Hood Professor Writes and Publishes Book

By Stacey Axler

Donald Wright recently wrote and published a book titled “Modern Antiquity.”

“Modern Antiquity” details the development of how current French society is modeled after Greco-Ro­man Antiquity and how modern nations form a sense of unity and identity.

“For professors, the summer is for research. This past summer I would spend 12 to 13 hours in the li­brary doing research and taking my notes,” Wright said.

Wright continued his research into the start of the semester, and be­gan to write his book by hand.

Currently, Wright is not teach­ing a class based only off of his off of his book, but he often references his material in class.

Along with his French and Ar­abic classes, Wright also acts as the director of the Middle East studies program.

Wright also designed an Honors 201 class for the Honors Program titled Identity and North Africa. Wright explained that the concept of unity described in “Modern Antiquity” also can be applied to his honors class.

“I like all of my classes and stu­dents, and I really liked designing my own Honors 201 course,” Wright said.

Though “Modern Antiquity” was just published, Wright is current­ly writing another book, a follow-up to the subjects of identity and space presented in his recent publication.