Chancellor
Vice Chancellor and President
Provost
Associate Provost for Information Technology
Vice President for University Relations
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Dean, School of Theology
Dean of Students
University Counsel
Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Special Projects
Vice President for Business and Community Relations
University Chaplain
University Librarian
B.S., University of Tennessee; M.F., Yale University; D.F., Duke University
Professor of Forestry, Emeritus
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Professor of Theatre Arts, Emeritus
B.A., University of the South; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Classical Languages, Emeritus
B.A., New York University; B.D., S.T.M., Union Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor of Religion, Emeritus
B.A., The University of the South; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Jesse Spalding Professor of English, Emeritus
A.B., Brown University; M.S., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Gaston S. Bruton Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Florida State University
Francis S. Houghteling Professor of American History, Emeritus
B.S., M.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Professor of Economics, Emeritus
A.B., University of North Carolina; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
William Henderson Professor of Biology, Emeritus
B.S., New York University; Ph.D., Cornell University
Professor of Economics, Emeritus
A.B., Oberlin College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Rochester
F.B. Williams Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus
B.A., The University of the South; B.D., Seabury-Western Theological Seminary; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., Duke University
Professor of History, Emeritus
B.A., D.Litt., Hampden-Sydney College; M.A., D.C.L., The University of the South; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Professor of Political Science, Emeritus
B.A., University of Mississippi; M.A., Harvard University; M.A., Vanderbilt University
Professor of German, Emeritus
B.S., Oglethorpe University; M.S., Vanderbilt University
Professor of Physics, Emeritus, and
Associate Director of the Observatory
A.B., DePauw University; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University
William R. Kenan Professor of Psychology, Emeritus
B.M., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Rochester
Professor of Music, Emerita, and Director of the Sewanee Summer Music Center, Emerita
B.A., University of Chattanooga; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Spanish and French, Emerita
B.S., The University of the South; M.S., M.A., Ph.D., Yale University
Gaston S. Bruton Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
B.A., Elon College; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Biology, Emeritus
B.A., George Peabody College for Teachers; M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., Tulane University
Jesse Spalding Professor of English Literature, Emeritus
B.Mus., St. Olaf College; D.Mus., Florida State University
Professor of Music, Emeritus
B.A., Howard College; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Frank W. Wilson Professor of Political Economy, Emeritus
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.F., D.For., Yale University
Annie B. Snowden Professor of Forestry, Emeritus
A.B., University of North Carolina; S.T.B., The General Theological Seminary; M.A., University of Oxford; Ph.D., University of Exeter
Professor of Religion, Emeritus
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
William R. Kenan Professor of Biology, Emeritus
Years indicate beginning date of faculty.
B.S., Western Michigan University; M.S., University of Tennessee
Instructor in Physical Education and Director of Physical Education
B.S., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University
Professor of Mathematics
B.A., University of Cincinnati, M.A., Johns Hopkins University
Visiting Instructor of English
B.A., The University of the South; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor of English
B.S., Bradley University; M.F.A., North Carolina School of the Arts
Associate Professor of Theatre Arts
A.B., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., The University of the South; A.M., The University of Chicago Divinity School
Visiting Instructor of Religion
B.A., M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of English
B.A., University of California, Davis; M.A., George Washington University
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
B.S., M.S., University of Bridgeport; Ph.D., University of Illinois
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.A., M.S., University of Idaho; Ph.D., Stanford University
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland
Professor of Spanish
B.A., The Johns Hopkins University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Professor of Classical Languages
B.S., Davidson College; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University
Professor of Chemistry
B.A., The University of the South; Ph.D., University of Texas
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., The University of the South; M.A. Columbia University
Instructor in Art History
B.A., Whittier College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Biehl Professor of International Studies
B.A., Emory University, M.A., Florida State University, Ph.D., University of Virginia
Assistant Professor of Religion
B.A., DePauw University; B.D., Yale University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Associate Professor of Religion
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A., Catholic University of America; Ph.D., Ohio University
Professor of Art
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of English
B.S., Southern Methodist University; M.S., University of Wyoming; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., Santa Clara University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., St. John's College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Languages
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Queens College, City University of New York; M.F.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Associate Professor of Art History
B.S., William Smith College
Lecturer in Computer Science and Director of Personnel
B.A., Yale College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Professor of English
B.A., University of the South; D.Phil., University of Oxford
Visiting Professor of Physics and Brown Foundation Fellow
B.A., Southern Connecticut State University; M.A., James Madison University; Ph.D., West Virginia University
Assistant Professor in Psychology
B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., Syracuse University
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., University of Iowa; Ed.M., The Johns Hopkins University; M.F.A., University of Tennessee
Instructor in Theatre
B.A., M.A., Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Adjunct Professor of English and Editor of The Sewanee Review
B.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Mathematics and Provost
A.B., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Biology
B.A., LaSalle College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Professor of German
B.M., M.M., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; D.Mus., Northwestern University
Professor of Music and University Organist
B.A., Cuttington College; M.A., Ph.D., The American University
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Associate Professor of Chemistry and Physics and Director of the Observatory
B.A., Wheaton College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University
Professor of Physics
B.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., Duke University
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., B.S., Tennessee Technological University; M.A.T., University of North Carolina
Instructor in Spanish and Director of the Language Laboratory
B.A., Boston College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Professor of History
B.A., University of Maryland, M.Div., Yale University Divinity School, M.A., Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Instructor of Religion
B.A., Emory University; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University
Professor of Philosophy
B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Professor of History
A.B., Davidson College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Economics
A.B., Davidson College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Associate Professor of English
B.A., West Virginia University; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Instructor in Mathematics
A.B., Pennsylvania State University; M.A. University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology
B.S., Manhattan College; M.S., Ph.D., Syracuse University
Tom Costen Professor of Physics
B.A., University of Oxford; Ph.D., Cornell University
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., San Jose State University ;M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Associate Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Vanderbilt University
Lecturer in Economics
B.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.A., Brown University; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Assistant Professor of Spanish
A.B., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Professor of Economics
B.S., Wofford College; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Biology and Associate Dean of the College and Director of Foreign Studies
B.S., Universidad Autónoma del Caribe; M.A., Middle Tennessee State University
Visiting Instructor in Spanish
Instructor of Japanese
Lecturer in Music
B.A., Baldwin-Wallace College; Ph.D., Ohio State University
Dean of the College and Professor of Political Science
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Professor of Psychology
B.A., Keio University
Instructor in Japanese
B.A., The University of the South; Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Professor of Chemistry
A.B., Bates College; A.M., New York University; Ph.D., Yale University
David E. Underdown Professor of European History
B.A., The University of the South; M.S. Vanderbilt University; Ph.D., University of Texas
Associate Professor of Geology
B.S., University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point; Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Spring Hill College; M.S., Texas A and M University; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Assistant Professor of Forestry and Geology
A.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Professor of Theatre Arts
B.S., University of Georgia; M.Ed., M.S., University of South Alabama; M.S., Ph.D., Tulane University
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
B.A., University of Kansas; M.A., Northwestern University
Instructor in Music
B.S., Oglethorpe University; M.S., Vanderbilt University
Professor of Physics, Emeritus, and Associate Director of the Observatory
B.S., Antioch College; Ph.D., Stanford University
F. B. Williams Professor of Chemistry
B.A., University of Tennessee; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Professor of Russian
B.A., Goucher College; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Associate Professor of English
Diploma, Bournemouth College of Art; M.A., Glasgow School of Art
Associate Professor of Art
B.A., University of California, Irvine; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Assistant Professor of Art History
B.S., Grove City College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Adjunct Professor of Anthropology
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of French
B.A., University of the Sacred Heart; M.L.A., Pontifical Catholic University of Peru; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Assistant Professor of History
B.S., M.S., East Tennessee State University, Ph.D., Clemson University
Assistant Professor in Biology
B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.S., Ph.D., University of Florida
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Forestry
B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., The University of the South; B.A., University of Oxford; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., University of Kansas; M.A., University of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., St. John's College; Ph.D., Yale University
Assistant Professor of French
B.A., M.A., Karachi University; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Professor of Economics
B.S., Florida Institute of Technology, Ph.D., University of Kentucky
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
A.B., Harvard College
Instructor in English
Bachiller, University of Seville; M.A., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of Florida
Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
William R. Kenan Professor of Spanish
Diploma and D.Phil., University of Bamberg, Germany
Visiting Assistant Professor of German
B.A., Vassar College, M.Div., Yale University, M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Instructor of English and Tennessee Williams Fellow in Creative Writing
B.A., The College of William and Mary; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Biehl Professor of International Studies
B.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Professor of Biology
B.A., St. Mary's University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., University of Oxford; M.Div., Episcopal Divinity School; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor of History
B.A., Birmingham-Southern College; M.A., Southern Methodist University
Lecturer in Theatre Arts
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Associate Professor of Political Science and Dean of Students
B.Mus., Oberlin College, M.Phil., Yale University
Visiting Instructor in Music
A.B., Davidson College; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor of History
A.B., Kenyon College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Northern Illinois University; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Professor of Physics
A.B., Hamilton College; M.A., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.F.A., Florida State University
Lecturer in Theatre Arts
C.A.P., Universidad de Salmanca; M.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Instructor of Spanish
A.B., Davidson College; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Duke University
Professor of French
B.A., The University of the South; M.F.A., The University of Georgia
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., University of Detroit; Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Assistant Professor of Psychology and Assistant Director of University Counseling Service
B.A., Williams College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Professor of Geology and Director of the Sewanee Summer Seminar
B.A., Arizona State University; M.A., University of Arizona; Ph.D., University of Washington
Assistant Professor of Russian
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Professor of Mathematics
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University
Carlton Professor of English and Director of the Sewanee Writers' Conference
B.A., The College of William and Mary; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University
Assistant Professor of French
B.A., University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., University of Florida, M.A., University of Edinburgh, Scotland, Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.M. University of Houston; M.M. University of Tennessee
Lecturer in Music
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Professor of English and Director of Summer School
A.B., Harvard College; M.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Princeton University
Nick B. Williams Professor of English
B.A., Southwestern at Memphis; M.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Middlebury College
Instructor in Italian
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Cambridge
Associate Professor of History and Director of the Sewanee Mediaeval Colloquium
B.A., Mars Hill College; M.A., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Assistant Professor of History
B.S., University of Kentucky; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina
Professor of Mathematics
A.B., Harvard College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Assistant Professor of French
B.M., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; M.M., Northwestern University
Instructor in Music
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Ralph Owen Distinguished Professor of Economics
Licence ès lettres, Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures, University of Caen; Agrégation de l'Université, University of Paris-Sorbonne
Professor of French
B.A., The University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Florida State University
Professor of Classical Languages
B.S., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Associate Professor of Geology
B.S., University of Washington; Ph.D, University of Washington
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A., The College of William and Mary; M.M., University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Professor of Music
B.S., M.S., Michigan State University; Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Lecturer in Forestry
B.S., Colorado State University; M.Sc., Ph.D., University of Florida
Assistant Professor of Forestry and Geology
B.A., University of Richmond; B.D., Ph.D., Duke University
Professor of Religion and Marshal of the University Faculties
A.B., College of the Holy Cross; M.A., M.F.A., Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University
Professor of Theatre Arts
Diploma de Estudios Hispánicos, Universidad de Granada; A.B., University of Illinois at Chicago Circle; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Professor of Spanish
M.S., Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires
Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S., Michigan Technological University; M.S., North Carolina State University; Ph.D., University of Georgia
Assistant Professor of Forestry
B.A., Temple University; M.A., University of Illinois, Springfield; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Director of Teacher Education
A.B., Hamilton College; M.A., The Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Duke University; M.A., The Johns Hopkins University
Instructor in Political Science
B.A., Emory University; M.F.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Visiting Professor of Music
B.A., University of the South, Ph.D, Northwestern University
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Tulane University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor of History and Vice Chancellor
B.A., Baylor University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Staatsexamen, University of Hamburg; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Professor of German
Established in 1898 in memory of Charles Quintard, bishop of Tennessee and vice chancellor of the university, by the students in the School of Theology.
Mr. Frank B. Williams, of New Orleans, in 1922, gave funds for the purpose of endowing the chair of chemistry in the university.
Established in 1923 in recognition of the services and generous benefactions of Dr. Cleveland Keith Benedict, dean of the School of Theology, and his wife, Olivia Proctor Benedict, by the University Board of Regents.
Mrs. James L. Houghteling, in 1923, began endowment of a chair in American history in memory of her son, an alumnus of the university and at one time instructor in history in the college.
In 1928, Mrs. Hugh McK. Landon of Indianapolis, Indiana endowed a chair of English in memory of her father, a devoted churchman of Chicago.
In 1928, Mr. John Bayard Snowden of Memphis, Tennessee, an alumnus of the university, endowed a chair of forestry as a memorial to his mother.
A portion of the estate of Miss Sarah F. Henderson of New Orleans came to the university in 1951 to establish the William Henderson professorship in memory of her brother.
The Brown Foundation Tutorial Fellowship was established in 1971 by a gift from the Brown Foundation of Houston, Texas. An endowed fund enables the university to appoint distinguished scholars to teach for a limited period of time in one of the disciplines represented in the College of Arts and Sciences.
The J.D. Kennedy Professorship of Economics was given in 1978 by James Drake and Jessie McKenzie Kennedy in recognition of their commitment to the principle of free enterprise.
Without specifying the field of study, the trustees of Kenan Charitable Trust of North Carolina endowed this chair in 1980 to recognize excellence in teaching and scholarship.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation of Chicago established a professorship in 1981 to assist in bringing new and promising faculty members to the college in any academic field.
The Brown Foundation of Houston, Texas, established the Alfred Walter Negley Chair in Political Science in 1982 in honor of the late Mr. Negley, a graduate of the Sewanee Military Academy, who had been active in civic and political affairs in Texas.
Established by the Tonya Memorial Foundation of Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1985, this chair honors the memory of Frank W. Wilson who served as Federal District Judge of the Eastern District of Tennessee until his death in 1982.
To honor the twelfth chancellor of the university and fourth Bishop of Florida, the Jessie Ball duPont Religious, Charitable, and Educational Fund endowed the Juhan chair in 1985.
Commemorating her husband's career in business and active life in the church, Mrs. Ralph Owen and her family established this professorship honoring Ralph "Peck" Owen, Nashville, Tennessee, in 1985.
This chair was established in 1988 by Mr. Ogden D. Carlton II "to enable the university to take advantage of special opportunities to strengthen the college's academic programs by attracting scholars and teachers of distinction to the university." The appointment may be in any discipline taught in the college.
The Nick B. Williams Professorship in English was established in 1989 by the Harry and Grace Steele Foundation of California to honor Mr. Nick B. Williams, a distinguished journalist who was an alumnus of the college in the class of 1926.
The Gaston Swindell Bruton Chair in Mathematics was established in 1989 by friends and former students of Dr. Bruton to recognize his longtime service to the university as professor and administrator.
This chair was established in 1991 by Gerald L. DeBlois in honor of Professor David Edward Underdown who taught in the Department of History from 1953-62.
Two chairs in international studies were established by the Biehl family in 1993 to commemorate the distinguished career of Carl Gustav Biehl, Jr., a noted international businessman.
This chair, established in 1994 by an anonymous donor, honors U.S. Navy Lt. William T. "Tom" Costen who was shot down in the early hours of the Gulf War in January 1991. A St. Louis native, Costen graduated in 1985, with a bachelor's degree in Physics.
The mission of the university is set forth in the following statements adopted by the University Board of Trustees on May 7, 1993: "The University of the South, an institution of the Episcopal Church, exists for education in such disciplines as will increase knowledge, understanding, and wisdom, pursued in close community and in full freedom of inquiry, and enlightened by Christian faith, to the end that students may be prepared to search for truth, to seek justice for all, to preserve liberty under law, and to love and serve God and humanity."
"The purpose of the College of Arts and Sciences of the University of the South is to develop the whole person through a liberal arts education of high quality. Sewanee is committed to the college of liberal arts as a distinct unit in the educational system of our country. The college's aims include training in personal initiative, in social consciousness, in aesthetic perception, in intellectual curiosity and integrity, and in methods of scientific inquiry. It endeavors to achieve these objectives with excellence in the context of a small college with a faculty of character and distinction maintaining close personal contact with a carefully selected group of students."
"The purpose of the School of Theology is to provide for the Church a committed leadership both clergy and lay which is both informed by the Word of God and skilled in the theological disciplines. It seeks to offer an education in which the student's experience is confronted by the revealed presence of God in Christ both in terms of the church's heritage and of life within a Christian community. It is our intention that a Christian meaning will be formed that will constitute a source of strength and stability for a flexible ministry to the individual and to the world which is both prophetic in its witness and redemptive in its purpose."