College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Jennifer Webb is among the 2020 recipients of the UNC Board of Governors Awards for Excellence in Teaching.

Mark West, who has devoted his 35-year career at UNC Charlotte to advancing children’s literacy, is a recipient of the Governor James E. Holshouser Jr. Award for Excellence in Public Service.

James Walsh, a core faculty member in the Public Policy program and professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, is the 2020 recipient of the First Citizens Bank Scholars Medal.

Suzanne Leland, professor of Political Science and Public Administration, will discuss her co-authored book, “American Cities and the Politics of Party Conventions” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 24, at UNC Charlotte Center City. This public presentation is part of the Personally Speaking lecture series.

Suzanne Leland, a core faculty member of the Public Policy Ph.D. program and professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration, is the 2020 recipient of the Harshini V. de Silva Graduate Mentor Award.

The Charlotte Teachers Institute (CTI) will host an information session from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 27, at Johnson C. Smith University Library.During this event, attendees will learn about the eight 2020 seminars created for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) students. UNC Charlotte and Johnson C. Smith University faculty members work with CMS teachers to develop these new curricula for their students.

UNC Charlotte has launched the Writing, Rhetoric and Digital Studies Department, the first academic department of its kind in the Carolinas. The new department brings together curriculum and resources that prepare students to be analytical readers of digital and print texts, critical thinkers about information sources and engaged citizens capable of communicating effectively to diverse audiences in a variety of contexts.

Kelly Happe, an associate professor from the University of Georgia, will present “Epigenetics, Race and Justice: Rethinking the Relationship between Science and Redress” at 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 19, in the Cone University Center, Room 210.

Harvard Divinity School’s Mark Jordan will present “The Very Idea of Queer Religion” at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 18, at UNC Charlotte Center City.

Details about the complexities of the lives of the enslaved often are unknown or overlooked, but William Andrews will present a revealing glimpse into these stories on Thursday, Feb. 20. He will deliver the 2020 Levine Lecture “The Fighter and the Victim: Two Enslaved Women in the Life of Frederick Douglass.”