CLAS in the News, February 2013

February 8, 2013
Categories: College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences, Updates

Faculty Featured:

  • Sean McCloud, religious studies, wrote a column that was published on Thursday, Feb. 28, 2013 in Huffington Post Religion titled “Nones, Somes and the Combinativeness of American Religion.”
  • Eric Heberlig, political science & public administration, was quoted on Friday, February 15, 2013 on WRAL.com in “What you might hear in the state of the state.”
  • Akin Ogundiran, Africana Studies, was quoted on Tuesday, February 12, 2013 in Qcitymetro in “Gantt Center explores music, message of Fela.”
  • Sean McCloud, religous studies, was a panelist on Monday, February 11, 2013 on WFAE’s Charlotte Talks on “Superstitions and Why We Believe Them.”
  • Greg Weeks, Latin American studies and political science & public administration, was quoted on Thursday, February 8, 2013 in Bloomberg on “Chavismo Set to Outlive Chavez as Venezuela Braces for Elections.”
  • Min Jiang, communication studies, wrote an essay titled “China’s Internet Sovereignty in the Wake of WCIT-12” that was published on Wednesday, February 6, 2013 in online policy website China-US Focus.
  • Daniel Grano and Margaret M. Quinlan, communication studies, along with Elliot Hamer, communication studies graduate student, were quoted on Sunday, February 3, 2013 in The Charlotte Observer in the article “YWCA hosts eugenics discussion.”
  • Deborah Strumsky, geography & earth sciences, was featured in an article in San Francisco Chronicle’s SFGate on Friday, February 1, 2013 in “As Patenting Soars to Historic Rates, the Most Inventive Metropolitan Areas are Leaving Others Behind.”

Students Featured:

  • Elliot Hamer, communication studies graduate student, along with Daniel Grano and Margaret M. Quinlan, communication studies faculty, was quoted on Sunday, February 3, 2013 in The Charlotte Observer in the article “YWCA hosts eugenics discussion.”

Alumni Featured:

  • Esther Rose Erwin, history graduate, was featured on Friday, February 15, 2013 in The Mint Hill Times.com on her posthumous induction into the university’s Hall of Fame in “UNCC Alumni induct Esther Rose Erwin to Hall of Fame.”