The holder of the Fernando Marcial Chair, Joyce Lang teaches various Spanish courses, coaches thirds squash, coordinates the La Conexión program and serves as language department chair. She joined Blair’s language department in 2012. Joyce completed her undergraduate work in Spanish literature at the University of Virginia, having spent her third year studying at the University of Valencia in Spain. Immediately prior to coming to Blair, Joyce was a substitute teacher at the American School of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. During school breaks, she can be found either engaged in service travel with Blair students in the Spanish-speaking world, or traveling with her husband and two grown children, Megan and Sydney.