Hamilton College, the highly selective liberal arts educational institution in Clinton, New York, has announced the awarding of tenure to 10 faculty members. Those awarded tenure will be promoted to associate professor as of July 1. Seven of the 10 scholars promoted and awarded tenure are women.
Nadya Bair was promoted to associate professor of art history. She is a historian of photography, mass media, and global visual culture. Dr. Bair is the author of The Decisive Network: Magnum Photos and the Postwar Image Market (University of California Press, 2020). A graduate of Barnard College in New York City, where she majored in Russian studies, Dr. Bair holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in art history from the University of Southern California.
Charlotte Botha was appointed associate professor of music. She is the director of choral activities at the college. Her research interests include foreign-language choral diction, multimedia choral performance, and equitable practices for including the music of and by marginalized communities in choral programs. Dr. Botha is a graduate of the University of Pretoria in South Africa, where she majored in music. She holds a master’s degree in music from Nelson Mandela University and a doctorate in music from the University of North Texas.
Anna Huff was named an associate professor of digital arts. Her work spans performance, sound, technology, mixed media, and interactivity. She is a founding member of media performance collective Cloud Eye Control, creating interactive and time-based work that addresses the impact of technology on the human psyche. Professor Huff holds a bachelor’s degree and a master of fine arts degree from Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She earned a second master of fine arts degree in integrated media from the California Institute of the Arts.
Amy Koenig was named associate professor of classics. Her research concentrates on Greek and Latin literature of the Roman Empire. She is the author of The Fractured Voice: Silence and Power in Imperial Roman Literature (University of Wisconsin Press, 2024). Dr. Koenig is a graduate of Yale University, where she majored in classical languages, literatures, and linguistics. She earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in the same discipline from the University of Oxford and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.
Heather Kropp was promoted to associate professor of environmental sciences. Before joining the Hamilton faculty, Dr. Kropp was a postdoctoral research associate and visiting faculty member at Colgate University in New York. She investigates the impacts of climate change on plants and the subsequent consequences for energy and water cycling. Her work spans desert, boreal, and Arctic ecosystems. Dr. Kropp is a graduate of Evergreen State College, where she majored in ecology. She holds a Ph.D. in environmental life sciences from Arizona State University.
Arathi Menon, a member of the art history faculty, is a specialist in the histories of South Asian art. Her research focuses on the material culture of the premodern Indian Ocean World, from the ancient through to the early modern periods. She also teaches in the Asian studies and Middle East/Islamicate worlds studies programs. Dr. Menon is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego. She earned two master’s degrees and a Ph.D. in art history and archaeology at Columbia University in New York City.
Mahala Dyer Stewart was promoted to associate professor of sociology. Her research and teaching explore connections among gender, race, and class inequalities in families and schools. She is the author of The Color of Homeschooling: How Inequality Shapes School Choice (New York University Press, 2023). Dr. Stewart is a graduate of the University of Maine, where she majored in sociology. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.