Faculty News

Image of teachers reading to students in jumpsuits Bennington College's Prison Education Initiative Featured in The New Yorker

Former faculty member Brooke Allen reflected in The New Yorker on her time teaching in Bennington's Prison Education Initiative (PEI), which served incarcerated men at Great Meadow Correctional Facility, in Comstock, New York.

Image of new faculty members Making an Impact on Mental Health

Bennington College welcomes MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling visiting faculty members.

Image of new faculty members Welcome, New Faculty!

This fall, Bennington College welcomes four new faculty members: Cristian Amigo, (Sound Recording), Audrey Devost (Psychology), Marios Falaris (Anthropology), and Abe Koogler (Playwriting).

Image of MacDowell logo Faculty Members Mariam Ghani and Camille Guthrie Named MacDowell Fellows

Bennington College faculty members Mariam Ghani and Camille Guthrie were selected for 2025 MacDowell Awards in Film/Video Arts and Literature, respectively.

Image of Jen Liu Jen Liu on Hidden Labor, Feminist Art, and Encoding Resistance: A Conversation from Bennington to The Met

Jen Liu is a faculty member at Bennington who works primarily in video and painting, whose research-based work often involves collaboration with biologists and programmers to genetically engineer cells, build custom language models, and use dark encryption to hide information within her videos.