Working closely with dedicated faculty members, students in this department hone their ability to think and read critically, reason persuasively, and write eloquently. Through exploring a constantly ...

Professor Todd Rutkowski received his bachelor’s degree in physics and mathematics from The College at Brockport, and he earned his doctorate in condensed matter physics from Binghamton University.

The faculty in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology has a combined interest in culture and society. Because the world in which we live is so diverse and interconnected, our mission is to ...

Literature in the English language encompasses writings from the Middle Ages to the present day. Written by English, American, Irish, Welsh, and Scottish authors, English literature is also produced ...

Education MFA in English (Fiction Writing) from Virginia Tech BA in Latin American Studies from Columbia University Teaching WRIT 100: Privilege, Otherness ENGL 203: Topics in Creative ...

Pickett teaches courses on Shakespeare, early modern drama and contemporary drama. Her research interests include religion and drama, history of the senses, and early modern religious identities and ...

Professor Lubin teaches courses on Asian religions and comparative study of religion and law. He researches Hindu religious history, law in ancient Asia, and texts and inscriptions in Sanskrit, ...

Jane Harrington Harrington teaches British Literature, creative writing and children’s literature. She has researched the Great Hunger of Ireland (folk narratives and history), 19th Century ...

The capstone project is the culminating experience in the major and the minor. It is intended to be an opportunity to apply the interests and skills you’ve developed in four years at W&L to complete ...

Education B.A., Amherst College M.A. in Classics, University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., Yale University Research History and fiction Novel and epic High culture and popular culture Teaching WRIT ...

Smout teaches courses on the literature of the American South, American West and business in American literature. His research interests include language and culture, writing instruction and the ...

Education Ph.D., UC Irvine Research British and transatlantic literature of the long eighteenth century Formations of race and gender in the early Atlantic world Comparative poetics The history of ...