History and Geography

The U.S. Navy is transporting the donated materials to the African nation at no cost to the university or the recipients.

Associate Professor Jim Brown led a workshop for full time and Western volunteer teachers in schools for Burmese migrants and refugees along the Thai-Burma border.

Mary Jo Festle and several top students conducted interviews with dozens of patients about their experience waiting for and receiving new lungs.

Michael Matthews presented his paper "La historia cultural del auge de los ferrocarriles en la época porfiriana: patrimonio intangible del cambio tecnológico en México" ( The Cultural History of the Porfirian Railway Boom: An Intangible Patrimony of Technological Change in Mexico) at the Semanario Internacional: Paisajes Culturales y Patrimonio en San Luis Potosí, México.

Professor of History Clyde Ellis was interviewed by NPR affiliate KPCC in Pasadena, Calif., for a feature story on the history of powwow culture and the 27th annual UCLA Powwow that aired May 31.

Catered event for graduates and current students who have worked closely with HST/GEO or with a major or minor from the Department of History and Geography.

This event is by invitation and for honor society officers and inductees into the History (Phi Alpha Theta) and Geography (Gamma Theta Upsilon) honor societies.

Amy M. Johnson's article titled "Slavery on the Gold Coast and African Resistance to Slavery in Jamaica during the Early Colonial Period" was accepted for publication in vol. 18 of LIMINA: A Journal of Historical and Cultural Studies.

A biology major on his way to graduate school to study forestry has spent nearly two years researching the Elon University Forest.

An article in the New York Times (June 19,2011) on Mietek Pemper, a Schindler Jew who claimed to be the author of "Schindler's List," discussed Crowe's biography on Schindler ("Oskar Schindler: The Untold Account of His Life, Wartime Activities, and the True Story behind 'The List.'"