Faculty Members Earn Tenure for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service
At their February meeting, the Bryn Mawr College Board of Trustees voted to confirm the reappointment with tenure and promotion to associate professor of Jennie Bradbury, Patrick Melvin, and Adam Williamson, effective at the start of the fall 2025 semester.
“Congratulations to these outstanding faculty members on achieving this significant milestone in their academic careers,” says Provost Tim Harte. “Their dedication to excellence in teaching, research, and service enriches the intellectual life of the College and underpins the educational experience of our students. We are proud to celebrate the impressive achievements of these three faculty members and look forward to their continued contributions to Bryn Mawr.”
Jennie Bradbury
Bradbury joined the College in 2018 following a fellowship at Durham University, where she earned her B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., and postdoctoral research at Durham and the University of Oxford. Her areas of research include social complexity in the ancient Near East; the role of "non-optimal" zones; burial traditions and mortuary practices; landscape archaeology, GIS and archaeological survey techniques; and cultural heritage.
Patrick Melvin
Melvin joined the College in 2019 following a postdoctoral research fellowship at the University of Michigan. He earned his B.S. from West Chester University of Pennsylvania and his Ph.D. from Yale University. The Melvin Laboratory focuses on organic methodology with the aim of producing new and improved synthetic strategies for pharmaceutical and agrochemical compounds.
Recent Research: National Science Foundation Grant
Adam Williamson
Williamson came to the College in 2019 following a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco. He earned a B.A. from Carleton College and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. The Williamson Lab uses microscopes and other tools to study phagocytes to uncover ancient mechanisms of immunity and build cellular eating machines for therapeutics.
