African American Studies
Two UM Professors to Receive Mississippi Humanities Council Honors
Patrick Alexander and Marc Lerner will be lauded in Jackson for teaching, service JANUARY 29, 2018 BY EDWIN B. SMITH Two University of Mississippi professors are among those being honored Feb. 16 in Jackson by the Mississippi Humanities Council. Patrick Alexander, assistant professor of English and African American Studies, will receive the Humanities Educator Award […]
TEDxUniversityofMississippi Brings ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’ to UM Feb. 3
Seven speakers set for this year’s program JANUARY 22, 2018 BY MICHAEL NEWSOM The University of Mississippi will host its third TEDxUniversity of Mississippi conference Feb. 3 at the Gertrude C. Ford Center for the Performing Arts with seven speakers to give brief, thought-provoking lectures on the theme of “MomentUM.” This year’s lineup includes faculty members, a graduate […]
UM Professor Lectures on African Music at University of Georgia
George Dor invited as fall speaker for the Institute for African Studies NOVEMBER 10, 2017 BY ANNA HERD George W.K. Dor, professor of music at the University of Mississippi, recently delivered the fall lecture for the University of Georgia’s Institute for African Studies. Dor was invited as guest lecturer by Akinloye Ojo, the institute’s director. The […]
Faulkner’s Short Stories Focus of 2018 UM Common Reading Experience
Selection fulfills original goal of committee to showcase author’s work NOVEMBER 3, 2017 BY MICHAEL NEWSOM Selected short stories of a University of Mississippi alumnus and one of the most acclaimed American authors of the 20th century will be the focus of the university’s 2018 Common Reading Experience. The Common Reading Experience will showcase Nobel Prize-winning […]
Prison-to-College Pipeline Program Helps Participants Build Futures
UM-Mississippi College partnership supports pursuit of college education at correctional facilities JULY 31, 2017 BY EDWIN SMITH A partnership between the University of Mississippi and Mississippi College is promoting higher education in prison and helping incarcerated men and women transform their lives as they earn credits toward a college education. The Prison-to-College Pipeline Program began in […]
MOST Conference Provides Resources, Guidance for Potential Students
More than 400 rising high school seniors attended the annual UM recruiting and empowerment event JULY 25, 2017 BY EDWIN SMITH More than 400 students attended the 2017 Mississippi Outreach to Scholastic Talent Conference, a three-day annual event that offers leadership activities, academic and campus resources, and guidance from faculty, staff and student leaders for […]
Four UM Faculty Members Named Liberal Arts New Scholars
Honor encourages continued research, scholarship, publication and creative achievement JUNE 4, 2017 BY EDWIN SMITH Four University of Mississippi faculty members have been honored as inaugural recipients of a New Scholar Award in the university’s College of Liberal Arts. The first recipients are Matthew R. Wilson, assistant professor of theatre arts, Derrick A. Harriell, assistant […]
Edge Effects Magazine: A Conversation with Jeffrey Jackson and Charles Ross on Ole Miss and the Shadow of Slavery
BY BRIAN HAMILTON MAY 17, 2017 In the last fifteen years, slavery has gone to college. Or, rather, colleges and universities have taken themselves back to school. Initiatives at several of the nation’s oldest, most elite institutions have sought to uncover their historical entanglements with slavery, which went overlooked—often willfully—for generations. The efforts date to 2003, […]
THE DM: Book of Poetry Celebrates What It Means to Be Black
FEBRUARY 22, 2017 | By Jacqueline Knirnschild for The Daily Mississippian Stripper in Wonderland, Derrick Harriell’s third poetry collection, celebrates what it means to be black, with autobiographical details set in a whimsical wonderland. Harriell, an assistant professor of English and African American Studies and director of the English Master of Fine Arts program, will be […]
Nominations for Sullivan Award for Community Service Due Feb. 24
Annual honors recognize students, alumni and local residents FEBRUARY 16, 2017 BY MICHAEL NEWSOM The McLean Institute for Public Service and Community Engagement at the University of Mississippi is seeking nominations for The Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award. The award recognizes those who exhibit “nobility of character, exemplified by selfless service to others and the community.” UM will accept nominations through Feb. […]