Members of the Hampden-Sydney College faculty are available to the media to comment
on topics related to their fields. Please contact Thomas H. Shomo, Director of Public Relations,
at 434-223-6263 or tshomo@hsc.edu to receive more information
or to arrange the participation of the men or women listed below:
Topics in the News
Hampden-Sydney College Faculty
Who Can Interpret the Issues.
POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY
Virginia History and Politics
Dr. Ronald L. Heinemann, Squires Professor Emeritus of History
Author: Harry Byrd of Virginia
Ph.D. University of Virginia
Constitutional Interpretation
Dr. David E. Marion, Elliott Professor of Political Science and Director of the
Wilson Center for Leadership in the Public Interest
Author: The Jurisprudence of Justice William J. Brennan, Jr.
Ph.D. Northern Illinois University
Conservatism
The Post Communist World
Dr. James F. Pontuso, Patterson Professor of Political Science
Author: American Conservative Opinion Leaders
Ph.D. University of Virginia
Federal Reserve, Social Security, Medicare
Dr. Saranna R. Thornton, Elliott Professor of Economics
Co-Author: The Family and Medical Leave Act: Questions and Answers for Faculty
Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE & TERRORISM
Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Samuel V. Wilson, President Emeritus and Wheat
Visiting Professor of Leadership
Former Deputy to the Director of Central Intelligence for the Intelligence
Community and retired Director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency.
SCIENCE & RELIGION
Dr. James A. Arieti, Thompson Professor of Classics
Ph.D. Stanford University
Co-Author: The Scientific & the Divine
Dr. Arieti can also address the issues of the
philosophy of everyday life, the relationship of the classics to
modern life, and classical literature and philosophy
THE ENVIRONMENT
Impact of Mercury on Aquatic Life
Dr. Edward W. Devlin, Elliott Professor of Biology
Ph.D. North Dakota State University
The Impact of Toxic Chemicals in Society
Dr. Herbert J. Sipe, Jr., Spalding Professor of Chemistry
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin
Environmental Economics
Dr. Kenneth N. Townsend, Elliott Professor of Economics
Author:Valuing the Earth: Economics, Ecology, Ethics
Ph.D. Louisiana State University
Evolutionary Theory
Dr. Alexander J. Werth, Elliott Professor of Biology
Ph.D. Harvard University
LEARNING AND MOTIVATION
General
Dr. Robert T. Herdegen III, Dean of the Faculty, Elliott Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. University of Delaware
Child Abuse and Neglect
Dr. Daniel G. Mossler, Professor of Psychology
Ph.D. University of Virginia
LATIN AMERICA
Culture
Dr. Jana M. DeJong, Associate Professor of Modern Languages
Ph.D. University of Colorado at Boulder
General
Dr. Kenneth D. Lehman, Squires Professor of History
Author: Bolivia and the United States: A Limited Partnership
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin
FRENCH CULTURE, MEDIEVAL LITERATURE, ARTHURIAN STUDIES, MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT and ILLUMINATION
Dr. Joan E. McRae, Associate Professor of Modern Languages
Ph.D. The University of Virginia
HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY, LOGIC AND CRITICAL THINKING, METAPHYSICS, and THE PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY
Dr. Marc A. Hight,
Elliott Associate Professor Philosophy
Ph.D. Syracuse University
