Staff Directory

George P. Carras, D.Phil (Oxon), Director, (540) 458-8424, gcarras@wlu.edu  

For more than 25 years, George has held positions in higher education as faculty member, academic administrator, college dean, development director, and sponsored-research director. Besides serving for seven years as a faculty member, dean, academic tutor, and director of studies at Oxford University, he was, for three years, the Denyer Johnson Scholar and the Hall-Houghton Research Scholar. He was a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of California, Berkeley, in the Near Eastern Studies Department and pursued further studies at the Universities of Cambridge, Zurich and Vienna. At W&L, George also holds the positions of associate provost and professor of classical studies (Department of Classics) and senior research fellow in religion (Department of Religion).  In addition, he has served as an adviser to the Cairo Genizah Project at Cambridge. He has presented or published 24 academic papers or articles primarily in the field of early Christianity (Pauline studies) and ancient Judaism (Josephus studies). He has two books to be published, by Oxford University Press and Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands. George has degrees from the University of California, Berkeley (B.A.), University of Manchester, England (M.A.), and the University of Oxford (D.Phil.).     

George W. Graves, M.S., Associate Director, (540) 458-8425, ggraves@wlu.edu

A former reporter, editorial writer and editor for metropolitan newspapers in Connecticut and Kentucky, George has worked for or with colleges and universities for the past decade — first as executive director of the Kentucky Center for Public Issues, then as senior associate at Kentucky's coordinating council for postsecondary education, and most recently as director of strategic communication at Mary Baldwin College in Staunton, Virginia. George taught writing and editing to upper-level students at the University of Kentucky and was a producer and the host of an award-winning public-affairs radio program in Louisville, Kentucky. He has a bachelor's degree from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, and earned a master's degree in management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as a Corporate Fellow at its Hartford campus. He was a Knight-Wallace Fellow in journalism at the University of Michigan and has studied at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, the University of Louisville, and in Rome, Italy.

Jane C. Stewart,  B.A., Assistant Director, (540) 458-8129, jcstewart@wlu.edu

As As assistant director of corporate and foundation relations and faculty grants, Jane is primarily responsible for faculty grant support and institutional initiatives in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. As a faculty grants director, she oversees efforts to assist faculty with individual research and fellowship applications. Jane also serves as a special-project liaison, collaborating with established and emerging programs on campus in researching and pursuing funding opportunities and designing and drafting proposals.  Jane graduated from Columbia University (B.A.), where she majored in comparative literature, working in French, Italian and Spanish literature. While at Columbia, she was awarded the Murrarow Prize for excellence in cultural studies. Before coming to Washington and Lee as a member of the office of communications in 2004, she worked in the independent film industry in New York City.

Frank A. Settle Jr., Ph.D., Grants Specialist for Mathematics and Sciences, (540) 458-8616, settlef@wlu.edu

Frank has been professor of chemistry at Washington and Lee since 1998 after a long career in a similar position at Virginia Military Institute. He has taught courses in analytical chemistry and directed a seminar on the development, use and legacy of nuclear weapons. Before joining W&L, Frank was a program director for chemistry in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation and a consultant to the Department of Energy. He received a B.S. in chemistry from Emory and Henry College and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Frank has been honored with the prestigious J. Calvin Giddings Award for Excellence in Education, given by the Division of Analytical Chemistry of the American Chemical Society to one person a year who has made an outstanding contribution to the “personal and professional development of students in the study of analytical chemistry.” With foundation funding, Settle and Politics Professor Robert Strong conducted the 2005 Summer Institute on Teaching Nonproliferation (of nuclear weapons) that drew instructors from the United States and beyond.

Heidi A. Jarvis, B.A., Administrative Assistant, (540) 458-8977, hjarvis@wlu.edu  

An Oregon native and graduate of Brigham Young University, Heidi held a variety of positions in several businesses - software tester, customer-service representative, and billing coordinator for a radiology practice - before coming to W&L.

Mailing Address:
Office of Faculty Grant Support
Washington and Lee University
Washington Hall, Room 38
Lexington, VA  24450
phone: (540) 458-8977
Fax:  (540) 458-8117