Project Faculty
John Lombardini
Office: Tyler Hall 255
Phone: 757-221-2082
Email and Webpage
Research Interests: Political Theory, Ancient Greek Political Thought, Laughter and Politics, Democratic Theory
Background
John Lombardini joined the Department in 2010. He received his B.A. in Political Science from Rutgers University and his Ph.D. in Politics from Princeton University. Prior to joining the Government Department at William & Mary he was an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Columbia University's Society of Fellows in the Humanities. He teaches political theory, and is currently working on a book on the relationship between the ethics of laughter and democratic politics in ancient Greek political thought.
Drew Stelljes
Office: Blow Hall 326
Phone: 757-221-3263
Email: adstel@wm.edu
Background
Drew Stelljes serves as the Assistant Vice President for Student Engagement and Leadership at William & Mary. He received his PhD in Educational Policy from William & Mary. Stelljes holds teaching appointments in the School of Education and the Department of Public Policy.
Stelljes is the author of Service-Learning and Community Engagement: Toward Long-term Developmental Social Concern and his engagement model has been widely published. He has authored an array of journal articles on placing students intellectual and developmental needs at the center of the learning endeavor, service-learning, community based learning, education policy reform measures, impacts of alternative breaks and measures of the efficacy of college based tutoring and mentoring programs.
In 2008 Drew was selected as an inaugural member of the Engagement Academy for University Leaders. He has held an executive board seat on a variety of local non-profits and on the Governor’s Advisory for National and Community Service where he chaired the annual selection process for statewide Americorps funding. Stelljes is the faculty member for the DC Office Summer Institute on Leadership and Community Engagement and he teaches the class Urban Education: Policy, Practice and Leadership through the W&M Washington Center.
