AFST/SOC 179         LSIC: African American Readings          Bill Haas
This course will involve reading several monographs concerning the contemporary African American Experience among various social classes.
Bill Haas has been at UNCA for 28 years. He is  trained in Gerontology, Medical Sociology, and Demography and has been reading and teach in issues of African Americans for the past ten years. He regularly publishes in the area of retirement migration.

EDUC 179             LSIC: Education: Promise and Betrayal             Janet Bowman

Few areas of American life are as important to society as education. The original promise was that all were entitled to a fair chance to develop one’s individual power of mind and spirit to the utmost. Though this was the original promise, it did not truly include all. However, with the Supreme Court’s Brown v. Board of Education decision, it was hoped that social justice would prevail. This colloquium will be organized under three main headings: education of African Americans in the United States before Brown; schooling since the Brown v. Board of Education decision; and the inextricable link between educational opportunity and social justice. Interviews with students, parents, teachers, and administrators will be conducted to ascertain the belief/understanding about life in local schools. Participation in this colloquium will require the student to be an active participant in a series of discussions that could alter career choices.

Janet Bowman is a Tuskegee University graduate, with a BS in Chemistry/Education and MS in Nutrition/Biochemistry. Upon graduating from Tuskegee, she received a scholarship to attend the University of California at Berkeley. Her studies there resulted in the ABD in Nutrition/Biochemistry and the Ph.D. in Education Administration.

VMP 179             LSIC: Photojournalism and Social Research            Alan Hantz

This course will introduce students to the principles of photojournalism, including the use of images as a research tool, basic aesthetics and ethics.  This is a Writing Intensive and Information Literacy Intensive course and the writing assignments will require students to produce essays illustrated with original photographs. Access to a digital camera with manual control options is necessary in this course.

Alan Hantz chairs the Mass Communication Department and teaches Media Law, Media Aesthetics and Photojournalism at UNCA. His photo work has been widely published and has appeared in venues at Asheville, NC, San Antonio, TX, and Mykonos, Greece.