Black News & Views: Fame and riches are no match for the Black maternal health crisis

9/4/2025

Charlotte Tuggle, Director
News and Media Services
CLA Office of Communications and Marketing
clanews@auburn.edu

History doctoral student investigates Alabama’s underfunded public schools
Brucie Porter hopes to change the conversation around school funding through researching the history of rural, low-income and predominantly Black public schools.
Faculty Spotlight: Duha T. Altindag, Department of Economics
Altindag, an associate professor, studies labor economics and the motivation of politicians.
Auburn’s ‘Bloody Sunday’ history project named recipient of NEH humanities grant
Co-directed by professors Elijah Gaddis and Keith Hébert, the project's award totals nearly $190,000.
Liberal Arts professor named 2025 Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award winner
John Morris, a professor of political science in the College of Liberal Arts, has been selected as one of this year’s prestigious Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award winners.
Peretz named Biggio Faculty Fellow
Launched in 2019, the Biggio Center’s Faculty Fellows program is helping advance a mission of promoting teaching excellence and increased opportunities for faculty.
The Conversation: History of surgery with Heidi Hausse
Assistant Professor of History Heidi Hausse explores how Western attitudes toward surgical and artisanal interventions in the body started transforming around 500 years ago.