Three Women Join the Faculty at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine

Bowdoin College, the highly rated liberal arts educational institution in Brunswick, Maine, has announced that there are five new tenure-track faculty on campus this semester. Three of the new appointees are women.

Ireri E. Chávez-Barcenas was hired as an assistant professor of music. She has taught previously at Yale University and Rider University. Her research focuses on the early modern period, particularly the sacred song in the Hispanic world and Italian opera. Dr. Chávez-Barcenas is a graduate of the Universidad de las Américas Puebla in Cholula, Mexico. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in Latin American studies from Princeton University.

Allison Dzubak is a new assistant professor of chemistry. She is a physical chemist whose research focuses on designing improved materials for energy applications using advanced quantum chemical methods. Dr. Dzubak has just completed a postdoctoral research appointment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. She holds bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, all from the University of Minnesota.

Claire Robison was appointed an assistant professor of religion and Asian studies. Her current research examines how religious identities are being redefined in urban India in relation to changing understandings of family, gender, class, and regional identity. Dr. Robison is a graduate of the University of Oxford in England. She earned a master’s degree at the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. at the University of California Santa Barbara.