Three Macalester professors awarded tenure

Three Macalester professors have been awarded tenure. They are: Lauren Milne, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science; Mina Kinukawa, Theater and Dance; and Abby Marsh, Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science. 

Professor Milne is an expert in human-computer interaction with a focus on accessibility. Her research centers around making digital interfaces more accessible for people with disabilities. Recent projects have included designing programming environments that are more accessible for children with visual impairments and improving accessibility at makerspaces. The courses Dr. Milne teaches include Software Design and Development, Introduction to Computer Science, and Human-Computer Interaction. Professor Milne grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and earned her doctorate and MS degrees in computer science and engineering from the University of Washington and her BA in physics from Carleton College.

Professor Kinukawa is a practicing theater designer with expertise in scenic design. After working in film and television in Los Angeles, she moved to the Twin Cities and has been involved in the region’s rich theater community for over a decade, with her work appearing at many local venues including the MN Opera, Theater Latté Da, Jungle Theater, and Penumbra Theatre. She has also worked extensively with Theater Mu, Full Circle Theater, New Native Theatre, and Ananya Dance Theatre. For her latest project, Professor Kinukawa is the set designer for the world premiere of Theater Mu’s production of “Fifty Boxes of Earth.” At Macalester, she teaches Fundamentals of Scenography, Scene Painting, Set Design, and the First Year Course Seeing Performance: Dance and Theater in the Twin Cities. 

Born and raised in Tokyo, Professor Kinukawa studied interior architecture in Milan before receiving a BFA from the University of Michigan and her MFA in Scenic Design from University of California, San Diego.

Professor Marsh is a computer scientist who specializes in usable privacy, which examines how people interact with some aspect of technology (usability) and the ways in which the information we give about ourselves flows through devices, software, websites, etc. (privacy). One of their current projects looks at how people in online communities use the language of boundary settings – you’re in the community or you’re not; you’re somebody I trust or don’t – as a proxy for their privacy values. Dr. Marsh teaches Computer Systems, Object-Oriented Programming and Abstraction, and a capstone course called Computer Security and Privacy. They grew up in Wisconsin, Ohio and Connecticut and earned their doctorate in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University and bachelor’s degree in computer science and mathematics from Oberlin College.