Four Women Scholars Awarded Tenure at Colby College in Maine

Colby College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Waterville, Maine, has announced the awarding of tenure to six faculty members. Four of the six faculty members awarded tenure are women.

Jennifer Coane joined the faculty in the college’s psychology department in 2008. Her research is focused on memory and language. Dr. Coane is a summa cum laude graduate of Illinois State University. She earned a master’s degree in psychology at Illinois State and a Ph.D. in experimental psychology at Washington University in St. Louis.

Ann Marie Kloppenberg is a member of the faculty in the department of theatre and dance. She is a performer and choreographer and teaches classes at Colby in both areas of dance. Kloppenberg is a graduate of Middlebury College in Vermont, where she majored in dance and American civilization. She earned a master of fine arts degree from Ohio State University.

Winifred Tate joined the faculty at Colby College in 2008. She is an expert on cultural anthropology with a particular interest in Latin America. Dr. Tate’s most recent book is Drugs, Thugs, and Diplomats: U.S. Policymaking in Colombia (Stanford University Press, 2015). Dr. Tate holds a bachelor’s degree in Latin American studies from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, and a Ph.D. in anthropology from New York University.

Currently, Stephanie Taylor is the Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Colby College. She joined the faculty at Colby in 2008. Dr. Taylor is a summa cum laude graduate of Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts, where she majored in mathematics and computer science. She holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of California, Santa Barbara.