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Who is Dooley?

Dooley represents a quirky tradition on campus.

The biology lab skeleton safeguards the official Spirit of Emory.

Acting through students selected to don the Dooley mantle, he maintains a vigorous and unpredictable presence during a week in his honor in the spring. The identity of these students is one of the best-kept secrets on campus.

• Dooley's profile / Emory History site
• Dueling Dooleys: The tale of two Dooleys / Emory Magazine

The story of the "Spirit of Emory"

YouTube: Dooley's Story: A History (left)

YouTube: Who is Dooley? Students offer insights

Facebook: Friend Dooley on Facebook

Curriculum Vitae

Current name: James W. Dooley

Titles: Spirit of Emory, Lord of Misrule

Schools: Emory College of Arts & Sciences, Oxford College

Subject: Biology

Courses taught: Spring Break 101

Office hours: Primarily spring, annually

Personal website: www.emory.edu

Education

• Emory University, MM (Music), 2010
• Emory University, MPH, 2007
• Emory University, JD, 2006
• Emory University, BS (Nursing), 2005
• Emory University, PhD (Liberal Arts), 2003
• Emory University, MBA/MDiv, 2002
• Emory University, BA, 1899

Honors and Awards

• Emory Award of Distinction
• Employee of the Semester, every spring

Academic Appointment: President's Cabinet Emeritus

Interests: Resting in peace, shooting squirt guns, dismissing classes

Current projects: Dooley's Week, Dooley's Cup

Research: Higher education, the afterlife

Publications

• Dooley, James W. "Viable perambulation techniques for apparitions," The Emory Wheel, 2006
• Dooley, James W. "Dry bones: Transgressive behavior and gender confusion in mascots of academe" (PhD thesis), Nature, 2003
• Dooley, William M. "An analysis of the effects of variable construction noise and dust levels on the rest and relaxation of skeletons," Smithsonian, 1999
• Dooley, James T. "An analysis of the optimization of timing the disassembly of organized educational convocations," CASE Currents, 1985
• [Anonymous publication] "Reflections of the Skeleton," The Phoenix, October 1899

Contact information

Administration Building 209
1380 South Oxford Road
Atlanta, Ga. 30322

e-mail: jwdooley@learnlink.emory.edu
telephone: 404.727.1234
fax: 404.727.0646

Editor's note: Any resemblance this biography may have to a real person, living or dead, is accidental, unintended and, we believe, metaphysically impossible. Publications listed may be ethereal in nature, making them potentially difficult to find.