WASHINGTON & LEE - Key Persons
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- Lawrence Term Associate Professor of Finance
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- Assistant Professor of Economics
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- Visiting Assistant Professor of Business Administration
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- Instructor of Chemistry / Supervisor of Labs
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- Assistant Professor of Politics
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- Administrative Assistant
- Administrative Assistant / Science
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- Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
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- Emeritus
- Emeritus Professor of Economics
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- Assistant Professor of Economics
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- Assistant Director of International
Cindy Irby, assistant director of international education and study abroad advisor at W&L, says her experience as a member of Up with People - which included participation in a Super Bowl halftime show - helps to inspire her as she makes study abroad opportunities possible for W&L students.
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- Emeritus Professor of Politics
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- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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- Professor of Business Administration
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- Representative
- Junior Class Representative
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- Associate Dean
- Associate Dean of the Williams School and Lewis Whitaker Adams Professor in Commerce
- Lewis Whitaker Adams Professor of Accounting and Department Chair
- Professor
Elizabeth Goad Oliver, the Lewis Whitaker Adams Professor of Accounting and Department Chair, joined the W&L faculty in July 1991. She teaches classes in accounting research and corporate social responsibility, and she runs the Washington and Lee London Internship Program. As one of two faculty advisors to Washington and Lee Student Consulting, she helps oversee the group's pro bono work with small businesses and not-for-profit organizations. She served as Associate Dean of the Williams School before becoming Accounting Department Head.
Her current research focuses on positive psychology and performance evaluation as well as corporate social responsibility and sustainability. Formerly, she examined the influence of culture on pension and welfare benefits. She is a member of the editorial board of Business Horizons.
Active in the American Accounting Association, she currently serves as the Vice President for Leadership Development for the Accounting Program Leadership Group (APLG). Along with a colleague from the Federation of Schools of Accountancy (FSA), she directed programming for the annual APLG/FSA Joint Seminar in 2016 and 2017. She has also served as Secretary/Treasurer of the Financial Accounting and Reporting Section, has been a member of numerous AAA committees, including the Finance Committee, and has served as chair of the Membership Advisory Committee. She also spent a year with Arthur Andersen's Northern Virginia office as a Faculty Fellow.
Education
Ph.D., Texas A&M University (1992)
M.S. in Accounting, University of Virginia (1986)
M.A. in English, University of Kansas, (1974)
A.B., Mary Baldwin College (1972)
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- Bentley Professor of Chemistry / Science
- Department Head
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- Assistant Professor of Chemistry
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- Associate
- Associate Professor of Chemistry
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- Mamie Fox Twyman Fox Martel Professor of Finance
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- General Services Lead
- Human Resources / Information Technology Services
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- Executive Assistant to the Dean of the Williams School
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- Associate Director of Museums, Is Helping Develop, Coordinate and Execute the Strategic Plan for the Museums of W & L.
Isra El-Beshir, associate director of museums, is helping develop, coordinate and execute the strategic plan for the Museums of W&L.
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- Emeritus
- Emeritus Adjunct Professor of Accounting
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- Visiting Professor of Accounting
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- Representative
- Senior Class Representative
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- Representative
- Junior Class Representative
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- Member of the Executive Committee
- President
- EC President
- Executive Committee of the Student Body President
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- Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry / Science
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- Professor of Economics and Professor of Environmental Studies
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- Emeritus Professor of Economics
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- Administrative Assistant II in Accounting and Politics
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- Business Administration and Affiliated Law Faculty
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- Associate Professor of Economics
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- Senior Director of Development / Development
Kenny Melvin
Senior Director of Development
Development Building
804.307.0401
kjmelvin@wlu.edu
Geographic Territory: New York City, New York State, Northern New Jersey, Connecticut. Staff liaison to the Williams School.
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- Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry
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- Dean Emeritus and Professor of Economics
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- Director of Experiential Programming
- Director of Experiential Programming for the Williams School
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- Professor of Management, Emeritus
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- Williams School Senior Program Coordinator
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- Professor of Economics and Head of the Economics Department
Linda M. Hooks
Professor of Economics and Head of the Economics Department
on leave 2021-22 Academic Year
Huntley 303
540.458.8621
hooksl@wlu.edu
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- Assistant Professor of Business Administration
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- Emeritus Professor of Accounting
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- Visiting Assistant Professor
- Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
Lynn Uzzell is a visiting assistant professor of politics at Washington and Lee University.
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- Assistant Professor of Economics
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- Director of International Education and Stanley D. and Nikki Waxberg Professor of Politics and Law / Ruscio Center for Global Learning
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- Associate Professor of Economics
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- Associate Professor of Chemistry
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- Assistant Professor of Economics
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- Administrative Assistant to Business Administration Faculty
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- Administrative Assistant to Economics Faculty
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- Emeritus Professor of Chemistry
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- Visiting Professor of Business Administration
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- Senior Chemistry Technical Manager, CHO, RSO / Science
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- Dean
- Crawford Family Dean of the Williams School and Professor of Business Administration
- Family Dean of the Williams School and Professor of Business Administration
Rob Straughan serves as the Crawford Family Dean of the Williams School of Commerce, Economics, and Politics. He joined the Williams School faculty in 2000 as a member of the Business Administration Department, having taught previously at both Baylor University and the University of Houston. His teaching interests center on marketing strategy, international marketing, and socially responsible business. His work with students has been recognized in numerous ways, and he has been invited to speak at various conferences about his approach to integrating business and the liberal arts. Prior to entering academia, Dean Straughan worked briefly for Shell Oil's Refining and Marketing Division.
Dean Straughan has published more than a dozen journal articles and book chapters on sustainable business, cross-cultural issues in retailing, cross-cultural advertising, and cross-cultural consumer response, as well as a variety of issues related to marketing and business education. His work has appeared in International Marketing Review, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Marketing Education, and Marketing Education Review, among others. He has also presented dozens of studies at conferences sponsored by the American Marketing Association, Academy of Marketing Science, Society for Marketing Advances, and other national and international professional associations.
Prior to becoming dean in 2015, Dean Straughan served as associate dean of the Williams School for 12 years. In his administrative roles, he has played a central role in several AACSB accreditation reviews of the Williams School and SACS accreditation reviews of W&L. He has also been involved in significant facility upgrades, including the complete renovation of Holekamp Hall. Dean Straughan has worked with faculty to launch and support a variety of new curricular and co-curricular initiatives and to develop partnerships with international study abroad programs and graduate programs. He has also served as an external reviewer for business and economics programs at several other colleges and universities.
Education
Ph.D. in marketing, University of Houston (1995)
M.B.A. with a concentration in marketing, University of Houston (1990)
B.B.A. with majors in marketing and management, Baylor University (1987)
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- President of Washington College
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- Professor of Business Administration
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- William Lyne Wilson Professor in Political Economy
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- Emeritus
- Emeritus Professor of Business Administration
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- Representative
- Senior Class Representative
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- Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
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- Emeritus Associate Professor of Business Administration
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- Associate Professor of Politics
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- Associate Professor of Economics
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- Professor of Chemistry / Science
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- Associate Professor of Politics
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- Communications and Programs Associate
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- Postdoctoral Fellow in Economics
Timothy M. Diette
Senior Advisor to the President for Strategic Analysis
Professor of Economics
Washington Hall 205
540.458.8220
diettet@wlu.edu
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- Visiting Assistant Professor of Finance
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- Emeritus
- Emeritus Professor of Politics
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- William Lyne Wilson Professor in Political Economy
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- Technology Integration Specialist
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- Assistant Professor of Politics