25 January 2024
Join the 2023 Guest Feature Editor, Dr. Kirstin Squint, and our 2023 Randall Kenan Prize winning author Dr. Jane Haladay for a lecture and workshop based on her essay, “Coming Home: Affirming Community through Lumbee Children’s Literature.”
3:00 p.m., ECU Joyner Library, Faulkner Gallery
Dr. Jane Haladay, Professor of American Indian Studies at UNC Pembroke, will give the Eutsler Lecture in Children’s Literature,”Coming Home: Affirming Community through Lumbee Children’s Literature,” discussing her research on using NC Native-authored children’s books in her service-learning classes.
Reception to follow.
5:00 p.m., ECU Joyner Library Room 2409
Dr. Haladay will give a pedagogical workshop for students and instructors on how to engage students and community members with NC literature through service learning classes. She has used NC Native (Lumbee)-authored texts in her service learning classes at UNC Pembroke and their work with local elementary schools.
This event is supported in part by a Community Engagement grant from NC Humanities. Thank you!
