Abstract Dr. Andrew Allen Nazzaro is an American geographer and Eastern Michigan University Emeritus Professor residing in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Having been appointed to associate professor of geography at EMU in 1969, Nazzaro retired in 2015 after 45 years with the university. This collection contains materials pertaining to Nazzaro's professional career with Eastern Michigan University, including photopgraphs, teaching awards, correspondence, teaching files, student papers, press clippings and...

Abstract Dr. Betty Brown-Chappell is emerita faculty of Eastern Michigan University. The Betty Brown-Chappell papers documents her academic, genealogical, and professional life. The collection relates her lifetime experience in the sectors of family and student life as a first generation collegian, as an African-American Ph.D. of Social Work, and professor, and as an academic administrator. Additional materials focus on Brown-Chappell’s work as a social work advocate...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The John W. Porter collection documents Porter's tenure as University President from 1979 until 1989. The collection is organized as it was given to University Archives and is organized loosely by topic, containing fifteen identifiable series and one identifiable subseries. Identificable series include Budget, Searches, Tuition, Colleges, Board of Regents, Exectuive Council, Recommendation Letters, Financials, and multiple Correspondence series. Additional...

Abstract The Department of African American Studies records (now known as the Department of Africology and African American Studies) dates from 1999 to 2004 and focuses on the more recent years of the department, excluding much of the earliest history when the teaching of African American history was limited to a Black Studies program as well as the more recent history when the Department changed its name to Africology and African American Studies. Materials in the...

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Abstract TeResa Green was an associate professor of political science at Eastern Michigan University. She began her career at EMU as an instructor in the Department of Political Science, and was promoted to associate professor in 2003. She served as interim department head from 2003 to 2004, and during this time made several positive changes to existing department policies and programs, particularly in the area of student advising. Her research interests included...