Category Archives: Faculty

Angela Smith Named First Director of W&L’s Mudd Center for Ethics, First Mudd Professor of Ethics

Angela Smith, Professor of Philosophy, Washington and Lee University

Angela M. Smith, associate professor of philosophy at Washington and Lee University, has been named the first Roger Mudd Professor of Ethics and the first director of the University's new Roger Mudd Center for Ethics.

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Distinguished Historian Addresses Phi Beta Kappa Convocation

Elizabeth R. Varon

Elizabeth R. Varon, the Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History at the University of Virginia, will address the Phi Beta Kappa//Society of the Cincinnati Convocation at Washington and Lee on Thursday, March 14, at 11:45 a.m. in Lee Chapel.

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Wheeler's Poem Makes Noteworthy Honor List

Lesley Wheeler

Washington and Lee English professor Lesley Wheeler's narrative poem “The Receptionist” has landed on the Tiptree Award Honor List for 2012

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W&L Expert Analyzes Upcoming Kenyan Election

Tyler Dickovick, associate professor of politics, Washington and Lee University

Along with observers around the world, Tyler Dickovick, a Washington and Lee University politics professor, will be watching Kenya's election on Monday with a mixture of apprehension and hopefulness.

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W&L's Locy Writes Legal Reporting Textbook

Toni Locy, Washington and Lee University

A new textbook by Washington and Lee journalism professor Toni Locy introduces students to legal reporting.

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W&L's Kirk on WMRA's "Virginia Insight"

Athena Kirk, Mellon Junior Faculty Fellow in W&L's classics department

Athena Kirk, Mellon Junior Faculty Fellow in the Classics Department at Washington and Lee University, appeared on NPR affiliate WMRA's "Virginia Insight" show on Monday, Feb. 25, to discuss humans, philosophy and animals.

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W&L's King Curates Major Atlanta Art Exhibit

Washington and Lee art history professor Elliott King, curator of an exhibition on Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera, examines one of the paintings at Atlanta's High Museum.

Washington and Lee art history professor Elliott King is the curator of an exhibition at Atlanta's High Museum of Art on the work of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera.

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W&L History Professor Pens Op-ed for Washington Post

Prof. Molly Michelmore

Washington and Lee history professor Molly Michelmore writes about the federal income tax in Monday's edition of the Washington Post.

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New Book by W&L's Miranda Gives a Voice to California Indians

Deborah Miranda, Associate Professor of English, Washington and Lee University

A new book by Washington and Lee University English professor Deborah Miranda's new book is both a tribal history of California Indians and a memoir of her own family's experiences.

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W&L’s Writer-in-Residence Reading to Feature Three Faculty Readers

R.T. Smith

Washington and Lee University’s 4th annual Writer-in-Residence Reading, featuring R.T. Smith, Lesley Wheeler and Chris Gavaler, will be Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 4:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium in the Leyburn Library.

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