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81 faculty · 369 courses · data as of 2026-07-02
William E. Engel, Nick B. Williams Professor of English h-index 8
Notable: “:Speaking Pictures: English Emblem Books and Renaissance Culture” (1994) · 80 citations
John Gatta, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of English, Emeritus h-index 7
Notable: “George Perkins Marsh: Prophet of Conservation” (2001) · 73 citations
Matthew Irvin, Professor of English and Department Chair h-index 4
Notable: “Studying Race or Ethnic and Sex Segregation at the Establishment Level” (2004) · 80 citations
Jennifer Michael, Professor of English h-index 3
Tend to focus on late eighteenth-century and Romantic poetry, her current book project, Poetry at the Edge of Silence , is heavily informed by her participation in Environmental Arts and Humanities and particularly her course Poetry, Nature
Notable: “Ocean meets Ossian: Staffa as Romantic Symbol” (2007) · 23 citations
Courses: Literature and Composition · Representative Masterpieces · Roots of the English Literary Tradition · Women in Literature · Studies in Poetry · Studies in Fiction +23 more
Chris Shelley, Associate Professor of Biology h-index 24
Notable: “TNF‐α converting enzyme (TACE) is inhibited by TIMP‐3” (1998) · 607 citations
Katie E. McGhee, Associate Professor of Biology h-index 18
All of this research involves enthusiastic undergraduates Are you excited about doing science? Do you want to get involved in research? Do you like fish and watching behavior? Come join the fun in the McGhee lab How do paren
Notable: “MECHANISMS OF REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION AMONG SYMPATRIC BROADCAST-SPAWNING CORALS OF THE MONTASTRAEA ANNULARIS SPECIES COMPLEX” (2004) · 233 citations
Kirk Zigler, Professor of Biology h-index 17
Notable: “SEA URCHIN BINDIN DIVERGENCE PREDICTS GAMETE COMPATIBILITY” (2005) · 131 citations
Kristen Cecala, Professor and Co-Chair of Biology h-index 15
Notable: “Effects of Urbanization on Occupancy of Stream Salamanders” (2010) · 77 citations
Courses: Biology and People · Conservation Biology · Current Issues in Biology · Field Investigations in Biology · Introductory Molecular Biology and Genetics · Directed Research +24 more
Sherry L. Hamby, Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology h-index 67
Notable: “The Revised Conflict Tactics Scales (CTS2)” (1996) · 6,907 citations
Terri D Fisher, Teaching Professor of Psychology h-index 24
Notable: “Longitudinal Associations Among Relationship Satisfaction, Sexual Satisfaction, and Frequency of Sex in Early Marriage” (2014) · 420 citations
Christopher Silver, Assistant Professor of Psychology h-index 24
Notable: “The six types of nonbelief: a qualitative and quantitative study of type and narrative” (2014) · 106 citations
Karen Yu, Professor of Psychology h-index 11
Notable: “Binocular Rivalry and Motion Perception” (1998) · 87 citations
Courses: Introduction to Psychology (Lab) · Principles of Psychology · Topics in Psychology · Introduction to Research · Psychology of Personality · Clinical Psychology +23 more
Amy S. Patterson, Carl Gustav Biehl Jr. Professor of International Affairs; Director of the Office of Civic Engagement h-index 15
Notable: “An empirical estimate of carrier frequencies for 400+ causal Mendelian variants: results from an ethnically diverse clinical sample of 23,453 individuals” (2012) · 285 citations
Scott Howard Wilson, Professor of Politics; Provost h-index 6
Es on environmental lawsuits and governance in China. When not working, Scott enjoys spending time with his family, running Sewanee’s trails, and cooking. In This Section Robert W. Pearigen In This Section The University of the South
Notable: “From Mao to Market: Rent Seeking, Local Protectionism, and Marketization in China” (2004) · 41 citations
Mila Dragojević, Professor and Chair of the Department of Politics h-index 4
Peace and diplomacy, political violence, identity and memory politics, regime transitions, migrations, as well as area studies of Europe and Latin America. She is the author of three books, The Politics of Social Ties: Immigra
Notable: “Physician Communication Regarding Prostate Cancer Screening: Analysis of Unannounced Standardized Patient Visits” (2013) · 61 citations
Clarissa Peterson, Professor of Politics h-index 4
Es on the role that race plays in American political behavior. More specifically, her work looks at the intersection between racial attitudes and the political behavior of people in the United States. Peterson has presented research at seve
Notable: “I Can’t Breathe” (2020) · 42 citations
Courses: American Government and Politics · Comparative Politics · Introduction to Political Theory · World Politics · The Presidency · The American Congress +14 more
E. Douglas Williams, Frank W. Wilson Professor of Economics h-index 5
Notable: “Life cycle assessment of MycoWorks’ Reishi™: the first low-carbon and biodegradable alternative leather” (2022) · 59 citations
Aaron A. Elrod, Professor of Economics h-index 5
Environmental and natural resource economics, with secondary fields in public economics and industrial organization. Elrod’s current research focuses on the effect of environmental regulation on the product-mix decisions of U.S. ma
Notable: “The effect of environmental regulation on plant-level product mix: A study of EPA's Cluster Rule” (2017) · 69 citations
Kartik Misra, Associate Professor of Economics h-index 5
Development economics, applied microeconomics and political economy. Kartik’s research examines the role of historical institutions, economic inequality, and concentration of political power on the choice and impact of governm
Notable: “Nonlocal labeling of paths in a single-photon interferometer” (2005) · 18 citations
Brad Sturgill, Chair and Associate Professor of Economics h-index 4
Economic growth and macroeconomics. Sturgill’s research interests are in the areas of economic growth and development. His current focus is the theoretical and empirical study of factor eliminating technological progress. This inc
Notable: “The relationship between factor shares and economic development” (2012) · 25 citations
Courses: Principles of Economics · Principles of Econometrics · Microeconomic Theory · Macroeconomic Theory · Applied Econometrics · Money and Banking +24 more
Claire Panetta, Assistant Professor of International and Global Studies
Emmanuel Asiedu-Acquah, Associate Professor and Director of International and Global Studies
Giovanni Roman-Torres, Lecturer in International and Global Studies and American Studies
Nicholas E. Roberts, Professor of History
Middle Eastern History Islamic History History of Imperialism The History of Palestine The History of Jerusalem In This Section Nicholas E. Roberts Emmanuel Asiedu-Acquah Ruth Sánchez-Imizcoz Derek Ettensohn Claire Panetta Giovanni Roman-To
Courses: ...and the World was Round: Sixteenth-Century Roots of Globalization · The Global Detective · Oil: The Fuel of Globalization · Globalization and Culture in the Americas · Sports in Global Perspective · Globalization and Culture in Africa +26 more
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About Sewanee: The University of the South. Sewanee: The University of the South in Sewanee, TN reports an overall acceptance rate of 57.0%, an early-round acceptance rate of 69.7%, an SAT middle 50% of 1260–1390, a class size of 470, and a yield of 18.0% based on the most recent Common Data Set filings. Officially 'The University of the South,' set on a 13,000-acre mountaintop Domain. Known for its honor code, formal academic dress traditions, and environmental stewardship. Rhodes Scholar pipeline.