Three Women Promoted and Granted Tenure at the College of the Holy Cross

The College of the Holy Cross, a highly rated liberal arts institution in Worcester, Massachusetts, has announced promotions to associate professor for 10 members of its faculty. All 10 faculty members were awarded tenure. Three of the promotions went to women.

Kendy M. Hess was promoted to associate professor of philosophy. She joined the faculty at the college in 2009 after a 15 year legal career. Dr. Hess is a graduate of the University of Missouri and Harvard Law School. She also holds a master’s degree in liberal studies from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Lorelle D. Semley was named an associate professor of history. She joined the Holy Cross faculty in 2011 after teaching at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania and Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Dr. Semley is the author of Mother is Gold, Father is Glass: Gender and Colonialism in a Yoruba Town (Indiana University Press, 2011). Dr. Semley is graduate of Georgetown University, where she majored in French. She holds a master’s degree in African studies from Yale University and a second master’s degree and a Ph.D. in history from Northwestern University.

Melissa F. Weiner was promoted to associate professor in the department of sociology and anthropology. She joined the faculty at the college in 2011 after teaching in The Netherlands. Dr. Weiner is the author of Power, Protest, and the Public Schools: Jewish and African American Struggles in New York City (Rutgers University Press, 2010). Dr. Weiner is a graduate of Boston University and holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Minnesota.