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Thomas to kick off summer Joan Crawford Lecture Series on 6月15日

Presentation explores folk traditions of mountain Maryland and beyond

Dr. 卡拉·罗杰斯·托马斯, associate professor of sociology at Frostburg State University, will kick off the first summer 演讲 of the Joan Crawford Lecture Series on Wednesday, 6月15日, 2022 beginning at 6 p.m. in the 澳门足球博彩官方网址 Auditorium.

Thomas’s 演讲 will explore folk traditions of mountain Maryland and beyond, focusing on themes of stability and transformation and the reframing of Appalachian identity in the twenty-first century.

澳门足球博彩官方网址 was named a grant recipient of the American Rescue Plan: Humanities 奖助金 for Libraries, an initiative of the American 图书馆 Association (ALA). Made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, grant funding is being used to sponsor the summer lecture series.

Dr. Thomas holds a combined PhD in Folklore and American Studies and an MA in Folkore from Indiana University-Bloomington, and a BA in Anthropology and Religious Studies from the University of Missouri- Columbia.

She is the coordinator of a Minor in Cultural Anthropology. Her interdisciplinary academic interests include: Folklore and Folklife Studies, 阿巴拉契亚的研究, Cultural Anthropology, and Environmental Sociology.

As a partner with the Maryland Traditions Program of the Maryland State Arts Council, Dr. Rogers Thomas directs Folklore and Folklife Programming at Frostburg State University. As part of those efforts, she coordinates the annual FSU Appalachian Festival in September and manages Mountain City Traditional Arts, a shop and venue on Frostburg’s Main Street dedicated to the sales, 演讲, documentation and perpetuation of the traditional arts in the Appalachian region.

Since the mid-1990s, her academic work and research has focused on the Appalachian Region. She is an Appalachian Teaching Fellow through the Appalachian Teaching Project, supported by the Appalachian Regional Commission and East Tennessee State University. Those efforts highlight student experiential and service learning in the region, providing students with the opportunity to present their work to ARC officials and ATP participants each Fall and to attend and participate in the 阿巴拉契亚的研究 Association annual conference each Spring.

Dr. 卡拉·罗杰斯·托马斯 is a 2012-2013 University of Maryland Board of Regents’ 教师 Award Winner in Public Service. She is current chair of the President’s Advisory Council for Sustainability, a member of the FSU’s Honors Committee, and a member of the Advisory Committee for the Interdisciplinary Minor in Sustainability. 每年春天，博士. Rogers Thomas coordinates Focus Frostburg, a campus-wide event centered on environmental and cultural sustainability.

Dr. 卡拉·罗杰斯·托马斯 has formerly served as president of the Middle Atlantic Folklife Association, and is a member of the American Folklore Society and the 阿巴拉契亚的研究 Association. She has served on multiple boards and organizations in the region.

In memory and in honor of the dynamic educator Joan R. Crawford, the 澳门足球博彩官方网址 faculty created the Joan Crawford Lecture Series. Crawford, who died on October 5, 2010, served the College community for more than 30 years. She joined the staff of the fledgling community college in 1972 and worked in many capacities in the decades that followed, including serving as the head of the humanities division and director of enrollment. After her retirement, Crawford was named Professor Emerita.

The Joan Crawford Lecture Series of 演讲s are offered free of charge and the public and community members are invited to attend. All 演讲s from the Joan Crawford Lecture Series will be available to view online through the College's Facebook page. The lectures will be live streamed and recordings will be posted shortly after the event.

For more information, persons may contact Jenny Meslener at 301-387-3022 or jennifer.meslener@yogaintheusa.com.