"Honor as a 21st Century Concept" by Dr. Teresa A. Sullivan

Wheaton College's Department of Sociology and Anthropology hosts the 11th
annual Ivan J. Fahs Memorial Lecture. Dr. Teresa
A. Sullivan, President of the University of Virginia will deliver this year's
lecture titled "Honor as a 21st Century Concept."

Dr. Sullivan was elected as the eighth President of the University of
Virginia on August 1, 2010. Prior to being at U. Va., Sullivan served as Provost
and executive Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Michigan,
as well as Professor of Sociology in their College of Literature, Science, and
the Arts. Her areas of research in Sociology focus on labor force demography
with an emphasis on economic marginality and consumer debt. She has authored or
co-authored six books, and more than 50 scholarly articles.

Ivan J. Fahs served the Sociology Department at Wheaton College faithfully
for many years as a professor. Behind a tenacious commitment to excellence was a
man of great compassion. A year after his death in 2002, the department
sponsored its first conference in memory of Dr. Fahs.

Free and open to the public, this event takes place in the Meyer Science
Center, Room 145. For more information,
contact the Department of Sociology & Anthropology at 630.752.5036.