Congratulations to Ghazala Hashmi on an incredible accomplishment!
She has just been elected as Virginia’s lieutenant governor! Hashmi earned her doctorate in Emory’s English department in 1992 with a dissertation titled William Carlos Williams and the American ground of “In the American Grain” and “Paterson.” Her advisor was Prof. Peter Dowell.
Most recently, she was elected to the Virginia Senate in 2019 and was then reelected in 2023.
Well done, Ghazala!
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