Faculty Highlights Dr. Michael V. Williams was appointed Associate Professor of History and Dean of the Division of Social Sciences and holds the Bennie Gordon Thompson Endowed Chair in the Social Sciences. He is the author of the book Medgar Evers: Mississippi Martyr, which chronicles the life and work of NAACP Field Secretary Medgar Wiley Evers. His research focuses upon the Civil Rights Movement, Black intellectuals and radicalism, the formation of a resistance movement, organizational and individual challenges to oppression, and sociopolitical inequality in America. Drs. Andrea Montgomery, Miranda Freeman, William Green and Charles Holmes participated in the 2013 Faculty Resources Summer Institute at New York University. Johnnie Maberry, Professor of Art, accepted the position of Curator of Tougaloo Art Collection. Rebecca Hardin Thrift, Associate Professor of English, directed an original play, “Lo She Comes,” a tragedy by Renita L. Martin, February 2013, Ballard Hall Theatre, Tougaloo College. Dr. Brian Thrift’s manuscript-in-progress on the controversial former Senator Jesse Helms has been accepted for publication. Dr. Kristie Lipford, first-year faculty member in sociology, was awarded the UNCF-Mellon Faculty Seminar fellowship to study in Brazil, during the 2013 summer break. Dr. Santanu Banerjee, Associate Professor of Physics, participated for the third consecutive year in the Brown-Tougaloo Faculty Teaching Exchange Program.
Student Highlights Charden Virgil, sophomore sociology major, received the prestigious UNCF-Mellon Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Twenty-three Jackson Heart Study Scholars received summer internships. Among the interns’ sites were Brown University; Brigham and Women’s Hospital STARS Program; McNair Program; NASA in Houston;
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