College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences

In recognition of his deep commitment to mentoring graduate students, Ryan Kilmer, professor of psychology, has received the 2014 Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award. Colleagues, university officials, community members and students gathered in his honor on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the Harris Alumni Center at Johnson Glen.

Local communities can expect the number and asset size of philanthropic foundations to increase, due to the rise in health care consolidations driven by health care reform. In the past, assets of this kind may have been underused or even undocumented. A new database created by UNC Charlotte researchers can help bridge this gap.

Lil Brannon, a UNC Charlotte English professor, has received the 2014 Richard Braddock Award for the most outstanding article on writing or the teaching of writing published in a journal widely regarded as the top journal in rhetoric and composition.

UNC Charlotte Psychology Professor James R. (Jim) Cook has received a top statewide honor for linking community service to classroom study and reflection from the North Carolina Campus Compact, a coalition of 38 colleges and universities.

Death is the end of life – often a difficult topic to discuss. UNC Charlotte Professor Jillian Tullis is working to change that. Tullis uses her personal experiences, combined with the experiences and knowledge she has gained working with hospices and cancer centers, to improve the ways people view and communicate about death. “Attitudes about […]

Mexico’s Once and Future Revolution: Social Upheaval and the Challenge of Rule since the Late Nineteenth Century, co-authored by History Department Chair Jurgen Buchenau (with Gilbert M. Joseph) has been featured in the History Book Club, a rare distinction for an academic book, especially on a topic not pertaining to either American or European history. […]

UNC Charlotte Philosophy faculty member Eddy Souffrant’s book, Identity, Political Freedom, and Collective Responsibility: The Pillars and Foundations of Global Ethics, recently was published by Palgrave-MacMillan (NY). In his work, Souffrant argues that society’s current social and political theories do not properly account for the actual circumstances of twenty-first century living and experiences. He makes […]

Editor’s Note: Periodically, we will share stories of global experiences, in students’ or faculty members’ own words.  If you wish to submit articles for consideration, we invite you to do so through our “submit news” form. Thanks! By Sarah Obeid I never thought in this lifetime I would eat a boiling, teriyaki-flavored snail on the […]

Heritage Daily has named the finds made this summer at UNC Charlotte’s Mount Zion dig site as among the world’s Top 10 archaeological discoveries for 2013. James Tabor, chair of religious studies in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences; and Shimon Gibson, Israeli archaeologist, fellow at the Albright Institute in Jerusalem and adjunct UNC […]

Dr. Kirk Melnikoff, associate professor of English, won the 2013 Calvin& Rose G. Hoffman Prize for a Distinguished Publication on Christopher Marlowe, which is the most prestigious award in the area of Christopher Marlowe studies. Melnikoff won this award for an essay he wrote titled “Flaskett and Linley’s Tragedy of Dido Queen of Carthage.” This […]