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- Lawrence Hatab
- Professor & Eminent Scholar
- Philosophy & Religious Studies
- 9020 Batten Arts and Letters
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Norfolk,
VA
23529
- 757-683-3865
- lhatab@odu.edu
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Education
- Fordham University,
1976
- Major: Philosophy
- Degree: Ph. D.
- Villanova University,
1971
- Major: Philosophy
- Degree: M.A.
- Villanova University,
1968
- Major: Philosophy
- Degree: B.A.
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Expertise
- Ethics
- What is Democracy? / What is a College Education? / Myth and Rationality / Evolution and Creation / Existentialism / Ethics
/ Nietzsche and the Death of God / Ancient Greek Thought / Postmodernism
- Philosophy
- What is Democracy? / What is a College Education? / Myth and Rationality / Evolution and Creation / Existentialism / Ethics
/ Nietzsche and the Death of God / Ancient Greek Thought / Postmodernism
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Books
- Hatab, L. J. (2008). Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality. Cambridge University Press.
- Hatab, L. J. (2005). Nietzsche's Life Sentence: Coming to Terms With Eternal Recurrence. New York: Routledge.
- Hatab, L. J. (2000). Ethics and Finitude: Heideggerian Contributions to Moral Philosophy. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield.
- Hatab, L. J. (1995). A Nietzschean Defense of Democracy: An Experiment in Postmodern Politics. Chicago, Illinois: Open Court Publishing Co..
- Hatab, L. J. (1990). Myth and Philosophy: A Contest of Truths. Chicago, Illinois: Open Court Publishing Co..
- Hatab, L. J. (1978). Nietzsche and Eternal Recurrence: The Redemption of Time and Becoming. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.
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Book Chapters
- Hatab, L. J. "Breaking the Contract Theory: The Individual and the Law in Nietzsche’s Genealogy" in Nietzsche, Politics, and Power.. Berlin: Walter De Gruyter.
- Hatab, L. J. “The Care Structure,” The Blackwell Guide to Heidegger’s Being and Time.
- Hatab, L. J. (2008). "From Animal to Dasein: Heidegger and Evolutionary Biology", Heidegger's Critique of Science.. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
- Hatab, L. J. (2008). "To Laugh out of the Whole Truth: Nietzsche as Tragicomic Satyr", in Thinking Nietzsche at the Margins.. Purdue University Press.
- Hatab, L. J. (2007). "Shocking Time: Reading Nietzsche’s Eternal Recurrence Literally", Nietzsche on Time and History.. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
- Hatab, L. J. (2001). Heidegger and the Question of Empathy, in Heidegger and Practical Philosophy.. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
- Hatab, L. J. (1997). "Language and Human Nature," in Language Beyond Postmodernism. (pp. pp.234-246). Evanston: Northwestern University Press.
- Hatab, L. J. (1993). Evolution and Creation: A Heideggerian Response," in Myths and Fictions: Their Place in Philosophy and Religion. (pp. pp.141-160). Leiden, The Netherlands: E.J. Brill.
- Hatab, L. J. (1991). "The Greeks and the Meaning of Athletics," in Rethinking College Athletics. (pp. pp.31-42). Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press.
- Hatab, L. J. (1985). "19th Century Philosophy: Revolutions That Shaped the Modern Mind," Essays in Introduction to Philosophy. (pp. pp. 20-32). Ginn and Co..
- Hatab, L. J. (1982). Plotinus and the Upanisads," in Neoplatonism and Indian Thought. (pp. pp.27-43). Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
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Articles
- Hatab, L. J. How Does the Ascetic Ideal Function in Nietzsche’s Genealogy?. Journal of Nietzsche Studies
- Hatab, L. J. (2007). Writing Knowledge in the Soul: Orality, Literacy, and Plato's Critique of Poetry. @ Epoche: A Journal for the History of Philosophy, 11 (2), (pp. pp. 319-332).
- Hatab, L. J. (2006). Finitude and the Possibility of Philosophy. Continental Philosophy Review, 38 (3),
- Hatab, L. J. (2006). On Nietzsche, Politics, and Time. New Nietzsche Studies, 6/7, (pp. pp. 211-217).
- Hatab, L. J. (2004). "The Satyr: Human-Animality in Nietzsche", in Nietzsche's Animals. Rowman & Littlefield (pp. 211-219).
- Hatab, L. J. (2003). Two Cheers for Sexual Liberation: Uses and Abuses of Nietzsche, in The Marketing of Eros: Performance, Sexuality, Consumer
Culture. Die Blaue Eule (pp. pp.45-54).
- Hatab, L. J. (2002). Prospects for a Democratic Agon: Why We Can Still Be Nietzscheans. Journal of Nietzsche Studies (24), (pp. pp. 132-146).
- Hatab, L. J. (2001). Apollo and Dionysus: Nietzschean Expressions of the Sacred, in Nietzsche and the Gods. SUNY Press (pp. pp.45-56).
- Hatab, L. J. (2001). The Ecstatic Nature of Empathy: A Heideggerian Opening For Ethics. Journal of Philosophical Research, 26, (pp. pp.359-380).
- Hatab, L. J. (2000). Nietzsche, Democracy, and Excellence. International Studies in Philosophy, 32 (3), (pp. pp.39-50).
- Hatab, L. J. (1999). Time-Sharing in the Bestiary: Daniel Conway on the Politics of Decadence. The Southern Journal of Philosophy, XXXVII, (pp. pp.35-41).
- Hatab, L. J. (1999). Poststructuralism and Politics. New Nietzsche Studies, 3 (1/2), (pp. pp.107-115).
- Hatab, L. J. (1998). "A Nietzschean Defense of Democracy," in Reinterpreting the Political: Continental Philosophy and Political Theory. SUNY Press (pp. pp.19-38).
- Hatab, L. J. (1998). The Drama of Agonistic Embodiment. International Studies in Philosophy, 30 (3), (pp. pp.97-107).
- Hatab, L. J. (1997). Just Between Friends: A Reply to Critics, with a panel of papers (by David M. Levin and Daniel W. Conway) on my book , A Nietzschean
Defense of Democracy. New Nietzsche Studies, 2 (1/2), (pp. pp.145-152).
- Hatab, L. J. (1995). Ethics and Finitude: Heideggerian Contributions to Moral Philosophy. International Philosophical Quarterly, XXXV (4), (pp. pp.403-417).
- Hatab, L. J. (1994). "Human Nature in a Postmodern World: Reflections on the Work of Eugene Gendlin. Human Studies, 17 (3), (pp. pp.363-371).
- Hatab, L. J. (1991). Heidegger and Myth: A Loop in the History of Being. Journal of the British Society for Phenomenology, 22 (2), (pp. pp.45-64).
- Hatab, L. J. (1990). Rejoining Aletheia and Truth. International Philosophical Quarterly, XXX (4), (pp. pp.431-447).
- Hatab, L. J. (1988). Laughter in Nietzsche's Thought: A Philosophical Tragicomedy. International Studies in Philosophy, 20 (2), (pp. pp.67-79).
- Hatab, L. J. (1987). Nietzsche, Nihilism and Meaning. The Personalist Forum, III (2), (pp. pp.91-111).
- Hatab, L. J., and Brenner, W. (1984). Heidegger and Wittgenstein on Language and Mystery. International Studies in Philosophy, XV (3), (pp. pp.25-43).
- Hatab, L. J. (1982). Mysticism and Language. International Philosophical Quarterly, XXII (1), (pp. pp.51-64).
- Hatab, L. J. (1981). Nietzsche on Woman. Southern Journal of Philosophy, XIX (3), (pp. pp.333-345).
- Hatab, L. J. (1979). The Nonrational Dimension in Spinoza's Ethics. Journal of Studies in Mysticism, II (1), (pp. pp.17-26).
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Presentations
- What is the Meaning of the Ascetic Ideal in Nietzsche’s Genealogy
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Warwick
- Location: the UK
- Date: June 5, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Democracy and Conflict (invited paper)
- Sponsoring Organization: American University of Beirut
- Date: March 11, 2008
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on “Life, Metaphysics, Science,” by Rafael Winkler
- Conference Name: Depaul University
- Sponsoring Organization: Depaul University
- Location: Chicago, IL
- Date: May 7, 2007
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Before Good and Evil: Tragic Values in Greek Poetry
- Conference Name:
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Date: October 12, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Before Good and Evil: Tragic Values in Greek Poetry
- Conference Name:
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Date: October 12, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- The Sovereign Individual in Nietzsche’s Genealogy
- Conference Name:
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Date: September 12, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Writing Off Speech: Orality, Literacy, and Plato’s Philosophy
- Conference Name:
- Location: Citta di Castello, July
- Date: July 18, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Writing Off Speech: Orality, Literacy, and Plato’s Philosophy
- Conference Name:
- Location: Citta Di Castello, Italy
- Date: July 18, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- The Hurdle of Words: Language and Being in Heidegger’s Philosophy
- Conference Name: Boston University
- Sponsoring Organization: Boston University
- Date: May 5, 2006
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Shocking Time: Reading Eternal Recurrence Literally,@ Plenary Paper
- Conference Name: Cambridge University
- Sponsoring Organization: Cambridge University
- Date: September 17, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "Heidegger and Comedy," by Bernard Freydberg
- Conference Name: Goucher College
- Sponsoring Organization: Goucher College
- Location: Baltimore
- Date: May 13, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Writing Knowledge in the Soul: Orality, Literacy, and Plato's Critique of Poetry
- Conference Name: University of Oregon
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Oregon
- Date: April 15, 2005
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Prospects For a Democratic Agon: Why We Can Still Be Nietzscheans
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Kentucky
- Date: November 19, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Nietzsche's Unique Naturalism
- Sponsoring Organization: College of William and Mary
- Date: November 12, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Philosophy and Finitude: On David Wood's Thinking After Heidegger
- Conference Name:
- Location: Memphis, TN
- Date: October 28, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Dasein, The Early Years: Heideggerian Reflections on Childhood
- Conference Name:
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date: May 22, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Orality and Literacy: Clues to Plato's Critique of the Poets
- Conference Name: APA Pacific Meeting
- Sponsoring Organization: APA Pacific Meeting
- Location: Pasadena, CA
- Date: March 27, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Oral and Written Language: Two Different Worlds?
- Conference Name: College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University
- Date: January 15, 2004
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "Objective Entities and Propositional Truth: Heidegger's Hammer," by Joseph Schear
- Conference Name:
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Date: December 27, 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Reply to Critics, Panel on my Ethics and Finitude (Robert Dostal and Francois Raffoul)
- Conference Name:
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: November 8, 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- "Sticks and stones may break my bones but I'm not sure they want to," Commentary on Michael Shaw's "To Drink From the Cup
of Wisdom: Plato's Use of Oregō in the Phaedo"
- Conference Name: Trinity College
- Sponsoring Organization: Trinity College
- Location: Hartford, CT
- Date: April 11, 2003
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- 'Can We Please Drop the Subject?' On François Raffoul's Heidegger and the Subject
- Conference Name:
- Location: New Haven, CT
- Date: May 11, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Nietzsche Contra Nietzsche: Democracy Without Equality
- Conference Name: University of Nijmegen
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Nijmegen
- Location: The Netherlands
- Date: March 16, 2002
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "Nietzsche For Democracy? Thoughts on the Subject of Radical Democracy," by Alan Schrift
- Conference Name: Goucher College
- Sponsoring Organization: Goucher College
- Location: Baltimore, MD
- Date: October 6, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- On Nietzsche, Politics, and Time
- Conference Name: Goucher College
- Sponsoring Organization: Goucher College
- Location: Baltimore, MD
- Date: October 4, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "Potentiality, Power, and Sway: From Aristotelian to Modern to Heideggerian Physics?" by Richard Polt
- Conference Name: Fordham University
- Sponsoring Organization: Fordham University
- Location: NYC
- Date: May 11, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Another Beginning for Ethics: On Heidegger' Incomplete Retrieval of Aristotle
- Conference Name: Spelman College
- Sponsoring Organization: Spelman College
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Date: May 3, 2001
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Modernism, Skepticism, and Politics: Remarks on Aryeh Botwinick's Skepticism, Belief, and the Modern
- Conference Name:
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Date: September 2, 1999
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "The Boredom of his Days, or: Transformations in/of Heidegger's Moods," by Pierre Lamarche
- Conference Name:
- Date: December 30, 1998
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Nietzsche, Democracy, and Excellence
- Conference Name: North American Nietzsche Society
- Sponsoring Organization: North American Nietzsche Society
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: December 28, 1998
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "Rethinking Democracy After Nietzsche," by James Mangiafico
- Conference Name:
- Location: Denver, CO
- Date: October 10, 1998
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "The Politics of Decadence," by Daniel W. Conway
- Conference Name: University of Memphis
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Memphis
- Date: October 3, 1998
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- The Ekstatic Nature of Empathy: A Heideggerian Opening for Ethics
- Conference Name: Villanova University
- Sponsoring Organization: Villanova University
- Date: April 19, 1998
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Poststructuralism and Politics: Reflections on Alan Schrift's Nietzsche's French Legacy
- Conference Name: University of Kentucky
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Kentucky
- Date: October 16, 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "How to Trace the Notion of Desire in Heidegger's Work," by Ben Vedder
- Conference Name: Penn State University
- Sponsoring Organization: Penn State University
- Date: May 25, 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- "The Drama of Agonistic Embodiment: Nietzschean Reflections on the Meaning of Sports," on a panel with Stephen Crowell and
Richard Schacht
- Conference Name:
- Location: Berkeley, CA
- Date: March 28, 1997
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "Nietzsche and the Political," by Mark Warren
- Conference Name: Georgetown University
- Sponsoring Organization: Georgetown University
- Date: October 10, 1996
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- "Response to Critics," for a panel of papers on my book,A Nietzschean Defense of Democracy, given by David M. Levin and Daniel
W. Conway
- Conference Name: Georgetown University
- Sponsoring Organization: Georgetown University
- Date: September 10, 1996
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Heidegger and Practical Philosophy
- Conference Name: University of New Hampshire
- Sponsoring Organization: University of New Hampshire
- Date: May 24, 1996
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "The Birth of Tragedy: The Origin of The Origin of the Work of Art?" by Christopher Zurn
- Conference Name: Skidmore College
- Sponsoring Organization: Skidmore College
- Date: May 19, 1995
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "Slave Morality, Socrates, and the Pathos of Distance: A Reading of the First Essay of On the Genealogy of Morals,"
by Mark Migotti
- Conference Name:
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: December 30, 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Nietzsche and the Question of Democracy
- Conference Name: Hendrix College
- Sponsoring Organization: Hendrix College
- Location: Conway, Arkansas
- Date: March 4, 1994
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Ethics and Finitude: Heideggerian Contributions to Moral Philosophy
- Conference Name: SUNY
- Sponsoring Organization: SUNY
- Location: Stonybrook, New York
- Date: June 6, 1993
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "Recurrence and Teleology in Nietzsche and the Stoics," by Victoria Voytko
- Conference Name: Virginia Tech
- Sponsoring Organization: Virginia Tech
- Location: Blacksburg, VA
- Date: October 24, 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- A Nietzschean Defense of Democracy
- Conference Name:
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: October 9, 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Human Nature in a Postmodern World: Reflections on the Work of Eugene Gendlin
- Conference Name:
- Location: Boston, MA
- Date: October 9, 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "The Presence and Absence of Plato: On Heidegger's Reading of Plato," by Drew Hyland
- Conference Name: Loyola University
- Sponsoring Organization: Loyola University
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date: May 22, 1992
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Heidegger and Modernity: The Intersection of Technology and Politics
- Conference Name: Memphis State University
- Sponsoring Organization: Memphis State University
- Location: Memphis, TN
- Date: October 19, 1991
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "I.A. Richards and Literature's Capacity for Emotional Edification," by Ira Newman, and "The Necessity of Performance
and Spectacle (opsis) in Aristotle's Theory of Tragedy," by Gregory Scott
- Conference Name: Mary Washington College
- Sponsoring Organization: Mary Washington College
- Location: Fredericksburg, Virginia
- Date: March 23, 1991
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "The Framework of Heidegger's Retrieve: Nietzsche and the Essence of Technology," by Babette Babich
- Conference Name: Seattle University
- Sponsoring Organization: Seattle University
- Date: May 25, 1990
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "Towards a Discursive Logic," by P. Christopher Smith
- Conference Name: University of Notre Dame
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Notre Dame
- Date: May 27, 1989
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Commentary on "Heidegger and the Critique of the Understanding of Evil as Privatio Boni," by Richard Capobianco
- Conference Name:
- Location: Washington, D.C.
- Date: November 28, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Rejoining Aletheia and Truth
- Conference Name: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
- Sponsoring Organization: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
- Date: May 22, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- The Greeks and the Meaning of Athletics
- Conference Name: Old Dominion University
- Sponsoring Organization: Old Dominion University
- Date: March 26, 1988
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Heidegger and Myth
- Conference Name: George Mason University
- Sponsoring Organization: George Mason University
- Date: May 24, 1987
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Laughter in Nietzsche's Thought: A Philosophical Tragicomedy
- Conference Name: APA Central Division Conference
- Sponsoring Organization: APA Central Division Conference
- Location: St. Louis, MO
- Date: May 1, 1986
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Heidegger's Poetic Alternative to Philosophy (Invited paper)
- Sponsoring Organization: Villanova University
- Location: Villanova, PA
- Date: April 11, 1986
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Nietzsche and Laughter: Substance and Style (Invited paper)
- Conference Name: Tulane University
- Sponsoring Organization: Tulane University
- Location: New Orleans, LA
- Date: April 4, 1986
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Phenomenological Reflections on Evolution and Creation
- Conference Name:
- Location: Atlanta, GA
- Date: April 1, 1983
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Heidegger and Wittgenstein
- Conference Name: Fort Worth, Texas
- Sponsoring Organization: Fort Worth, Texas
- Date: April 8, 1982
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
Brenner, W.
- Nietzsche on Woman
- Conference Name: APA Eastern Division Conference
- Sponsoring Organization: APA Eastern Division Conference
- Location: Philadelphia, PA
- Date: December 28, 1981
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Nietzsche on Woman
- Conference Name:
- Location: Louisville, KY
- Date: April 16, 1981
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Language and Mystery: The Kinship of Heidegger and Wittgenstein
- Conference Name:
- Location: Roanoke, VA
- Date: October 16, 1980
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
Brenner, W.
- Heidegger on Poetry and Truth
- Conference Name:
- Location: Birmingham, Alabama
- Date: April 4, 1980
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Plotinus and the Upanisads
- Conference Name: Brock University
- Sponsoring Organization: Brock University
- Location: Ontario, Canada
- Date: October, 1976
- Authors/Presenters:
Hatab, L. J.
- Named University Professor at Old Dominion
- Named Louis I Jaffe Professor in the College Of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University
- University Nominee for TIAA/CREF Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award
- Inaugural award recipient for Senior Scholar Lecture Series, College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University
- University Nominee for the Robert Foster Cherry Award for Great Teaching, Baylor University
- University Nominee for the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award
- Most Inspiring Faculty Award, named by graduating Dominion Scholar, Yavar Moghimi, Old Dominion University
- Charles O. and Elizabeth E. Burgess Award for Research, College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion University
- Robert L. Stern Award for outstanding teaching in the College of Arts and Letters, Old Dominion
- Student Senate Faculty of the Year Award, Old Dominion
- Phi Beta Kappa, Tau, New York