Bagpipes greeted seven professors with good news December 5th, though it was not officially announced until this January.  The seven professors who were granted tenure are Andrew Beveridge, Sarah Boyer, John Cannon, Devavani Chatterjea, Kristi Curry Rogers, Christina Esposito and Kathryn Splan.

These professors represent a range of academia at Macalester, though six of them are in the sciences.  Professors Boyer and Chatterjea teach biology and Curry Rogers teaches biology and geology.  Andrew Beveridge is a professor of mathematics,  John Cannon is a professor of physics and astronomy, and Kathryn Splan is a professor of chemistry.  Professor Esposito is a member of the linguistics department.