CLAS in the News, January 2013

February 2, 2013
Categories: College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences, Updates

Faculty Featured:

  • Martin Klotz, biology, was featured on Monday, January 28, 2013 in the America Now television segment “Who has the most germs at work?”
  • Justin Conrad, political science & public administration, was quoted on Saturday, January 26, 2013 in The Charlotte Observer Lake Norman News in “Foreign policy lectures held at UNCC.” Eddy Souffrant, philosophy; Ola Aborisade, Africana studies; and Gregory Starrett, anthropology, were mentioned in the article.
  • Bobby Brame, Michael Turner, criminal justice & criminology, along with Ray Paternoster, University of Maryland, published an opinion article on Saturday, January 26, 2013  in The Charlotte Observer on “Charlotte’s crime statistics: what do they really tell us?”
  • Tanure Ojaide, Africana studies, was featured on Friday, January 25, 2013 in The Charlotte Observer Lake Norman News, in “UNCC professor is prolific writer.”
  • Dan Grano and Margaret Quinlan, communication studies, along with graduate student Eliot Hamer, communication studies, were featured on Thursday, January 24, 2013 on WFAE Charlotte Talks in “Should We Right Past Wrongs?”
  • John David Smith, history, and a lecture he was to give were mentioned on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 in Charlotte Magazine in “Two Local Authors Set to Speak This Weekend.”
  • Jeffrey Leak, English and Center for the Study of the New South, was quoted on Saturday, January 19, 2013 in The Charlotte Observer in “Charlotte to award WBTV’s Steve Crump with MLK Medallion.”
  • Janaka Lewis, English, (along with Tehia Starker, education) was a panelist on Friday, January 18, 2013 on WFAE Charlotte Talks on “Kids and Race.”
  • Dan White, religious studies, was noted on Friday, January 18, 2013 in The Charlotte Observer: South Charlotte News in “Lectures focus on the afterlife.”
  • Bobby Brame, criminal justice & criminology, was quoted on Sunday, January 6, 2013, in The Charlotte Observer in “A murder statistic to applaud and improve upon.”
  • Scott Gartlan, Charlotte Teachers Institute Executive Director, was quoted on Wednesday, January 2, 2013, in The Charlotte Observer, in “Charlotte Teachers Institute working to deal with success.”

Students Featured:

  • Graduate student Eliot Hamer, communication studies, along with Dan Grano and Margaret Quinlan, communication studies, was featured on Thursday, January 24, 2013 on WFAE Charlotte Talks in “Should We Right Past Wrongs?”