Eden Wales

Eden Wales is academic vice president, dean of faculty, and professor of arts and science at Colby-Sawyer College (NH). Previously, she served as vice president for academic affairs, dean of faculty, and professor of English at Clarke University (IA); vice provost for academic affairs and associate professor at Saint Mary’s University (MN); and dean of communication, literature, and arts at Mount Mercy University (IA), where she became a tenured English professor. Wales is an accomplished teacher-scholar, whose pedagogical excellence has been recognized through teaching awards; her book, Reading Testimony, Witnessing Trauma, won the Eudora Welty Prize for its innovative approach to literature. She regularly offers public lectures and workshops and has served on multiple boards.