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Faculty Fellowships and Professorships

  • Barbara B. and Bertram J. Cohn Professorship in Environmental Studies

    Established by Bertram J. Cohn in 1999 in celebration of Barbara Biard Cohn’s eight-year tenure as a trustee of Sarah Lawrence College. The goal of the professorship is to raise awareness in the College community of a broad spectrum of environmental issues. The holder of the professorship, to be appointed annually or on a multiyear basis, shall teach undergraduates and may also teach in the graduate programs. The appointee will work with others in the College to develop an environmental program to include the possibility of an annual lecture series and student placements in environmental agencies. Charles Zerner is the current holder of the professorship.

  • Harlequin Adair Dammann Fellowship in Islamic Studies

    An endowed fellowship established in memory of Harlequin Adair Dammann ’72 by her mother Harle G. Mongomery to enhance the College’s global studies approach to teaching. This fellowship will address Islam through a variety of disciplines, including literature, philosophy, and the Islamic law. The first Harlequin Adair Dammann Fellow will be named in 2007-08.

  • Hyman H. Kleinman Fellowship in the Humanities

    This endowed fellowship was established in 1999 by Ella Foshay ’69 to honor faculty member emeritus Hyman H. Kleinman, who taught literature at the College from 1964 to 1984 and “whose humanity, wisdom, and love of teaching have had a profound impact on hundreds of students, young and old, during a teaching lifetime spanning more than five decades.” The fellowship is to be awarded on a three- to five-year basis to a recently tenured member of the humanities faculty. Ellen Neskar is the current holder of the fellowship.

  • Marjorie Leff Miller Faculty Scholar in Music

    This endowed fund was established by Morgan and Marjorie Leff Miller ’53 in recognition of Ms. Miller’s enduring relationship with the College and in appreciation of her experience as a student in the Music program. The fund celebrates the teachers and performers who inspire our music students today and supports a selected faculty member in the Music program. The current scholar is Martin Goldray.

  • The William Schuman Scholar in Music

    This chair was established in 1994 in honor of William Schuman (1910-92), composer, member of the Sarah Lawrence faculty from 1935 to 1945, president of The Juilliard School from 1945 to 1962, and founding president of Lincoln Center. The new William Schuman Scholar in Music is John Yannelli.