Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship

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Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship This award is named in honor of the late Marilyn Yarbrough, Kenyon parent and trustee. A legal scholar and university administrator who was a former editor of the Black Law Journal and a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board, Marilyn Yarbrough often addressed gender and racial discrimination in her scholarship and teaching. Download a list of previous Marilyn Yarbrough Teaching Fellows. One of the most significant challenges confronting small liberal arts colleges in the United States today is ensuring that the faculty is representative of the population of the United States in all its dimensions. Such a faculty benefits students, faculty and staff alike by enriching the nature of the education experience for all. We recognize, though, that many young scholars frequently choose to pursue their careers as teachers and scholars at research universities rather than at small liberal arts colleges. In order to encourage such scholars to consider college rather than university teaching, Kenyon College offers the Marilyn Yarbrough Dissertation/Teaching Fellowship. The program is for scholars in the final stages of their doctoral work who nee...