Author Archives: M. Clay

Oswaldo Estrada, Associate Professor of Spanish

Associate Professor Oswaldo Estrada is no stranger to the classroom. He joined the Faculty Fellowship as the recipient of the Chapman Family Teaching Award. He says that it’s a blend of “preparing a lot” for a class and … Read more

New grant from IAH links the arts and social justice

The Institute for the Arts and Humanities invites faculty artists to submit proposals for projects that incorporate themes of social justice. According to IAH Director Mark Katz, the initiative will award a total of $25, … Read more

Symposium to discuss global diplomacy and Hip Hop

The IAH will host a symposium called “Global Diplomacy and Hip Hop” on Thursday, April 7, 3:30 p.m. -5 p.m. at Hyde Hall. The moderated discussion and jam session with five hip-hop artists will focus on the role of hip-h … Read more

IAH Director Mark Katz talks with UNC System President Margaret Spellings

It was not all policy for Mark Katz, director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, when he met with new UNC System president Margaret Spellings on Tuesday, March 22, as part of the president’s tour of UNC school … Read more

IAH Podcast | Glenn Hinson, Associate Professor, Folklore and Anthropology

The difference between a toast and a poem was clear to Horace “Spoons” Williams, who readily shared this with in the mid-1980s with Glenn Hinson, Associate Professor of Folklore and Anthropology in the American Studies D … Read more

Glenn Hinson, Associate Professor, Folklore and Anthropology

The difference between a toast and a poem was clear to Horace “Spoons” Williams, who readily shared this with in the mid-1980s with Glenn Hinson. Hinson, an Institute for the Arts and Humanities Faculty Fellow, later lea … Read more

Glenn Hinson, Associate Professor, Folklore and Anthropology

IAH Podcast | Rob Kramer, Senior Leadership Consultant

Those of us who have had leadership training may wonder “How does that coach learn to do this?” To get some answers, we talked with Rob Kramer, Senior Leadership Consultant here at the Institute for the Arts and Humaniti … Read more

Rob Kramer, IAH Senior Leadership Consultant

Rob Kramer brings a breadth of experience in coaching business and academic leaders, teams, and executives through his firm Kramer Leadership. Kramer has worked at the Institute for 6 years; he facilitates both the Acade … Read more

IAH Podcast | Nichola Lowe, Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning

In one of the graduate-level courses Professor Nichola Lowe teaches, one starts with a real-life issue to solve: how to provide education for a manufacturing worker named Maddie. Lowe uses the story from an Atlantic essa … Read more