Emily Wallace, graduate of our Folklore program and prize winning author, just published a blog entry for the Southern Foodways Alliance. Edited by fellow Folklore alum, Sara Camp Arnold, Emily’s illustrated short essay brings her back to her thesis research … Read more

Mike Taylor, Folklore alum and recording artist, is featured in Indy Week. Nationally recognized for his songwriting and recording, Mike is releasing his latest album, Haw. http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/the-southern-baptism-of-hiss-golden-messenger/Content?oid=3629021

Professor Philip Gura’s just published history of the American novel receives high praise from the Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/book-world-philip-f-guras-truths-ragged-edge-the-rise-of-the-american-novel/2013/04/17/36a50f3e-a39a-11e2-82bc-511538ae90a4_story.html

Dan Cobb, Associate Professor of American Studies and coordinator of American Indian Studies, speaks on the place of music in the classroom: http://carolinaconnection.org/2013/04/05/professors-by-day-musicians-by-night/    

The New Yorker magazine celebrates Professor Philip Gura’s “Truth’s Ragged Edge:The Rise of the American Novel” as one of its “Books to Watch Out For.” http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/04/books-to-watch-out-for-april.html  

Dan Cobb, “Might as well be on Mars: Community, Power, and Poverty in Clyde Warrior’s America,” at the University of Oklahoma-Stillwater, 26 March 2013. cobbosu13  

The Americanist Speaker Series presents: Christopher B. Teuton “Writing and Editing in a Cherokee Cultural Context: A Backstory of Cherokee Stories of Turtle Island Liars’ Club” Date: Thursday, February 28 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Home of Priscilla Wald and Joe Donahue, … Read more

This fall, UNC enters into its fourth year of membership in the Newberry Consortium in American Indian Studies, an innovative interdisciplinary consortium of American Indian Studies graduate programs at universities in the US and Canada that is headquartered at the … Read more

Bernie Herman is not a marine biologist, but he knows an awful lot about oysters. For instance, it doesn’t take much space to grow the mollusks. The gathering space on campus between UNC Student Stores and Lenoir Hall fondly known … Read more

Daniel M. Cobb, Associate Professor of American Studies and American Indian Studies concentration coordinator, received the 2012 Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.