LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities Emeritus Raymond Williams gave a talk at Morningside College on December. 13, 2006 for the Sharon Walker Faculty Award Ceremony entitled, ‘A Teacher's Faith.’ Williams served for three years on the selection committee for this award. He also gave a talk entitled "Transnational Religions and American Identities" Middlebury College in March as part of the Charles Smith Endowed Lecture Series. Professor Williams’ article, 'Hindu Family in America' was published in American Religions and the Family: How Faith Traditions Cope with Modernization and Democracy. Edited by Don S. Browning and David A. Clairmont. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007.