College News
On Monday, Feb. 23, Jürgen Buchenau, Ph.D., joined WCNC+ Live Impact News to discuss the significance of the killing of the Mexican cartel leader Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, commonly referred to as “El Mencho.” Buchenau is the Dowd Term Chair of Capitalism Studies, a professor of history and Latin American studies and an expert on […]
Mark I. West, Ph.D., is among the experts featured in the #1 trending new podcast series “The Secret World of Roald Dahl,” produced byiHeartMedia, Imagine Entertainment and the award-winning audio company Parallax. Created and hosted by Aaron Tracy, bestselling writer, producer and founder of Parallax, the series goes beyond Dahl’s iconic children’s books, including “James […]
Undergraduate students, faculty and alumni from the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences have been selected to speak as part of the 2026 TEDx UNC Charlotte event to be held on Saturday, Feb. 21. Speakers were chosen through a competitive application process that is open to all in the community. Once selected, the […]
Two faculty from the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences have been named to the 2026 class of Gambrell Faculty Fellows. The Gambrell Faculty Fellowship at UNC Charlotte is administered through the Charlotte Urban Institute with support through a grant from the Gambrell Foundation. This is the seventh cohort of Gambrell Fellows selected […]
Four faculty from the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences will be highlighted through the five talks presented during the 2026 Great Decisions lecture series held this spring. Joshua Miller, Amal Khoury, Beth Whitaker and Dale Smith, all CHESS faculty, have been selected to discuss the “great decisions” facing U.S. public and policy […]
Greg Weeks, associate dean in the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences and expert in Latin American politics, discussed the unfolding situation in Venezuela on WCNC+’s “Live Impact Afternoon News” show. Weeks joined WCNC+ for two live interviews. The first took place on Monday, Jan. 5, where he unpacked the U.S. capture of […]
Hania al-Shamat, Ph.D., assistant teaching professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, was selected as one of the winners of the inaugural Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Teaching, or Leadership by Contingent Faculty from the American Political Science Association (APSA). “Receiving APSA’s inaugural Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Teaching, or Leadership meant […]
Annabelle Hill, a senior in the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences, is UNC Charlotte’s first finalist for the prestigious Marshall Scholarship. Founded in 1953, Marshall Scholarships provide full funding for fifty American undergraduates to pursue postgraduate degrees in the United Kingdom each year. The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission selects talented, independent and […]
Boyd H. Davis, Ph.D., professor emerita of English and gerontology, was recognized as one of Southminster’s inaugural 8 Over 80 honorees on Nov. 11. Davis continues to research and write in her retirement, contributing to important research on aging, dementia and caregiving. Southminster is a non-profit community providing innovative living solutions to aging across a […]
When Madison Black walks across the stage this December, she will have more than a diploma. She will carry memories of discovery in the classroom, mentorship from faculty and a network of friendships forged in residence halls and on the volleyball court. Black is graduating from the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences […]
When funding to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was suspended due to the federal government shutdown, nearly 42 million recipients faced uncertainty about how to feed themselves and their families. Despite the government reopening, this uncertainty continues due to both the current gaps in the program and new restrictions. Colleen Hammelman, Ph.D., associate professor […]
Sonya Ramsey, Ph.D., has been announced as the co-winner of the 2025 TD Elder Trailblazer Award, awarded by the Charlotte Mecklenburg Black Heritage Committee (CMBHC), in recognition of her book, “Bertha Maxwell-Roddey: A Modern-Day Race Woman and the Power of Black Leadership” (University Press of Florida, 2022). Ramsey will be honored at the Charlotte Museum […]