Six Women Are New Assistant Professors at Colorado College

Colorado College, a liberal arts educational institution in Colorado Springs, enrolls about 2,050 undergraduate students. Women make up 53 percent of the student body. This fall, there are 13 new tenure-track faculty members on campus. Six of the new faculty members are women.

Lynne Gratz is a new assistant professor in the environmental program at Colorado College. She has been working as a research associate at the University of Washington. This semester she is teaching courses on global climate change and energy and air. Dr. Gratz holds a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, and a Ph.D. in atmospheric, oceanic, and space sciences from the University of Michigan.

Nadia Guessous was appointed an assistant professor of feminist and gender studies. She was an adjunct assistant professor at Columbia University in New York City. She is currently working on a book about older secular-leftist feminists in the wake of the Islamic revival in contemporary Morocco. Dr. Guessous is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in anthropology at Columbia University.

Olivia Hatton was named an assistant professor of molecular biology. She is teaching courses in molecular and cellular biology and immunology. Since 2012 she has been a postdoctoral fellow at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Hatton is a summa cum laude graduate of DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where she majored in biochemistry. She holds a Ph.D. in immunology from Stanford University.

Jessica Hoel is a new assistant professor of economics and business. She was an associate research fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, D.C. Dr. Hoel is a graduate of Reed College in Portland, Oregon, where she majored in mathematics and economics. She holds a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan.

Jean Lee was appointed an assistant professor in the environmental program. She spent the last academic year as a visiting professor at Colorado College. Dr. Lee earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental biology from Columbia University. She holds a master’s degree in environmental management from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and a Ph.D. in natural resources from the University of Vermont.

Christina Rader is an assistant professor of economics and business. She was a lecturer in business at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Rader is a summa cum laude graduate of Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. She earned a Ph.D. in business administration at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.