Jones’ exit leaves one American Indian prof.
After spending over 20 years at the University as both a student and a teacher, Divinity School professor Serene Jones DIV ’85 GRD ’91 will leave Yale this fall to become the first female president of Union Theological Seminary in New York City.
Jones’ appointment to Union, which was announced in late February, will halve the number of American Indian professors at Yale — leaving history professor Alyssa Mt. Pleasant the sole American Indian faculty member at the University. Though administrators emphasized that efforts to diversify Yale’s faculty are ongoing, her departure...
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