Western Culture Professors
 C. Frank ArcherAssociate Professor of Fine Arts Winston Hall 203 | (434) 223-6367 farcher@hsc.edu Archer is transcribing and analyzing the chants for performance and publication of the pieces unique to this collection from Sicily. |
 Dr. James A. ArietiThompson Professor of Classics Maples 5 | (434) 223-6252 jarieti@hsc.edu In the translation and commentary of Plato's Gorgias, the dialogue forces its readers to engage with the key questions of human life. |
 Dr. Matthew B. BowmanVisiting Assistant Professor of Religion Maples 26 | (434) 223-6313 mbowman@hsc.edu Each year several religion majors attend seminary after graduation, but the majority of our majors develop careers in business, law, education, social work, and military service. |
 Dr. Gerald T. CarneyElliott Professor of Religion Maples 023 | (434) 223-6268 gcarney@hsc.edu Documenting Hindu religious life and using photographic images to enrich both research and classroom teaching has been a focus of my work since 1980. |
 Kenneth M. De LucaAdjunct Associate Professor of Government & Foreign Affairs Morton Hall 103 | (434) 223-6233 kdeluca@hsc.edu Each semester the Western Culture Program engages students in a consideration of the human condition through the lens of original documents and historical events. |
 Dr. Eric G. DinmoreAssistant Professor of History Maples 002 | (434) 223-6279 edinmore@hsc.edu Advises students in the Asian Studies Minor program. |
 Dr. John H. EastbyElliott Professor of Government & Foreign Affairs Maples 001 | (434) 223-6312 jeastby@hsc.edu The review commended us for grounding the teaching of contemporary political problems in the history of political thought. |
 Dr. James W. FrusettaAssistant Professor of History Morton Hall 022 | (434) 223-7206 jfrusetta@hsc.edu "History is the shank of the social sciences." C. Wright Mills |
 Dr. Lowell T. FryeElliott Professor of Rhetoric and Humanities Morton Hall 016 | (434) 223-6215 lfrye@hsc.edu "[Writing] is a mysterious and complicated business, bringing together muscles and brain, memory and desire, and a rhythm of motions and subconscious impulses...."--Richard Marius |
 Dr. Nicole L. GreenspanAssociate Professor of History Maples 027 | (434) 223-6354 ngreenspan@hsc.edu We think of marketing and 'spin' as modern phenomena, but my book, Cromwell's Wars: Media, Empire, and Godly Warfare 1650-1685, finds them in the 17th century as well. |
 Dr. Robert G. HallElliott Professor of Religion Maples 024 | (434) 223-6249 bhall@hsc.edu The department sponsors the Gouch Lectures in religious ethics and the Allan Lectures in religious thought. |
 Dr. Marc A. HightElliott Associate Professor of Philosophy Morton Hall 034 | (434) 223-6388 mhight@hsc.edu "It is sometimes better to be interesting than right." P. Van Inwagen (University of Notre Dame) |
 Dr. Kenneth D. LehmanSquires Professor of History Maples 021 | (434) 223-6309 klehman@hsc.edu “The future is an abstraction, the ‘present’ but a fleeting instant, all else is history.” |
 Dr. James F. PontusoPatterson Professor of Government & Foreign Affairs Morton Hall 321 | (434) 223-6246 jpontuso@hsc.edu Since I missed a similar display of people-power in Philadelphia in 1788, I went up to the roof of the four-story building where I live to get a better look. |
 Mary PrevoAdjunct Associate Professor Fine Arts Winston Hall 108 | (434) 223-7057 mprevo@hsc.edu Art is a human endeavor. Learning to look at art helps us understand ourselves and our world. |
 Dr. Janice F. SiegelAssociate Professor of Classics Maples 004 | (434) 223-7204 jsiegel@hsc.edu The Classics give you a richer English vocabulary, better command of English diction and grammar, and a more sensitive appreciation of literary style. |
.jpg) Dr. J. Michael UtzingerElliott Associate Professor of Religion and Associate Dean of the Faculty Atkinson 305 | (434) 223-6118 jutzinger@hsc.edu Serves as a moderator of the Southeastern Colloquium of American Religious Studies, which brings together American religion scholars. |
 Dr. Jeffrey A. VogelAssistant Professor of Religion Maples 022 | (434) 223-6299 jvogel@hsc.edu Each year several religion majors attend seminary after graduation, but the majority of our majors develop careers in business, law, education, social work, and military service. |
.jpg) Dr. Alexander J. WerthElliott Professor of Biology Gilmer Hall 127 | (434) 223-6326 awerth@hsc.edu Students generally think the teacher is the person in class with all the right answers, but it's equally important for instructors to have all the right questions. |
 Dr. Daniella WiddowsAssistant Professor of Classics Maples 003 | (434) 223-7264 dwiddows@hsc.edu Worn by heroes, gods, and others, animal skins defined their wearers in terms of social status and power. |
 Dr. Michael J. WolyniakAssistant Professor of Biology Gilmer Hall 129 | (434) 223-6175 mwolyniak@hsc.edu Hampden-Sydney provides the opportunity for students to work closely with their professors in both classroom and independent research settings. |
 Dr. Katherine E. WorleyLecturer in Western Culture Johns Auditorium 201 | (434) 223-6376 kworley@hsc.edu Western Culture integrates the various disciplines and unites Hampden-Sydney as a whole to explore the human condition and human civilization. |