We were recently contacted by the son of Moreland Perkins with the news that his father had passed away. Dr. Perkins had many ties to Virginia: a Richmond native, he was educated at the University of Virginia and the Virginia Military Institute (he earned his graduate degrees at Harvard). Although best know for his philosophical work in self-perception, eventually this distinguished University of Maryland professor turned to literature, and in 1998 we published his study of Jane Austen, Reshaping the Sexes in ‘Sense and Sensibility.’ You may read more about Dr. Perkins’ life here.