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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.

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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.

AccoladesJanuary 9, 2024Melanie Wilson Assumes AALS Presidency, Named to List of Most Influential in Legal Education

Wilson appears at number 14 on the list as she begins her presidency of the Association of American Law Schools.

Faculty FocusJanuary 8, 2024Professor Kish Parella Publishes “Corporate Foreign Policy in War” in the Boston College Law Review

The article examines how corporations are affecting foreign policy by using economic means to reward or punish countries involved in conflict.

Faculty AccoladeJanuary 8, 2024W&L Professor Quoted in Wall Street Journal Article

Politics professor Clyde Wang offers perspective on government intervention to combat declining birth rates in China.

Faculty AccoladeJanuary 4, 2024W&L Visiting Math Professor Receives $10,000 Grant from Second Nature

Kumudu Gamage will use the funds for professional development and summer research.

Faculty AccoladesDecember 13, 2023W&L Art History Professor Selected as Vice President of the International Society for the Study of Surrealism

Elliott King was elected to the position at the organization’s 2023 conference.

Faculty AccoladeDecember 12, 2023Nicholas Barber Published in the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

First-year earth and environmental science professor co-authored a paper titled “Monogenetic volcanoes as windows into transcrustal mush.”

Faculty AccoladeDecember 8, 2023W&L Arabic Professor Publishes Paper in International Peer-Reviewed Journal

Anthony Edwards illustrates his case study that focuses on Khalīl al-Khūrī, a central figure of the Nahḍa.

Faculty AccoladeDecember 6, 2023W&L’s Greer Featured in bioGraphic Magazine Article about the Coral Gardens Reef

Professor Lisa Greer has been taking students to Belize since 2011 to study the thriving reef corals located there.

Faculty AccoladeDecember 5, 2023W&L French Professor Publishes New Book

Mohamed Kamara’s book titled “Colonial Legacies in Francophone African Literature” hits bookshelves Dec. 15.

Faculty AccoladeDecember 5, 2023W&L’s Elizabeth Denne Featured in New Yorker Article

The mathematics professor discusses the differences between various necktie knots.

Faculty AccoladeNovember 30, 2023W&L’s Rebecca Benefiel Cited in Smithsonian Magazine Article

The classics professor’s Ancient Graffiti Project digital resource was also mentioned in the article that focuses on ancient graffiti works.

Faculty AccoladeNovember 28, 2023W&L’s Seth Michelson Quoted in NPR Segment About a Film Documentary

The Spanish professor appears as a faculty expert in the film that debuted at the Virginia Film Festival last month.

Faculty FocusNovember 27, 2023W&L Law’s Trammell Publishes Article in the Columbia Law Review

Professor Alan Trammell published "The False Promise of Jurisdiction Stripping."

Faculty AccoladeNovember 27, 2023W&L Journalism Professor Featured in Online Publication

Blue Marble published a conversation with Aly Colón about providing balanced coverage of a crisis.

Faculty AccoladeNovember 10, 2023W&L’s Justin Davis Published in the Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science

The second-year faculty member co-authored a paper analyzing the relation between institutional ownership and earnings management.

Faculty AccoladeNovember 8, 2023W&L’s Reigel Published in the Marine Ecology Progress Series Journal

First-year biology professor co-authored a paper titled “Microbiome environmental shifts differ between two co-occurring octocoral hosts.”

Faculty AccoladeOctober 30, 2023W&L Dance Professor Publishes New Book

Jenefer Davies authored “The Art of Dance Composition: Writing the Body,” an introduction to modern dance composition.

Faculty FocusOctober 25, 2023W&L Law’s Haan Publishes Article in the Seattle Law Review

Professor Sarah Haan published "Women in Shareholder Activism."

Faculty AccoladeOctober 23, 2023W&L Professor to Deliver Lecture at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond

Art Goldsmith will deliver the fall lecture for the Richmond Association of Business Economics and the Virginia Association of Economists on Oct. 27.

Faculty AccoladeOctober 23, 2023W&L’s Edwards Featured in the Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies

Arabic professor Anthony Edwards recently published a paper titled “Becoming the Muʿallim: how tradition and innovation made a Nahḍa icon.”

Faculty AccoladeOctober 19, 2023W&L Sociology Professor Publishes New Book

Krzysztof Jasiewicz authored “Roads to and from Democracy” from a collection of papers written over the course of 40 years.

Faculty FocusOctober 17, 2023W&L Law’s Hasbrouck Publishes Article in the UCLA Law Review

Professor Brandon Hasbrouck published "Democratizing Abolition."

Faculty AccoladeOctober 10, 2023W&L English Professor Published in The Hopkins Review

Lesley Wheeler’s essay “Ghost Tour” was featured in a guest-edited folio for the Summer 2023 issue.

Faculty AccoladesOctober 10, 2023Domnica Rădulescu’s Play “The Town with Very Nice People” Set for World Premiere in New York City

The professor has also published two literary works in recent months.

Faculty AccoladeSeptember 26, 2023W&L Professor Featured by Graywolf Press in 50th Anniversary Anthology

Leah Naomi Green’s essay on Kaveh Akbar’s poem “The Miracle” is anthologized in “Raised by Wolves.”

Faculty AccoladeSeptember 19, 2023W&L Professor Coordinates 42nd Annual National Association of Black Geoscientists Technical Conference

Karena Gill handles all aspects of the event slated to be held Sept. 27-30 in Washington, D.C.

Faculty AccoladeSeptember 14, 2023W&L Art Professor Completes VCCA Fellowship

Sandy de Lissovoy was one of 22 fellows to participate in the prestigious residency program at Mt. San Angelo.

Faculty AccoladeSeptember 8, 2023W&L Professor Receives Award from the American Accounting Association

Megan Hess collected the award at the AAA Annual Meeting in August.

Faculty AccoladeSeptember 7, 2023New Connolly Center Director Publishes Two Collaborative Works

Professor Jay Margalus co-authored pieces featured in bioRxiv and for the International Symposium on Academic Makerspaces.

Faculty AccoladeAugust 30, 2023W&L Professors Selected by the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) for their Summer Grants for Teaching Pedagogies

Denny Garvis and Zoila Ponce de León presented a two-day online workshop on applying adaptive and interactive learning practices in undergraduate statistics courses.

Faculty AccoladeAugust 22, 2023W&L Professor Receives Two-Year Grant from the USDA Forest Service to Perform Data Analysis and Modeling on Water Quality

Robert Humston will assess over 30 years of data collected by the U.S. Forest Service within the George Washington and Thomas Jefferson National Forests.

AccoladesAugust 18, 2023Sarah Haan to Deliver Lecture in Honor of Endowed Professorship

Haan’s talk “The Democratization of Shareholding: Power and Passivity in American Corporate and Political Governance” will be held on Sept. 5.

Faculty FocusAugust 7, 2023W&L Law’s Parella Publishes Article in the Cornell Law Review

Prof. Kish Parella published "International Law in the Boardroom."

Faculty AccoladeAugust 4, 2023W&L History Professor Barton Myers Featured in History Channel Series

Myers serves as a commentator for the series “Dark Marvels,” offering the history behind some of the world’s most diabolical inventions.

Faculty AccoladeAugust 1, 2023George Bent’s “Florence As It Was” Project Featured in Case Study and Documentary

Leica Geosystems followed Bent and his team of W&L students on a day spent mapping the city of Florence.

Faculty FocusJuly 28, 2023W&L Law’s Woody Publishes Article in the American University Law Review

Prof. Karen Woody published "Caremark's Butterfly Effect."

Faculty AccoladeJuly 20, 2023W&L Business Administration Professor’s Paper Selected as a Finalist for Best Paper Award

Pooja Thakur-Wernz presented her paper at the Academy of International Business Conference in Warsaw, Poland on July 9.

Faculty AccoladeJuly 13, 2023W&L’s Caleb Dance Awarded Prestigious Margo Tytus Visiting Fellowship

Classics professor will use the fellowship to research his project “Annotated Amores” at the University of Cincinnati this spring.

Faculty AccoladeJuly 6, 2023W&L Professor Quoted in Article About the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority

Megan Hess offers perspective on the importance of determining the scope of inventory shrinkage.

Faculty AccoladeJune 28, 2023W&L Art Professor to be Featured in Solo Exhibition in New York City

Emma Steinkraus’ exhibition “Princess Botticelli” opens June 29 at the 1969 Gallery in Tribeca

Faculty AccoladeJune 21, 2023W&L Professor Interviewed for NPR Marketplace Segment

Linda Hooks’ comments were featured regarding the stubborn phase of inflation cooling.

AccoladesJune 15, 2023Law Faculty Fellowships Announced 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 FocusJune 12, 2023W&L Law’s Fairfield Publishes Article in the William and Mary Law Review

Prof. Josh Fairfield published "Making Virtual Things."

AccoladesJune 12, 2023Law Faculty Appointed to Leadership Positions

Beth Belmont has been named Director of Experiential Education, and Brandon Hasbrouck will lead the Frances Lewis Law Center.

Faculty AccoladeJune 12, 2023W&L Professor Co-Authors Journal Article on Crowdfunding Performance in Countries With Geopolitical Risk

Justin Davis studied numerous Kickstarter campaigns and published the findings alongside three colleagues.

Faculty FocusJune 9, 2023W&L Law’s Boaz Publishes Article in the Georgetown Immigration Law Journal

Prof. Matt Boaz published "Speculative Immigration Policy."

Faculty AccoladeJune 6, 2023W&L Professor Leads Journalism Seminars on the Coverage of Religion

Aly Colón created and organized “Covering Faith and the Faithful” seminars for journalists in Los Angeles and New York City.

Faculty FocusJune 5, 2023W&L Law’s Miller Publishes Article in the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics

Prof. Russ Miller published "Pandemic as Transboundary Harm: Lessons from the Trail Smelter Arbitration."

Faculty AccoladeJune 1, 2023Maddie Coleman Earns Old Dominion Athletic Conference Women’s Lacrosse Coach of the Year Award

The first-year head coach led the Generals to their 13th straight conference title.

Faculty AccoladeJune 1, 2023Gene McCabe Named Old Dominion Athletic Conference Men’s Lacrosse Coach of the Year

Generals’ mentor garners the award for the third time after winning his fourth ODAC title.

Faculty AccoladeMay 30, 2023W&L Professor Receives Grant from the American Association of University Women

Mengying Liu will use the funds to research high-throughput crystallographic mapping in the United Kingdom.

AccoladesMay 25, 2023Chris Seaman Named Robert E.R. Huntley Professor of Law

Seaman joined the Washington and Lee Law faculty in 2012. His research and teaching interests include intellectual property, property, and election law and voting rights.

Faculty AccoladeMay 25, 2023Brandon Uhl Selected Old Dominion Athletic Conference Outdoor Men’s Track & Field Coach of the Year

Generals’ Head Coach garners the award for the third time across his 11 seasons.

Faculty AccoladeMay 23, 2023Washington and Lee University Receives Grant from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation

All funds will support W&L students with Professor George Bent’s digital humanities project “Florence As It Was.”

AccoladesMay 19, 2023W&L Law’s Trammell Selected to Present at Yale/Stanford/Harvard Junior Faculty Forum

Alan Trammell will present "The False Promise of Jurisdiction Stripping," which is forthcoming in the Columbia Law Review.

Faculty AccoladeMay 16, 2023W&L Professor Named President-Elect of the Virginia Association of Economists

Niels-Hugo Blunch was selected for the post at the organization’s annual meeting last month.

Faculty AccoladeMay 12, 2023W&L Professors and Students Co-Author Peer-Reviewed Paper on Web-Weaving Spiders

Professors Nadia Ayoub and Kyle Friend, and students Jamal Magoti ’23, Maria Luzaran ’23, Cooper Lazo ’24 and Eman Muamar ’24 all contributed to the paper that appeared in the open science platform Frontiers.

Faculty AccoladeMay 9, 2023Erin Ness Earns Old Dominion Athletic Conference Women’s Tennis Coach of the Year Award

Generals’ mentor garners the award for the second straight year and seventh time overall.

Faculty AccoladeMay 8, 2023W&L Politics Professor Publishes Chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Governance and Public Management for Social Policy

Zoila Ponce de León’s chapter is titled “Health Care and the Public-Private Mix in Mexico, Chile, and Peru” and appears in the Latin American section of the publication.

Faculty AccoladesMay 2, 2023A Pair of W&L Professors Awarded Grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities

Melissa Kerin and Barton Myers will each receive $6,000 to support their research projects.

Faculty AccoladeApril 28, 2023W&L Professor Receives the 2023 Portion of Multi-Year Grant from the U.S. Department of the Interior

Bill Hamilton will utilize the grant to fund his ongoing research on ecosystem health in Yellowstone National Park.

Faculty AccoladeApril 27, 2023W&L Journalism and Mass Communications Professor Selected for Prestigious Fellowship

Professor Dayo Abah will dive into leadership programming designed to support a transition into higher education leadership.

Faculty AccoladeApril 21, 2023W&L Education Studies Professor and Student Co-Author Journal Article

Professor Eric Moffa and Jake Winston ’24 penned the article which appeared in The Social Studies Journal.

Faculty AccoladeApril 17, 2023W&L Professor Publishes Book in English Translation with Full Annotations

Hongchu Fu offers a look into the Yuan Dynasty under Mongol Rule in “Three Yuan Plays by Yang Zi.”

Faculty AccoladeApril 11, 2023W&L Visiting Professor Featured in Orion Magazine

Leah Naomi Green’s essay titled “Mourning Songs Are Love Songs” was excerpted from the anthology “Solastalgia: An Anthology of Emotion in a Disappearing World.”

Faculty AccoladeApril 7, 2023W&L’s K. Avvirin Gray Awarded Jean Feldman Poetry Prize

Avvirin Gray, assistant professor of English at Washington and Lee University, is the winner of the 2023 Jean Feldman Poetry Prize.

Faculty AccoladeApril 4, 2023W&L Engineering Professor Publishes Articles in Two Renowned Journals

Jon Erickson’s papers are part of an ongoing research project studying non-invasive gastric mapping techniques.

AccoladesMarch 28, 2023W&L Law’s Bond Named Dean of Rutgers Law School

Johanna Bond, Sydney and Frances Lewis Professor of Law at W&L Law, has been named as the next Dean of Rutgers Law School. Bond will assume her role at Rutgers on July 3, 2023.

AccoladesMarch 27, 2023W&L Law Professor David Baluarte Awarded Fulbright to Develop Clinical Programs in Mexico

Baluarte will teach in the Refugee Law Clinic and assist in the development of clinical legal education more broadly at the Iberoamericana University.