College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences

Karen L. Cox, associate professor in the History Department and author of the recently published book Dreaming of Dixie: How the South was Created in American Popular Culture (UNC Press, 2011), was featured in The New York Times on September 17, 2011. Her op-ed, “The South Ain’t Just Whistlin’ Dixie,” intelligently discusses the intersection of reality […]

On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast. The storm and its aftermath resulted in the most severe, damaging and costly natural disaster in the nation’s history — as evidenced by the size of the region affected, the loss of life, the extensive destruction of property and the thousands displaced.

David Goldfield, history, just published “America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation” with Bloomsbury Press, to much critical acclaim. According to Kirkus Reviews, Goldfield “offers an intriguing new perspective on what he convincingly argues to be not only the defining event of 1800s America, but the defining event of our nation’s entire political […]

Sociology professor Roslyn Mickelson is the 2011 recipient of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal. The prestigious award, presented by First Citizens Bank and UNC Charlotte, honors faculty scholarship and intellectual inquiry.

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences faculty, students and alumni are making the news. From the local paper to Scientific American, read more about how CLAS members are contributing to the conversation on current issues.

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences faculty, students and alumni are making the news. From the local paper to Scientific American, read more about how CLAS members are contributing to the conversation on current issues.

Addison Hodge, a senior in international studies, spent a month in the summer of 2010 with his fellow Model United Nations teammates, living and working at a Haitian orphanage. He recounts his experience here and explains how the trip changed his life.

The inclination to tell a story, to record our history and somehow make sense of our lives through sharing, is as ancient as civilization itself. In that great tradition, the faculty of UNC Charlotte’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences publish dozens of books annually, on subjects ranging from poetry to Pinochet.

Five College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) women faculty in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics disciplines will receive Bonnie Cone Fellowships from UNC Charlotte ADVANCE to support their scholarship and leadership.

Faculty authors and grant recipients from the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences (CLAS) were recognized for their scholarly achievements at a reception Dec. 8. CLAS Dean Nancy Gutierrez expressed her appreciation for the efforts of the faculty, whom she called the knowledge leaders in the University community. For 2010, CLAS faculty authored or edited […]