Then, in 1979, she came to Southwestern's sociology department as the first woman to hold an endowed chair. Neville's work has focused on symbolic anthropology of religion, culture and community. Rituals of Reunion in American Protestant Culture and The Mother Town . After this year, she will be able to devote herself full-time to research and writing. We all need change to give us a chance to explore new possibilities.
Teaching is wonderful, but it's a full-time job.
If you do it well, it takes a lot out of you. Writing is another type of full-time job if you do that well. So I'm looking forward to that new full-time job. She plans to office at her home in Georgetown, where she lives with spouse and long-time research collaborator Jack Hunnicutt. This is something I have really felt good about during my time at Southwestern.