New Faculty Research to Explore Race in the South from Diverse Angles
Projects aim to deepen understanding of race and racism in the region and consider implications for pathways forward. Congratulations to the following faculty members for their upcoming projects:
- Black Muslims and Racial Justice in the U.S. South: Ellen McLarney, Associate Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, with Mbaye Lo
-Blue Mud: Experiences of Race in Alamance County, North Carolina: Christopher Sims, Undergraduate Education Director at the Center for Documentary Studies, with Jaki Shelton Green
- Collecting Oral Histories of Environmental Racism and Injustice in the American South: Erika Weinthal, Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy, with Elizabeth Albright, Catherine Flowers, Emily Stewart, Lou Brown, Wesley Hogan and Miguel Rojas Sotelo
- How Politics, Poverty and Social Policy Implementation Shape Racial Inequality in the Rural South: Carolyn Barnes, Assistant Professor in the Sanford School of Public Policy
-Plantation Afterlives, Plantation Futures: Jarvis McInnis, Cordelia and William Laverack Family Assistant Professor of English
-Reckoning with Race, Gender and the Law of Slavery and Freedom: The Story and History of Ellen Craft: Doriane Coleman, Professor of Law, with Thavolia Glymph