The William L. Duren '26 Professorship Program

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Deadline to apply: for 2013-2014: March 1, 2013

Overview
The William L. Duren '26 Professorship Program was established and endowed with a generous gift from Professor William L. Duren '26, M.A. '28, Ph.D., LL.D. honoris causa '59, professor emeritus of mathematics and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Virginia.

Each year, up to four tenured or tenure-track members of the faculty in the liberal arts and sciences serve as Duren Professors. Duren Professors enjoy an especially close relationship to the Newcomb-Tulane College during their tenure in the program. They are provided with additional resources that permit them to adopt distinctive pedagogies (team-teaching, use of auxiliary materials or electronic information technologies, and others) and to arrange for and facilitate distinctive kinds of meaningful interactions with students enrolled in the courses they teach as Duren Professors.

Duren Professors 2012-2013

Professor Brian Brox, Political Science: “Advanced Campaigns and Elections”
This Duren course will provide both a theoretical and practical view of American campaigns and elections. Students will benefit from unique course components, including guest lectures from a politician, a journalist, and a scholar, as well as the opportunity to help produce a book-length study of the 2012 presidential election.

Professor Gaurav Desai, African and African Diaspora Studies: "Introduction to African and African Diaspora Studies"
In this Duren-enhanced section of the foundational course for students in African and African Diaspora Studies, Professor Desai will incorporate required field trips to Laura Plantation and to other local sites of interest.  In addition to the field trips, the course will include a number of theme-based faculty panels on key topics in the study of Africa and its diaspora. The idea is to introduce students both to the energies surrounding African and African diasporic studies in general, as well as to introduce them to the specific interests of faculty who are likely to teach them in their studies at Tulane.

Professor Benjamin Hall, Cell and Molecular Biology: “Neurobiology at LUMCON”
Open to a select number of juniors and seniors, this two-week long workshop introduces students to the rich history of marine neurobiology while teaching cutting-edge experimental methods in neuroscience. The course is team-taught at the Louisiana Marine Consortium DeFelice Field Station (LUMCON), and will feature morningseminars by visiting professors, hands-on laboratory sessions in the afternoon, and a collection trip into upper Terrebonne Bay on the RV Acadiana.

Recent Duren Courses