Dr. Chandra Owenby Hopkins, WC ‘05, has been named the Dean of the Women’s College at Converse College in Spartenburg, South Carolina. An award-winning teacher and scholar, Dr. Hopkins is a recipient of the Cato Award for Faculty Excellence from Converse College and the Robert A. Schanke Theatre Research Award from the Mid-America Theatre Conference. Additionally, she was recently awarded the 2020 SCICU Teaching Excellence Award. She holds her BA in Theatre from Brenau, her MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, and her Ph.D. in Theatre and Performance Studies from the University of Kansas.