Twenty new professors have joined the Dartmouth faculty this year, an average number of appointments, according to Dean of the Faculty Edward Berger.
Becoming a professor at Dartmouth is not easy. Berger said the school receives hundreds of applicants for every available position, and Dartmouth is a "good catch" for aspiring professors.
Six of the College's new professors come from teaching positions at other universities, and the remaining 14 come directly from graduate school.
Sociology professor Christina Gomez did graduate work at Harvard University's department of sociology. Economics professor Douglas Irwin obtained his PhD in international economics from Columbia University.
Earth Sciences professor Carl Renshaw received a PhD in applied earth sciences from Stanford University. Other professors have done work at Princeton, Yale and the University of California at Los Angeles.
These professors bring diverse specialties to their respective departments. Physics professor Martin Wybourne specializes in condensed matter physics, Sociology professor Eva Fodor focuses on social inequality.
Biology professor Sharon Bickel is trying to understand the mechanics of how chromosomes are partitioned during miosis, and Film professor Mary Desjardins is writing a book on the recycling of stars in the media.
Six new professors have come to Dartmouth with full tenure: Wybourne, Irwin, Asian and Middle Eastern Languages professor Lewis Glinert, Government professor Alexander Wendt, Computer Science professor Bruce Donald and Chemistry professor Peter Jacobi all went through formal tenure procedures and were approved upon arrival. The six professors were lateral transfers from other schools.
When asked why they chose Dartmouth, many professors touted the enhanced opportunities for research
Gomez said the community at Dartmouth "understood [her] work and would support it."
Jacobi says that Dartmouth is one of the premier places for teaching and scientific research in the nation. Bickel said it contains a "nice mix of small community with excellent facilities."
