Psychologist, author and stand-up comedian Chris Kilmartin is at UTC this week, discussing implicit prejudice and how to fight against it.
Professor reflects on teaching and learning in Zimbabwe
An interesting conversation with a local man, a visit to a national park and thoughts on Black History Month are a few of the things on the mind of UTC English professor James Arnett during his time in Zimbabwe.
Magazine of Southern perspectives, ‘Catalpa,’ calls for pitches and submissions
Unexpected, unconventional, unorthodox are some of the words used to describe a new publication from the graduate program of UTC’s English department. Titled Catalpa the publication was inspired by online and print magazines like Bitter Southerner, Oxford American and Orion.
Celebration of African-American Artists, The Legacy Show comes to UTC
Violinist Tami Lee Hughes conceived, created and performs the innovative program featuring African-American artists through music, poetry and visual images.
Heretics, Hiking, Helping the Environment: Spring courses veer off beaten path
Courses set for Spring Semester take on female heretics, backpacking, cleaning the environment and ecofeminism
Noted author delivers keynote address at SouthWord Lit Festival
Novelist, poet and environmental activist Wendell Berry was the keynote speaker at the SouthWord Lit Festival.
Renowned Southern writers return to campus for SouthWord Literary Festival
Kentucky native Wendell Berry will deliver the keynote address for SouthWord, a two-day literary feast. Southern writers and connoisseurs will converge on campus for the conference’s first day, including the keynote.
An Evening with Biographer James McGrath Morris
James McGrath Morris’ recent book The Ambulance Drivers: Hemingway, Dos Passos, and a Friendship Made and Lost in War details the tortured friendship between the two authors.
MOCForward: Topics, including touchy ones, discussed at Diversity & Inclusion conference
Multiple aspects of diversity and inclusion—some on touchy topics—were presented at the inaugural Moving Our Campus (MOC) Forward: An Inclusive Excellence Conference
English professor heads to Zimbabwe on Fulbright Fellowship
This past spring, Dr. James Arnett, Assistant Professor of English, landed in Zimbabwe to start his journey as a Fulbright scholar.