Ablovatski, Hedeen, Jones, Millin-Lipnos granted tenure
August Steigmeyer
Issue date: 4/30/09 Section: News
Four Kenyon assistant professors have recently received tenure: Eliza Ablovatski, assistant professor of history; Katherine Hedeen, assistant professor of Spanish; Brian Jones, assistant professor of mathematics and Paula Millin-Lipnos, assistant professor of psychology.
On Their Promotion
Millin-Lipnos, who has been teaching at Kenyon for six years, said "receiving tenure is one of the highlights of an academic career. It feels great."
Ablovatski said that receiving tenure "is a nice feeling of accomplishment, and it has been wonderful to hear the kind words and good wishes of so many Kenyon friends this week."
"I'm relieved that the review process is over and had a successful conclusion. My wife and daughters are extremely relieved," Jones said. "When I told my eight-year-old daughter that I was awarded tenure, she jumped up and down, then hugged me tight as tears rolled down her face. That's a moment I'll never forget."
Past Experience
Ablovatski, who got her M.A. and Ph.D. at Columbia University, said she became interested in Central European history as a student at Amherst College. "I started college in the fall of 1989, so East Europe was on all of our minds," she said. "My professor of Russian history that fall would show us the news from the Soviet Union and E.E. during class and help us make connections to the past history of the region."
"When I was a high school student, I really enjoyed math and chemistry, so I studied chemical engineering as an undergraduate, with a technical elective program in applied mathematics," Jones said. After working a short time in industry as a process engineer, Jones went back to graduate school, where he studied applied mathematics, probability and statistics. "In 1987, I was a teaching assistant at Ohio State [University] for the first time, and that's where I found my love of teaching."
Hedeen received her doctorate in Hispanic literatures from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003. Her dissertation, entitled Cuba: Poesía, Género y Revolución, is a "study of three contemporary Cuban women poets and how gender representation relates to revolutionary ideals in their work," Hedeen said." Ever since high school, I have been interested in the Spanish language, the social transformations carried out in Latin America … particularly in Cuba and feminism," Hedeen said. "All of these came together in my doctoral work."
On Their Promotion
Millin-Lipnos, who has been teaching at Kenyon for six years, said "receiving tenure is one of the highlights of an academic career. It feels great."
Ablovatski said that receiving tenure "is a nice feeling of accomplishment, and it has been wonderful to hear the kind words and good wishes of so many Kenyon friends this week."
"I'm relieved that the review process is over and had a successful conclusion. My wife and daughters are extremely relieved," Jones said. "When I told my eight-year-old daughter that I was awarded tenure, she jumped up and down, then hugged me tight as tears rolled down her face. That's a moment I'll never forget."
Past Experience
Ablovatski, who got her M.A. and Ph.D. at Columbia University, said she became interested in Central European history as a student at Amherst College. "I started college in the fall of 1989, so East Europe was on all of our minds," she said. "My professor of Russian history that fall would show us the news from the Soviet Union and E.E. during class and help us make connections to the past history of the region."
"When I was a high school student, I really enjoyed math and chemistry, so I studied chemical engineering as an undergraduate, with a technical elective program in applied mathematics," Jones said. After working a short time in industry as a process engineer, Jones went back to graduate school, where he studied applied mathematics, probability and statistics. "In 1987, I was a teaching assistant at Ohio State [University] for the first time, and that's where I found my love of teaching."
Hedeen received her doctorate in Hispanic literatures from the University of Texas at Austin in 2003. Her dissertation, entitled Cuba: Poesía, Género y Revolución, is a "study of three contemporary Cuban women poets and how gender representation relates to revolutionary ideals in their work," Hedeen said." Ever since high school, I have been interested in the Spanish language, the social transformations carried out in Latin America … particularly in Cuba and feminism," Hedeen said. "All of these came together in my doctoral work."
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