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Ayanna Thompson, "Commencing with Shakespeare" Sunday, March 13 at 3pm: Lee Chapel
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Prof. Ayanna Thompson, Professor of English at George Washington University, will be the 2016 Phi Beta Kappa Convocation Speaker. March 13, 3:00 p.m., Lee Chapel. Prof. Thompson, who is a Trustee of the Shakespeare Association of America, specializes in issues of race and performance in Renaissance drama.