Dr. Brian Campbell, assistant professor of anthropology, will serve a three-year term as a commissioner on the Ozark Folk Cultural Center Commission. The commission is a liaison between the Arkansas Parks and Tourism Department and the city of Mountain View which owns the Ozark Folk Center. Dr. Campbell was nominated because of his expertise on the Ozarks and agricultural biodiversity. Additionally, Dr. Campbell received a $5,000 Arkansas Humanities Council grant for the production of a documentary film about the recent mass death of birds and fish in Arkansas.
Cliff Beacham, an instructor in the Department of Sociology, and Emileigh Selman, senior Honors College scholar, received a $3,000 grant from the UCA Foundation to support the Faulkner County Urban Farming Project. The project created and maintains a garden that allows students and community members to demonstrate sustainable collective home food production. Workers share produce and give any extra vegetables to local food banks. The project, located behind the Faulkner County Library in Conway, includes a 3500 square foot garden bed, strawberry beds, fruit trees, a greenhouse, and a compost system. Both UCA and Hendrix students participate in the project.
Dr. Douglas George received tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor of Sociology. Dr. George joined the UCA faculty in August 2005. A native of Colby, KS, he completed his Ph.D. at the University of North Texas, his M.S. at the University of Central Arkansas, and his B.S. at Kansas State University. His specialty fields include race and ethnic-ity, sociology of sport, and sociology of work.