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Faculty Members Earn Tenure for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service

February 17, 2025
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At their February meeting, the Bryn Mawr College Board of Trustees voted to confirm the reappointment with tenure and promotion to associate professor of Jennie Bradbury, Patrick Melvin, and Adam Williamson, effective at the start of the fall 2025 semester. 

“Congratulations to these outstanding faculty members on achieving this significant milestone in their academic careers,” says Provost Tim Harte. “Their dedication to excellence in teaching, research, and service enriches the intellectual life of the College and underpins the educational experience of our students. We are proud to celebrate the impressive achievements of these three faculty members and look forward to their continued contributions to Bryn Mawr.” 

Jennie Bradbury

Bradbury joined the College in 2018 following a fellowship at Durham University, where she earned her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., and postdoctoral research at Durham and the University of Oxford. Her areas of research include social complexity in the ancient Near East; the role of "non-optimal" zones; burial traditions and mortuary practices; landscape archaeology, GIS and archaeological survey techniques; and cultural heritage.

Classical and Near-Eastern Archaeology
Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology Jennie Bradbury
Recent Publication: The Ground Speaks: Memorializing and Forgetting the Dead in the Ancient Middle East

Patrick Melvin

Melvin joined the College in 2019 following a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Michigan. He earned his B.S. from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. from Yale University. The Melvin Laboratory focuses on organic methodology with the aim of producing new and improved synthetic strategies for pharmaceutical and agrochemical compounds.

Chemistry
Patrick Melvin
Recent Research: National Science Foundation Grant

Adam Williamson

Williamson came to the College in 2019 following a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. He earned a B.A. from Carleton College and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. The Williamson Lab uses microscopes and other tools to study phagocytes to uncover ancient mechanisms of immunity and build cellular eating machines for therapeutics.

Biology
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Health Studies
Adam Williamson
Recent Publication: Modular Organization of Engulfment Receptors and Proximal Signaling Networks: Avenues to Reprogram Phagocytosis

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