Bryn Mawr College, a highly rated liberal arts educational institution for women in suburban Philadelphia, has promoted four women to the rank of associate professor. The four scholars were also granted tenure.
C.C. McKee was promoted to associate professor of the history of art. She also serves as director of the Center for Visual Culture at the college. Dr. McKee, who joined the college’s faculty in 2019, specializes in the art, visual, and material culture of the modern Atlantic World with an emphasis on the French empire and the colonial Caribbean. She is the author of the forthcoming book Human Limits: Art, Ecology, and Race in the French Atlantic c. 1750-1900. Dr. McKee is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where she majored in history and the history of art. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in art history from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
Aline Normoyle was named an associate professor of computer science. Her research on game development, virtual reality, and game AI explores the intersection of computer programming with art and design. Dr. Normoyle, who shares a U.S. patent for an extended reality user interface, joined the college’s faculty in 2020. Dr. Normoyle is a graduate of McGill University in Montreal, where she majored in computer science. She holds a master’s degree in computer graphics and game technology and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Pennsylvania.
Ariana Orvell was promoted to associate professor of psychology. She is the director of the Connection, Affect, and Regulation of Emotion (CARE) Lab at the college. Her research centers on identifying basic mechanisms that allow people to effectively regulate their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Dr. Orvell joined the Bryn Mawr faculty in 2020. She is a graduate of Columbia University with a bachelor’s degree in urban studies with a concentration in psychology. She holds a master’s degree in teaching from the Relay Graduate School of Education in New York City and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Michigan.
Chanelle Wilson was promoted to associate professor of education. She joined Bryn Mawr’s education department in 2017 as a visiting instructor and earned a tenure-track position in 2020. Dr. Wilson served as director of Africana Studies from 2020 to 2023. Her current scholarship focuses on race and anti-racism in education, decolonization of schools and the mind, students as teachers and learners, culturally relevant pedagogy in international schooling contexts, and multicultural education in K-12 settings. Dr. Wilson is a graduate of Rowan University in New Jersey. She holds a master’s degree in urban education from Temple University in Philadelphia and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Delaware.