Faculty Affiliates
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Gregory Mixon, Ph.D.
History, American Studies, Africana Studies, Urban Studies, Public Policy–Graduate Level Areas of Interest: African American History Southern History Southern Urban History Race Relations Racial Violence Southern Politics Comparative History Recent Publications: Show Thyself A Man: Georgia State Troops, Colored, 1865-1905 (University Press of Florida, August 2016)
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Trevor Pearce, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy Areas of Interest: History of American philosophy History of biology Pragmatism Website: http://www.trevorpearce.com/ Read More
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Sonya Ramsey, Ph.D.
Department of History Areas of Interest: United States History Women’s History Southern History
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Mark Sanders, Ph.D.
Philosophy Areas of Interest: American Pragmatism and social-political philosophy, especially the intersection of deliberative democracy Pragmatic pluralism Citizenship
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Heather Smith, Ph.D.
Department of Earth Sciences and Geography Areas of Interest: Urban and social geography Immigration settlement and adjustment
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John David Smith, Ph.D.
Department of History Areas of Interest: Civil War and Reconstruction Slavery and emancipation Southern history Racial thought Documentary editing and publishing
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Ashli Stokes, Ph.D.
Communication Studies Area of Interest: Southern foodways Southern identity Public communication campaigns and rhetoric Recent Publications: Consuming Identity: The Role of Food in Redesigning the South (University of Mississippi Press, 2016). Dr. Stokes also directs the Center for the Study of the New South (newsouth.uncc.edu)
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Mark West, Ph.D.
Department of English Areas of Interest: Children’s literature Children’s popular culture History of childhood