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Diaries Of A Prolific Professor: Undergraduate Research From The James Haskins Collection, Stephanie Y. Evans Phd

Stephanie Y. Evans PhD

Mapping the Haskins Legacy and an Imperative to Train Young Scholars: Race, Region, and Undergraduate Research

It seems unfathomable that someone who has written two hundred books could somehow remain

relatively unknown…unless, of course, the author were Black and from the American South. Further, it is beyond

belief that a university campus where such a prolific author dedicated three decades of teaching would be void

of physical tribute. But such is the case with the legacy of Dr. James Haskins who taught at the University of

Florida between 1977 and his passing in 2005. This collection of undergraduate student research …