The Trinity College Board of Trustees voted recently to award tenure and promotions to 10 members of the faculty.

In her letter to the Trinity community following the Board’s April 2025 meeting, Trinity College President Joanne Berger-Sweeney said, “The trustees proudly granted tenure and promotion to an outstanding cohort of scholars who will guide our academic excellence for decades to come.”

The following faculty promotions will go into effect July 1, 2025.

Awarded Tenure and Promoted to Associate Professor:

Clark L. Alejandrino, History

Catina Bacote, English

Arianne A. Bazilio, Environmental Science and Chemistry

Clayton P. Byers, Engineering

Belén Fernández Milmanda, Political Science and International Studies

Gabriel F. Hornung ’07, Religious Studies

Lina Ma, Mathematics

Juliet Nebolon, American Studies

Ibrahim Shikaki, Economics

Shunyuan Zhang, International Studies and Women, Gender and Sexuality

This follows a vote by the Board of Trustees in February 2025 to award tenure, promotions, and emeriti status to several additional faculty members.