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April 28,
2008
LIVINGSTON,
Ala.--Alabama
Humanities Foundation lecturer Dr. Terance
Winemiller will be on the The University of West
Alabama campus Monday, May 12, for a presentation at
11 a.m. at the Callaway Schoolhouse. “Alabama’s
Black Belt: A Geography of Space and Place,” is free
and open to the public.
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Dr. Terance Winemiller |
An
authority on Black Belt geography, Winemiller is
currently an assistant professor of anthropology and
geography at Auburn University Montgomery. He also
serves as technical advisor to the Alabama
Governor’s Black Belt Action Commission.
Winemiller
holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from
Rollins College and a master’s degree in
anthropology and a doctorate in geography from
Louisiana State University. He is a member of the
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society, the Honor
Society of Phi Kappa Phi and the Register of
Professional Archaeologists. At LSU, he received a
William G. Haag Distinguished Paper Award, several
Robert C. West Field Research Grants and a National
Science Foundation Grant for his research in
Yucatán, Mexico. Since 1990, Winemiller has studied
and worked on various research projects in Latin
America and the United States. He has authored
publications in scholarly journals, edited volumes
and presented papers at national and international
congresses and conferences.
The
lecture is one of several on the agenda for Black
Belt Action, an action-oriented service-learning
experience that brings together honors program
students from UWA and the University of Alabama.
With UWA hosting UA students for two weeks in
Livingston and allowing them to experience the
region firsthand, the project involves educational
and cultural opportunities and improvement projects
in Sumter County schools. This summer marks the
second year of the collaboration.
Winemiller’s presentation is part of the 2007-2008
Alabama Humanities Foundation Speaker in the House
Program. The Alabama Humanities Foundation (AHF) is
the state affiliate of the National Endowment for
the Humanities. The AHF brings scholars and the
public together to explore human values and meaning
through the study of history, literature, religion,
philosophy and other humanities disciplines. |
