Dr.
David Sutherland to serve as Interim Provost following Provost Bonebright’s
retirement
CONWAY, Ark. (February 28, 2023) — Hendrix College physics
professor Dr. Todd Tinsley has been named Associate Provost for Academic
Affairs, beginning in July.
Tinsley follows Dr. David Sutherland, who will serve as
Interim Provost following the retirement of Hendrix Provost Dr. Terri
Bonebright at the end of the academic year.
“Todd’s extensive service to the College, including his
leadership on the Council on Academic Policy and The Engaged Citizen working
group, as well as his work as Physics Department chair and as the Faculty
Representative to the Board of Trustees, provides him with excellent experience
for his new role,” said Bonebright, who will return to classroom teaching in
the Department of Psychology after a sabbatical.
Tinsley graduated from Hendrix in 1998 and received his Ph.D.
in 2005 from the University of Texas at Austin. Before joining the Hendrix
faculty in 2007 as an Assistant Professor of Physics, he was the Wiess
Instructor of Physics at Rice University in Houston, Texas, a teaching
post-doctoral fellowship he held for two years. Tinsley was one of eight
scholars selected to attend the Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics at the
University of California at Santa Barbara for 2011-2013.
“I am thrilled and humbled by this
opportunity,” said Tinsley. “President Arnold, Provost Bonebright, and
Associate Provost Sutherland have taken great care to provide continuity during
this time of transition for the College, and I am honored to be a part of that
by serving in this new role.”
He and his wife, Blake Armstrong Tinsley, a 1998 Hendrix
alumna, live in Conway with their three children.
About Hendrix College
A private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas, Hendrix
College consistently earns recognition as one of the country’s leading liberal
arts institutions, and is featured in Colleges
That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think About
Colleges. Its academic quality and rigor, innovation, and value have
established Hendrix as a fixture in numerous college guides, lists, and
rankings. Founded in 1876, Hendrix has been affiliated with the United
Methodist Church since 1884. To learn more, visit www.hendrix.edu.