anthropology)

Continuing Non-Tenure Track Reappoinment

Benjamin Cherel (French and Francophone Studies)
Peter Kasius (Mathematics)

Non-Tenure Track Reappoinment

Jill Breslin (Athletics and Physical Education)

 

If you wish to write a letter concerning any of the persons under review during Semester I, please send your letter to any member of the committee or to Linda Butler Livesay, c/o the Office of the Provost by October 31, 2011; and for any persons under review during Semester II, send your letter by February 15, 2012.