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Faculty AccoladeDecember 12, 2024Paul Youngman ’87 Serves as a Panelist for the Austrian Cultural Forum

The associate provost and professor of German participated in a moderated discussion at the Austrian Embassy in early December.

Faculty AccoladeDecember 11, 2024Mike Dager Named USTFCCCA Regional Coach of the Year

The 11th-year mentor garnered the award for the second time in his W&L career.

Faculty FocusDecember 5, 2024Mark Drumbl Delivers Keynote Address on Tokyo Tribunal Justice

The event examined the legacy of Justice Radha Binod Pal, who served on the Tokyo Tribunal from 1946-48.

Faculty AccoladeDecember 5, 2024Ady Dewey Co-Authors Paper in Journal of Virtual Exchange

The Reynolds Visiting Assistant Professor of Strategic Communications explores the role of laughter in cross-cultural virtual settings.

AccoladesNovember 22, 2024Professor Suzette Malveaux Receives Clyde Ferguson, JR. Award from AALS

The award recognizes an outstanding legal educator who, during their career, has achieved excellence in the areas of public service, teaching, and scholarship.

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Faculty AccoladeNovember 19, 2024Tiffany Pins Earns Old Dominion Athletic Conference Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year Award

The third-year coach has led the Generals to a 20-1-1 overall record and an ODAC title.

Faculty FocusNovember 18, 2024Scholarship by Sarah C. Haan Cited in Fifth Circuit Opinion

The Court cited Haan’s article “Voting Rights in Corporate Governance: History and Political Economy.”

Faculty AccoladeNovember 11, 2024Dick Kuettner Honored with the Helen Warriner-Burke FLAVA Distinguished Service Award

The director of the Global Discoveries Laboratories and adjunct professor of romance languages and teacher education received the award at the Virginia Board of Education meeting.

Faculty AccoladeNovember 6, 2024Candice Robinson Co-Authors Book About the Sociology of Cardi-B

The assistant professor of sociology explores Black femininity through a contemporary perspective.

AccoladesNovember 6, 2024German Law Journal Celebrates 25 Years

Founded by W&L Law professor Russell Miller, the Journal is one of the world’s leading forums for legal scholarship from a transnational and comparative perspective.

Faculty AccoladeNovember 4, 2024Mauricio Betancourt Publishes Article in the Peer-Reviewed Journal Socius

The assistant professor of environmental studies authored a paper titled “Guano and the Rise of the American Empire.”

Faculty FocusNovember 1, 2024Sarah Haan Publishes “Corporations and Labor Unions in Election Law” in the Oxford Handbook of American Election Law

The book chapter examines the role of corporations in campaign finance and reform efforts.

Faculty AccoladeOctober 29, 2024W&L’s Robert Humston Receives Grant to Study the Trout Population in the Jackson River

The director of environmental studies and professor of biology received the funding from the Virginia Departments of Wildlife Resources and Environmental Quality.

Faculty AccoladeOctober 28, 2024Elliott King Presents Paper at Conference at The Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice

The W&L professor of art history attends conference exploring and celebrating Surrealism in Italy.

Faculty AccoladeOctober 22, 2024Matthew Loar ’07 Authors Paper in the Peer-Reviewed Classical Quarterly

The director of fellowships and student research dissects and expands upon possible allusion in Virgil’s “Aeneid.”

Faculty AccoladeOctober 17, 2024Business Administration Professor Presents to Shenandoah Valley Business Leaders

Jeff Schatten discussed his research on artificial intelligence and how it can be used to improve efficiency at work at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley’s annual Business Forum Luncheon.

Faculty AccoladeOctober 9, 2024Bright Frimpong Co-Authors Paper in the Information Systems Journal

The business administration professor and his advisors explore the role of crowdfunding in developing Indigenous communities.

Faculty AccoladeOctober 8, 2024Ryan McCoy Awarded Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Environmental studies professor to supervise student assessments of the USDA Midwest Climate Hub.

Faculty FocusSeptember 30, 2024Kish Parella publishes “Enforcing International Law Against Corporations: A Stakeholder Management Approach” in the Harvard International Law Journal

The article explores the ways in which corporate stakeholders encourage corporations to integrate international law norms into their policies and practices.

Faculty AccoladeSeptember 27, 2024Chris Gavaler and Nathaniel Goldberg Publish Paper in the Canadian Journal of Philosophy

The professors co-authored an article that investigates the different ways comics are ordered.

Faculty AccoladeSeptember 27, 2024Catarina Passidomo ’04 Authors Paper in the Peer-Reviewed Journal Food, Culture & Society

Passidomo explores how food and food narratives can build and reinforce regional and social identities.

Faculty FocusSeptember 24, 2024Michelle Drumbl Publishes “Tax Enforcement at the Intersection of Social Welfare and Vulnerable Populations” in the Wisconsin Law Review

The article examines whether IRS denial of the Earned Income Tax Credit constitutes a violation of human rights.

Faculty AccoladeSeptember 24, 2024Chong Wang Awarded the Simons Research Enhancement Grant from the American Mathematical Society

Wang will utilize the grant to explore energy-driven pattern formation in complex physical and biological systems.

Faculty AccoladeSeptember 20, 2024Owen Collins Publishes Article in the Theatre Design & Technology Journal

The article “Organic Dance Designs” tells the story of the theatrical work of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin Fellowship.

Faculty AccoladeSeptember 17, 2024Pooja Thakur-Wernz Authors Paper in the Journal of International Business Policy

The article assesses how international business is affected when violence is directed at civilians and violence levels are constantly changing.

Faculty AccoladeSeptember 16, 2024Margaret Anne Hinkle Awarded a Collaborative Grant from the National Science Foundation

Hinkle and fellow scientists from the University of Pittsburgh will share the $550,000 award to examine the potential of adapting acid mine drainage remediation systems to produce critical minerals in economically viable concentrations.

Faculty AccoladeSeptember 13, 2024Jay Margalus Publishes Paper in The Lancet Discovery Science Journal eBioMedicine

The article discusses the inexpensive solution for early cancer detection that Margalus helped develop alongside researchers at the University of Chicago.

Faculty AccoladeSeptember 11, 2024Erin Gray Receives American Chemical Society’s Undergraduate New Investigator Grant

The assistant professor of chemistry will utilize the funds to conduct fundamental research in organic chemistry.

Faculty AccoladeSeptember 5, 2024W&L Business Administration Professor Awarded Mednick Memorial Fellowship

Lingshu Hu will receive $2,000 from the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges to support his research on political popularity on X/Twitter.

Faculty AccoladeAugust 30, 2024W&L History Professor Receives Fellowship at the Suzy Newhouse Center for the Humanities

Mikki Brock will perform research leading to a new book at the Wellesley College-based academic center this year.

Faculty AccoladeAugust 30, 2024Dan Johnson Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

The collaborative grant will be used to build a transformative educational assessment of creative thinking for STEM education and research.

AccoladesAugust 29, 2024W&L Law Faculty Top 50 in Scholarly Impact Study

The study is considered in the legal academy as the most credible measure of a faculty’s scholarly impact.

GrantsAugust 26, 2024The Terra Foundation for American Art Awards Museums at W&L a $50,000 Grant

The funds will support ‘Stephanie Shih: LONG TIME NO SEE (好久不見),’ an exhibition born out of the 2023 inaugural Artist-in-Residence program.

Faculty FocusAugust 23, 2024Professor Allison Weiss, Prison Parole Project, Featured in Mother Jones

The article examines the history of parole in Virginia since it was abolished in 1995.

Faculty FocusAugust 23, 2024Suzette Malveaux Publishes “Fireside Chat” in Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review

Professor Malveaux interviewed Chief Justice Angela Riley of the Supreme Court of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation regarding tribal courts and justice in Indian country.

Faculty AccoladeAugust 21, 2024Members of the Summer Research Scholars Program Featured in Online Publication

Assistant professor Michelle Cowan and students Victoria Bliley ‘26 and Zachary Puckett ’26 had their summer research cited in the July edition of spectra.

Faculty FocusAugust 15, 2024Scholarship by Mark Drumbl Cited in Fifth Circuit Opinion

The case involved the floating barrier Texas deployed in the Rio Grande to deter illegal migration.

Faculty FocusAugust 8, 2024Brandon Hasbrouck Publishes “Prisons as Laboratories of Antidemocracy” in the Yale Law Journal

The article reviews Jeffrey Bellin’s "Mass Incarceration Nation" while analyzing the ways in which techniques for constraining incarcerated persons have been deployed outside prison walls.

Faculty AccoladeAugust 7, 2024W&L Classroom Technologies Team Receives Prestigious Award

Annie Foster, Andy Briggs, Todd Goetz and Patrick Sheridan were honored for their campus collaboration efforts at the Higher Ed AV Awards Ceremony.

Faculty AccoladeAugust 6, 2024Aly Colón Selected for Inclusion in Marquis Who’s Who

The recently retired journalism professor was cited as a preeminent figure in the field of media ethics.

Faculty FocusJuly 30, 2024Russ Miller Publishes “The Purpose and Practice of Precedent” in the UC Law Constitutional Quarterly

The article examines how recent cases involving the doctrine of stare decisis forecasted the U.S. Supreme Court's Dobbs decision.

Faculty FocusJuly 29, 2024Scholarship by Catherine Smith Featured on Jotwell

Smith’s article was reviewed by UVA law professor Naomi Cahn as one of the best works of recent scholarship related to Family Law.

Faculty AccoladeJuly 23, 2024W&L Mathematics Professor Co-Authors Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

Chong Wang collaborated with three additional professors to publish two recent articles.

Faculty AccoladeJuly 22, 2024Elliott King Cited on NPR’s ‘All Things Considered’ Program

The popular afternoon-drive radio segment referenced the Salvador Dalí expert’s impressions on the AI-generated Dalí voice at the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Faculty AccoladeJuly 22, 2024English Professor Named 2024 Wells College Press Chapbook Award Winner

K. Avvirin Berlin was recognized for her manuscript ‘Obsidian.’

Faculty FocusJuly 17, 2024Professor Sarah Haan on Corporate Democracy and the ESG Movement

In article for the ProMarket blog, Haan argues that an Exxon Mobile corporate election and lawsuit shed more light on current upheavals in corporate democracy than they do on the success of the Environmental, Social, and Governance movement.

Faculty AccoladeJuly 17, 2024W&L Engineering Professor Publishes Paper in Science Advances

Mengying Liu collaborated with researchers from Texas A&M University on the peer-reviewed article.

Faculty AccoladeJuly 8, 2024Paula Kiser Co-Authors Article in College & Research Libraries

The digital scholarship librarian and associate professor teamed with three other scholars to publish an article analyzing instructional practices before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Faculty AccoladeJuly 8, 2024W&L Visiting Math Professor Co-Authors Article in Peer-Reviewed Journal

Kumudu Gamage teamed up with two others for a paper on solving three-dimensional elliptic interface problems.

Faculty AccoladeJune 27, 2024W&L Men’s Lacrosse Staff Earns IMLCA Regional Award

Head Coach Gene McCabe and his assistant coaches were named the 2024 Region 4 Coaching Staff of the Year.

Faculty AccoladeJune 20, 2024Diego Millan Receives the Jack Rosenbalm Prize for American Humor

The assistant professor of English and Africana studies was cited for his article on Chester Himes’ book ‘If He Hollers Let Him Go.’

Faculty AccoladeJune 18, 2024Chris Gavaler and Nathaniel Goldberg Collaborate to Publish Third Book Together

The W&L professors’ latest publication uses pop culture concepts to untangle real-world histories.

Faculty FocusJune 14, 2024Josh Fairfield Publishes “Crypto-Counterfeiting” in William and Mary Business Law Review

The article explores legal challenges involving blockchain technology fraud.

Faculty AccoladeJune 13, 2024Nneka Dennie Receives Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award

The assistant professor of history is one of 10 faculty members nationwide to win the prestigious award.

Faculty AccoladeJune 11, 2024W&L’s Jemma Alix Levy to Direct Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It’

The performances run June 19 through July 14 at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s outdoor stage.

Faculty AccoladeJune 6, 2024W&L Earth and Environmental Geoscience Professor Publishes Peer-Reviewed Article

Margaret Anne Hinkle collaborated with additional authors to produce an article focused on manganese exposure in spring and well water in the Shenandoah Valley.

AccoladesJune 5, 2024Law School Announces Faculty Fellowships for Teaching, Scholarship, and Service

W&L Law Dean Melanie Wilson has announced the annual awards that recognize faculty members for their accomplishments as teachers and scholars and for service to the school.

Faculty FocusMay 24, 2024Leila Lawlor Publishes “Building Belonging” in the Tennessee Law Review

The article examines a number of law schools to assess how well the schools retain their students.

Faculty AccoladeMay 17, 2024David Detwiler Earns Old Dominion Athletic Conference Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year Award

Detwiler garnered the award for the sixth time in his 23 seasons.

Faculty FocusMay 16, 2024Maureen Edobor Tapped for Inaugural Brennan Center Fellows Program

Professor Edobor is among the first five recipients of the Polan Fellowship in Constitutional Law and History.

Faculty AccoladeMay 16, 2024Erin Ness Earns Old Dominion Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year Award

Generals mentor garners the award for the third-straight year and eighth time overall.

GrantsMay 8, 2024Project Consortium Awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant

The W&L portion of the consortium will use the funding to support the ongoing digital humanities project ‘Florence As It Was.’

Faculty FocusMay 7, 2024Sarah Haan Presents on CAP Panel Exploring Citizens United

Hosted by the Center for American Progress (CAP), the event featured Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Rep. Jamie Raskin, and FEC Commissioner Shana Broussard

Faculty AccoladeMay 3, 2024W&L Professor Quoted in NPR Article on Salvador Dalí

Elliott King offered his expertise on the authenticity of an AI-generated Dalí voice used for an exhibit at the Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida.

Faculty FocusMay 1, 2024Scholarship of Law Professor Cited in FTC Noncompete Decision

Two articles by Washington and Lee law professor Chris Seaman were cited in a ruling that bans nearly all noncompete agreements.

Faculty AccoladeApril 30, 2024W&L Professor Awarded the David and Rosalee McCullough Research Fellowship

Edward Adams will use the funds to research decline narratives in West Virginia.

FellowshipsApril 26, 2024W&L Philosophy Professor Receives Fellowship to the National Humanities Center

Angela Sun is one of 31 fellows selected for research work at the NHC in 2024-25.

AccoladesApril 24, 2024Kish Parella Elected to ASIL Executive Council

Parella will serve a three-year term on the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law.

GrantsApril 24, 2024W&L Professor Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend Grant

Li Kang will receive $6,000 to support research leading to a book on the metaphysics of three schools of Chinese Buddhism.

Faculty AccoladeApril 18, 2024Madhumita Chakraborty Co-Authors Journal Article on Groundwater Contaminants

The earth and environmental geoscience postdoctoral fellow co-authored the papers as part of her doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Technology.

Faculty AccoladeApril 17, 2024Professor Kevin Finch’s “Wes Bound” Documentary Garners Prestigious Recognition

The film claimed silver at the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards Festival Gala on April 16.

Faculty AccoladeApril 11, 2024Bright Frimpong Co-Authors Journal Article on Crowdfunding

The first-year business administration professor authored the paper with the members of his doctoral dissertation committee.

Faculty FocusApril 2, 2024Professor Kish Parella on Why Executives Should Care about International Law

In an article for the Columbia Law School Blue Sky blog, Parella explores the ways in which corporate stakeholders influence corporate actors.

Faculty AccoladeApril 1, 2024Erin Hughes ’21 Earns Prestigious Coaching Recognition

The third-year assistant women's basketball coach was named to the WBCA Thirty Under 30 List.

Faculty AccoladeMarch 25, 2024Two Williams School Faculty Members Co-Author Journal Article

Bright Frimpong and Keri Larson teamed with two others to produce a paper on crowdfunding that was featured in the Journal of Business Venturing Insights.

Faculty AccoladeMarch 19, 2024Anthropology Professor Publishes Essay in Online Publication

Hafsa Oubou’s essay “Churches Can, Mosques Can’t” appears in the January edition of Canopy Forum.

Faculty AccoladeMarch 15, 2024Scott Boylan to Receive Award from the American Accounting Association

The professor of accounting will receive the 2023 Accounting Historians Journal Award at the organization’s annual meeting in August.

Faculty AccoladeMarch 14, 2024W&L English Professor Publishes New Book

Holly Pickett’s book explores the stories of several serial converts in early modern England.

Faculty AccoladeMarch 12, 2024W&L’s Leslie Frederick to Present at the 2024 AACSB Assessment and AoL Conference in New York City

Frederick will serve as co-presenter for a session that demonstrates the beneficial uses of technology in the curriculum mapping process.

Faculty FocusMarch 11, 2024Sarah Haan Publishes “Voting Rights in Corporate Governance” in the Southern California Law Review

The article looks at current instability involving corporate shareholder voting rights, examining it through a historical lens.

Faculty FocusMarch 11, 2024Karen Woody Publishes “Corporate Crime and Cooperation” in The Business Lawyer

The article outlines the historical underpinnings of corporate cooperation, and expands upon the literature considering the structural, constitutional, and normative issues with corporate cooperation.

Faculty FocusMarch 7, 2024Professor Sarah Haan on the False Narrative of Shareholder Passivity

In an article for the ECGI blog, Haan challenges a central assumption of early 20th century corporate law.

Faculty AccoladeMarch 7, 2024W&L Music Professor Elected President of the College Orchestra Directors Association

Chris Dobbins officially assumed the position at the organization’s 2024 conference last month.

Faculty AccoladeFebruary 28, 2024W&L Arabic Professor Publishes Paper in International Peer-Reviewed University Journal

Anthony Edwards’ article focuses on the 19th-century Orientalist Gregory M. Wortabet.

Faculty AccoladeFebruary 28, 2024Alicia Reigel Published in the Journal Communications Biology

The first-year biology professor co-authored a paper titled “Sponge-derived matter is assimilated by coral holobionts.”

Faculty FocusFebruary 23, 2024Brandon Hasbrouck Publishes “1983” in the Columbia Law Review

The article takes the form of a fictional narrative evoking George Orwell's classic novel to examine flaws in the legal system.

Faculty AccoladeFebruary 16, 2024Kami Gardner Named Old Dominion Athletic Conference Men’s and Women’s Swimming Coach of the Year

Generals’ mentor garners top conference honor after leading both sports to conference titles.

AccoladesFebruary 14, 2024German Law Journal Tops Ranking of International and European Law Journals

The pioneering online and open-access journal sees its impact in recent top ranking from Google Scholar.

Faculty FocusFebruary 14, 2024Karen Woody and Mark Drumbl Recognized with Lewis Prize for Excellence in Scholarship

Woody, a corporate law scholar, and Drumbl, an expert in international law, were recognized for their outstanding scholarly work.

Faculty FocusFebruary 2, 2024Chris Seaman Publishes “Beyond Trade Secrecy” in the Yale Law Journal

The article examines confidentiality agreements that operate to prevent employees from accepting new positions under threat of breach of contract.

Faculty FocusFebruary 2, 2024Brandon Hasbrouck Publishes Book Review in Harvard Law Review

Hasbrouck reviewed "Shielded: How the Police Became Untouchable" by Joanna Schwartz.

Faculty FocusFebruary 2, 2024Sarah Haan Publishes Article in Seattle Law Review

The article, "Delegated Corporate Voting and the Deliberative Franchise," examines a shift in the shareholder voting process that could impact wealth maximization.

Faculty FocusFebruary 1, 2024Karen Woody Joins SEC Historical Society Board of Advisors

Woody is among 13 new members to join the Board and will serve a three-year term.

Faculty AccoladeFebruary 1, 2024Professor Nneka Dennie to Discuss Her Recent Book on Black Newspaper Editor Mary Ann Shadd Cary

The assistant professor of history will hold her talk on Feb. 7 at noon in the Harte Center Gallery.

Faculty AccoladeJanuary 31, 2024Mathematics Professor Elizabeth Denne Featured in Quanta Magazine Article

The article focuses on the geology and topology behind optimal shapes.

Faculty AccoladeJanuary 25, 2024Professor Kevin Finch’s Documentary Set for Wide Release on American Public Television

‘Wes Bound: The Genius of Wes Montgomery’ will begin airing nationwide Feb. 1.

Faculty AccoladeJanuary 23, 2024Wan-Chuan Kao Hosts Virtual Book Launch Event

‘White before whiteness in the late Middle Ages’ will launch via Zoom on Jan. 25 from 5-6:30 p.m.

Faculty AccoladeJanuary 22, 2024W&L’s Jon Erickson Part of Coalition that Receives Major Medical Research Grant

The engineering professor will perform research related to gastrointestinal motility over the next three years in New Zealand.

Faculty AccoladeJanuary 18, 2024W&L’s Julie Kane Earns Prestigious Book Review Award

Professor and collection strategist named a Library Journal Reviewer of the Year 2023.

Faculty AccoladeJanuary 18, 2024Professor Justin Davis Published in the Journal of Financial Reporting and Accounting

The second-year faculty member co-authored a paper analyzing the effect of CEO age on financial reporting quality and clawback provisions.