Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Mackenzie Brooks
Associate Professor and Digital Humanities Librarian
- Leyburn 218
- Email: brooksm@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8659
Mary Abdoney
Associate Professor, Research and Instruction Coordinator
- Telford A302A
- Email: abdoneym@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8647
Abdoney teaches courses on web user experience in action and digital culture. She also works in and manages the Telford Science Library.
Sarah Horowitz
Professor of History
- Newcomb Hall 306
- Email: horowitzs@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8773
Horowitz teaches courses on modern European history and specializes in French history and the history of gender in Europe. She is writing a book on the politics of gender and sexuality in the Steinheil Affair of 1908-1909.
Paula Kiser
Associate Professor and Digital Scholarship Librarian
- Leyburn Library 216
- Email: kiserp@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8657
Affiliated Faculty
Jonathan Eastwood
William P. Ames, Jr. Professor of Sociology
- Newcomb Hall 104
- Email: eastwoodj@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8777
Professor Eastwood is a social theorist who also has a strong interest in quantitative methods. He teaches seminars on classical and contemporary theory as well as a series of courses that train students how to use quantitative and computational tools to answer sociological questions.
Julie Kane
Professor, Collection Strategies Librarian
- Telford A302B
- Email: kanej@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8662
Beth A. Staples
Associate Professor of English and Editor, Shenandoah
- Payne Hall 304
- Email: bstaples@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8761
Staples teaches courses in creative writing, editing and publishing. She is also the editor of W&L’s literary magazine, Shenandoah.
Elizabeth Teaff
Associate Professor, Associate University Librarian for Access and Discovery
- Leyburn Library M32
- Email: teaffe@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8645
Teaff is an associate professor of Digital Culture and Information, and Associate University Librarian for Access and Discovery in the James G. Leyburn Library.