Dr. Rachel Patton McCord
Book Details
Title
Gaudy Night
Author
Award Year
ISBN
9780060550226
Honoree Information
Dr. Rachel Patton McCord
Position
Associate Professor
Department
Biochemisty & Cellular and Molecular Biology
Occasion
On the occasion of Dr. Rachel Patton McCord's tenure and promotion to Associate Professor
Why Chosen
This book was a favorite "enjoyable read" of mine both during my graduate work and was sustaining to me when I read it again during the most tense days of the pandemic. I love all of Dorothy L. Sayers work, and this novel in particular resonates with me now as a faculty member because it evokes the life of female faculty nearly 100 years ago, and involves issues surrounding the balance of work and family, academic truth and personal relationships.