The Office of Access and Opportunity announces the first cohort of six Bridge to Faculty scholars whose research spans a wide variety of disciplines and departments throughout the university.
Bridge to Faculty is a two-year intensive training and mentoring program that seeks to offer a direct transition to a tenure-track junior faculty position for individuals from historically underrepresented backgrounds in academia.
The six scholars in this cohort:
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Loron Benton
Women’s and Gender Studies, College of Arts and Science
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Patrick Aaron Harris
English, College of Arts and Sciences
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Tuyen Huynh
Psychology, College of Arts and Science
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Lesley Joseph
Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing
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Parthenia Luke Robinson
Social Work, College of Social Work
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Alejandro Rodriguez
Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering and Computing