From 2006--2010, he served as chief academic officer at Hamilton, leading all academic programs and services. He coordinated Hamilton's campus-wide strategic planning process and created the position of associate dean for diversity initiatives. Urgo's research interests focus on the works of 20th-century America n novelists and writers William Faulkner and Willa Cather. He has published six books, the most recent being Reading Faulkner:
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William Faulkner