Seven new tenure-track faculty (two of whom have already taught at Kenyon in non-tenure track positions) have joined, or will join in January, the Kenyon community for the 2020-2021 academic year. Additionally, three endowed professorships have new incumbents.
New Tenure-Track Faculty
Robert Franco
Assistant Professor of History
2020 — Doctor of Philosophy; Duke University
2017 — Master of Arts; Duke University
2014 — Bachelor of Arts; University of Pennsylvania
Justin Rivest
Assistant Professor of History
2016 — Doctor of Philosophy; Johns Hopkins University
2010 — Master of Arts; Carleton University
2008 — Bachelor of Humanities; Carleton University
Matthew Suazo
Assistant Professor of English
2015 — Doctor of Philosophy; University of California, Santa Cruz
2001 — Master of Arts; University of New Orleans
1994 — Bachelor of Arts; University of Virginia
Rima Sadek
Assistant Professor of Arabic
2018 — Doctor of Philosophy; University of South Carolina
2010 — Master of Arts; University of Balamand
Margaret Stevenson
Associate Professor of Psychology
2008 — Doctor of Philosophy; University of Illinois at Chicago
2005 — Master of Arts; University of Illinois at Chicago
2003 — Bachelor of Science; The Ohio State University
Patricia Yu
Assistant Professor of Art History
2021 — Doctor of Philosophy; University of California, Berkeley
2009 — Bachelor of Arts; Pomona College
New Endowed Professorship Incumbents
Ross Feller
James D. & Cornelia W. Ireland Associate Professor of Music
Zoë Kontes
NEH Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of Classics
David Suggs
J. Kenneth Smail Professor of Anthropology