coordinated by The Center for Cultural Outreach
Director, Beverly Soll
Student Coordinator, Odell Santos

Phone: 3 75- 7492

The Center for Cultural Outreach, which has hosted a number of Guest Faculty Residencies in the past, has worked with Dr. Jo Taylor's office and with division heads to bring to campus scholars with a wide variety of experiences and with recognized excellence in their chosen fields, in the process creating interdisciplinary connections and hosting guests across divisional boundaries to enhance the learning environment of the entire campus. All the scholars in this series are from diverse ethnic backgrounds. The residency series is a campus-wide effort to promote diversity and provide opportunities for the scholars to interact with as many students and faculty members as possible.

It is hoped that, after examining the biographies of the guest scholars, you will be interested in hosting them in your classes when you feel that their background and training will be of benefit to your students. It will also be appreciated if you will make your students aware of the public lectures, demonstrations, and events for which they might receive extra credit in your classes.

A schedule of events will be announced preceding each residency to keep you and your students informed. For additional information or to contribute your ideas for activities, please call or email the Center for Cultural Outreach. Student intern Odell Santos will coordinate many of the residency events and will be the contact person for faculty members hosting guest scholars in their classes.

Thank you very much for your interest in this exciting series.

January 18-19,
James L. Conyers, Jr.

Dr. Conyers holds a bachelor of arts degree in communications arts from Ramapo College of New Jersey; his master of arts from the State University of New York at Albany and Ph.D. from Temple University are in African-American studies. He is presently director of Black Studies at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. His department at UNO hosts a yearly symposium relating to various fields of African-American study. Scholarly thought from the 1997 symposium on the subject of biography has resulted in Black Lives: Essays in African American Biography of which Dr. Conyers is editor. Other books of which he is editor or co-author are African American Sociology and Africana Studies.
 
 

Mondays beginning February 8 and one 3-day residency date to be determined
Ben Salazar

Omaha businessman Ben Salazar is a native of Scottsbluff, Nebraska. He earned his bachelor's degree in sociology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, following which he attended the university's law school and earned his Juris Doctorate. He describes himself as a Chicano activist, having worked with Nebraska organizers of farmworkers since the late 1960s. He has worked with such diverse organizations as Legal Aid in Phoenix, where he represented the elderly and disabled, Lincoln Action Programs, Chicanos por la causa, the Public Defender's Office, and the Arizona Attorney General's Office. He is presently the publisher of Nuestro Mundo, a Spanish-English newspaper in Omaha. He is also a mediator and continues in his role as an advocate for Latinos and Spanish-speaking people.

February 22-26
Charles E. Trimble

An enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Mr. Trimble is director of the John G. Neihardt Center in Bancroft, Nebraska. Until recently he served as president of a national consulting firm specializing in economic development of Indian reservations and continues as president of Red Willow Institute, an organization that provides technical and management assistance to Native Americans. He holds a BFA degree in advertising from the University of South Dakota and did graduate work in journalism at the University of Colorado. He was principal founder of the American Indian Press Association and served as its first director until his election as Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians. He has on numerous occasions been involved in international efforts for the protection of indigenous rights, such as the World Council of Indigenous Peoples, the U.N. Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities, and the Human Rights Experts meeting of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.

March 22-29
Joseph Marshall III

A member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and first language Lakota speaker, Mr. Marshall has designed and developed Lakota language and Native American studies curricula at the high school and college levels. He has taught at the high school and college levels and has lectured on the Hunter-Warrior cultures of the High Plains. He was set decorator, dialogue coach, actor, and technical advisor for a television movie "Lakota Moon" and has appeared in several movies and television series, including "How the West Was Lost," seven episodes of "The Real West," and "Return to Lonesome Dove." He is writer and co-producer of an educational video, "The Hunter/Warriors of the High Plains." Mr. Marshall is the author of several books of historical fiction, essays, and stories including Soldiers Falling into Camp (1 992), The Trail of the Wolf Warrior (I 993), Not All Indians Dance (1 994), Winter of the Holy Iron (1 994), On Behalf of the Wolf and the First Peoples (1995), and Dance House: Stories from Rosebud (1998).

March 28-April I
Darryl Taylor

A specialist in American music and particularly art song of African-American composers, Darryl Taylor is enjoying an international career as an interpreter of art song and oratorio. He has appeared with orchestras and in recital in the USA and in Europe, including some 19 tours of Spain. He has commissioned and presented the premiere performances of several works by American composers and has presented the European debuts of several works by African-American composers. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Dr. Taylor holds degrees from the University of Southern California and the University of Michigan. He currently serves on the voice faculty of the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls.

April 19-23
Frank B. Ashley III

Frank Ashley is Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Teacher Education and associate professor in the Department of Health and Kinesiology at Texas A & M University, where he is also coordinator of the Sport Management Program. He holds a bachelor of science in health, physical education, and safety from Louisiana College and a masters and Ed.D. from the University of Alabama. His professional interests include sport management, facility management, sport marketing, scuba diving, and dance, and he has made presentations for organizations nationally and worldwide, including Mexico, Australia, Canada, and South Africa, on various aspects of these subjects. He is the author of articles in journals such as the Journal of Sport Management, Journal of Legal Aspects of Sport, Athletic Management, Sport Marketing Quarterly, and the Journal of Applied Research in Coaching and Athletics. In addition to his scholarly and collegiate work, he has often administered and developed programs for economically underprivileged youth and the elderly.

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