Jones and Bass Direct Archaeology Field School

 
Forest Service and USDA Archaeologist, Quentin Bass and Lee University Anthropologist, Richard Jones, conducted their second archaeology field school for Lee University students this summer in Cherokee National Forest.
Last year’s field school centered on the relationship between human history and the ecology of the Cherokee National Forest. Students visited museums, historical sites, and made field [...]

Two New Department Chairs Named

University professors Dr. Randy Wood and Dr. Ollie Lee have recently been appointed chairs of the Department of History and Political Science and the Behavioral and Social Sciences Department respectively.
Wood takes his place as department chair after Dr. Murl Dirksen steps down from this post after 14 years of service. “Dr. Wood has coordinated [...]

Dehart Wins National Endowment Award

This week Lee political science professor Paul Dehart received a Summer Stipend grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
This summer the $6000 stipend requires Dehart to dedicate two months solely to his research proposal, which doubles as his next book project. He plans to submit each chapter as an article to peer reviewed [...]

Paul Dehart Speaks on Channel 3

Paul Dehart, Lee University assistant professor of Political Science, spoke in a live discussion of the Iowa caucuses at Channel 3 on January 23. His position on the importance of the caucuses gave the local broadcast “something that was uniquely theirs.”
Dehart remarked on how fascinating it was to be “on the other side of [...]