David Zonderman

Jan 17, 2024

NC State History Department adds Legal History Concentration for Undergraduate History Majors

The idea of a legal history concentration has been discussed in the History Department for some time. But after many conversations with students interested in law school, Teaching Assistant Professor and former lawyer, Dr. Steven Lechner, decided that it was time to work with the Chair and faculty to get the ball rolling. Says Lechner,…

Jul 30, 2020

Public History Students Spend Spring Break Working to Preserve a Culture That Could Soon Be Lost to Climate Change

They were brought to St Helena Island from West Africa as enslaved people to work the land and when they were finally freed, the Gullah Geechee bought the island. Now descendants of these former enslaved people, continue to live as their ancestors did – speaking the same Creole language and preserving their culture and traditions. But now their way of life is being threated by strengthening hurricanes, sea level rise and erosion caused by climate change. They risk losing their culture as the land disappears.