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The College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences is thrilled to announce the UNC Charlotte Ginkgo Residential Guest Speaker Series of six monthly lectures taking place at the Independent Picture House. This marquee speaker series, curated by Jurgen Buchenau, Ph.D., Dowd Term Professor of Capitalism Studies, will feature thought-provoking presentations led by expert Charlotte […]

The Bank of America Award for Teaching Excellence is one of the most important and prestigious traditions at UNC Charlotte, recognizing excellence in teaching. This year, two faculty from the College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences have been named as finalists for the award. The winner will be announced at a ceremony on Sept. 5. […]

College of Humanities & Earth and Social Sciences faculty hosted the 19th annual Interdisciplinary Network for Group Researchers conference July 18-20, at the UNC Charlotte Marriott Hotel & Conference Center. INGRoup brings together researchers from all over the world and from diverse disciplines, including psychology, communication studies, management, sociology, medicine, education and information sciences. Krista […]

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 […]