Lena Hill | |
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Academic background | |
Education |
Howard University Yale University |
Doctoral advisor |
Vera Kutzinski Joseph Roach |
Academic work | |
Discipline | African American literature |
Institutions |
University of Iowa Washington and Lee University |
Lena Michelle Hill is an American academic administrator serving as the provost of Washington and Lee University since 2021. She has worked as a professor of English and Africana studies and is an expert on Ralph Ellison.
Hill was born to Carl and Gloria Moore. [1] She earned a B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Howard University in 1997. [2] During her undergraduate studies, she attended Williams College in 1995 and Richmond College in Florence in 1996. [2] She completed a Ph.D. in English from Yale University in 2005. [2] Her dissertation was titled, Frames of Consciousness: Visual Culture in Zora Neale Hurston, Tennessee Williams, and Ralph Ellison. [1] Vera Kutzinski and Joseph Roach were Hill's dissertation directors. [1] She was a postdoctoral fellow from 2004 to 2006 at Duke University. [2]
Hill's scholarship focuses on African American literature and she is an expert on Ralph Ellison. [3] [4] In 2006, she joined the University of Iowa as an assistant professor of English and African American studies. [2] Hill and her husband, Michael D. Hill, co-authored a reference guide on Ellison and co-edited a book about African Americans at the University of Iowa. [5] She was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2013 and served as director of undergraduate studies from 2015 to 2016. [2] [5] She was senior associate to the president from 2016 to 2018 an interim chief diversity officer and associate vice president from July 2017 to May 25, 2018. [2] [5] She was succeeded by interim diversity officer Melissa Shivers. [5] Hill joined Washington and Lee University on July 1, 2018, as a professor of English and Africana studies and dean of the college of arts and sciences. [6] [3] In 2020, she served on the steering committee of the Gettysburg College Consortium for Faculty Diversity. [3] Washington and Lee University joined the consortium that year. [3] She was promoted to provost on July 1, 2021. [3] [7] Hill succeeded interim provost Elizabeth Oliver. [8]
Lena Hill | |
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Academic background | |
Education |
Howard University Yale University |
Doctoral advisor |
Vera Kutzinski Joseph Roach |
Academic work | |
Discipline | African American literature |
Institutions |
University of Iowa Washington and Lee University |
Lena Michelle Hill is an American academic administrator serving as the provost of Washington and Lee University since 2021. She has worked as a professor of English and Africana studies and is an expert on Ralph Ellison.
Hill was born to Carl and Gloria Moore. [1] She earned a B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Howard University in 1997. [2] During her undergraduate studies, she attended Williams College in 1995 and Richmond College in Florence in 1996. [2] She completed a Ph.D. in English from Yale University in 2005. [2] Her dissertation was titled, Frames of Consciousness: Visual Culture in Zora Neale Hurston, Tennessee Williams, and Ralph Ellison. [1] Vera Kutzinski and Joseph Roach were Hill's dissertation directors. [1] She was a postdoctoral fellow from 2004 to 2006 at Duke University. [2]
Hill's scholarship focuses on African American literature and she is an expert on Ralph Ellison. [3] [4] In 2006, she joined the University of Iowa as an assistant professor of English and African American studies. [2] Hill and her husband, Michael D. Hill, co-authored a reference guide on Ellison and co-edited a book about African Americans at the University of Iowa. [5] She was promoted to associate professor with tenure in 2013 and served as director of undergraduate studies from 2015 to 2016. [2] [5] She was senior associate to the president from 2016 to 2018 an interim chief diversity officer and associate vice president from July 2017 to May 25, 2018. [2] [5] She was succeeded by interim diversity officer Melissa Shivers. [5] Hill joined Washington and Lee University on July 1, 2018, as a professor of English and Africana studies and dean of the college of arts and sciences. [6] [3] In 2020, she served on the steering committee of the Gettysburg College Consortium for Faculty Diversity. [3] Washington and Lee University joined the consortium that year. [3] She was promoted to provost on July 1, 2021. [3] [7] Hill succeeded interim provost Elizabeth Oliver. [8]