ALONG THE WALK New faculty New VP The following new tenure-track faculty began appointments at the college effective July 1, 2021. HEATHER L. BENNETT Ph.D., Anthropology, University Kristen Eshleman came to Trinity College in July as vice president for ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGY of California, Berkeley; Dissertation: Library and Information Technology Services (LITS). As a key mem- Previous Position: Assistant Professor “From Island to Museum: Narrating ber of the college’s senior administration, she provides leadership of of Biology, Bard College Puerto Rican Museum Object the merged LITS organization and Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Cellular Itineraries” collaborates with fellow cabinet Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown M.A., Anthropology, University of University; Dissertation: “Loss of California, Berkeley members, faculty, staff, and stu - Notch or JNK Signaling Results in A.B., Anthropology, Harvard University dents to advance Trinity’s strate- FOXO Dependent Compensatory CHRISTINA HEATHERTON gic goals. Sleep in C. elegans” B.S., Biology, Stockton University ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Eshleman joins the Trinity OF AMERICAN STUDIES community from Davidson JORDAN T. CAMP AND HUMAN RIGHTS ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Previous Position: Assistant Professor College in North Carolina, where OF AMERICAN STUDIES of American Studies, Barnard College, she worked for two decades. She Previous Positions: Visiting Scholar, Columbia University most recently served as director Charles Warren Center for Studies Ph.D., American Studies and Ethnicity, in American History, Harvard University of Southern California; of innovation initiatives, with University, and Lecturer, School of Dissertation: The Color Line and the responsibility for operational Public and International Affairs, Class Struggle: The Mexican leadership of innovation strat- Princeton University Revolution and Convergence Spaces of Ph.D., Sociology, University of Radical Internationalism, 1916–1946 egy, process, and projects for the California, Santa Barbara; M.A., American Studies and Ethnicity, college. Previously, Eshleman Dissertation: “The Sound Before University of Southern California the Fury: A Genealogy of Neoliberal B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, served as director of digital Racial and Security Regimes” University of California, Berkeley learning and innovation, director of instructional technology, and M.A., Sociology, University of California, KELLY M. PATTON instructional technologist in the humanities. Prior to her tenure at Santa Barbara M.A., Sociology, Humboldt State ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS Davidson, she worked in two start-ups. University Previous Position: Faculty Fellow, Eshleman holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of North B.A., Sociology, University of Mississippi Department of Physics and Astronomy, Carolina at Chapel Hill and a master’s degree in social anthropol- O Colby College ELISE CASTILLO Ph.D., Physics, North Carolina ogy from the London School of Economics. She has written numer- CAIT ASSISTANT PROFESSOR State University; Dissertation: ous articles on topics such as complexity, innovation, and change CK OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES “Investigating Nuclear and NI : Previous Position: Visiting Assistant Astrophysical Systems management in higher education for Inside Higher Ed, EDUCAUSE O Using Neutrinos” T Professor of Educational Studies and Review, and other outlets, and she co-authored, with Joe Eshleman, PHO Public Policy and Law, Trinity College B.A., Physics, The College of Wooster Richard Moniz, and Karen Mann, the 2016 book Librarians and Ph.D., Policy, Organizations, SALLY B. SERAPHIN Measurement, and Evaluation, Instructional Designers: Collaboration and Innovation. University of California, Berkeley; ASSISTANT PROFESSOR She also has been active in service to Davidson and higher educa- Dissertation: “Progressive Education OF NEUROSCIENCE tion. In 2017, she led a project at Davidson to develop an inclusive, Meets the Market: Organizational Previous Position: Visiting Survival among Independent Assistant Professor of transparent, and collaborative innovation management framework Charter Schools” Neuroscience, Trinity College and more recently chaired Davidson’s Innovation Council. She M.A., Policy, Organizations, Ph.D., Anthropology, Emory Measurement, and Evaluation, University; Dissertation: “The previously served as a member of the EDUCAUSE Annual Meeting University of California, Berkeley Neuroendocrinology, Neuroanatomy, Program Committee, the Partnership for Liberal Arts Collaboration M.S., Teaching (Adolescent English), and Behavior-Pharmacology of and Exploration Steering Committee, and the Liberal Arts Pace University Dopamine in Juvenile Nursery-Reared B.A., English and Creative Writing, and Mother-Reared Rhesus Monkeys Consortium for Digital Innovation (LACOL) Advisory Council, where Barnard College (Macaca mulatta)” she helped launch the Undergraduate Network for Research in the M.Sc., Human Biology, Exeter College, Humanities. She was part of a team that won an $800,000 grant CHANDRANIL “NIL” Oxford University CHAKRABORTTII B.S., Psychology, University of from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish a curricular ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Massachusetts-Boston model for digital studies, and she is co-founder of HAIL (Harvesting OF COMPUTER SCIENCE LENIQUECA WELCOME Academic Innovation for Learners), a community of leaders from all Ph.D., Computer Science, University of California, Santa Cruz; Dissertation: ASSISTANT PROFESSOR areas of higher education advancing institution-led innovation. “Performance Improvement of Storage OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES Trinity President Joanne Berger Sweeney, in a May announce- Systems Using Machine Learning” AND URBAN STUDIES M.S., Computer Science, University of Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, ment to the community, noted, “The search committee and I were California, Santa Cruz University of Pennsylvania; impressed by Kristen’s agility and breadth, her ability to lead diverse Bachelor of Technology in Information Dissertation: “Where Life is Precious: teams collaboratively, and her passion for the liberal arts. She has Technology, West Bengal University The Terrains of Criminalization, of Technology, India Violence, and Freedom in Trinidad” a proven track record of designing inclusive processes to empower B.Arch., Architecture, University others to innovate. We know she will bring her vast talents to bear in AMANDA GUZMÁN of Arkansas ASSISTANT PROFESSOR leading digital transformation at Trinity and ensuring our library is OF ANTHROPOLOGY an intellectual hub for the campus.” Previous Position: Ann Plato Fellow in Anthropology and American Studies, Trinity College 10 THE TRINITY REPORTER