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Of the nine professors in the Psychology Department, nearly half are leaving or retiring at the conclusion of this academic year. Psychology students and Student Educational Policy Committee (SEPC) members hope the hiring of three new professors will be an opportunity to create a more diverse, less white department and curriculum.
Professors Janet Gibson, Laura Sinnet, Emma Kelty-Stephen and Damian Kelty-Stephen are finishing up their last terms at Grinnell. Three new professors, who will be publicly announced after the school year ends, will teach starting in the fall.
Aru Fatehpuria `21 of the Psychology SEPC said that she expects a cultural shift. “A lot of the professors who are here have been here for such a long time. … The professors that come here are going to be very different.”