Prof. Lowery’s Guest Column in the Green Bay Press Gazette
Prof. Vince Lowery of Humanistic Studies (History) has published a guest column on Black History Month.
Congratulations, Prof. Lowery!
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Vince Lowery Column in the Green Bay Press Gazette
Vince Lowery of Humanistic Studies (History) has published a guest column in the Green Bay Press Gazette marking the 150th anniversary of the Civil War by examining its significance to southern culture. To read the column, click here.
Congratulations, Professor Lowery!
Lowery earns Research Scholar Award
The UW-Green Bay Research Council is pleased to announce that J. Vincent Lowery, assistant professor of Humanistic Studies, has been selected to receive a 2011-12 Research Scholar Award. The award carries a three-credit course reassignment to pursue a scholarly project during the fall 2011 semester. Lowery’s project involving Southern history is titled “The Port City Prophet: Hugh MacRae and the new South Creeds,” and is expected to result in a critical biography that will appeal to a broad audience when published.
Congratulations Professor Lowery!
New Faculty Profile: J. Vincent Lowery
Vince Lowery is a new faculty member in History and Humanistic Studies. We thought you might like to know a little more about your professor and colleague, so we asked him a few questions about himself.
Where did you go to college?
University of Mississippi
Who was your favorite professor and why?
Ted Ownby – open to anything, always thinking outside the box – and Winthrop Jordan – the most challenging professor I have ever encountered who transformed my analytical and writing skills.
You have a PhD in what field?
History
What did you do your research on?
Popular Memories of the Ku Klux Klan, 1870s-1920s
What are your current research interests?
Popular Culture/Memory; New South Boosterism
What courses do you teach?
US History, African American History, Ethnic Diversity
How would you describe your teaching style?
Energetic, Passionate
What do you like to do for fun?
Golf, moviegoing (neither of which are done with great frequency), and getting to know Green Bay with my family
What was the last good book you read?
Amy Wood’s Lynching and Spectacle and John Coski’s The Confederate Battle Flag.
If we looked at your playlist what would we find?
Jim James (of My Morning Jacket), Grizzly Bear, The Swell Season