
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.
Jeff Barry
Lecturer of Data Science
- Washington Hall 116
- Email: barryj@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8641
Barry teaches courses listed under digital culture and information, journalism and writing. His research interests include digital storytelling, the evolution of literary magazines and social network analysis.
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
Assistant Professor and Digital Scholarship Librarian
- Leyburn Library 216
- Email: kiserp@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8657
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.
Affiliated Faculty
Jonathan Eastwood
Department Head, Sociology and Anthropology; 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
Assistant 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.
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