Renowned poet and professor named to GU humanities chair
Renowned poet and English Professor Tod Marshall has been named to a two-year term as Gonzaga University's Robert K. and Ann J. Powers Professor Chair of the Humanities. He replaces philosophy Professor Wayne Pomerleau.
Marshall, this year's recipient of the Humanities Washington Award, is in his 16th year of teaching at Gonzaga. He founded and continues to curate the university's visiting writers series, and has published three poetry collections.
The Powers chair is awarded to “an outstanding teacher-scholar in the area of history, philosophy, language or literature,” according to the university It was established in 1979 by the late Robert K and Ann J. Powers through a gift designed to affirm the centrality of the humanities in a Gonzaga education. Robert Powers is a former Gonzaga trustee, had two master’s degrees from Gonzaga.