She encourages her students to not just read the text, but to experience it – and talks of ways to bring Shakespeare “to its feet.” With her own research extending beyond the English department and ...

The Bonner Program is a unique leadership development program for students with an interest in service and social responsibility. The Bonner Program is offered through W&L’s Shepherd Department which ...

History examines the past through various lenses — social, political and intellectual; textual and material — enriching us as individuals and preparing us to engage the complexities and ambiguities of ...

The Program in Environmental Studies, leading to either a BA or a minor, teaches students to develop an interdisciplinary understanding of the relationship between humans and the environment. It ...

The biological sciences play a key role in human society from the conservation of biodiversity to medicine. The Department of Biology strives to cultivate an exciting academic environment to study, ...

The Jim Stump Prize in German honors a devoted alumnus of the Class of 1953. It is awarded annually, at the discretion of the Department of German and Russian, to an undergraduate of exceptional ...

Patch teaches courses on modern Europe, Germany history and international relations. His research focuses on the Weimar Republic, the German Federal Republic and Christian social movements. Christian ...

Myers teaches courses on the American Civil War, war and society, the U.S. South, and public history. His research interests are irregular warfare, soldiers and atrocity, and political dissent. Rebels ...

Senechal taught courses on the American gilded age, the history of violence in America, the history of women in America, and a seminar on modern terrorism. Her research focuses on social history, ...