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Erica Lord with group

Director 

Melissa R. Kerin

Melissa R. Kerin

Professor of Art History

Kerin teaches courses in South Asian and East Asian art and architecture. Her research focuses on the intricate and multifaceted relationships between art and identity formation, cultural memory and religious praxis.

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Mudd Postdoctoral Ethics Fellow 

Rachel Levit Ades

Mudd Center for Ethics Postdoctoral Fellow

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Senior Program Coordinator 

Kate Saacke

Kate Saacke

Senior Program Coordinator

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Advisory Board 

Christopher Brown

Christopher Brown

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

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Isra El-beshir

Isra El-beshir

Director of Art Museum & Galleries

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Kyle Friend

Kyle Friend

Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Kyle Friend teaches courses on genetic engineering and biochemistry at all levels. His research uses mouse embryonic stem cells to investigate how mRNA translation and stability are regulated as stem cells differentiate into other cell types.

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Megan F. Hess

Megan F. Hess

Associate Professor of Accounting

Hess is a 1997 alumna who teaches courses in auditing, accounting ethics and corporate sustainability. Before becoming a professor, she spent 12 years working in the industry with a focus on investigating financial statement fraud.

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Li Kang

Li Kang

Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Kang teaches Introduction to Theories of Knowledge and Reality, and Chinese Buddhist Philosophy. Her research deals with metaphysics, Buddhist philosophy, Chinese philosophy and philosophy of science.

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    Lexington, VA 24450

Melissa R. Kerin

Director

Rachel Levit Ades

Postdoctoral Fellow

Kate Saacke

Senior Program Coordinator