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Providence Adu ’24, who earned a Ph.D. in geography, has been awarded this year’s Graduate Dean’s Distinguished Dissertation Award for the dissertation “Analyzing Housing Market Dynamics and Neighborhood Change: A Case Study of Charlotte, North Carolina.” Utilizing the rapidly growing city of Charlotte as a case study, Adu established a framework incorporating spatial statistics tools, natural […]

The Department of Languages and Culture Studies, within the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences, is changing its name to the Department of Languages, Cultures and Translation. This change was endorsed by the Faculty Council on April 24 and approved by Chancellor Gaber on June 5. The catalog will be updated with a change […]

Greg Weeks, associate dean for faculty affairs for the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences, was selected to join the fifth cohort of the UNC System Executive Leadership Institute. He, along with Charleata Neal of human resources, are among the 33 faculty and staff members from across the system selected for this 10-month institute. Participants […]

Stephanie Norander, a professor in the Department of Communications Studies, is the inaugural associate faculty director for the Levine Scholars Program. Norander has served as associate chair of communication studies, executive director of the Communication Across the Curriculum program in the Office of Undergraduate Education and in faculty fellow positions for the dean and provost.  “Dr. […]

Coral Hatch, a rising junior majoring in social work and minoring in history, has been selected for the prestigious Fulbright UK Summer Institutes and will study this summer in the United Kingdom. Selection in the program is highly competitive; only 42 U.S. students were chosen this year, and two of them were from UNC Charlotte. Hatch will study at […]

University marshal is an honor bestowed on distinguished faculty members. Representing the faculty at University ceremonial functions, including commencement, they are symbols of faculty excellence and leadership in teaching, professional achievement and service to campus and community. Congratulations to this year’s University marshals from the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences: Terry Shirley […]

When Gabie Stanfield visited UNC Charlotte for the first time, she knew she had found her home. A first-generation college student from Burlington, North Carolina, she sought a bigger city to cultivate her creativity that also had smaller supportive spaces where she could thrive. “I went to a K-12 school — I was at the […]

Serena Bemmo Kamdem, who was born in Cameroon, moved to the U.S. Virgin Islands at the age of 7. Relocating was tough, and her new school suggested ESL classes to avoid being held back a grade. But her dad, a middle school math teacher, created workbooks to help Kamdem and her three siblings learn English […]

Christopher R. Boyer has been named the founding dean of the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences at UNC Charlotte following a national search. His appointment was approved during the April 25 meeting of the University’s Board of Trustees. Boyer will join UNC Charlotte effective July 1 from Northern Arizona University, where he currently holds […]

The Department of Geography and Earth Sciences was renamed the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, effective April 9. This name change more accurately represents the collaborative approach within the department, said John Smail, interim dean of the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences. “We are excited that this new name reflects the […]