Provost’s Office Staff

Provost's Office Staff

Provost 

Lena Hill

Lena Hill

Provost and Professor of English

In addition to her many duties as Provost, Hill researches and teaches courses primarily in 19th- and 20th-century African-American literature. She has written a number of books and articles on the subject.

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Staff 

Leslie Wingard Cunningham

Leslie Wingard Cunningham

Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Professor of English and Africana Studies

Leslie Wingard Cunningham is Professor of English and Africana Studies and the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. As a senior leader in academics, Wingard Cunningham is a member of the W&L provost’s office team focused on supporting faculty as they balance and advance their research, service, scholarship, and teaching.

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Andrew Hess

Associate Provost for Academic Development and Operations and Professor of Business Administration

Hess is a 1997 alum who researches and teaches in areas of social innovation, strategy and international business. Before returning to W&L, he worked for Fleet National Bank and Silicon Valley Bank in Boston.

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Lucas Morel

Lucas Morel

Provost Faculty Fellow and John K. Boardman, Jr. Professor of Politics, Department Head

Morel has taught at W&L since 1999. His teaching and research interests include American government, political theory, Abraham Lincoln, Ralph Ellison, and race and equality. He is a pre-law advisor and an accomplished writer.

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Rissie Murphy

Rissie Murphy

Manager of Provost’s Operations

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Bryan Price

Bryan Price

Assistant Provost of Accreditation and Institutional Research

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Executive Assistant 

Linda Hurt

Linda Hurt

Executive Assistant

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