College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Education students at UNC Charlotte are now using virtual reality (VR) to prepare for real-life classrooms, in a program that looks to reshape the way future teacher candidates learn about how students and teachers interact.

Unemployment significantly increases the odds of men entering jobs traditionally held by women. And, according to new research, some men experience advantages such as earning higher wages and enjoying increased occupational prestige versus previous employment.

UNC Charlotte Anthropology professor Nicole Peterson has conducted research on the topic of food insecurity within the greater Charlotte area. But when the Jamil Niner Student Pantry opened on campus in 2014, Peterson decided to conduct her research closer to home. She has worked in conjunction with pantry staff to determine the depths of the food insecurity problem on the UNC Charlotte campus. 

For decades, the color blue has been a significant focus of research into improvements in digital display technology. The images seen on laptops, phones and flat-screen TVs come from light-emitting materials comprising three colors: red, green and blue. 

A book by UNC Charlotte history professor Karen Cox about Confederate monuments is one of the first four books under contract in the newly created Marcie Cohen Ferris and William R. Ferris Imprint for high-profile, general-interest books about the American South.

John David Smith, Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History at UNC Charlotte, will sign his new book, “Dear Delia: The Civil War Letters of Captain Henry F. Young” at 3 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 13 at Barnes and Noble, Popp Martin Student Union. The bookstore will offer a 10 percent discount on the publication. 

Nancy Gutierrez, dean of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences at UNC Charlotte, has been elected chair of the North Carolina Humanities Council Board of Trustees for 2019-20.

Chadwick Boyd ’93 took an untraditional path to becoming a food media personality. The self-taught chef came to UNC Charlotte with plans to study art and architecture. But instead of designing attractive buildings or creating beautiful paintings, he makes delicious meals that help draw family and friends closer together.

Akinwumi Ogundiran, a transdisciplinary scholar and professor in the departments of Africana Studies, Anthropology and History, is now a Chancellor’s Professor at UNC Charlotte.

Meetings consume much of employees’ workdays, but the quest should be to make them better. UNC Charlotte researcher Steven Rogelberg will share his insights during a Personally Speaking talk, set for Tuesday, Nov. 12, at UNC Charlotte Center City.