Oral History Interview with Dr. Patricia Lancaster

Authors

Patricia Lancaster, Rollins College
Wenxian Zhang, Rollins CollegeFollow

Document Type

Oral History

Publication Date

6-27-2005

Biography

Patricia Anne Lancaster joined the faculty of Rollins College in 1970 as a professor of French and humanities. For thirty-five years, Lancaster has not only worked for Rollins College as a teacher, but also as an able administrator.

Lancaster was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. She studied French at Coker College and Emory University. She received her A.B. in 1963 from Coker, her M.A. in 1970 and her Ph.D. in 1971 from Emory.

Beginning her career as a professor, Lancaster joined the ranks of administrators in 1983 as the Associate Dean of Faculty for four years. She then served as the Director of International Programs from 1987 to 1991, the Dean of the Rollins Brevard Campus from 1994 to 2000, the Dean of the Hamilton Holt School from 1998 to 2003, the Interim Provost in 2000, and the Vice President and Provost of Rollins College in 2004.

Lancaster is a member of the Modern Language Association, the South Atlantic Modern Language Association, and the American Conference of Academic Deans. She received the Arthur Vining Davis Award for excellence in teaching in 1981, the Heart of Gold Award from the American Heart Association in 1998, the Hamilton Holt Award in 2001, and the National Endowment for the Humanities Grant.

Recommended Citation

Lancaster, Patricia and Zhang, Wenxian, "Oral History Interview with Dr. Patricia Lancaster" (2005). Oral Histories. 13.
https://scholarship.rollins.edu/oralhist/13