Who teaches?

You'll soon find that your most talented teachers are also productive and prolific researchers. Programs such as the University Seminars ensure that undergraduates, particularly first-year students, learn from U.Va.'s most distinguished scholars. And even with large classes, professors make themselves available to you—to answer questions, to help with a problem to discuss an assignment, and even to have lunch.

Julian Bond

Long before Julian Bond began teaching civil rights history at the University in 1992, he had earned a reputation as an activist, politician, journalist, and even an actor, having speaking parts in several movies. In 1960, as a student at Morehouse College in Atlanta, he co-founded the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Just five years later, Professor Bond was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives. Since 1998 he has served as chairman of the board of the NAACP, the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the United States. In 2002, he received the prestigious National Freedom Award. For many U.Va. students, Professor Bond's lecture course on the history of the American civil rights movement is one of the University's "must-take" classes.

John Quale

Architecture professor John Quale has redefined the meaning of "mod." In addition to teaching undergraduate architecture courses, he's project director for ecoMOD, an award-winning interdisciplinary design / build / evaluate project focused on ecologically based modular housing for low-income families. Professor Quale also served as the advisor and coordinator for the 2002 U.Va. Solar Decathlon Team, a national design/build house competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. In his free time, he pursues an interest in photography and has recently mounted solo exhibitions of his work in New York, Washington, and Charlottesville.

Neeti Nair

Neeti Nair is a recent addition to the U.Va. faculty. She joined the Corcoran Department of History in 2006 to teach the history of modern South Asia and India. Professor Nair is revising her dissertation for publication as Between Homeland and Nation: Punjabi Hindus and the Making of Modern India, 1907–1947, which examines the politics of Punjabi Hindus and how they have shaped the political culture of modern India.