Arts and Humanities Adds Historian to Faculty Roster
(WorldNews Entertainment)

Sept. 25, 2017 Dr. Whitney Nell Stewart, an expert on race and 19th-century American history, has joined the faculty of the School of Arts and Humanities in the department of Historical Studies and Philosophy. Stewart`s work examines the role of material objects and structures, including homes, in debates over slavery and freedom throughout the 19th century. `Dr. Stewart`s research addresses issues of urgent importance - race, slavery and the ways in which we create the historical narrative that both reflects and influences our national values,` said Dr. Dennis M. Kratz, dean of the school and Ignacy and Celina Rockover Professor of Humanities. `The honors that...