“Holding the Hanes Professorship continues to give me the opportunity to explore new areas of scholarship, to serve as a mentor for my graduate and undergraduate students, and to meet with my colleagues across the country. My work as a teacher and scholar has been enhanced by the professorship, and I am very grateful to the Hanes family for all the wonderful support they have given the university over many, many years.”
– John McGowan, John Wesley and Anna Hodgin Hanes Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature