UofM Professor Dr. Andre Johnson had his book, “The Speeches of Bishop Henry McNeal Turner: The Press, The Platform, and the Pulpit,” recently printed by the University Press of Mississippi. Henry McNeal Turner (1834–1915) was a bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of , and an outspoken proponent…
UofM Professor Marty Lang’s new feature film STAY WITH ME was recently shown at the Jacksonville, FL Film Festival on the 4th He also led a film crowdsourcing workshop at the festival that same day. The film will play next at the South Georgia Film Festival, in Valdosta, on March…
Dr. Marika Snider in the UofM’s Department of Architecture recently received a grant from the university’s Fine Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Support Program. It supplements the funding she was awarded earlier this year in Washington DC as part of the prestigious Richard Morris Hunt Prize. Over a five-week period, Marika will…
Ballet Memphis recently received community programming grants from the Parkinson’s Foundation for work that Kristen Lucas does with Parkinson’s patients. Lucas is an adjunct faculty member in the UofM’s Department of Theatre and Dance. She’s also a board member of the 901 Parkinson’s Fighters. Lucas says the grant money will…
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Two new professors will join the UofM Department of Communication and Film in Fall 2023. Christine Nyawaga is currently completing her PhD at Wayne State University. Her research areas are organizational communication and behavior with a focus on issues of diversity, equity, & inclusion. Kellie Brownlee has a PhD in…
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By Dr. Jin Yang, Professor in the Department of Journalism and Strategic Media On a cloudy Thursday afternoon in the middle of September of the year 2022, Mr. Keisuke Inoue and Ms. Fleurette Lui of International Programs Office at the J. F. Oberlin University led me on a tour of…
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