Dr. Christian Pinnen, Humanities Teacher of the Year for Mississippi College, presents his public lecture: The date “1619” has garnered more attention than in recent memory over the last couple of months. The year the first enslaved Africans arrived on the shores of the Virginia colony engenders a sort of intellectual reckoning with Americas past […]
Delta State University will host Ellen Ann Fentress, author, journalist, and documentary filmmaker, from February 17-19, 2020. On February 18 at 7pm, Ms. Fentress will present a public program about her latest project, "The Academy Stories." A panel discussion will occur immediately following the presentation (Broom Hall, Baioni Conference Center.)
Dr. Kristen K. White, Humanities Teacher Awardee for Belhaven University, presents her public lecture: This qualitative study explored how international service-learning developed faculty personally and professionally. The 48 interviews from 17 faith-based universities found that if faculty engaged in all four of Kolb’s (1984) experiential learning stages, their commitment to service-learning increased and […]
As the recipient of the Humanities Teacher Award at Millsaps College, Dr. Davis will give a public lecture on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 at 4:00 p.m. in the McMullen Lecture Hall (Room 122) in the Selby and Richard McRae Christian Center on the Millsaps College campus entitled, “The Shadow of Death: Southern Baptists and […]
Dr. Melissa Adams, Humanities Teacher Award winner from Southwest Mississippi Community College, will present her public lecture: The human body houses secrets that have fascinated philosophers, artists, and scientists throughout time. Cultural beliefs often slowed development of anatomy. Artists created illustrations that advanced knowledge of the human body. This presentation looks through […]
Annual Black history month programs featuring historical perspectives on the African American experience in Mississippi from slavery through Civil Rights and contemporary times. Feb. 20 will feature New Hope Christian School singers & dancers, as well as the Tougaloo College concert choir. Additionally, present on Feb. 20 will be a Hinds County […]
Graduate Student Tom Tacoma Dr. Thomas Tacoma, Humanities Teacher Awardee for Blue Mountain College, will present his public lecture: Dr. Tacoma’s will present on Calvin Coolidge’s principle of responsibility in public office. Coolidge faced numerous challenges as Governor of Massachusetts, President of the United States, and while out of office. In […]
Popular storyteller and fiction author Benjamin “Ben” Percy visits Mississippi State this month as a writer-in-residence, sharing from his publications, answering questions, visiting classes and meeting students and community members. Percy presents a public address on Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Turner A. Wingo Auditorium of Old Main Academic Center, Room 1030. On Feb. […]
Ms. Terrell Nicholson-Taylor will present her Humanities Teacher Award lecture for Meridian Community College: The "A" for Art may be more important than the S T E M paradigm of education, because without the ability of artistic expression, these other fields may never have come into being. The very foundation of communicative thought and endeavor […]
Diane uses the art of storytelling to uncover folktales from the south, oral history from Mississippi, often paralleling these story motifs with folktales from around the world. Speakers Expertise: Diane Williams is a neo-griot, along the lines of the storytellers from times gone by when oral historians were crucial to maintaining black folks' history because […]
Dr. Kristi DiClemente, Humanities Teacher Awardee at Mississippi University for Women, will present her public lecture: In the past few years, white supremacist groups have adopted historical imagery, and an imagined “pure” European past to argue against diversity and inclusion in all aspects of modern life. DiClemente will take on this ahistorical interpretation […]
Ms. Jessi Stevenson, Humanities Teacher Award winner for Itawamba Community College, will present her public lecture, "Changing the World One Communicator at a Time: A Discussion of Oxytocin, the Power of Storytelling, and the Importance of Dialogue in the Communication Process." "We take part in the communication process daily, but we often let our fear […]
