March 28, 2024

UMW Names Best-Selling Author Associate Director of Great Lives Series

The University of Mary Washington today announced that Charles J. Shields has been named associate director of the university's Great Lives public lecture series. Shields, a noted historian and author of The New York Times best-selling biography "Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee," was an audience favorite when he spoke about Lee as part of the Great Lives series earlier this year.
About Brynn Boyer

Brynn Boyer is assistant director of media and public relations and a 2010 graduate of UMW.