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Mississippi Historical Society Recognizes Slavery Research Group
Group recognized for cross-disciplinary approach to discovering history of enslaved people The Mississippi Historical Society has honored the University of Mississippi Slavery Research Group for its work in telling the stories of enslaved people across the South. The Mississippi Historical Society recognized the UM Slavery Research Group among 15 others that are working to preserve […]
Rowan Oak Welcomes Guests for ‘Before Faulkner’ Public Archaeology Day
Students aid in digging up antebellum history of Faulkner’s historic homestead OCTOBER 9, 2023 BY CLARA TURNAGE The University of Mississippi Department of Sociology and Anthropology is partnering with Rowan Oak and the Oxford community to better understand the history of the property before it became William Faulkner’s home. Students are excavating the property surrounding […]
Fulbright-Hays Award to Fund Study Abroad Project in Bolivia
Kate Centellas and 10 students to investigate health care disparities in Latin America SEPTEMBER 21, 2023 BY CLARA TURNAGE Ten University of Mississippi students will travel to Bolivia next summer to study the impacts and intricacies of public health anthropology as a part of professor Kate Centellas’ recent Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Award. For more than a decade, […]
Sociology Professor Asks, ‘What Drives Extremists to Violence?’
Ana Velitchkova earns Kroc Peace Fellowship to continue research on violence AUGUST 16, 2023 BY CLARA TURNAGE University of Mississippi professor Ana Velitchkova will spend the next semester studying the violent behaviors of extremists as part of a fellowship with the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame. With more than 300 […]
Center for Population Studies Gets FCC Grant to Boost Broadband Access
UM Center recognized as ‘trusted messenger’ to bridge digital divide JULY 5, 2023 BY DEBBIE NELSON The Federal Communications Comission has awarded the University of Mississippi Center for Population Studies $350,000 through the new Affordable Connectivity Outreach Grant Program. The center – which the FCC has recognized as a “trusted messenger” – will use the […]
Ice Age Expert Named Director of UM Archaeology Center
Jesse Tune to bring cutting-edge methodologies to university JULY 3, 2023 BY ERIN GARRETT Archaeologist and Ice Age expert Jesse Tune will join the faculty at the University of Mississippi July 1 as the new director of the Center for Archaeological Research. For the past six years, Tune has studied landscapes of the earliest humans […]
Senior Named Inaugural Frezzo Award Winner
Honors College student conducts research on critical race theory MAY 1, 2023 BY TINA H. HAHN Te’keyra Shelton, a senior from Tupelo, is the inaugural Mark V. Frezzo Human Rights and Social Justice Award winner at the University of Mississippi and recently discussed her research in a campus program. The scholarship award tributes the life […]
CPS Testifies for MS Senate Study Group
Read the WLBT-NBC report, Senate study committee concludes hearings on women, children and families, featuring this quote from Anne Cafer, associate professor of sociology and director of the Center for Population Studies at the University of Mississippi: “Our current legal landscape means that we can expect 5,000 more births this year and likely each year […]
Queer Mississippi on Display at J.D. Williams Library
Graduate students gather, curate LGBTQ+ materials for exhibition DECEMBER 7, 2022 BY CLARA TURNAGE Eleven University of Mississippi graduate students have curated an exhibition of LGBTQ+ Mississippi materials as a part of a multidisciplinary study on the history of the queer South. Amy McDowell, associate professor of sociology, and Eva Payne, assistant professor of history, […]
UM Community Remembers Sociology Professor Willa Johnson
Memorial service set for Nov. 28 at Paris-Yates Chapel NOVEMBER 22, 2022 BY ERIN GARRETT Willa Johnson was undeniably a hero in her own right, championing diversity at the University of Mississippi all while gaining national acclaim for her scholarship and expertise. The professor of sociology, who died Nov. 7, taught for 23 years. She […]
