OXFORD, Miss. – Historic preservationist Joseph McGill Jr. is set to visit the University of Mississippi on Wednesday (April 10). McGill, a program officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation who works in the Southern Office in Charleston, S.C., is responsible for the states of Alabama, Louisiana and South Carolina.
Historic Preservationist Visits UM for Lecture
Joseph McGill to speak April 10 about historic slave dwellings
April 9, 2013 by
Grant Enables Completion of Professor’s Book on Holocaust Art
Willa Johnson awarded $32,000 fellowship from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial and Museum for 2013
January 17, 2013 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Willa Johnson, a biblical scholar and professor of sociology who teaches Jewish studies at the University of Mississippi, is blazing a trail when it comes to receiving outside grants for her research projects and public programming on issues related to Judaism. The associate professor of sociology has been awarded the $32,000 CummingsRead the story …
Nylander Named Director of McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement
McLean Institute at UM will use intellectual and cultural resources to transform the state
November 26, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Fighting poverty through education has been a life-long mission of Albert Nylander. The Greenwood native has used his leadership positions in academia to fight “enduring concentrated poverty” in the Mississippi Delta. As the new director of McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement at the University of Mississippi, Nylander said heRead the story …
Sociology Professor Named Humanities Teacher of the Year
Jeff Jackson to lecture Nov. 8
November 5, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – An interest in the globalization of the developing world has earned a University of Mississippi professor a statewide honor. Jeff Jackson, associate professor of sociology, has been named the 2012 Humanities Teacher of the Year, and will give a lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday (Nov. 8) in the Tupelo Room of BarnardRead the story …
Sociology Professor Hopes to Provide Freshmen Tools to Succeed in School and Life
July 13, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – Teaching college freshmen is always a challenge, but Jeffrey Jackson has a passion for introducing students to new concepts and ideas. “Introducing students to ideas they’ve never thought of before is one of the most exciting aspects of teaching sociology on a college campus,” said Jackson, an associate professor of sociology atRead the story …
Anthropology Professor Receives Prestigious Book Award
April 27, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – A University of Mississippi professor of anthropology has received the prestigious Mooney Award from the Southern Anthropological Society. The society honored Robbie Ethridge for her book “From Chicaza to Chickasaw: The European Invasion and the Transformation of the Mississippian World, 1540-1715” (University of North Carolina Press, 2010). Using a new interpretive frameworkRead the story …
University Commemorates 50 Years of Integration Feb. 23 with Free Concert
February 14, 2012 by
OXFORD, Miss. – It’s as much fun listening to George Dor talk about the upcoming 2012 Black History Month concert as it is hearing him perform, and that’s saying a lot. On Feb. 23, audiences will have a chance to do both when Dor, associate professor of music at the University of Mississippi, joins severalRead the story …