Five members of the Carleton College faculty have been awarded tenure by the Board of Trustees this year, as announced by Scott Bierman, Dean of the College.
Stacy N. Beckwith, assistant professor of Hebrew, earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Toronto and went on to earn an master’s degree and a Ph.D. in comparative literature with a minor in Spanish peninsular literature from the University of Minnesota. She was a professor of comparative literature and Jewish studies at Pennsylvania State University before joining the Carleton faculty in 1999. Beckwith, the primary developer of the Hebrew language program at Carleton, teaches the entire Hebrew language sequence, as well as a first-year seminar titled “Personal Identity in Israeli and Palestinian Literature.”
Cameron Davidson, associate professor of geology, earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin and a master’s and a Ph.D. in geology from Princeton University. He held postdoctoral research positions at Princeton University and the University of Basel in Switzerland and served as an associate professor at Beloit College before joining the Carleton faculty. Davidson, widely known to students as an engaging and enthusiastic lecturer, has served on the editorial board of the journal Geology.
Gretchen Elizabeth Hofmeister, associate professor of chemistry, earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Carleton College and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley. Before joining the Carleton faculty in 2002, she taught at Gustavus Adolphus College, where she was promoted to associate professor and earned the Edgar M. Carlson Award for distinguished teaching. Hofmeister plays an integral role in the chemistry department, teaching organic chemistry courses, and has collaborated with 27 undergraduate researchers over the past decade.
David R. Musicant, assistant professor of computer science, earned bachelor’s degrees in both physics and mathematics from Michigan State University, and master’s degrees in mathematics and computer sciences and a Ph.D. in computer sciences from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He joined the Carleton math and computer science faculty in 2000. In the classroom Musicant has developed numerous hands-on activities, such as image processing projects that teach students the technical aspects of programming, as well as the conceptual and practical aspects of algorithms.
Seungjoo Yoon, assistant professor of history, earned a bachelor’s degree from Seoul National University and a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University. He joined the Carleton faculty in 1999. Yoon, fluent in Japanese, Mandarin Chinese and Korean, is integral to Carleton’s Asian studies department, teaching five survey courses, in addition to first-year seminars and a number of higher-level courses.