Congratulations to Dr. Sonja Watson, assistant Professor of Spanish, on the acceptance of her book length manuscript, Dark Skin Panama: The Cultural Politics of Race in Afro-Panamanian Literary Discourse ! It has been accepted for publication with the University Press of Florida.This is a great accomplishment and we look forward to the release Summer 2014! Dr. Sonja Watson is an Assistant Professor of Spanish within the Department of Modern Languages. Dr. Watson is a CAAS Faculty Fellow.
As the nation remembered Juneteenth, or June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers enforced the Emancipation Proclamation and freed all remaining slaves in Texas, the Texas State Historical Association launched The Handbook of African American Texas with the help of History Department chair, Dr. W. Marvin Dulaney. The state historical association invited Dr. Dulaney, to write the lead essay and other significant portions of the new online handbook. He authored entries for the organization’s pioneering Handbook of Texas 17 years ago. Dr. Dulaney is a CAAS Faculty Affiliate.
(L) Jim Austin (Jim Austin Co.) & Tyrone Smith (Business graduate student) connected at the CAAS Inaugural Conference. Smith is now an intern for The Jim Austin Company and Jim Austin Online. CAAS looks forward to working with both of them at the National Day of the American Cowboy Celebration July 26-28! (For more information about the event see p. 10) Please let us know if you have made a CAAS Connection too!
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